The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-01
BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS
En- astonishing Record Of
Building improvements.
a Review FOR ten YEaRS
Hearty TWenty-GQe Hundred Build
lNgS Erected,
VALUED at NEARLY $4,000, OOO.oO
Hearty One thousand Erected During
the Past Year,
1t A COST OF NEARLY SI,OOO,OO0.OO
This Showing Does HO Embrace Improve
nGnlS Or Repairs.
4 RECORD UNSURPASSED IN TIE SOUTHERN STATES
The exhibit TINT THE Vrpc1vtAS
VALUED aT kEaRLY $1,000, 100000
Hearty One thousand Erected During
the Past Year,
1t A COST OF NEARLY SI,OOO,OO0.OO
This Showing Does KO| Embrace Improve
mGnlS Or Repairs.
4 RECORD UNSURPASSED IN TIE SOUTHERN STATES

The exhibit that THE VIRGlNGAN
presents as to building cen true
zion In this city is Id ost remarkable
showing OF the rnpid growth and de
velopment of Norfolk. The simple
announcement, thut since the LIST of
January, 1855, TO the 3lst of Decem
Der, 1894, there have been erected
1,175 brick aud stone buildings and
VS. frame houses, making total of
2,l53 buildings, at valuation of
81, GA, DOB, furnishes the story in
nutshell, and 1t is record that is
not equuled by any other city in
the South, and by possibly no city
an the country, starting with like
population, without any of the
"boom" features to promote u
growth. AS the figures Will show,
the greatest development in this line
of tho city's progress was during the
past year, when lS9 brick and stone
structures, and 252 frame buildings
were erected at al expenditure OF
1881, 1853, aud the outlook for the
coming year Is even OF more prom
Using character.
In The new residential section OF
"dhent," in the development of
which, the No folk CDp.s any has
made an outlay of nearly 81 900, 600,
and which Is one of the most beguti.
ful residential sections III the United
States. fully $500, 00O has been ex
pended III the erection of dwellings,.
In the figures mentioned above
there ls no estimate of simple i'm.
provements TO bulldlngs in the
shape of repairs or additions. Fully
million end half dollars have
been expended in this way. In the
past five years. more than 81, 900, 900
have been speut In the erection of
buildings = and tue bnlk of the
same for residences. Among the
costlier fine business blocks cree
ted IN the past three or four years,
may be meutioned:
The TAFT ~ Son seed building, on
Market square, SIS. 900; the Colnm
bia Building o. Gruuby street. $50.
900; the Gladstone Hotel on Enst
Main street, 81, COO; Balieutine Ar.
cade and Market, Queen and Church
streets, $50. 900; the Hnddingtou of.
nee building, on Cranky street,
so. 900; the Ballentine office build
Ing, on Main street, $4,000; the
topper warehouse, on Water street.
$50, ODD; the Taylor warehouse, on
Water street. $l5, GOO; the new
Market and Armory. 500, 0Oo; st.
lIuke.s Episcopal Church, S ., ZOO;
the Norfolk Almshousc, $50. 200:
Brambleton school, $50, 900; Allan
tic CITY school. 81, 0Je. Among the
costly residences are those of MIR.
John Graham, IN Client, $4,000:
DE-. +. p. Webster, on Free
mason street, $40, 600; Horace
hardy's. Client Sl9,OOO; j
w Borrow, Ghent, $40, 900: W II
White, Client, $40, 900; Fergus Reed.
Ghent, SIS, 600; w Ii Doyle, Ghent.
SIP, 600; Lieut.. Waller, Client
Sl2. 900; j q Womble, Client
Si2, 900; Richard TunstalI. Ghent'
tl2,0O Page Waller, Slo, 600: J 3
Lowenberg. block on Butte street
$500 Walters block. Cresont
avenue, Client. $4,000; tue Mottu
block, Ghent. $4,000; the Andrews
block Gnent. $50, 900; tie rev
Granny Street Methodist Oburrn.
"Epworth," 500, 900; DR. Taylor q
residence, Butte street, SIS, 900; A Ii
Grandy's residence, Freemaeon
street, SlS.0Jp; II. Nlary's Catholic
rectory. $4,000. and many Others
ranging from 5000 10 IS 600. All
the late structures erected, and in
course of erection, are of beautiful
atyle and improved order of archl
lecture. Some have been bnilt with
complete stone exteriors. The
building trade supports some ten
erchitects, sumo thirty odd build
ing contractors, aud large force of
mechanics. Buiding material is OK
teuslvely manufactured here, and as
reasonable as any place in the
country,
The following is the tabulated
scbedulo of buildings erected in
Norfolk through the pat ten wears.
as published by CspI. VT. Brooke,
Clty Engineer, and Mr.. John e.
Keeling, Inspector of Buildings: TO
eich HE VIRGlNIAN expresses its
thanks:
Year. Brick. frame. Toal. E.ra Value