The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-03
A NEW BUILDING YEAR BEGUN.
THE LAST FEW MONTHS BUSY ONES
FOR THE BUILDERS.

The improvements Recently Com
PIeted and Those in Progress of a
Substantial Character and Will Add
Much to Savannnh's Wealth and
Beauty-The Outlook For Next Sea-
son From the Builders Standpoint.
October begins and ends the building
season. The last seaAn has been an i'm
portant one for the building industry.
More new buildings have been erected
In Savannah in the last twelve months
than for the last two years. While there
has been no boom in building, architects
and builders have been busy most of the
time
The improvements which have been
completed since year ago are of a sub
stantial character. 1t has been a year of
home building. Fewer tenements have
been built and more dwellings intended
as homes built by people by whom they
are occupied. While the number of
smaller tenements has kept pace with the
demand, the number of dwellings Of a
more pretentious character is not equal
to the demand, and in the next twelve
months more of this class of houses will
be built. While, of course, the greater
number of new buildings is dwellings,
and that, too, in the southern
section of the city, the building
industry has not been confined to
dwellings alone. The new Citizens Bank
building, the remodelled theater, Rourkes
machine works. the Blum building on
Broughton street, the foundation of the
new public building and the new Colored
Congregational church, on Habersham
street, are Improvements of character
to command attention.
More brick residences, too, have been
erected than for several years. These are
mostly in the central part of the city.
The j. c. Rowland houses on South Broad
street, the McAlpin row on Hull street,
the row erected by Hunter, Pearce and
Battey on Huntingdon street, Hon. Pope
Barrow's house on Jones street the Nc
MILAN houses on Huntington street, MIR.
]. f. Heitmans houses at Gordon and
Tattnall and at Walburg and Jefferson
streets, J. +. Lubs' new store and dwell,
ing at Liberty and Haoersham streets and
Mr.. Collins row at Tattnall and Charlton
streets, are among the more important
residence improvements in brick,
Among the many new houses in wood
are Col. William Rogers two houses, at
Gwinnett and Lincoln streets, the
new Waring houses on Waldburg and
New Houston streets east of Habersham
street, and on Price street. Mrs. Burn
hams two houses at Henry and Bull
streets, Mr.. Lutter's on Anderson street,
now in course Of erection on AbercOrn
street, between Anderson and First, Mr..
Princes east of the Savannah, Florida and
western railway, Mr.. Broughtons, also
east of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern. Mr.. Jesse Slater's on Lincoln street,
Mr.. Besseleu's and the Glatigny houses in
the southeastern section. the new Second
Presbyterian church parsonage on Bar
nard street. and a dozen others, scattered
throughout the city, together with the re-
modelling OF many public buildings, buSl-
ness houses, churches, and residences, are
improvements that have added not only
much TO the value Of city property, but
greatly to the beauty OF the city.
The attention that has been given to
beautifying, by the addition of attractive
architecture, the older residences has been
marked during the last year. In fact,
more attention is being paid now to ar
chitectural designs than has ever been
the case in Savannah. The remodeling of
DR.. H. S. Colding's house, on Taylor street,
is one of the most noticeable improve
ments in that part of the city. The i'm
provement of the old McAlpin house, on
Orleans square, will make 1t one of the
handsomest residences in the city.
A well known contractor says that while
the number of buildings erected last year
was not as large as the number erected
during the rapid building growth several
years ago the character of the buildings
is more substantial and will add more TO
the attrativeness Of the city.
During the coming year a number OF
important buildings Will be advanced to-
ward completion. The most important of
tract for the superstructure of which has
been awarded.
The Improvement of ST. Johns church.
of the Mickva Israel Synagogue of Wes-
ley Monumental church will add much
to their appearance
The remodeling of the Meinhard & Co
building on Broughton street into the new
stores for B. H., Levy & Bro. is one or
the most noticeable improvements
in the business section, although a
number Of improvements of a similar char
acter, but on a lesser scale, have been
made.
The erection of the new telephone ex-
change building, at Drayton and Congress
streets, is one of the new buildings to be
erected during the next few months. Mr.
Krouskoff is also about to build hand
some residence south of Anderson street
and a number of smaller buildings are
being designed, and, as soon as the plans
are ready, will be given to the contractors
The building on the outskirts and in the
suburbs has been considerable and prom.
Uses to be active during the next year.