Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-03-26
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A Name Selected for the Proposed Apart
ment House at No, 1903 Market Street.
The project TO make the Miller man
sion on Market street above Eleventh
into an apartment house, which was
reported in The Gazette last week,
is backed by the Evelyn Real Estate
Co. Hotfecker & EIoifecker are the
solicitors for the company, which com
prises capitalists Of Other cities. r.
Duncan Harrison and Joseph ii. Reall
of New York and j. G. McNaughton
are Interested in the project. The
company expects TO purchase the prop
erty from the Real Estate Guarantee
and Investment CO., the consideration
being named as S75, 600 +. ID. II.
Sutton of Sutton & Co, with Offices
here and in Chester, Philadelphia and
Now York, is pleased at having drawn
the attention of the capitalists to the
facility offered by the property in ques-
tion. Having heard thai they thought
of buying in Philadelphia he busted
himself TO interest them in the Will
mington property. Mr.. Real and Mr..
Harrison were both here and an offer
was made and accepted for the property
after estimates of it's value had been
secured.
1t has been decided to name the pro.
posed apartment house and hotel, 1.-The
Provence. A picture Of the proposed
building is now on exhibition in
Rudolph's window at Fourth and
Market street is 00x34j feet The plans,
which have been prepared by r. Q.
Kennedy, a Philadelphia architect.
contemplate main building six stories
high, 225 feet long by 10 feet wide.
with kitchen 32xi9 feet, and a ser
wants house 2lxG0 feet in the rear.
The main building is to contain l5S
parlors and bedrooms and "a bath
rooms, and will be divided into six
suites Of parlor four bed rooms and
bath; six suites of parlor, three bed
rooms and bath 90 sutes of parlor,
two bed rooms and bath; y suites of
parlor, one bedroom and bath, total
Of "a suites
On tho first floor there will be a main
dining room, 5lx47 feet. and two pri-
vate dining rooms adjoining; smoking
room; ladies' parlor; exchange for
office, telegraph, news and cigar stand,
i0x2O fcet; and two suites OF five rooms
on the first floor. The upper floors are
TO be devoted TO apartments and there
are to he two elevators and two sets of
stairways. The building will be
heated by steam and lighted by cleo
tricity furnished by the company's
own plant There will be a garden
i5X9O feet in front and 20 feet wide on
each side Of tho house. There is to
be roof garden upon the house.
Tho prospectus, which has been pro-
pared, says; 1T will be in all respects
first class apartment house and
hotel, equa TO any in Philadelphia and
Baltimore in construction and an
pointments, and superior to any bo-
tween the two cities, and, in some re-
| spects, to any in America. Occupying
the best building site in tho city Of
Wilmington aud the finest location
south Of New York, on high ground,
with good soil and drainage, IL win
havo every advantage in sanitary condi-
tions heathfulness and comfort.
Tho building will afford view up and
down the Delaware river, about %
miles and like distance among the
4 hills OF Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Maryland Of great charm and beauty
ana it viii he an ideal winter home and
4 a superior summer resort. "