Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
BRATTLEB0RO-LOCA
THE BUILDING RECORD.
30 10 40 New Dwellings Erected In
1900 at "a Cost Of About $4,000.

30 20 10 New Dwellings Erected In
1890 at u Cost of About Ss5, 900.
Brattleboro's building record for 1896 is
small in comparison with that of the pre-.
vious year, when 100000 was expended.
In 1895, however, the electric railroad, the
remodeled town house and the Farmers &
Mechanics exchange building we're i'm
portant factors in raising the figures. In
the past year there has been no demands
for business blocks and the 80 or 40 new
dwellings which have been erected have
been as rule of moderate cost, so that the
total expenditure of the year will only
slightly exceed S75, 900.
The largest outlay on a single building
has been made upon the summer residence
which Rev. +. A. Slack of Brooklne,
Mass, is building on the north side of
Western avenue. This house is three stories
high and is situated over a cellar hole
blasted out of ledge and when completed
will be one of the finest residences in town.
The house of colonial design which Geo.
l.. Durham has erected on North street is
a handsome structure. o. p liter has
built good set of buildings on the Alfred
Waite farm on the Putney road. f. II.
Van Doom has finished an attractive two
story house on Chaplin street. A conven-
ID. Wilson on Forest street. Charles
Adams has built a cottage on his land on
the road to Newfane. A commodious two
story house is in process of construction on
High street by Lucus Richardson. On
Washington street c. b. Lanson has built
a large twO-tenemen. house. On Central
street K. L. Knowlton has built a one and
one-half story dwelling. Will Baker
on Highland street and C.. F. Mason on
South Main street have finished houses
Additions to the car barn on Pine street
have been made. o. F. Bailey has raised
his Canal street house and made other i'm
provements. A large barn on the Clark
farm takes the place of the one burned in
the fall. W. II. Welcome has considerably
improved his South Main street house
Andrew Horton on Canal street has con-
verted a barn into a house and +. ID.
Bracket has built barn on Brook street.
A two-story building on Flat street has
been put up by w. II. Minor. w. G.
Rockwell has made extensive repairs on
his house on Frost street.
George W. Pierce has built one of the
most substantial barns in town on his
farm on the West Dummerston road.
In EsteyviIIe.
The growth in Esteyville has been pro-
portionate with that in other parts of the
town, l.. w. Lords two-story house on
Pleasant street being the most expensive
John Manley has built a cottage on Maple
street. c. p. Gilson's large tenement
house on Chestnut street has been finished
and a new barn built. Z. NJ. Angler is
making house of shop which he has
moved on TO foundation. Peter S. Chase
has repaired his present buildings and
built new out-buildings. l.. A. Witt and
Marshall Bingham have built new sheds,
and II. ID. Wellman, c. c. Winchester
Henry Streete- and II. II. Burnett have
built out-buildings. The schoolhouse has
undergone extensive repairs.
In West BrattIeboro.
Building operations in West Brattleboro
have been more extensive than in any re-
cent year. Including those finished that
were begun last year and those i'll process
of construction there are eight or more
dwellings to the credit of that section than
year ago. Elijah Miller has put up
substantial two-story dwelling. David
Perry has built cottage house, which has
been sold to Tom Doyle. Ernest Good
enough has erected for his own use a neat
story and a half cottage. H. +. Weather
heads cottage has been completed this
year. Near by is cottage house built by
George Knowlton. Edgar Davenport, who
moved here from Wilmington, has greatly
improved the former Baptist parsonage
and barn. He is also constructing two
new houses-one a twostory tenement
house and the other a cottage dwelling.
The Baptist society has bought the old Ad-
kins house and have made a very decided
improvement upon it. The old barn has
also been removed and new one built.
Mrs. NJ. c. Goodenough has new barn
nearly completed. Roscoe Fisher is at
work upon a one-srory house near the one
he recently sold. John Nesbitt has built
a new barn during the year. There has
been a large number of additions and I'M
provements to buildings.