The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08
is QUIET.
Real Estate
Market.
PRICES ARE FIRM.
Many Inquiries Concerning
Land About the City.

Inc real estate market in Worcester
and vicinity is very quiet just at pres
emit In fact, the real estate market
is quiet everywhere, as are all sorts of
markets, for that matter. Prices are
firm, though, and there have been more
inquiries regarding Worcester land in
the past two weeks than there has been
for corresponding time in a year
There are more empty houses now than
there has been for, some time, and rents
are low, but that may be the fault of
the season. A list of the building per-
mits shows, however, that seven new
apartment houses are about to be built
at an early date. None of these are
large, and one might deduce the con-
clusion that tenement house owners
are finding that the more ornate struc-
lures do not pay.
There can be but little prospect for
change in the conditions until spring,
as cold weather is too close at hand to
warrant any extensive building opera
tons being begun.
During the past two weeks thirteen
permits have been issued for buildings
to cost over $4,000. Seven of these are
for apartment houses, and several for
factory buildings and additions. There
will be an addition to the Old Peoples
Home, Sisters of St. Francis, which Is
to cost $4,000. A double house is to be
built at the corner of Fruit and Dayton
streets for B.gW.- Grout. The cost will
be $1,000,
Peter Lord is to have a two and a
half story dwelling, 39x45, for three
families, built on Lincoln avenue, near
Lincoln street. 1t is to- be of field
stone and have steam heat.
Charles H. Knapp is to have a two
story dwelling, 2SxS7. at Baker and
Wayne streets; cost $1,000.
Warden & Phelps, two-story dwelling
24x4S, on Circuit avenue, near Ferdi-
nand street; cost $4,000.
c. K. Mannin, two-Story dwelling,
23x45, on Schussler road, near Highland
street; cost $500
w A. Warden, two-story dwelling,
29x40, Circuit avenue and Genoa street;
$780,
]. J. Higgins, three story dwelling, at
Y Gage street; $500.
Lars Nordquist, three-story apart
ment house, on Esther, near Upsala
street; SS2O0
L. B. Towne, three tenement house,
26x59, on Charlotte street, near Flor
ence; S4S00.
The other permits issued range from
simple sheds to dwellings, costing less
than $4,000 There are several addi-
lions or alterations to old buildings
noted, but none is of any extensive ma
ture.
The Boston Paving Company has the
contract for the granolithic steps and
walks for the new residence OF George
w. Gabriel Lenox street. This resi-
dence is now being finished, and will
he very handsome. The mantels are
to have beVel plate mirrors, and the
fire place fittings are to be Of fancy
brick. There are to be some parquet
floors in the house.
At II Chandler street j. W. Hall is
building a five-story 3, 4. and room
tenement house, which, when complet-
ed, will be ia feet deep by 90 feet
front. 1t is to have a buff brick front,
steam heat and all modern convenien-
ces. The work is being done by the
day, and will be finished about Sep
TENDER, 1899. Barker & Nourse are the
architects.
Architects Cutting, Carleton and Cut
ting have been commissioned to pre-
pare plans for the storage building
which Walker Arlington, the Well
known grocer intends to erect on
Thomas street Mr.. Arlington had
in view the erection of a cold storage
plant, but after visiting plants in other
cities, has decided to build dry stor-
age building. At present the intention
is to have four-stcry building of
mill construction and about teXfQ feet;
1t will have an elevator and fiat roof
and be of common brick with probably
granite sills The building will cost
about $2C, 600.
Norcross Bros. of this city have been
awarded the contract for furnishing the
interior and ornamental marble for the
new capitol building at Columbus, ..
The work will be done from the Cleve-
land o. stone yard of Norcr0SS Bros.
James H. Quinn is to have a new
wooden stable at Central street. 1t
will have several Lynn stalls and the
latest in stable fitting, and will cost
about $4,000 Architects Fuller, Delano
and Frost have prepared the plans
The four-tenement house on BENEFIT
street owned by Edwin Eldred & Co,
is to be changed into a two-tenement
building. with new plumbing, electric
bells, speaking tubes and hard wood
floors
Captain Charles S. Holden purposes
building a fine new residence on Beech
ing street. The house is to have eleven
rooms, a. laundry, open plumbing, steam
heat plate glass, hard wood finish. 1t
will cost about $4,000.
The three-story wooden addition to
the Old Peoples Home on Orient and
Plantation streets and owned by the
Sisters of st. Francis, will accommo-
date about 30 more inmates.
Contractor F. j. Golf is doing the fin
ishing on the Edward Moulton resi-
dence, June street. This is to be an
exceedingly attractive house.
Richard H. Mooney, principal OF the
Quinsigamond grammar school, is nav
ing a 12x15 conservatory addition built.
1t is to have a fiat roof, Will be
heated by steam and cost about $400.
The granite storage building of Ma
than Kunin on Water street is to be
31x45 feet and have a, gravel roof. 1t
is planned by j. F. Kingston ard the
cost is estimated tc be about $4,000.
c. A. Vaughan has the contract to
erect a three-story brick and granite
factory building on Beech street Tor
Nathan Pimstein, from plans by Ed
win T. Chaplin. The dimensions are to
be 1896.
Architects Barker & Nourse have
prepared plans for brick block at Is
Hanover street for John j. Nolan 1t
is TO be built of common brick with
brownstone trimmings and some gran
;te ashlar work, galvanized iron cor
nice. open plumbing, steam heat, and
probably North Carolina hard WOOD
finish.
some Of the interior marble work
which was taken out of the plans for
The new Worcester county court house
has been put back in, and the interior
will he still more attractive.