The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-21
SOME NEW BUILDINGS.
Costly Residences Now Golng Up In The
City.
SOME SPLENDID BUSINESS BUILDINGS
Cost of Residences $500 to $40. 900,
Some Beautiful Homes in Course
of Construction.

A great deal of money is being spent In
homes, and large per cent of this money
is being put In elegant and costly homes
Some nice business buildings are nov
going UP and soon to be built, too, an
while Houston has no building boom, thcr,
is far from a stagnation in building he,e
a Post reporter called on seven firms o
architects IN the city yesterday afternoon
and got from them the following iniorma-
ton regarding buildings now under course
of construction and to be built in the inn
for the reason that plans for some buid
liugs were not made by local architects,
and in other cases contractors may have
furnished plans themselves:
Rue & Dunbar report that the II. Henke
three-story brick business building on
Main street, between Texas avenue and
Capitol street, to cost about $15.O0O will
4 be completed within twenty days This
building will be occupied by A. Hampe.
Ross 6. Wright's two-story brick under
taking establishment on the corner Of
Rusk and Travis streets, to cost asout
$1,000, will have chapel for funerals and
a morgue.
! Theodore Keller a two-story frame resi-
dence on the corner of Rusk and Chene-
vert streets, to cost $500
Mrs. w Priester. a two-story frame
residence on the corner of Rusk and NJ AN
streets, to cost $4,000 Work will com
mence on this building within a few days,
Albert Chimene, residence on Charities
street, between Texas avenue and Prairie.
work commenced Cost not given.
o. J. Lohren reports the following
Louis j. fluffy. two-story frame residence,
corner Milan and Webster streets, to COS
5000, to be ready for occupancy by jan
uary /.
Hotel building for the Houston Ice and
Brewing company al Bonner's Point. o
cost $4,000. 1t will be completed within
three weeks.
Buffers fiat. three-story brick buid-
ing having about seventy-fve rooms. Bids
VIII be advertised for within a few days.
0. Fl. p Rudesin G. Son: J. MrNa)b.
two-story frame residence on the corner
Of San Jacinto street and Spencer avenue.
to cost $500, under course of construct ion.
Allen & Dickey Dr.. 7. j. Boyle. a
three-story brick on Main street., be ween
kusk and Capitol, TO cost ST. 900, will be
completed within four weeks. This build
ing will be perhaps the hanisomast and
hest appointed bachelors home in the
State. Ii is modern in every detail, having
a bath for each room. and a restauran
5 F. Carter, a two-story frame resi-
dence on the corner of LETTERS and CTaw-
ford streets. to cost about $4,000. Tn,
foundation for this building Is completed
and the framing is now being done
Allen Paul. two frame residences on the
corner OF Fannin and Webster streets.
The contrac, has not yet been let for these /
buildings. The two will e st apoui $4,000 |
being modern as to architecture and ap-
pointmerts.
a. n Dawson: Tom Foster. $4,000
two-story frame residence on the corner of
Main and Jefferson stress under course Of
construction. This will lie very fine
modern residence.
81 Packard a two-story frame residence
on Crawford street. TO cost $1,000: will he
completed within few DAYS
Charles Guotz, cottage on the corner of
Travis and Webster streets, TO cost 5000.
The lumber for this building is on the
ground and the work of construction viii
he commenced Immediately.