The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-12
BUILDING NOTES
in RICHMOND.
Reports ofNew Structures Going up.
and Planned.
Going up
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
Special Corrcsrondcn,sof Agricultural
Journals Give Very Interesting
Facts Of improvements in Those
Two States.

Two states.
The following interesting building and
architectural notes are from the special
Richmond correspondents OF the Archi-5
,ects. md Builders Journal, OF BATH
more and the Southern Building News
of efer,,nhis. and will be found to contain
many interesting items of progress.
The Architects and Builders Journal
says:
une architects of Richmond are all eA-
trcIncly busy with plans and construction
in this city and elsewhere IN e'IEiii.a
and North Carolina. Ne"Po'.
erected five hundred buildings TINS year,
while Norfolk. Hampton, Phocbus- and
Cape Charles made unpreceoentcc M
proye.nen1s Richmond has improve
ments under way footing UP se'eta, iiiis
lions and many others are coateHipia'eu
The same condition Of advahcs!hehl pie
walls in every town III me st1,'e AZ
more or less degree.
Plans for rcnodelling store ~ Sta
lotte n C. have been completed by Carr
Ruerhmund. architect, OF Rlchmollu. MS
will cost 5000, and plans LOT cotlas.
for the colored reformatory IN Hanover
county. Cost, $500. ,..,,;.
The contract for the Enterprise puiiuiiS
in Frederic11sbur: has been awarded 70
J, G. Hef1in. of that city. Part OF this
building has been leased by the govern
ment for a postofiice. Mr. J. D1tnn1och'
Richmond. architect.
The Worten Dyke Co. OF tachnlonu
are adding an annex to their ouiiolhs. d.
-he foot of Thirteenth street, TINS clt!,
which will cost 5000. This Will De ou1it
Of brick. 64x45 feet, and is two stores
high. Albert Hunt, architect.
The contract for the erecting OF the -.
S. Jones building in Newport News. no
tice of which has been made III Inc
Journal. has been awarded TO HolzciaW,
OF Hampton.
NEW THEATRE.
Newport News is to have a new thea
tire. intended TO be the finest in the state,
The site selected is at Thlrty-thlro
and Washington streets. regarded as inc
most prominent business corner d '1'At
city The building is to be elegant IN as
appointments. and will be constructed OIL
brown Roman brick trimmed With Long
Meadow brown stone The frontage Is
30 feet and the depth $50 feet. The plan
provides for two handsome stores on the
street floor. and modern cafe In the
rear The estimated cost of the theatre
building is $4,000. NJ j. Dimmock, OF
Richmond, is the architect for the thea
ire and the Jones building, as we'll as Tor
O. large apartment house in the sa1ne
city for Alfred w. Withers. This hand
some building is nearing completion, and
is located at the corner of Thlrty-siNth
street and Washington avenue. A store
will occupy the first floor. and three
stories Of apartments rise above it with
a prominent side entrance. The struct-
ure is of grey Roman brick and Virginia
granite, and will cost $4,000.
plans are being asked for by the pro
icctors of the Observation-Disclosures memo
rial hospital, to which John L. Williams.
the wealthy banker here, is the chief
contributor the enterprise to be memo
rial to his wife. A number of leading
architects are drawing competing plans,
and the contest closes i'n December 2lst.
The hospital will oe located on ample
grounds at the corner of Broad and
Twelfth streets. Ricamonl. and will be
of noble proportions and elegant in de.
tail. Gray brick and Indiana lime
stone are the materials on which the COM
pcting architects are basing their plans
The estimated cost is $4,000.
IN FREDERICKSBURG.
NJ J. Dimmock has just completed
plans Tor a handsome bank and Office
building in Fredericksburg, Va, four
stories, brick and granite. S6A44 feet,
steam heat electric wiring, modern
occupying this site at the corner. of Prin-
cess Anne and Commerce streets, was
owned for many years by the MaSonS OF
fredericksburg and it within its
walls that George Washington received
his first degree in masonry
Plans are being made for the complete
remodenng of the handsome residence
OF james Parker Corbin in Fredericl1s-
burg with all modern conveniences. The
contract for this work is yet to be
awarded.
Plans ard specifications have just been
completed by NJ. j. Dimnock for
chapel for St. Paurs Episcopal church
mission on Sixth street near the canal
in this city. The building will be of
brick with Slate roof and stone trim
dnings. Size 3ax45 feet. Seating capaci-
ty. 2O0.
The Old Point College Company, under
the management Of the Nayarian Bros,
has purchased a site for a. college near
Fort Monroe at cost of sl1. 400 and they
are preparing to erect at once college
buildings TO cost S50,0o0. with the expecta-
ton of having them ready for occupancy
by the beginning Of the fall session.
A site has been selected for large
steel and iron structure at Fredericl1s-
burg to be used as u beet sugar factory
and refinery. The building will be
perhaps the largest in that city. Bids
for the erection of the plant Will be
opened December 18th. and the work will
be commenced at once.
The Trigg Shipbuilding Company. Rich
mond. having signed contracts 10 build
the United States cruiser Galveston. is
preparing TO undertake the enlarged
pork, which amounts to more in value
than the five rorpedo-boats and destroy
ers they are now building. The shipyard
will be enlarged. and new buildings re-
quired. The lower end of .Justis Island
has been selected for laying the keel.
This site is some distance lower down
the river than the yard now extends. and
will require extensive improvement
TOBACCO BUILDINGS.
The American Tobacco Company is
having erected an extensive system of
storage warehouses under construction
from the plans and under the supervision
of Albert +. Hunt, architect, Of this