The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-23
In the Western Section.


In the Western Section.
One of the finest residences now
building on the west side of the city
is that of Mr.. w. M. Davant at the
northwest corner of jefferson and
Thirty-fourth streets. 1t is two story
frame house, slate rooted, and finish
ed on the interior with hardwood. It
will be completed about April /, and
will cost in the vicinity of $4,000.
At the southeast corner of Jefferson
and Thirty-third streets, Mrs. Helen
Rocker is having built three two-story
frame houses at an estimated cost of
$4,000 each. They were designed by Mr..
H. M. Ward and will be completed
about April 1.
One of the most extensive building
operations now going on is the erection
of eight two-storY frame houses, in
the form of double tenements, on the
east side of West Broad street between
Huntingdon and Hall streets. The
owner is Mr.. G. W. Wylly. Several of
the buildings have been completed
and the remainder will be finished
within the next few weeks.
A neat twO-story frame dwelling is
being erected on Thirty-fourth street,
between jefferson and Barnard by Mr..
Percy Sugden. 1t will be completed
about April Is, at a probable cost of
$500. Another dwelling of similar size
and construction on Barnard and For
ty-second streets is being built for Mrs.
L. V. Schumann. The work is being
done by U. E. Sirmans, who hopes to
have lit completed by April Is. The
cost will be $1,500.
Two other attractive dwellings, two
story frame houses. are building on
Thirty-eight street, west of West Broad
street, for Mrs. Mary E. Butler. The
first of these houses is practically fin
ished and the second will be completed
about the end of April. They are val
ued at $4,000 each. Just across the
street from these houses has just been
completed two-story frame house for
Mr.. J. S. Wood at a cost of $4,000.
Mr.. H. F. G.. Kramer is erecting a
two-story frame dwelling on Henry
street, just west of West Broad. This
will be finished in two weeks, and at
a cost of $500. At the corner of Duffy
and West Broad streets, Antonio Vasile
is building as an addition to house,
a one-story store, that will cost $1,000,
and which will be finished this week.
Among the most important buildings
in the same locality, that is as to size
and cost is the new Asbury M. E.
Church, colored which stands on
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Broad. About half the work on this
building has been done but the date
of the completion is not known. The
cost will probably be in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
West of West Broad street much
building is being done but most of it
is in small one story houses. OF this
kind of house work has just begun on
seven at the corner of William and
Farm streets They are being built for
Mr.. A. G. Guerard, Jr., will be COM
pleted about May and will cost in
the vicinity of SO, 000 Six more of these
small houses are being built for Mrs.
w. Sawyer on West Boundary street
near Railroad street. These will be
finished in about three weeks, and at
a cost of 1880.
But though the small houses are in
the majority on the extreme west side
of the city, there are several more pre-
tentious and costly building as well.
Among this latter class are five two
story frame buildings on Minis street,
which are being built for Mr.. J. w.
McIntire. On the same street he has
also, now in process of construction, a
one story building. These will be COM
pleted about March 81. Their joint
value is $4,000. On Minis street also
story buildings, erected by Mr.. A. G.
Guerard.
Among the lesser buildings are a
cne-story frame house being erected in
Wilson lane at a cost of $500 by the
estate of V. and NJ. Basler; and a
single-story house, in New street al
ley, belonging to the estate of r. D.
Guerard.
Other buildings now going up or soon
to be started are one two-story build
ing on Margaret street, and two 9TH
ers of the same description, one on
Olive street, and the other on Mill
street. These are the property Of Rob-
ert Culver; one one-story frame build
ing at No. 443 West Boundary street,
the property of Mr.. L. H. lawson
one-story frame house on Bryan
street, near West Broad, owned by Mr..
T. r. Freeman; eight one-story frame
buildings, the property of Mr.. R. B.
Reppard and Mr.. c. V.
Snedeker, on Springfield Planta-
ton; two similar buildings in
the same vicinity, the property of the
Georgia Manufacturing and Trading
Company, one one-story brick build
ing. and one two-story brick and wood
building, also the property of the same
company and erected on Springfield
plantation.
What might also be called new build
ings are two two-story frame houses
on Huntingdon street, near Roberts. to
which extensive repairs and alterations
are being made by their owner, Mr..
]. w. McIntire. Among the new
buildings in the same vicinity are
two-story frame building at West
Broad and Berrien streets, which will
be finished this week.
Tomorrow work will begin on two
story building on Thirty-fourth street,
near Jefferson, to be erected for Mrs.
n Meredith. and on the same day
work will begin on q house for Mr..
FLETCHER Smith, at Jefferson and
Thirty-sixth street. This also win be
a two-story frame dwelling.
East of Bull street.
While there is not very large NUM-
Der of pretentious houses IN course OF
ss,,str,,ctfon east Of Abercorn street,
there are several that will add much