Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-31
BARTON LANDING.

1t has been the custom Of the man
agement of this paper to report the |
improvements of this village about /.
the first of January every year, but |
by reason of cur columns being so
crowded we have been unable to find
space to give to the matter until the
present time. Weno make amends,
and will endeavor to make our annual
report. We are glad to be able to
show that'a gradual advance has been
made all along the line. Among the
houses built during the year we men
ton first the large two story house
built by @. E. Gay on Willoughby
street. The dimensions Of this house
are 25x52 feet on the ground. 1t has
piazzas on both the front and back.
1t is made into two separate tene-
ments with a partition through the
center from cellar to garrett. Each
tenement has a good sized kitchen,
dining room, sitting room and pantry
on the ground floor, besides hall
with stairs leading to the second story.
This story contains eight sleeping
rooms and six clOsets-four of the
former and three of the latter in each
tenement, and each has a bathroom
nicely fitted up. The cellars are built
of split granite. Each tenement has
village water and hot and cold water
is accessible in several of the rooms
as convenience required. This house
is a good substantial building, finished
in WOrkmanlike manner and located
in pleasant place. 1t has barn in
connection with it with ground
dimensions of 2Ox25 feet. This was
built during the year.
Mr.. G. E. Gay also built a two story
house on Church street with ground
dimensions 25x32 feet. The lower
story has a hall and stairway, kitchen,
dining room, sitting pantry
bedroom and closet. 1t also has
verandas back and front. On the
second floor are four sleeping rooms,
/ bathroom and closets. The cellar is
of split granite and brick. The house
J is heated by a x elsey generator. This
{ house is of cottage style, neat and
pleasant and is now owned by L. w.
| Hildreth, and it makes him a pretty
! home.
Another house built by G. E. Gay
namely that owned and occupied by
/ Lewis Allb9e, has ground dimensions
/ of 1SX24 feet with an ell 16x2O. The
! first story is divided into a hall
sitting dining-room, pantry
toilet room, bedroom, two closets,
and a wood shed in the ell. The
second story contains three sleeping
rooms and two closets. 1t has a good
cellar, thoroughly stoned. There is a
pleasant piazza on the front of this
house.
F. D. Clement built a very pretty
little cottage house during the year.
This house is located on Mill street SO
far away from other houses as to give
its occupants good opportunities Of
looking over the business streets on
the west side of the river, and about
the mills. 1t is one and one-halt
stories high. The lower floor has a
sitting dining room, hall and a
cabinet kitchen. On the second floor
are the sleeping rooms and closets
1t is supplied with the village water
and is conveniently planned for one
family.
@. N. Leonard has built an addition
to his house one and one-half stories
high with ground dimensions of 21x24
feet. He has finished off on the lower
floor a kitchen, bedroom, dining
room and sitting-room, and upstairs
he has three large sleeping rooms,
closets etc. 1t makes nice tenement,
and in fact, two small families occupy
it at the present time.
George Card began to build house
last fall, but has not completed it. 1t
stands little south of the village, and
when finished will make good home
for one family.
@. E Gay has thoroughly repaired
the house known as the Stafford ten
ement house opposite the Congrega-
tional church. He has built new
wood sheds and new barn, and in all
expended about $1,000 on the building,
fitting it up in good condition for the
families which occupy it.
George Parker has built an addition
to his barn, and has finished his old
barn off into very convenient tene-
ment. Howard Emerson has put an
addition on to the back part of his
house, repaired his piazzas and done
other repairing. The Brennan Broth
ers have remodeled their house, built
a piazza on the front, done grading