Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
100000 IN NEW BUILDINGS
Burlington's Big Record for One
Year.
Between 35 and 40 Homes Built at
Cost of $l5O.OOO ana Remainder
Devoted to Business
Blocks.

her past record for growth and prosperity
during tho year that is Just closing Is
shown by the unusually large amount of
building that has been done. 1t is esti-
mated that upwards of 100000 has been
expended for building purposes with
this amount, between IS and ~ homes were
built at an approximate cost OF SloO,op'
and the remainder was devoted to the
construction of business blocks, public
buildings. and those put up for manuIac-
turing purposes.
The city has Il very creditable and sub
stantial addition to its business blocks in
the new Howard National bank building
at the corner of Church and College
streets. This is n three-story structure.
81 4xGj feet. built of Barre granite ana
will cost, when completed about $4,000.
The principal public buildings complet
ed, or nearly completed, are the new
Adams school on South Union street aud
the new Catholic Church at the corner
of Pine street and Park avenue. The Al
ans school building is a commodious
brick structure. modern and NJ TO date
in every way and cost $4,000 1t Is very
valuable addition to Burlington's excellent
list of public school buildings. The new
catholic Church Is another building that
will serve its purpose in eTorv way. This
will cost about SI2,Gp. Mention should
also be made here of the Carnegie library
which is to he built in the spring at the
corner of College street and Wiiooski
HNtllur. INSTRUMENTATION Oh WIlitl II dlltdhN
done This building is to be 1l1xj0 feet
and 19X5s feet and is to cost $4,000.
First, of course. in the list of manu-
featuring buildings comes the Lumiere
company's plant at Howard Park. These
buildings which are all of brick, cover
an area OF 5000 square fcct. The cost of
the plant. including machinery. $1,000
for water system and $1,000 for light
ing system. will he :ullv $4,000. The sec
ond in matter of cost in this list is the
American Rendering companYs plant on
North avenue. which will bc completed in
about two months This is Il threestorY
wood structure. .15X36 feet. with a nine
foot basement and will cost about $4,000. |
Another large manufacturing building
that is well along in the process of con- |
struction is the Woodbury. block on Col |
IoCe street. This is to lie "A four-Story. |
brick building, JOx9' feet, for the crystal |
Confectionery company and the Mead
Manufacturing company and will cost |
when completed $1,000. The large factory |
now being built for the O. l.. Kinds CO. |
OF St Abrams at the corner of st. Paul
ana King streets should also be Included |
here This building is also OF brick. 1t
will be three stories high and will cost |
$1,000.
A building that can hardly be classcd |
with any of the above is the now Sigma |
Phi college fraternity house al the corner |
Of College and Williams streets. This is |
tho first house of its kind to be built in !
darlington and is a great credit to the |
members of that fraternity we'll as an |
addition to the better class of buildings |
in the city. 1t is built in the old colonial |
stvle. 2ia stories high, the material Of the |
outside being brick and marble. The in |
terror is finished throughout with hard |
wood, principally red birch and oak. The
house will cost $4,000.
Among other buildings, not dwelling |
houses that have been built during the
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