Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-23
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BrattIeboro's Building Record for
the Year Now Closing
Several Buildings for Business Purposes
New Dwellings and important Inn


Several Buildings for Business Purposes
New Dwellings and important Inn
provements.
Bratteboro's record Of new buildings
and permanent improvements during the
year now closing is not comparable with
some recent years. nevertheless the town
has maintained steady growth. Esti-
mating conservativcy the expenditure on
each building and In each instance Of
important Improvement a total footing
of $3.50, 600 Is given. The expenditure for
business purposes accounts for nearly
twn-thirds Of this amount the largest
sums in this line being in the con-
struction of the brick building In the
rear of Hooker building put up by Mrs.
George w. Hooker for Durham Broth
crs use the brick building on Elliot
street, erected 10y H. l.. Emerson, the i'm
provemcnts in the Peoples National bank.
and the brick machine shop on Elm
street, erected 10y Brink q Washer and
now nearing completion \ large outlay
has been made this year on the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital. but it was pro-
Vidod for last year and was included in
last years building record and is not fig,
ured in this years total
II. H. Enerson's building on Elliot
street which is nearly finished, stands
near the Carpenter organ factory and was
built by John C.. Pellet of Brattleboro.
1t Is FIVE stories high on the south side
and two stories high on Elliot street and
has frontage Of 60 feet and n depth Of
80 feet There is deep basement under
the whole building. The Elliot street
! floor Is divided into three stores and the
| floor above is for Office and business pur-
poses. Mr.. Emerson will occupy the low
or floors for furniture storage rooms.
The building erected by Mrs Hooker
and constructed by Contractor Il. ]. Kill
burn Of Bellows Falls. is nearly completed.
! 1t Is six stories high, practically a du
| plicate Of Durham Brothers present
| Wholesale building. and is 60 feet long by
| 80 feet wide. When IT Is ready for oc-
| cupancy the retail store will be doubled
| in capacity and extensive improvements
win hc made in that department. The
I improvements in the Peoples National
/ bank also are nearly finished. They
/ include enlarged quarters, finished in an
! tique chartered oak. new vault, and
/ to some extent new equipment. making
! the Institution cXcellently appointed.
Brink n Washers machine shop is los
/ feet long hv 80 feet wide at one end and
! 90 feet wide ut the other. 1t is two
! stories high in front and three stories in
| the rear. The propretors viii move their
| business there from Harmony building
| annex early the coming year. 4 snug
sum has been expended by Holden &
| Martin Is building saw mill near the
! Fletcher mill property. a pond, penstock,
| dam. etc. The Valley Fair association
| expended large amount during the sum
mer In charging the grand stand. in
crensiug the facilities and improving the
| grounds
The growth In the Estey Organ COM
| pany's pipe organ business has necessi-
| tated enlarging one two buildings at
| considerable expense. The Brattleboro
| Retreat has continued to put In improve e.
ments about the buildings and grounds
Iii lg-N.s
| gational church has been remodeled and
n tower built +. X. Barrows and Azor
| Marshall have made extensive improve
ments I'm their building. containing the
stores OF \. +. Wood and G. A. McRae.
\ new store has been fitted up for Hough-
ton & Simonds I'm the Hooker building
Important Improvements have been made
in the interior of the Universalist and
| Congregational churches.
one OF the best residences to be in
cluded in this years record is that OF L.
| r. Adams at tho corner Of oak and High
streets. 1t Is two and a half stories high
handsome In appearance and In fine
location. c. A. Borden has built hand
some two-story house on Oak Grove
avenue, with modern improvements
George Croll. who built house on the
same avenue last year. has erected anoth-
or this year. two stories high with mod
ern improvements. George Martin has
Grove avenue
Leslie Smith has two houses to his
credit on Clark street. each two stories
high and well appointed. two-tenement
house two and half stories high and
thoroughly M to date has been built or
Horton place 10y ~ F. Boyuton Ernest
s Hall has kept his hand in the building
line by putting up a two-story house or
| Western avenue, attractive and wei
equipped and arranged. 4 modern two.
tenement house has been built on Higf
street by w. H. Proctor Fred Holme:
has nearly completed an attractive two
story house on Estey street, convenient
and pleasantly located. An attractiv,
cottage house has been built by William
Cushman on Highland street. Walter Syl
vester has built n comfortable home OF
his farm beyond West Brattleboro vii
age. w F. Mixer. who bought the JohI
o. Stone house in Centreville, has raise,
1t up and made extensive improvements
The I. I. Stowe house in West Brat
tleboro has been made into a three
, tenement house by A. 7. and F. d. E
Stowe. w. r. Stuart has improved ma
terially the Bardwell house on Cana
street. Fred C. Adams has put In tn
, foundation and first floor for house a
the corner of North and Tyler streets
Mrs Levi X. Fuller has converted Ian,
/ near the Canal street school building int
buildings lots and has begun to erect
: house on one of them.
+ +. w. Blodgett has made extensive re
! pairs in the e f. Stockwel place OF
Spruce street. o. NJ. I.awton has put u
n fine barn on his Linden street premises
t and ]. T. Hildreth has built a large farm
? barn on the Putney road A large mum
, Der of minor improvements, in the way O
piaZzas, etc, has been made.