The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-16
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FOR A SPLENDID
YIN c. A|. BUILDING ] I'D
Norfolk Association Plans to
Erect An Edifice Ten
Stories High.
BUY. I 4 Ana MAGNIFICENT INFECT; ste.
The Association Now3Has Over
Seven Hundred Members and
is Overcrowded.
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NORFOLK. VA, April Ia great new
building is to Abe erected BY the Nortol x
Young Mems Christian Associat lion. It
viii 20 up on what is known as the
Newt on,ts'or, otherwise, the Barry prop
erty. on Granny Street., numbered 2l2. and
now occupied as a residence by MI
Hugh N. Page.
b The plans for the building have not
vet been drawn, but 1T is the idea OF
the association to have 1t reared 70 the
height Of ten stories It VIII COST
probably se0o,od The plot Of ground on
which II will be erected measures 6OxlS.l
feet and the deal for It has been closea
at cost OF $4,000.
Immeliately to the south of the build-
ING ia where the Bellezzn Hotel Is to be
.erectcdtand'the corner of Freen1ason and
CRANKY Streets is where the big Union
Square Hotel Is to go up. Tracing tte
property on CRANKY Street Is the COR
Prev property !,
The structure will be after the style Df
tho most modern association buildings,
which viii embrace the features OF =
club as well, ms a complete gymnasium;
reading room, social room. baths anu
other we'll established association al
juncts a swimming pool WI be Mseu
as dormltories for association men,
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present ideas Of the directors.
while the building at present occupied
by tho association is quite q large one
its einadequacy for the purpose or the
association have heen recognized rs
necessity. alThe present membership OF
the .nssociationa is sbetweenat9W and so}
two,th,rds Of whom live II the territory
west Of Bank Street and south or SihllI,a
Greek, near the centre Of when ING
building wlllabe erected and when IS
the yboardtng-house DISTRICT, wherein
many Of. the young men and boys OF 't'o
association i've.
The present building OF the nssoc'atlon
on Main Street Is on leased grounds. anu
the lease on the grounds Will soon expire.
The land is owned by the Selden estate,
and Wien tho lease on #itt expires, tbs
Hyaluen OF 1ithe4 building on'itdWill nave
to he appraised ind their nlccrorulng 20
the, terms of the lease, the owners OF me
land will have to pay the association tor
the building according to the lvaiue OF II
thus arrlvd hat. &Fft M
no construct such n building at this
time. II is estimated, would cost $4,000.
nv reason OF age, It Will probably be
considered worth from $4,000 to $@N.WN
less than a3,new building like 1t would
be WORTH Its value VII be appraised
within the next thirty days. MI, q, r.
parlett will represent the association IN
tho aplprnise,nent, and Mr.. George Banks
the lnnd-owning estate. These two VIII
select third appraiser, not yet deter
mined upon 5. ~, !,
II is possible that the lease on the
ground could be extended by the assoc'a
ton at All Increased cost. but the asso.
citation has no assurance that 1t cou'u
belincreased for more than six months
at a time, and II Is spossible that tnn
directors will mot make any extension, ~
which event the association would close
IN, and the. entire force ut its command
put ia work for the new home, That
plan has been worked successfully IN sew
eral places. notably In Portsmouth,
Lyncrburg and Roanoke, In Kansas City
$4,000 was raised In thirty days thar
way,
The money to be received from the
present building OF the association VIII
represent all that the association mas IN
sight for the purchase of It's new nome
The remainder OF the money Will nave 10
b edonated rs most Of the association
funds are. The association Is not y
money-making institution but money
loser, when It comes ia comparing income
with expenditures.