Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-28
BRATTLEBORO'S BUILDING RECORD, 1906
Total Amount Expended $7Oooo $4,000 More Than Record
Of Teuements Very Scarce Despite the Large Number
New Buildings

Brattleboros prosperity the past year,
as reflected in the record of building op-
erations, has been even greater than IL
was in 1905 The scarcity of tenements
which was noted a year ago has resulted
in the erection Of a good number of sub
stantial and modern homes this year,
nevertheless the need now is just as great
ms II was then. The factories and bust
ness places have been running full time
to keep up with their orders and have
been employing all the help available.
Conservative estimates Of the cost of new
buildings and permanent improvements
the past year aggregate $40, 900, which
is about $4,000 in excess OF last years
record.
The largest expenditure has been in the
American building, erected by L. F.
Adams and G. r. Crosby on the site of
the old American House on Main street.
Exclusive of the site this represents near
ly half the total of the years record.
This building, which is really two build
ings in one, is not yet ready for occu-
pancy, but the interior work is being
carried forward as rapidly as possible.
The front part has a frontage Of SO feet
on Main street and is four stories high.
The lower story joins the top story OF the
rear part, which also is four stories high
and fronts on the railroad. The combined
width Of the two parts is 145 feet. This
building is built of brick, with pressed
brick front, and 1t is the best arranged
building of it's kind in Brattleboro 1t will
be used for store, Office and business pur-
poses.
Next in Importance in the building line
is the work which has been done at the
Estey organ plant. Factories No. and
No. are now a part of one large
structure. Originally they were three
stories high, but they have been carried
up another story and brought under one
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enclosed and the interior walls have been
removed, giving a factory four stories
high and about 100 feet square. The
building will be devoted to the pipe organ
department Of the firms business. Dur
ing the summer the old Central Vermont
freight house was replaced by a new
building OF the uniform type found on the
Grand Trunk system. 1t is about 100 feet
long and one story high, built of wood
and covered with corrugated iron. This
building is located on the west side Of
the railroad tracks. The old building has
been taken down. The Central Vermont
company has also enlarged its engine
house for the accommodation of unusual
ly large locomotives which will be used
on the New London division. Manley
Brothers are charging their garage in
the rear of the Brooks House by moving
the brick west wall. This will give more
than 80 per cent more room for the
storage of automobiles.
Homestead place, the name given to
the territory recently opened up for build
ing purposes near the old Estey home
stead on Canal street, has been the scene
Of building activity the past year. w. E.
Coombs has erected a two-story house
with modern improvements. w. H. Fletch-
er is finishing a modern two-story house
there. A two-tenement house built by
Harold Smith is nearing completion, and
in the same locality A. w. Rockwell has
the frame for a handsome dwelling house
built and covered. Cratus Weatherhead
has built an up-to-date Involvement
house on the south side of Canal street,
near the school building.
Building operations have continued I'M