The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
THE YEARS BUILDING RECORD
Conservative Estimate Puts Amount Spent on New Real
Estate at 100000.

4 Another house which wall soon be com
pleted 10 that Of Arthur l.. Inpp On Cc
dar street. This u . two.tenement houss
built IN the semieoloniai style aud when
completed will represent an outlay ol
nearly 5000. II Is finished IN hard wood
throughout and 10 hlled with every mod
ern convenience. Melvin l., Cooper has
his new house on Bullock slruel nearly
completed. This also follows the general
style oi architecture Of the other houses
which have been built during the year,
siavO. II Is finished In hard wood, with
all modern eonyenienees.
AT the West Brattleboro end oi West
ern avenue Charles ;. Smith has built a
small cottage valued at S2uvO. On Elliot
street Emil Erickson has erected hand.
some residence valued al xt2OO. l.. NJ.
Angler has built two cottages GU Prospect
street al a cost Of x,sOO each.
Work has Just begun ON q handsome
house Tor Mrs. A. u. Cobb al the corner
oi Llnden street and Park place, When
completed the home OF Mn. Cobb Will be
one oi the best IA Braltleboro.
Frank w. Phelps has built a cottage
house IA district No. y valued at s-,OU,
and Egbert Brasor has erected q cottage
house ON Pine street at u similar expense.
Emmanuel "A. johnson has built q house
ON Chestnut street. This Is valued ap.
prOximately at St2vO On the old GuilioId
road l.. IL. Richardson has built two.
and IA hali-story house ON has farm besides
making extensive repairs on his slaughter
house and other buildings.
About four miles above Bratteboro on
the New Hampshire aide oi the river a
small settlement has been started which
vail form the nucleus Tor the numerous
closing OF the gates OF the new dam vi
the Connecticut River Power company.
Y. W. Durham OF the hrm OF Durham
Brothers has built a very handsome
bungalow, ii. Z. Rice anu John anu l..
Guy Iasker have erected small cottages
mile or more north Of MIR. Dunham's
place. Charles X. Crosby has rcmodeled
the house ON the old Jerry farm. Hayes
Bigelow has almost completed large
boat house on the lower end Of the Is
land opposite this village.
Under the category OF repairs may be
mentioned the extensive improvements
pade ON the paper mill Of w. ii. Ninton
4 Son ON Canal street. The work con.
sisted IN entirely remodeling the building.
New floors were laid throughout, an ele-
vator was installed, and the building was
extended one story higher. These i'm
provements took the better part OF the
summer. A. z. Eddy OF West Brattle-
boro has remodeled his house and barn |
at an expense OF 500. On Frost street |
Miss Mary A. Grady has remodeled |
barn into a dwelling house at an approx |
mated cost OF $500, as have A. W. Rock.
well and ii. 5. Sherwin; ON Oak street
Miss Minnie Stockwell has spent about
$1,000 in repairs, having changed her
dwelling into two-tenement house. l..
w. Blodgett has remodeled his barn on
Spruce street, changing ii into a cottage
house at an expense OF $1,000. Horton
Eames has also repaired his house on
iuiliord street at an expense OF $500, and
Henry Squires OF West Brattleboro has
made alterations to his property at an
expense OF 500.