The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
Springtime Sun Increases In
terest--.Many Large Sales
Have Been Recorded.
PACE RESIDENCE
CHANGES HANDS
franklin Street Mansion to Bee,
come an Apartment House.
Writ Chcsterman Buys s.
Famous Home Site as
observation-disclosures
Sales for Week. 81

OdieS LOT week. m
The bright spring sun. the open
weather, aud all the other favorable
conditions, tend to open up q most live
lly interest IL the real estate market.
There is not an agency In the city or
| in the suburbs that has not felt the
Ienergizins effects OF the new spring
| stir All the agents have been active
during the past week, and not O. few
| OF them have made good sales. All of
them have heard the stories OF the
people who want to buy and the folks
who want to sell, and altogether they;
| have gotten in possession of n lot of I
information that leads them to expect
| great business before the hot suns OF
July shall come down upon the face
OF the earth.
Residence Sold.
The largest deal OF the week was q
private sale. In which the real estate
agents did not figure in THE matter Of
commissions. 1t was the sale of this
James b. Pace residence property, at
the corner of Adams and West Frank
lin Streets. Il
The sale was made privately on FRI
day between Mr.. Pace and the pur-
chaser, Mr.. Writ r. Chesterman. The
price paid was s4s,500. 1t Is underI
stood that Mr.. Chesterman. the new
owner of this valuable property, will Z
at once proceed to remodel 1t and make
| IT modern apartment house. Messrs.
McNeigh g. Glinn real estate agents,
will have charge of tile new property.
Much Money Invested.
Anotha. big sale was made at public
auction. Mcssrs. Green & Redd sold
the property Nos. 500. 90S and oIO West
Main Street for $50 COO. Mr. 7, w.
| the record, and it is understood that
/ lie bought as an Investment
other sales, some OF them large. but
q majority OF them on the small ORDER.
run the total sa1esHof the week up 10
something more, than $4,000.
Messrs j. Thompson Brown & Co..
through their JUROR member, tell OF
good business during The past week.
Among other sales made by them
may be mentioned a number of lots on
l5Claiborne Street at 81 per foot, severa.
on Wfnder Street from 81 to IS per foot,
all being bought by people of moderate
means for building purposes. This sec
ton is in the new annex, which sooner
or later must get the benefit Of city
| improvements.
| a New Suburb. 81
Messrs. Brown & Co. also sold a pub
l.lic auction Thursday a beautiful Park
Avenue lot, as advertised in The Times
dispatch, fronting thirty-rine feet, to
the Rev Mr. f. f. Hatcher at S55sper
| foot.
Roseneath Road. just west OF this
| location. is to be widened IL the plans
go through, intol another boulevard.
and a cross-town street car line is <
| contemplated. or rather the extension
of the present Broad Street line west-
I wardly down the new proposed boulc-
ward to connect with the Northampton
| line. RI
City viewers We're busy last week
| taking evidence and testimony in con-
domination proceedings looking to the
extension and widening of Monument
Avenue through to the Roseneath
Road, and also examined a large nunl-
Der of witnesses as to the value of
land for the new proposed eight-acre
park.
From Other Sources.
Messrs. l. and II. L. Denoon re-
an EVIDENCE of new energy they mem
ttion the following sales:
For Mr.. ], D.. Bradley; the handsome
the Richmond and HenrIco TURNPIKE.
for siO,00O.9 @3y5
They have also sold the neat proper-5
ty &, for Mr.. u. # ". Lewis, located at
hsa H l snd n Stfss dwell
ing in Home Place on Floyd Avenue
and Deep Run Street, for MI. Charles
/ Todd. for $1,000. and the brick dwell
ing, No 2517 Kensington Avenue. for
$4,000. They report considerable ac-
|! ttvity In real estate. and think the
/ spring market will be good.
Clutter Park Figures. s
All kinds Of sales We're made DUR
ft,o- 80. ~ kt,0
local and many extended into the su-a
iburbs. In this general sreadjustment
i of values Gnter Park Isl not getting
/ left. Az q matter Of fact, ~ Is son,e-g
proper is very lively these days, and
many sales are being made and new
/ houses started, ii &
| Mr.. George Wise, of Alexandria, and 4
| MI, Christopher B. Garnett are among
Tho recent purchasers. Mr.. Marshall
NJ Gillian has let the contract for
his nisr house y t. ME- Gilbert Hunt, and
The house Is to be a handsome COS
l!onial brick, and is located on Semi
mary Avenue, between Rennle and
Anallyssis building an attractive resls
idence on Cottage Avenue. adjoinina
the new rectorr. and Nlessrs. fstlartes
& Palmore are the contractors. The
Rev. Thos, G., Darst Is having plans
drawn Tor his residence to be built
on Noble Avenue, near Walton. Work
VIII he started as soon as the COM
tract can be lot. Mr.. Albert Hunt.
architect. Is taking estimates for tho
building of Mn. Clarence, II. Cadets
Seminary Avenue home.
The park is growing In attractiva-S
I ness and beauty eyerS day. and on
Sundays and holidays Its beautiful aye-
1.tes are tlWonsed withsyisitors.
s4GFe SO
BUSINESS VERNa coon
AND FNRAIERs PROSPEROUS y
Snecia. 10 he Timcs- nspatolti S-8e
| RuSTBuRt F4Ss March H,-fha mar
chants Sof Rustbufs say Tint business was
Eeye,s better 1heifarr,efs Of Campbell seem
/ 10 be in q prosperous condition sa5 y
The COnLract tor The new Bapt!st CHUCK \