The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
Thornton Flats sold.

Thornton Flats Sold.
The largest sale made last week was
the house. corner OF Fifth and Grace
Streets. known as the Thornton Flats.
The property was owned by Mrs. c.
NJ. Thornton. and was sold for her By
:. a. Connolly & Co. to Messrs- James
PEBBLES and C. Ridgeway Moore. for
S20.25o. These gentlemen bought
purely as an investment. The proper
ty is now occupied by high class OF
tenants and is considered good In
vestment. Messrs. Mcveigh / CHM
sold to Mr. w. r. Fenson two houses
on South Harrison Street for $4,000.
They also scld to Mr.. Edward L. Frost
a fifty-foot lot on the south side Of
Grace Street for $4,000. These were
investment purchases.
McVeigh g. CHM also sold for Mrs.
Ella " Martin a twelve-acre tract OF
land on she north side OF Grove Road
near the Soldiers. Home for $4,000.
and also sor Matthew Gilner a seven
teen-acre tract on the south side of
Broad Street Road near the Belt Line
Investments.
other Good Sales.
Moseley & Corling report sales
amounting to $4,000, but withhold
particulars and location OF property
Gated. Messrs. j. Thompson Brown e.
Co. disposed of about $4,000 worth
! OF property during the week. Among
! other sales made by them were two
houses In Barton Heights, one for sS,-
$50 and the other for s2.S5o. They
also sold property on Blair Street ag-
/ gregating s4075, house on Taylor
! Street for s2.25o and number OF West
i End lots amounting in the aggregate
to $4,000.
Messrs. Pollard & Bagby report sales
amounting to $4,000. but like many
other agents they are mum as to de-
tails OF these transactions. They ad-
nit however, that the bulk of their
sales were to investors.
Quite a number Of attractive auction
sales are announced in the papers for
this week. among them a vacant lot
103 by 204 feet at the southeast cor
ner Of Park Avenue and Sycamore
Street This sale, which will take
place at $50 Thursday afternoon and
be conducted by Messrs. j. B. Elan
& Co.. Is 10 be made to close UP an
estate.
A Scene Worth Seeing.
There has been all kinds Of activity
in the suburbs and many pieces Of
property have changed hands, Messrs.
Deyer & Ramsay. who handle a great
deal Of irookland Park property, re.
port a number Of sales in that delight
ful suburb, all being vacant lots, go
ing to people who propose to build
homes at once.
Bordering Laburnum and Chamber
layne Avsnues, Glnter Park Is a vast
Mold OF .ich-hued crimson clover, dot
ted here and there with white daisies.
Such sight is worth going many
miles to see. It resembles a magnih-
cent Oriental carpet In its richness
and IS an inspiration to those who
love the artistic and beautiful.
Ginter Park has been centre OF
activity during the week and the COM
pany reports that the outlook Is most
promising In every way. Many sales
are In progress and more houses are
being started. MI. Frank A. Haugh-
ton let the contract for his Seminary
Avenue residence to WI Ragland &
Co., and work Is progressing, Ground
was also broken for the home OF Mrs
Alice Delaney Lamb.
Work has been started on the extern
sion Of Jhamberlayne Avenue and a
Force OF mon and teams is making the
dirt fly.
The beauty about the park Is that
the permanent improvements. such as
sewerage and water systems, paved
avenues and good TRANSFORMATION ia
cilitios are already installed
Only those who have gone through
the experience know the INFINITE amount
of labor and worry, to say nothing
OF the heavy cost Of providing sucl
improvements,
The development OF Ginter Park is
almost without a parallel In the rea
estateshistory Of this part Of the coun'
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