Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-12-11
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
A YEARS BUILDING IN
WOODSTOCK.


improving and giving work to a
good many contractors, carpenters,
painters and stone masons. There
have been no strikes this town is
happily exempt from labor troubles,
and the sound of the hammer and
saw has been pretty continuous.
In the number of new buildings
erected in 1909 garages have a
prominent place, due to the arrival
of the automobile and it's inc reasing
use here.
One house has been built on the
new highway from Lincoln street to
Hartland hill This was erected by
j. B. Davidson. In that same
neighborhood G. Il. Atwood, who
completed the Lawton house, also
built barn near by.
Another house, built by Clarence
Reed, has appeared on the Slayton
terrace. above Lincoln street, and it is
understood that e. H. Slayton is
planning house or two there.
Early this season b. II. Pinney
built cement house on Golf avenue
from blocks made on the ground last
year which is the first structure
of the kind in Woodstock.
A new building on elm street is
a handsome bungalow which Judge
E. b. Adams of St. Louis and
Woodstock is building in the rear
of the Richmond house. The archi-
tect is Karl A. Pewber, who also
drew the plans for DR.. Hereward
Bnrbridge's Office addition to his
house on North Park street
The Woodstock Inn this summer
completed an annex of 30 or more
rooms at cost Of about $4,000;
and has also built small addition
to it's dining room and is now put
ting a metal roof on the main part
of the Inn,
II. @. Gushing recently added
story to the ell of his house on North
Park street.
Five new garages have been built
in the village, the Miller autom obile
company putting up concrete
building on Cross street accomodat-
ing 20 or % machines.
Henry H. Vail has built sub
stantial and well equipped garage
of stone in the rear of his houses,
near the South Branch E. D.
Faulkner, another summer resident,
built one on Mountain avenue, and
Forrest Richmond is building one
near the same avenue. Still another
is new garage in the rear of Hon.
William E. Johnson's house ON Elm
street.
One of the notable improvements
in the center of the village is in the
Commercial house, owned by f. s
Atwood, who remodelled it through
out and added story to the Fisher
block part of his property.
Perhaps the most conspicuous i'm
provement in the village is in the
old Woodward factory, owned by G..
w. Marble, who has reroofed the
structure, made some repairs inside,
the floors, etc, however, being still
in a very good condition, and reset
the glass in every window in the big
building, this latter work requiring
over one thousand panes of glass.
Paint has also improved the looks of
the factory, whose brick walls stand
as straight and plumb as they ever
did.
E. |. Benson made some extensive
changes in the house formerly
occupied by Norman Hollington.
enlarging it and adding an ample
porch.
Thomas Vanvolkenburg, at his
place on Church hill. has built an
addition to his barn for poultry
house, ,ContractorW. +. Wood having
charge Of this and other work there
and also building a stable at DIR. @.
L Dana's place ON the Hilltop road.
A big, broad piazza is being added
to the west side of the Hatch house
ON North Park street, q conspicuous
change in one of the older houses Of
tile village. f. 9. Newton drew the
plan for the piazza.
Contractor Wood has had charge