The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-29
IOring And PhippS For New
Aldrlch Building
T0REPLACE THE OLD BANK
Their Bid Chosen Out Of Six and They
VIII Draw Final Plans for Three
story Business Block to Be
Erected This Summer.

The trustees Of the Il. r. Aldrieh prop
erty trust have awarded the architect
contract for the new building, TO replace
the "Is02p block at the corner Of Main
and Elm streets, to Doiing & Phipps. arch
itects, Of Boston, the selection having
been made out Of six bids. The success
ful firm is to present FINAL plans and
specifications by May 8, and the award
of the building contract will be made a.
soon as possible thereafter, SO that actual
construction will be started By early
summer The occupants of the present
buildings on the site have made plans
for removal, and the tenants In the
upper part Of the wooden structure on
Elm street have already vacated.
The architects bid calls for a huild'
ing three stories high, having frontage
Of 50 feet on Main street and & depth
Of 81 feet on Elm street; and the south
east front end Of tha nsw struoture will
be set back 70 as to conform with the
line Of business blocks Just NORTH of it,
the city having made sn exchange Of land
with the trustees 80 that this might be
possible. The trustees expect to use
grey brick in the construction, the color
similar to that used in the Aldrich H.
brary Just across Elm street.
THE first floor Of the new structure
will Be give up TO stores, there being two
facing on Main street and another with
corner entrance on Main and Elm
streets. The two former will Measure
20 BY 90 feet and the latter II By 32
feet. There will Be three entrances on
Elm street to accommodate the stores,
and the entrance for the second and third
floors viii be on Main strest These two
stories win be made into Offices, as the
location Is very wsll suited to that pur-
pose.
In addition, one suibe on tha third floor
will be used BY the janitor OF the build
ing, 50 that the safety and care Of bis
charge can the better be attended to.
The trustees have found that insurance
rates are mo- favorable where the Gus
todian is always on the ground.
The foundation will be Of cement, and
the northern line viii ran close to the
wood block, thus utilizing the triangular
space now serving nc purpose. The e4
feet depth Of the building will not en-
crosch on the driveway in the rear; and
the Elm street line will Be Strengthened.
This building viii bs modernly equipped
ii every way.
The contract for building the new
block viii also include the contract for
raKinq the old structures. and the wooden
store and tenement on Elm street win
be the first 70 20 in the latter process.
The brick block will be allowed to re-
main for a time. as II possible To build
around II, with the exception Of the Main
street side.
The National Bank Of Barre, which has
occupied the corner 50 long, viii then be
moved to the new Rowland Brothers &
Cave building, thus permitting the demo
Ntion OF the brick block also The two
upper stories Of the 1902 building have
been almost unoccupied for some time,
Or. @. H. Reed being the only regular
occupant, with his dentistry parlors.
Merchant s Fraser's store in the wooden
building viii aleo be vacated soon.