Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-08
Six-story Brick Structure to
Be Erected Shortly.
FOR FURNITURE COMPANY
Mrs.. Virginia Tabb viii Put Up
Handsome storehouse for Harvey
at Washington Avenue and Thir-
tieth stree.-Repiaees Landmark.

Plans for a five or six story brick
building to be erected at the south
west corner of Washington avenue
and Thirtieth street by Mrs. Virginia
Tabb. widow OF the late Col. Thomas
Tabb. for the Harvey Furniture Con-
pany, are now being prepared by
Holtzclaw e. Brothers. OF Hampton.
Work en- the structure Will be start
ed as soon as the necessary preiimi-
nary arrangems nts can De made and
it is expected that it will be COM
pleted within eight or ten months.
If the present ideas OF the owners
and the leasing company are carried
out, the new building will be the larg-
est business house in Newport News.
The estimated cost will be between
$4,000 and s25.000, and the building
Will have a frontage of 90 feet on
Washington avenue and will be 80
feet deep.
Glass Front.
The building is TO be equipped &c an
np-to-date furniture store and storage.
house. The first and second floors
with the basement, which will be of
the same breadth and length as the
building, will he used by the Harvey
Furniture Company. while the upper
floors will be fitted up as storage
rooms for the storing of furniture and
other household goods. The front of
the building in the ground floor will
be of glass, while about half OF
the Thirtieth street side Of the first
floor viii be glass. This arrangement
will afford the best show windows for
The display of stock which are to be
found in Tidewater Virginia.
Brick and steel will be used In the
construction of the building, the front
and Thirtieth street side being OF
pressed brick. while the rear and 9th
er side will be of the ordinary brick.
Steel Orders and steel stanchions will
form the supports for the floors and
the building will be fire-proof as far
as Is POSSIBLE. An up-todate steam
heating plant will be installed and
there will be. electrical elevators Tor
the carrying of passengers and freight
in the building, the elevators running
from the basement 10 the top floor
Replace Old WOODEN Buildings.
The new structure is to replace the
two two-story frame structures which
have stood at the corner OF Washing
ton avenue and Thirtieth street
for about fourteen years. The
tenants in the building have
been given notice 10 move and
the structures will be torn down with
in the next few months.
With the completion Of the proposed
building, Washington avenue and
Thirtieth street will ibe the hand
soonest business corner In the city
Directly across Thirtieth street from
the site of the structure Is the hand
some building occupied by the New
pert Hotel On the northeast corner
is large brick building, while a
handsome concrete block building
stands at the southeast corner.
MIR. Harvey Makes Statement
r. Hunter Harvey, proprietor of the
Harvey Furniture Company, said yes~
tudt Ids Dccu ti1Gcdfo
10 secure this corner for his business
for more than two years. When ne
first tried to have building erected
there. another firm had a long-stand-
ing lease on one of the present build
ings and be could not put the deal
through. Later when the lease of the
company expired. business conditions
were not such as 10 warrant the
move. Recently, however. Mr.. Har-
vey entered into negotiations with At
forney r. I. Mason. of Hampton. at
torney INTACT for Mrs. T2bb and a
tentative agreement gas reached.
Plans for the proposed building were
discussed and recently Holtzclaw *
Brothers were asked to prepare the
plans and specifications fer such O.
building as Mr.. Harvey desired TO,
have erected.
Particular attention is to DC paid 10
the storage rooms in the building and
they will be the most up-to-date OF
their kiad In this section Mr. Har-
yexrsays that at present there are no
NO. storage rooms here and he BE-
Iievts that the store rooms will I'LL
a long felt want.