The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
DEVELOPING SITES
ON NORIHS|OE
SUBURBAN ADDITIONS IN THAT
SECTION VERY MUCH IN
PUBLIC EVE.
BRYAN PARK HEIGHTS
THIS IL ONE or THE MOST RECENT
TRACTS PITI> SHAPE
ron TUE MAR
RET.
BRYAN PARK HEIGHTS

| More than ordinary attention ~ be-
/ Iug directed these DAYS toward SUI
hGrhan property on The Northside. III
the territory ADJACENT TO Barton
Heights. G3nter FArk and Lakeside.
Cne ~ these devtIopnent projects
r. T7s's5sa Park Heights. which viii
be put ON thss market In few days.
This tract. fsEe original home Of the
/ Baptist College, adjoins the Lakeside
car tracks. and lies between Br*gaIt
park ana Lakeside II Was recently
acquired ~ e corporation headed ba
Prank W uabney with John >. Har-
Vie as secretary treasurer.
RIG .addtttuu is air-ettS euttifsi4est4
with sewerage. and other essential
accessories Ia be found In most up to-,
date tracts Of it, Kind intended for
residential development. Giant oaks
scrye rs natural shade trees a.ld there
GSrssfsoiithic sidewalks along e&sr...
I street and avenue.
Altogether the tract contains about
| I25 lots Of % by $50 feet dimensions,
1t ~ the ideal home site. according
to those whn have looked it over. or
tf1e av1far1d c7Frs thu rtrir To the city
-! is barely ten minutes. On the other
cars, the time Is "a little longer.
Tise lots range in price from $3.50
70 $3.50 each, tie terms being very
easy
! Not very far distant from this tract
! IS th@ otd bumharton home site, which
| Mr., bahney recently acquired from
pr. w. T. Dawson for s600o The
| place consists of upward of seven
acres located near the junction OF the
| Richmond Fredericksburg aud Poto-
! mac tracks and the staples Mill road.
Il IL MIR DabneS's plan to sell Off
! the tract In one-acre lots to those OBJ
ssxssts ssss ~ ssit aeS% feI ffiev t,jffff lv,s
ilsA-sl = -I.t4-2 Homestead 0stf IN acre
and fraction Ill also be Put Ola the
, mai ket.
Another attractive addition on tho
Northsidc In thamberlayne Court.
which has put on the market a few
| weeks aga Already upward Of loo
lots in this section have been sold.
Located on the Lakeside ear line be-
tween Ginter Park and Barton
I Heights. 1t lies just west of Battery
! Court. and Immediately south of a
! tract of the Lewis GiBter Lstud I'M
! proremellf Company. Which ~as re-
Gently acquired by the Highland Park
| Realty Corporation, of Which j. w.
Met oinb is the manager, the price
being $4,000. This corporation,
Will likely defer placing It's newly
acquired property on the suburban.
market until some time In the fall.
This prnperls~ Contains fourteen acres
and il said To be delightfully."- located
tor residential lots
Al this section IN well severed
and is also equipped with water and
other accessories that go to make
life IN the suburbs we'll worth living.
To Open Lombardy.
y project that is likely to give
considerable impetus to this develop
rnent plan is the movement to open
Lombardy street at its intersection
with the tracks or sie Richmond,
Fredericksburg ana Potomac rail-
road Though favorably reported
by IL. Council committee on streets
the project has b en- held up because.
of objections on the part of the rail-
road, which wanted to have the mat
ter investigated more thoroughly
The question of the crossing over the
tracks of the company IN understood
TO be the chief stumbling stock.
Lombardy street extended will con-
meet with Brook Turnpike and will
be the route. Ii IL said. by which the
proposed Richmond Washington high
way will enter the city when 1t Is
completed.
Busy With Sales.
Highland Park Corporation is just
now very busy with the sale OF Its
In Battery Court addition, which lies
adjacent to Battery Court near by
Barton, Heights. These lots have q
frontage OF so feet and depth of
from lao to 200 feet.
The Messrs. Cohen will continue to
handle the remaining section Of this
property ~ 4 suburban proposition.