The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
NEW BUILDINGS BEING ERECTED
IN OcALA

In TRIP around Ocala Saturday a
reporter of this paper noted a great
many new residences in the course
of construction, quite number just
completed, besides several buildings
on the square. There is certainly
something always doing in Ocala
| when it comes to new homes, etc,
and there is certainly never a dull
moment in the building circles of this
city This is an excellent indication
of city's growth and in this partic-
ular Ocala is certainly no laggard in
spite of the fact that the good old
summer time and supposedly dull sea-
son is almost upon us.
Mr.. Richard S. Hall will next week
award the contract for the rebuilding
of the Montezuma hotel (The Har-
rington) and when the work on it is
finished it will be very elegant hos
telry, and one of which the city will
be very proud.
Mr.. Halls new brick office on
North Main street, opposite the Ocala
Banner office, the lower story of
which is to be used for a motion pic
ture show, with every modern con-
venience, is also rapidly nearing COM
pletion, and will be ready for occu-
pancy in a few weeks.
The new two-story brick store
building of Mr.. J. ]. Bierman, facing
the postoffice building, will be ready
for occupancy within the next few
weeks, the plasterers having COM
,, pleted their work on same.
The magnificent new Ocala Nation
al Bank building is practically COM
pleted, with only a few finishing
touches to be added and it is a build
| ing that would be an ornament to any
lefty in the state.
In the second ward near the resi-
! dences of Mr.. j. r. Moorhead, and
Mr.. George McGahagin, the Citizens
! Investment Company are building
three small cottages for renting pur-
poses, and they will soon be complet-
ed. In the same neighborhood Mr..
! Lucien Mckenzie is building a two
story house next to his present home.
He will move into this house when
it is finished and will rent the small
er of his two houses.
On the next block Mrs. Blanche
Milestone has just had built pretty
little cottage, which is now occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Heating
! Work has started on Mr. ]. K.
Dickson's home on Oklawaha avenue,
west of the Johnson home, and Mr..
D. S. Woodrow's new nome on Fort
King avenue, east of the Cullen home,
! has also been commenced. Both of
these will be exceedingly pretty res
| licences.
The new Episcopal rectory on the
| lot just east of the church was be-
gun during the week just past, and
it will be finished as rapidly as pos
sible The old rectory on Oklawaha
avenue, which was purchased recent
! ly by Mr.. Leslie Horne is being re-
modelled and the interior entirely
done over and it will soon be ready
for occupancy.
Mrs. Otis Green is having an addi-
ton built to her home on Oklawaha
| avenue, and she has just completed
two pretty cottages-one on Ottawa
ha avenue and one on North Second
street.
Mr. Lanier Robertson is building a
new home west of the home of Major
L. T. Izlar, which he will move into
as soon as it is finished, and will rent
his present home.
Mr.. H. B. Clarkson will shortly be-
gin the erection of a beautiful resi-
dence on the site of his present home
This will be one of the handsomest
of the new homes. Another contem-
plated handsome home will be built
within the near future by Mr.. L. n.
Green on his magnificent lot on South
Eighth street.
There are quite a number of small
new cottages being built on the An
thony hard road, just beyond the E.
C. Smith place, and also several more
are in the course of construction in
the fourth ward, and, in fact, in every
direction in the city new houses are
going up.
The Ocala Telephone Company,
which has outgrown its present quar-
tiers, has recently purchased the
building now occupied by Mr. Schrei-
Der as laboratory, and the company
has also purchased from Mrs. F. r.
Gary the lot next to it on the west.
They will remodel the building and
add to it and will in every way have