Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
CONTRACTORS WILL Be BUSY
Much Building Planned for Bur-
lington This Year.
pion Railroad station, New Churches,
Residences and Apartment Houses
In the List of structures, Some
Already started.

The year 1914 promises to be a very
busy one among the contractors and
builders in burlington. While they
were kept fairly well employed last
year, the present building season will
be the largest seen in the city for sew
oral years. The new Union station
will be of most interest to the people
of this vicinity, but several new resi-
dences are being erected about town
and the number of the people who are
making additions and repairs Is great.
The work of blasting for the new
Episcopal Church on Shelburne road
has been begun. The stone taken from
the ledge will be used in the rough
for it's construction Work is well un
der way for the erection of the new
chapel for Catholics in tho vicinity of
Malletts Bay. This church will be
made of cement blocks. The founda-
ton is already completed The ex
cavatiun for the Free Methodist
Church, which is to be built on the east
side of Elmwood avenue. is about COM
plcted. This church will resemble the
w. c. T. L. temple in appearance.
An office building is to be erected
nooski avenue and King street. The
material to be used is brick, with terra
Gotta blocks. An addition I 90 feet by
! 20 feet is to be made to the Univer-
sity gymnasium IT is planned to have
this completed for the opening Of the
summer school Remodeling the How
ard bank is in progress, mention of
which has already been made. The
large span bridge at the lime kiln at
Winooski is receiving the cement wash,
which is the final touch, all of the
grading having been finished
The spacious residence of DR.. w. H.
EnglcsbY at the corner of College and
Williams streets is fast being pushed
to completion. The walls of brick have
been erected and the roof is being put
on. The construction of B. f. Shan
| ley's residence on Maple street is near
| ly finished. Men are at work putting
! in the inside trimmings. Ground has
! been broken for a residence for Henry
| G. Fuller on Shelburne road near the
junction of willard street Work is
| well under way on the residence Of :.
| NJ Anterior at the corner of Hunger
| ford and bradley streets. The house
| is of brick veneer. and a garage will
! also be built A home is being erected
| for j. f.. Tracy Oh Ledge road. John l..
| Berseron has completed his home at
the corner of Drew and Strong streets.
! The excavating for "A residence for j.
| G. Arnold has been begun on the east
| side of Summit street John \. Gibson
will erect a house on his property on
South Winooski avenue. a number of
garages are being erected.
Desirable apartments seem to be in
much demand. j. NJ. Ruiter is erecting
a three apartment house on what was
the old Beach property on the north
side Of Maple street. The house recently
bought by the w. 6. Reynolds company
at 81 King street has been made into
a two family tenement house and the
cellar walls are laid for a two tenement
house ON either side. Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Spear ar" planning the erection of an
eight apartment house of brick veneer
on their property at the corner of Pearl
and Willard streets. w. r. HARRINGTON
completed two apartment BUNGALOW
house on Hungerford street this spring
and plans to erect two more along the
same lines this summer. f. o. Mtiguy
completed his residence on ITungerford
was formerly the Peck estate, is rapidly
| being built up. During the last four
years eight now buildings have been
erected ana two new streets made, Hun
gerford and Bradley streets b. Me
chanic is building a two tenement house
at 81 Hyde street and barn at number
63. Miss Anna b. Mcmahon has broken
ground for an apartment house on
Lafayette place.
Repairs of n greater or less extent are
being made in numerous places in the
city, Repairs to the Coon building will
| add floor space 4s feet by IS feet to
the WoolWorth ten-Cent store. The door
opening into the vcstibule leading to the
apartments on the upper floors will be
placed about 70 feet west in the build
ing. The roof to tho storehouse of ]. o.
Middlebrook & Sons in the Central Yer
mont freight yards has been raised about
10 feet The burlington Wood company
has made an addition IS by % feet to
their wood shed on North Champlain
street Repairs to the home Of Mary
A, OBrien at the corner OF Church and
King streets recently damaged by fire
are about completed. +. f. Coburn has
built an addition II by % feet and a
piazza to his home on South Union
| street. j. l.. Hall has built small
addition to his home on South Union
street.
Additions or repairs of a minor nature
| have been made by c. T.. Emo at 1923
| Maple street. II. p. Albory at 10 Cherry
! street, f. a. Rich to machine shop in
Mechanics lane, Mr., and Mrs. G. L.
Beaupre at lS3 North street Louise
Richeleau at Il Convent square Joseph
Provost at y Rose street and Mrs Anna
! Arnold at 24s North street.