Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-31
BRICK CONSTRUCTION
NOW RULES At HOPEWELL
ar Months Has Seen Wonderful
Change I'm Character of Pow
der Plant Town.
FIFTY -FOUR ROOM BUILDING
Hotel, Laundry, Ice Factory, Banks,
Newspaper Offices and Many Other
Substantial Structures Are Being
EreCted-New Jail.

Brick buildings arc constituting the
major portion OF the construction work
in the business section OF Hopcwell
-Four months ago there was only one
brick building In that section-the
Farmers end Mechanics Bank-but
now OH each of the principal streets in
the downtown district there are three
or four brick structures In the course
of construction in addition TO those
ready for occupancy.
The Finn Office building, in which
there will be located Hopewelrs third
bank, has fifty four rooms. 1t is four
stories in height, and is one of the
most pretentioUS of the newly erected
structures. Others OF n similar char
acter are going up and will compare fav-
orably with business blocks in many of
the smaller cities in Virginia.
Among the new brick buildings for
which ground has been broken are n
thcater. which will cost S35. 600. and
VIII have,a seating capacity of more
than 1000. Hopewell already has sew
eral moving picture shows. but the new
enterprise Will carry road shows us
VOL as the movies. In the powder plant
town the movies run from 10 o'clock
In the morning until midnight.
. A structure for the new Hopcwell
Steam Laundry. which will cost $1,000.
is in the course OF erection. Adjoining
this building will be a bottling works
and an Ice plant.
SEyENTY-FIyE-RO
HOTEL BEING EFFECTED
Although Hopcwell now has many
hotels and lodging houses, n company
has been formed. and the capital raised
for the erection OF a new brick hotel
with seventy five bedrooms. This hotel
1t is planned, will be conducted along
modern lines, and will cater to the
travelling public and visitors.
The site for new Jail and police
Headquarters. with rooms for the jus
tees courts and barracks for the 20.
lice force. has been donated Inv Richard
Eppes, ana plans are under way for
the construction of this building. The
Du Pont Company. Prince George Coun.
~. and the state of Virginia Will sup.
ply the funds for the erection Of thi.
structure, which will relieve conEcstct
conditions in the jail there and Mt IN,
same time afford comfortable quarter.
for holding court
In Du Pont City 4 new brick building
is being erected for the Hopcwcn Dali,
News, the first newspaper csrablishe,
in the powder city. and the owners nj
the Hopcwell Times also have n sit,
upon which they propose to build {:
modern structure
The Prince George Electric Light auf
Power Company, which will furnish
hght ana power for Iopewcn. will
shortly erect n brick substitution and ;
building for the Offices OF the companv
There are many other brick building.
OF more or less extended proportions i,
prospect.
Another feature of the operations ar,
the plans made for converting a mum.
= Der or frame structures into bricI
buildings without intcrruptiug TN,
business OF the stores situated therein
The brick walls will be erected aroun,
the present structures
While the brick buildings constitut,
the major part of the present operation.
OF that character there are man,
frame structures going M in the tow
some of them two and thrcc-stor\
buildings for hotels and boarding.
houses