Evening journal., 1916-04-29
news OF THE week
IN BUILDING TRADE
Office Building TO Go Up at
Twelfth and Market
Streets
MAY EVENTUALLY BE
SIX STORIES HIGH

Plans for the erection Of an Office
building at the southwest corner OF
Twelfth and Market streets for the
Misses A. L. and +. NJ. Crawford, went
out to the builders for estimates to-
day The plans were made by Ros
coe Cook Tndall, architect. Provision
is made for sixty offices. There viii
be three stories and the plans are so
drawn that three additional stories
can be added later. The building will
be of structural steel The eX-
terror will be Of buff brick with terra
Gotta trimming There will be large
basement Il is probable that there
will be stores on the Market street
front The building will be AZ by 10
feet. There will be an elevator in
stalled.
The contract for the making of al
terations to the Eighth street market
house for the AIiddletOwn Farm will
likely be awarded within a week. Had
dock and Company were the lowest Of
the five contractors VINO bid on the
work. The plans were made by Ros-
coe Cook Tindall architect II is the
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utilize the entire space now occupied
by market stalls. which is go by 20
feet There will be a stOreroom 10
feet wide and 20 feet long There will
be Offices, q bookkeeping room, tele-
phone room. order room, model
dairy, large refrigerator and ice ma
chimes in the remainder of the space.
Plans for alterations 10 the resi-
ience Of f. Herbert Clymer at Cor
don Heights, have been made by Ros-
coe Cook Tindall. architect Some of
the bedrooms are to be enlarged and
a sleeping porch is to be added. There
will be am extension on the first floor.
The diningroom will be enlarged and
porch placed around the entire
house.
Plans for a gardeners cottage. to
be erected on the estate OF b. Paul du-
Pont. at Montchanin. have been pre-
pared by Edward s. PaXson. architect.
of Philadelphia. The building will be
% feet inches by % feet S inches.
II will be constructed Of brick and
hollow tile plastered and contain six
rooms.
The new home OF Henry N. Candy at
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which was recently almost entirely
destroyed by fire before il was COM
pleted. only the walls being left
standing is being rebuilt by Milton
W. Young. contractor, of Overlook
The roof is now being placed on the
structure. which is 54 by 30 feet, with
two wings each 26 by 2S feet The
plans were drawn By Charles Barton
Keen. architect. Of Philadelphia.
Excellent progress is being made by
Milton W. Young, contractor in the
erection Of a handsome home for John
B. Bird. near Centreville. The build
ing will be 20 by 2S feet, with wings
each So by 20 feet. The plans were
made by c. g. Keen. architect, OF Phil
adelphia.
W. d. HaddocS and Company. con
tractors. have completed a handsome
residence for j. Christy Conner. al
Tower Road and Sixteenth street Thu
plans were drawn by Edward Canb,
May. architect.
Plans for a residence for T. Mac
kenzie Eliason at Pennsylvania avenue
and Rodney street. have been draw
by Roscoe Cook Tindall. architect
will contain ten rooms and bath ant
will be 27 by "a feet. The cqOnial styli
of architecture has been followed il
the plans. The walls will be Of stucco
There will be a terrace at the side o
the house.
The contract for the erection Of {
new brick building for the SUISSE
Trust Company at Laurel and also 70
a two-story store building for Philip
and Hutchins, at Laurel. have beer
awarded to A. L. Elliott, contractor
The plans for both buildings wer
made by Edward Candy May. architect
Il is expected that the new Knight
OF Columbus Hall. Tenth and Yves
streets, will be completed in tw
weeks. A house warming will be hell
by the organization.
The contract for the erection OF al
addition TO the residence OF Findla
Van Lear, Seventeenth and Greenhil
avenue. has been awarded to W. How
ard May, contractor. The plans wer
made by Edward Candy May, architect
Edward Johnson, contractor, ha
been awarded the contract for tn
erection of a residence for Mrs. Mar
f. Weldon, at Seventeenth and River
view avenue. Il will be 80 feet
inches by 81 feet eight inches an
have three stories. The plans wer
drawn by Brown and Whiteside, archi
tects.
Plans for alterations and addition