Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
The ssason's Building in south Paris.
BRIEF MENTION OF THE NEW HOUSES
AND BUSINESS STRUCTURES.

AND BUSINESS sTRUcTUREs.
There has rarely been . year when
some new homes and business buildings
have not been added 10 South Paris VII.
lage. At no time has there been rapid
growth, but few new houses each year,
with the existing ones kept up and i'm.
proved, show healthy increase.
During the season Of 1915 the increase
Of the village has not been large enough
to indicate boom, buta number of now
houses have been built, all of the desir.
able single.family type and such as are
creditable to the town. Some additional
business structures have also been erect
ed, most of this increase being naturally
due to the increased use OF the automo-
bile.
The largest business structure Is the
concrete block garage erected on the old
hotel lot near the Grand Trunk station
by Ripley & Fletcher, agents for the
Ford, Cadillac and Dodge Brothers cars.
This garage is q well-bu structure of
concrete blocks. 4sx9s feet on the
ground, one story high. An Office occu-
pies one front corner, and the rest OF the
q or is in one room, with roof support
ed by trusses 90 there are no posts. In
basement room under the back portion
OF the building is the repair shop, 48x6S
feet. The building lie heated with q va
por system. 1t has concrete floors, is of
Aronrnof construction and In
thoroughly built.
At O.well's garage on Western Avenue
q row Of ten stalls to accom- modate addi'
tional cars has been erected.
The meat market of c. Il. Churchill
on Market Square has been moved back
and an addition 1920 feet, two stories
high, built on the front, to enlarge the
market and the tenement overhead, q
basement room added, and other i'm
provements made on the building.
In the line of public buildings the only
thing notable was the addition OF q wing
40x40 feet to the exhibition building at
the grounds of the Oxford County Agri-
cultural Society, giving much-needed ad.
ditiopsl space there.
On Skillings Avenue Fred z. Hall has
built an attractive house of story and a
half, which will when all is flushed have
eight rooms and bath. Not all the
rooms are yet finished, but enough to
provide comfortable home, and Mr..
and Mrs. Hall have been occupying the
house for some weeks.
The rest of the new residences built
are all on Pine Street, which now has
only few vacant lots remaining. The
frat of the houses was the one south Of
the Universslist church, built by o. e.
Barrows and sold to Mrs. Lillian A.
Shaw, who, with the family of her sou,
Howard w. Shaw, has been occupying !,
for some time. It is bungalow of seven
rooms and bath, with basement.
Mr.. Barrows has also nearly completed
another house on the same side of the
street, next south of the Congregational
parsonage. This Is 2Sx28 feet, of what
is known as the semi-bungalow style,
seven rooms and bath, with large veran
das and basement garage.
On the other side of Pine Street is the
new house of John A. Titus. built under
direction of NJ. L. Noyes. This is 9
semi bungalow, 30x38 feet at the cellar
wall, and 30x44 at the roof, which ex
tends over the piazza, eight rooms and
bath. 1t is to be ready for occupancy
Jan. LIST, when Mr.. Titus and family will
move in.
On the adjoining lot is the house OF E.
Il. Mosher, superintendent of the Mason
Manufacturing Co.'s factory, which is
now under construction. 1t is OF the semi
bungalow style, 2s131 feet, seven rooms
and bath, and is to be completed and
ready for occupancy May 1st.
In additions to houses already built
the largest is that at the house OF Samuel
Richards on Pleasant Street. 1t is 20x24
feet, two stories and basement, and con
tains hall, dining room, living room With
fireplace, two chambers, and piazza, al
in modern style.
Two rooms have been added to the
house of Chas. 81. Howard on Pleasant
Street, and stable 24x30 has been built
by s. B. Horr at j. N. Horr's on Penley
Street.
One building has been destroyed BY
FIRE during the year, the house OF A. w.
Walker on Pleasant Street, which was
burned In the early morning of Saturday
Sept. %. A deluge of water stopped
the fire before the house was entirely
consumed, but 1t was so badly wrecked
that the owner decided to take down
what was left. A new house on re-
built foundation is now going up. 1t IL
bouse and ell of some twelve rooms'
The house which was burned was one OF
the best modern homes in the place, and
the new one will be modern in all re.
spects. Dolly new material is being used
| for it. What lumber from the old house
is in condition to use will 60 into q
house for rent.
| It's understood that plans are already
being made to build q number Of houses
in the place next year.