Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
REAL ESTATE RECORD
AND COURT CALENDAR
Total Volume Of Trading Keeps Up
Well, Despite Summer
Season.
SMALL PROPERTY IN DEMAND
Sixty-Four Sales Recorded During
Week, Aggregating 1924, 7s5.
Building Shows Activity, Permits
of Week Amounting to $4,000.
Real Estate Summary
Yesterdays RECORD.
Although the number Of Property

Although the number Of property
transfers admitted to record in the
Chancery Court, during tho week which
ended yesterday. was slightly less than
that Of the foregoing period, the
amount of money spent for local real
estate was not nearly as large as
that of the previous week.
The trading last week continued
steadily throughout and the amount
OF money spent for property in the
city and suburbs was far above that
OF the average summer period. 1t
has generally been the case for the
real estate market to slow down in
the summer months, but during the
past few weeks the trading has been
oven larger than that of some periods
during the winter season.
Featuring the weeks trading was
the fact that there was great de-
mand for small properties. while in
only three or four instances were large
transfers placed on record. The trad
ing In small properties included dwell
linEs ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
DAVIS BUYS BIG
TRACT IN WEST END
The largest property transfers Of
the week was placed on record on
Tuesday. when Davis Brothers. Inc.
purchased from Joseph g. Taylor.
special commissioned. two lots Of land
in the residential section Of the city.
One OF the lots has a frontage Of
ITO 5-12 feet on the south line Of Grove
Avenue and a depth Of 10 IL feet
and is situated at the east line of Null
berry Street. The second lot fronts
on the north line of Floyd Avenue for
a distance Of ITO 7-12 feet. and extends
back for depth OF l7O1-2 feet. and
Is situated Al the east line Of Null
berry Street. Davis Brothers paid a
total OF $4,000 for both lots OF land.
j.. A. Connolly and Mary l.. Warren
figured In a large transfer, when the
former sold TO the latter property on
the Brook Turnpike. valued at $780,
900. The lot has a frontage on the
east line OF Brook Turnpike of 10S.27
feet and extends back for a depth OF
2S5.7S feet. The property is situated
at the north line of Brookland Park
Boulevard.
GRACE STREET PROPERTY
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Property located on West Grace
Street was purchased from w. J. Gill
man by Julien Gum. The lot has a
frontage. OF % 2-3 feet on the south
line OF Grace Street and depth of
c1Bnty-nSe Ieet. Inc property Is Sill
uated ffty-one and one-third feet east
of Sheppard Street. a total of $4,000
was paid for the property.
Building operations last week showed
a substantial increase over those of
the previous week. Permits aggre-
eating over 100000 were issued by
Building Inspector Butler.
The Medical College of Virginia
(Memorial HospitaD. was issued the
largest permits of the week when it
was authorized to proceed with the
erection OF three-story brick hos
pital building to be erected at 1925
East Marshall Street. The structure
will cost when completed $4,000. The
building was donated by Major James
H. Dooley and will be one Of the
buildings to be erected in connection
with the Memorial Hospital The new
building will be used for the treat
ment OF contagious diseases and Will
be known as the Contagious Ward"
Grover C. Dula was issued a permit
for repairing a two-story brick garage
at the southwest corner of Broad and
Shafer Streets. The alterations and
repairs to be made on the building will
cost over $4,000. The structure when
completed will be occupied by the NJ.
D. Stone Motor Company.
]. Lee Davis will erect a handsome
three,story brick apartment house on
the north side Of Park Avenue between
Sheppard Street and Colonial Avenue.
The new building will cost $4,000.