Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-29
BUILDING PLANS
AND NEW PROJECTS
Activity Shows Falling Off. Com
parativcly Few Reaching the
Contract Stage.

John ID. Thompson, Jr., architect, has
received bids for three double dwellings,
six in all, Willis Place and Rodney street,
at Cleland Heights. for J. Writ Wins.
These arc to be the nucleus OF n larger
operation which has been projected TO
help solve the home question for artisans
EMPLOYED by the New Castle Leather
Co of which Mr.. Willis is president.
Those now figured are OF brick and
concrete construction, two stories In
height and 37x3l feet IN plan. concrete
foundations, composition root hardwood
floors, electric lighting are some oil the
details called for by the specifications;
The Liberty Housing Co. has hnished
digging the cellars. The sewer and water
mains being completed on South Broome
street by the city departments running
from Banning street to Maryland avenue,
will give the persons who are building at
present on Cleland Heights, immediate
use of the mains The first to connect
with them is The Ironton Six-family
Apartment House, at the south east
corner of st. Elizabeth street and broom.
This apartment is being built, by the
Liberty Housing Co and will be com
pleted by June Is. The Liberty housing
Co. will complete within thirty days,
George II. McGovcrns handsome resi-
dence. The Company has hnlsned
digging the cellars for the houses being
for Mr. Willis. James l.. Banning !r.,
and John ]. McCloskey are completing
plans for two modern bungalows ana
four seven-room modern houses,
Cleland Heights, being bounded on the
north and east h- the city of Wilmington
and the south and west by 800 acres of
city park land it is the purpose OF the
Liberty Housing Co. to make 1T an ideal
development.
Tho T.. l.. Rice. Jr., Co. have plans tor
alterations and additions to 705-707 King
street for the owner. Dominlck Salvatore,
involving q now front, and changes IN
interior arrangements. Bids VIII soon be
called for.
Work has been begun in demolition of
the old buildings on Shipleysetreet In the
rear of 621 500 Market street. to make
way for the new construction planned by
Brown Il Whiteside, architects, Tor
the kennard Pyle Co. William ID. Had
dock & Co. are the builders.
Plans have been flied for seven new
dwellings on Nandever avenue by William
NJ. Connelley, who will be the builder.
This is the first group of an operation that
is planned to be quite an extensive one,
taking in site on the opposite side OF
the avenue. as we'll as closely adjoining
plots in the immediate neighborhood.
The steel frame of the Delaware Trust
Co. building ut Ninth and Market streets
Is rising rapidly, being already up TO the
Tenth tier of beams from the Market
street level.
Plans for the new building on the site
of the Victoria Theatre have been pre-
sented for fling at the office of Building
Inspector Preston. The exterior ON
Market street is treated in manner to
correspond with the adjoining structure
of the Wilmington Savings fund Society,
and the King street front likewise
matches in style and floor heights the cast
end of the same building with which
connections NAV cut through walls
The floors are constructed on loft
svpe, making IL possible 20 lay It'll suites
Of offices 70 meet the wishes of tenants.