Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-14
OLD PAPER SHOWS HOW
PROPERTY HAS GONE UP
Homes OIL North Avenue Cost
$4,000 and $500 TO
Build.
CHURCH DEVELOPMENT $
Ncnbership Increased Many Hum
drcd Per Cent-"Mastcr Hardin
bnche," Now Married, "I;ntcrtnined
Little Friends" Old Paper Records.

How Barton Heights. Gintcr Park
and the North Side have grown In
the last thirty-six years from strug-
SllnB villages into prosperous sub
mrbs OF one OF the finest cities in
The United States. and how land and
property values in this district have
advanced accordingly is shown by
copy OF the Barton Heights Mir
ror. paper published In the Heights
AT inc time. The paper carries an
account OF building in this section
for the year. "A complete record OF
all of the churches Uherc were
four) and OF the civic association
ana other. activities In the Heights
The paper was dated December %
and carried n.summnry for the year.
Property has advanced wonder.
fuiiy comparison shows. Homes
that were erected for $500 and
$1,000 are now valued at from 81. 900
10 $4,000
Church Development.
The Barton Heights Baptist Church
then was recorded in the story an
having membership OF seventy-nvc
and Sunday school OF 100. The
membership today Is Gs5 and tho
sunday school has Increased to 7o4.
The paper recorded the repor, Of
"
seven members, l25 on the Sunday
s'hc"l ~ and .v:- s.. .rp raised
for NIL purposes. The Church OF the
Epiphany had 100 members and
seventy In Sunday school. A Cath
"I!c congregation and Sunday school
had tust been organized by "a Mrs.
Taylor With twenty-five pupils.
James IL. Barton was building
'w"nty'four houses at the time I'm
anticipation or tho great demand th.s
sprinE' and offering 200 building lots
Hr sale ON easy payments" with
the promise To build for any ono
who first paid for his lot All %, the
churches mentioned above. besides
others. have built new cd!ficcs since
tn: paper was iasuai, or acquired
property on which TO build I'm tho
near future.
Mnsonic Lodge Mentioned.
FITZGERALD Lodge, No. 90, A. T.. &.
FltzhuSh Lodge. No. 22o. A. r. &
y. NJ, IL mentioned In the paper.
It now has go members. \ school
was built during the year at North
Avenue and Dove Street. Today a
ncw junior high school is being
erected. and other school improve
m"nts are under way on tho North
Side.
park or eleven acres has Just
hcen purchased for the section. and
Is now being beautihed
In the paper Master Hardin Bache
~ mentioned az entertaining his
htiIc friends" Mr.. Bache Is now n
member Of the firm or Julian G. An
derson Co. aud has wife and
family. Robert Scott. who found the
paper In his home. Is still living In
the same house. built that year. the
value Of which has trebicd. Julian
G. Anderson is living in the property
punt by Mr.. Starrct. which has in
creased. with improvements. 400 per
cent In value since that time. w. l..
Ragiand is still residing at Barton
Avenue aud Poe Street. j. l.. Rose
aud John IT, Barton. the former the
Mayor of tho town at that time.
nave both died since the paper was
issued. In which they are both men
toned prominently.
Sold on "Easy Terms
Rhrton Heights lots were being
sold AT $50 down and s. n month. the
purchase price not being given I'm