Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-10-14
A SURVEY OF BUILDING
OPERATIONS in POCOMOKE
Construction Work Of Nearly All Stores And Homes Begun
In Spring And Summer Nearing Completion.-1922
The Biggest Building Year In History OF City

ground. The city authorities expect
to take possession of the building by
| the middle of November.
Two other buildings that will be oc-
cupied by their owners within the
next two or three weeks are the stores
Of Lloyd & Blaine and R. J. Lambden
g. Son on Market street. The Lamb
den store without doubt is the hand
soonest both on the inside and out of
any store erected in Pocomoke since
the fire. The front is of limestone
and the large display windows fea-
ture of the building. The interior
sidewalks and ceiling are of metal
and are artistically painted in delicate
and restful shades, The floors are of
white oak, highly vanished. On the
first floor of this building will be To-
Gated the shoe and haberdashery de-
partments and on the second the
gents clothing department. The
building is equipped with hot air heat,
lavatory and lighted with electricity.
The Lloyd & Blaine store on the in
terror is similar to the Lambden store,
hut has one more story. This build
ing, too, has beautiful metal ceilings
vi hite side walls and mahogany and
natural finish woodwork. The drug,
jewelry and silverware departments
will be on the first floor, while pict-
ures, novelties and many other arti-
cles will be displayed on the second
floor. The third floor will be used as
a stock room. The fixtures for these
two rooms, which are of the latest
impro' type, are expected to arrive
With few days and after being put
in place the owners will take posses
sion,
The brickwork on the store build
ing at the corner of Market and Sec
end streets is practically completed
and when the owners take possession
of this handsome structure it will be
known as Godwins' Department store.
The owners are Messrs. w. P, w. K,
and w. M. Goodwin, all of Accomac
county, Va, and the lines of merchan-
disc they will carry will consist of
women's and children's wearing ap-
rarel, dry goods, millinery and gents
furnishings. On the lower floor of
this store and facing both streets will
be row of show windows for te en-
tire length and depth of the building.
This is something never before at
tempted before in store fronts in Po-
comoke and should prove big adver-
Using feature. Directly above the
show windows is a mezzanine floor
which encompasses the four sides of
the store, virtually making two floors
in one. The second floor will be one
large, we'll lighted room, and when
completed this storebuilding will
stand out as one of the finest archi-
tectural achievements in Pocomoke.
A building that looks as though l.
will be several months before it is
completed is the new r. F. Hargis de-
partment store, yet the contractors
say it will only be matter of few
weeks. 1t is thought that the owner,
Mr.. M. L. Veasey, will be doing busi-
ness in this building by December Is.
The steel and carpenter work is be-
ing rapidly pushed by large force OF
workmen and the brick masons this
week engaged in the work numbered
fifteen, with more to be added next
week. With such large force of men
it should not be long before the first
story is passed, then the work can be
pushed more rapidly as it will be OF a
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