Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-09
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
IN RICHMOND GROWING
Total for Spring Work Will
BE Between s8,O0O,O0O
and $4,000, 900
NEW CHURCHES on PROGRAM
Ground u Being BROKEN for several
Ehihcrs-Lornl Architects Busy ON
Pinns for Fine Rcsidrnces and
several Mansions.

INC building construction in Rich
mond during the spring months Will
total between $4,000 900 and $4,000
""" II was estimated yesterday by
men who are close 10 ali bujIdinp
activities. Not only rcsidemtiol. bu.
business and church construction is
booming. Several Richmond churches
either are breaking ground now or
planning 10 build before the year Ia
"u'. one arhitect IN Eichinond has
plans for 100000 as the cons,ruc-
ton program for Baptist csurches in
this city and throughou, the ;Sat.
All architects aud builders in the
city are busy preparing plans and
going over the details of pians with
prospective builders.
West End Residences.
Bascom 6. hewlett has 100000
worth ot West End residence sketchcs
In his office. Leo IL Lee ar. drawing
sketches for thousands upon thou
| sands Of dollars worth OF work. w.
Duncan Lee has hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars worth Of residence
plans TO draw. come OF them pala-
t!al mansions.
II must be held in mind that none
Of this work mentioned above has vet
reached the office OF the Building In
spcctor, and, therefore. is not in
cludcd in tho Si.O9GsiS worth Of
work already authorized By Building
Inspector Butler in the first three
| months OF this year. 1t cannot be
addcdd to the new building total
, which Mr. Butler has compiled, which
shows how amazingly building is
growing. from S3Sl.si2 In new work
during the first two months Of the
year. to .i.olO.25s in the next thirty
! days. II is confidently believed that
'he April total Of new building will
exceed by at !cas; 80 per cent the
total for March, Even the most con-
SENTATIVE are saying this
Aeon Temple PInns.
y few o.; the Jobs Of magnitude
that Will be added TO the building
boom roll This year will he tn. $500.
900 Acca Temple building. the new
structure TO replace the Lexington
| Hotel. the 10000 addition to the
Broadway National Bank, the $50. 200
new postofhce annex. the $500. 900
| physicians building at Second and
! Franklin Streets, the 100000 ply
| sicians building on Grace, between,
! second and Fifth Streets. the sl2j. 900
Labor Temple building. to be erected
| In the uptown business district in
the next few months: the factory 10
cover five acres which the Chesa.
pcake ana Ohio Hallway COMPANY
has Just landed for Richmond. and
| winch VIII be constructed east OF
| the city. probably just outside Of Full
| ton. senator Cannon's new apart
| ment at Harrison and Grace Streets.
10 cost $4,000: ST. Thomas church
sunday schoo! building. which vii!
| cost 5000; the new wing OF the
Commonwealth Club. which. IL is be-
! iievcd. VIII run between $4,000 and
| 100000. the new home OF the Rich
! inond Trust Company. az Main and
! sixth Streets northwestern corner)
to cost nearly sl.0OQ.O00: the $50. 600
! Monte Maria Academy durmi,ory
building. at Twcnty-nrst and Grace
| Streets; approximately $1,000. 600 in
construction in five Episcopalian
| schools In the state. two of which
are located in the city: the $3.50. 900
| !. o. -. +. building at III West
| Grace Street the $4,000 addition tn
| ilnc Camp. plans for which Carnea!
h Johnston arc drawing at the pres
ent time; the $4,000 factory Of Bert
! Hopper at Seventh and Decatur
! streets. South Richmond. plans for
which CarneaI X Johnston are draw
! ing, $1,000 in stores for the Ebel
estate, 10 be located on Broad Street.
| the new Meade Memorial Episcopal
| Church. of which Rev Thomas
Semmes is pastor, which viii be
erected in South Richmond. and any
number OF other really big jobs, all
of which will he on the market be-
| fore the season has closed
| Plans have already been flied for
the $332,0O0 plant Of the Assembly
Training school on the Laburnum
tract in Gintcr Park. opposite TO
! Union Theological Seminary.
Home builders Are Active.
Home builders are no less active.
! Charles Ruchrmund is erecting three
, apartment houses, TO cost about 500
900 and much other building is being
done by him. lie also contcmpiates
financing home building in new
section he is opening up this spring
wa JUN al ~ t'oulcNdGu, Dt
tween Highland Park ana Barton
Heights, where he will build for lot
purchasers.
Eddie r. Schmidt is spending abou;
$4,000 in the erection or number
OF model homes in a section he is
| opening up some distance from tho
tcity. J. Pope Nash. who is promot-
ing Wcstmorcland Place. believes at
least 100000 worth OF homes will
be erected there and supports mis- be-
lief with actual figures and names
Of those who are building palatiai
residences in that section.
Robert Syclc is building $4,000
home on Monument Avenue at Clcvc-
land Street. NJ. NJ Anderson is erect, :
ing a $4,000 home on the boulevard.
| Three residences in one group are
being constructed on the Three
| Chopt Road, at a cost of 100000 each.
Another $4,000 residence only a 1t
lie farther out is being erected.
| Bellevue Court Development and
| Realty Corporation is spending $500
600 on the section thia spring In
| putting in sewers. streets, water.
etc. for prospective builders and to
| make lots attractive for building
sites.