Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08
QUARTER MILLION doll AR PROGRAM OF
BUILDING IN AUGUSTA DURING 1924

land, the building being a two story
one $50 by Sc feet in size and the
jop being one of about a years dur
alton, started last April.
o. B. Frost Co.-Remodelled two
houses on Green street for Margaret
Field: remodelled building for Mar
Gus Frawley on North street; built
modern, up-to-date, two-car garage
for Burleigh Martin on Sewall
street; Amos Higgins house on up
per Western avenue, completely re-
modelled; st. Marks Parish House
renovated; built large four-tenement
block on Mount Vernon avenue,
known as Dostie block. In addition
this company has built concrete
bridge for the State at Turner and
has provided workmen or materials
for two private jobs, the Harold
Sawyer house on Glenwood street
and large new building for the
kennebec Oil Co. plant on the east
side Of the Kennebec river.
Vinton f. Dunn-Built a modern cot
tage bungalow on Court street for Will
lis Swift; built fine modern bunga-
low on Sewall street for J. Frank
Dyer; built twc-story house on Hos
pital street for Frank Cheney for in
vestment, has also completed three
others for the same man within the
past year and half; has built a cot
tage house on the Hospital road for
Daniel Clary and another for a Mr..
Gordon; has built a five or six-car
garage on Gannett street for Ernest
Hewett. two-car garage for George
Haskell on Bangor street and a two
car garage for ]. Frank Dyer on Sew
all street.
Charles A. Brooks-Mr. Brooks spe-
tializes in brick and concrete work and
has done but one job of this sort in
Augusta. the Rose block on Cony street
which takes the place of a building de-
stroyed in the Cony Hill fire. Mr..
Brooks has also nearly completed a
large wooden mill for the Clinton Wool
en- Mill Co. Of Clinton and is at pres
ent employed on a large block known
as the Plaisted block on Main street
in Waterville.
3. A. Walker--Mr. Walker does the
bulk Of his work in Hallowell but has
In the past year built a bungalow on
lower State street for Charles Pardee
and has made extensive alterations on
the Pardee paint shop.
Charles +. Fletcher-Afr. Fletcher
has been occupied with extensive al
terations on the H. S. Patterson estate
in Sidney.
]. A. e J. r. Partridge-This COM
pany completed the beautiful new
brick Spiritualist Temple on Perham
street in the early spring: has remod-
elled the James Mahtr house ut the
corner of South Chestnut and Court
streets for Willis E. Swift. and built
a two-car garage for him; is building
a vi 80.
Partridge himself, and is at the pres
ent time employed on the new Comfort
station which is situated on CONNER
cial street. In addition the company
is employed upon a three-story brick
addition to the Hebron Sanitorium and
has completed a brick schoolhouse in
Hebron.
Joseph Carron-Mr. Carron has con-
structed a two-story house on North
ern avenue for Leslie Gilbert.
Harry Hanks-Mr. Hanks has built
a two-flat house on Patterson street for
E. A. Hussey, a two-story house at
Newlands and a two-fat house on
Morse street for the same man and
has remodelled the Locke Bakery on
Oak street into a house for Mrs. Emma
Packard
Tracy & Metcalf-This company has
been principally occupied with the con-
struction of beautiful country home
for J. NJ. Sawyer in Greene, and has
also remodelled the r. p. Hazard
House in Gardiner. The Fl. r. Sturgis
home at the corner of Western avenue
and Sewall street and the L. l.. Cooper
house on Sewall street have also been
completely remodelled within the past
year.
V. A. Pierce-Mr. Pierce has built a
house for himself on Bridge street for
investment and another on PurintoA