Ahoskie Building
Boom. . . Contract Has Been Awarded for Construction of a Business Block. . .
Many Residents to be Constructed
It is reported that the contract has been let to local
contractors for the erection of several brick business houses on Main Street,
adjoining the Geo. J. Newbern and Co.’s garage. This choice property, belonging
to J.D. Sessoms, will be entirely covered with brick business structures, thus
linking up the remainder of that block into a solid brick business structure.
The trustees of the Ahoskie Baptist Church have also let the
contract for a handsome two-story residence to be built on the site formerly
occupied by the parsonage, near the church building. Material is being placed
on the grounds for this building. Mr. Herring of Winton has the contract for
the construction of this building, which will contain about nine rooms, and
will be constructed at an approximate cost of $7,500.
Work has also been planned for the earl construction of a “Dutch
Bungalow” on West Church Street, which will be owned and occupied by R.B.
Taylor, of the local peanut factory. Local contractors are also busy at work on
residences for Messrs. S.F. Bwers (that’s what was written), who will move his
family to Ahoskie during the month of September; and Jesse W. Johnson, whose
home in East Ahoskie is almost completed and ready for occupancy.
The new tobacco warehouse is now nearing completion, and but
for the heavy rains of the past two weeks would have been ready for occupancy.
The roof has been almost completed and the floor is now being laid just as fast
as the carpenters can get the roof on.
There are reports of several other residence buildings soon
to be erected in Ahoskie, and altogether, the slogan of the Department of Labor—“Build
now; Own your own Home”—is being carried out to the letter in this thriving
city.
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