1925 Unparalleled in Tryon's History, and 1926 May be Even Better

1925 Unparalleled in Tryon’s History. . . Thousands of Dollars Worth of Property Has Changed Hands, Many City Improvements and a Building Campaign Never Before Witnessed in This Locality. . . Prospects of 1926 Expected to Eclipse All Former Records, Already Three Quarter of a Million to be Spent in Building after First of Year

Tryon and Polk County has enjoyed an expansion program during 1925 never before equaled in the history of the county.

Real estate deals during the past year have gone far over the million and a half mark, with requests for prices of property coming form all parts of the United States.

Building permits have eclipsed all former records, and 1926 promises to be the banner year of this section’s great expansion program. Over a million dollars’ worth of building for next year is already in sight with numbers of permits ready to be passed on.

The city improvements have been many, including widening of streets and other needed improvements, and the prospects for next year are very promising.

A number of business buildings are being planned for 1926, and with all of this great prosperity in sight Tryon promises to take on the appearance of a real resort city. The talk of a new railroad station, the protection for railroad crossings in the city, are the improvements to be asked from the Southern Railroad.

Below is a summary of the list of building permits recently issued from the city manager’s office. This is only a partial list, which does not include the big program of building planned for 1926—a $400,000 hotel, many fine homes, and business buildings:

A.H. Williams brick store on Trade street--$5,000

Clarence Thompson, 4 room wood building—1,000

T.S. Ford, 3 room addition—800

Roland Thompson, 4 room house—1,000

Sam Babo, 4 room house—1,000

Sam Massey—4 room house—1,200

R.O. Andrews, 6 room house—4,000

E.W. Frost, 10 room house—12,000

Jos. Leonard, 2 room house—500

Mrs. Govern, 10 room house—4,000

W.Y. Wilkins, annex on Anderson building—1,200

W.E. Foster, addition to dwelling—800

Ben Suber, 5 room house—1,200

Sarah Revis, 5 room house—3,000

W.Y. Wilkins, brick hotel—4,000

S.H. Edwards, brick store—5,000

H.H. Thompson, 5 room dwelling—4,000

S.B. Edwards, 7 room dwelling—3,000

W.J. Gaines, theatre—15,000

R.A. Sexton, 8 room dwelling—4,000

Osborn Armstrong, 5 room dwelling—1,000

S. Mercerizing Co., dwelling houses—13,600

S. Mercerizing Co., addition to mill—12,000

T.W. Ballew, brick veneer—3,000

Holmes & Calhoun, brick—10,000

Crandell, dwelling, tile—10,000

Mrs. Lindsay, dwelling—3,000

Total--$124,300

From the front page of the Polk County Journal, Raeford, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 24, 1925

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93064774/1925-12-24/ed-1/seq-1/