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Describes a ‘housing crisis’; great need for small houses for vets

6 bldg permits issued. Goode Construction new fronts and repairs 201-209 N. Tryon plans by M. R. Marsh. 2 story building, 608, & 610 W Morehead . Repair shop, 916 Norris. Refrigerator plant 919 N. Graham. Cafe, 423 S. Caldwell.

J. N. Pease and Co. consulting engineers to formulate zoning plan. Streets to be extended, widened, set back lines to be determined, city to be divided into 6 zones.

W. Trade St. between Poplar and Mint. 2 story "monolithic construction" . Southeastern Construction Co. Hook office to be on 2^nd, floor. 8 ft. back from street line.

SW corner N. College & 7^th. warehouse for Norfolk Southern Warehouse co.

Corner Central and Westover, by Dwight L. Phillips.

Old home on McDowell. New home to be built next to Memorial Hosp. J. A. Jones Construction Co.

605 S. Tryon office for Charlotte finance co.

Architects, Atwood & Weeks, Durham.

Marsh Realty, 3 duplex dwellings, 1824 Hillside Dr. 1629 & 1710 Garden Terr.

1904 Club Rd.

S. Tryon between E. Hill and Railway. Auto Finance Co. to build, architect Charles Connelly.

Reconstruction Finance Co. sells National Carbon a military battery plant in Hoskins area for production batteries.

Plans by M. R. Marsh, architect, for Frazer and Kaiser cars. Plate glass frontage. 109-115 W. 1^st. St.

1016-1018 Central Av. Adjoining Big Star Grocery, at Louise.

Bet. Monroe & Commonwealth, Oakhurst school area. J. M. Wallace to build subdivision, along same lines as Green Hills, also on Commonwealth.

Whitehead Tire Co. to move to 527 S. College, to remodeled building. Modernistic glass front wall, parking in front.

Highland Park 3 & Johnston Mill. J. A. Jones Construction Co.

203-5 N. Tryon. Plate glass window. Goode Construction , M. B. Marsh , architect.

Lex Marsh Jr. plans for 40 houses in sub. on W. Blvd. Begun in 1941 by Marsh Realty.

C. D. Spangler annouc. Plans for construction of property off Selwyn, 2 blocks from Club Colony- Wakefield Park.

Permits for: 5 apartments, corner Laurel & Willoughby.

Warehouse, 217 W. 24^th. St.

Other small buildings.

Permits for: Highland Mill 3 addition.

332 W. 5^th. Packard Motors, McDevitt & Street, architects

2425 Chesterfield.

1509 Central, ice cream stand.

Plans for extensive building.

Nalle Clinic building at 412 N. Church. J.N. Pease & Co. (see later article.)

Modernization of the hotel.

Office & warehouse, Wilkinson Blvd., nr. Dowd Rd.

Old courthouse property, Tryon, & 3^rd. Rumored that hotel will be built.

Designed by J. N. Pease. "Modern streamlined building"

Just off Tryon.

Atando, S. Homes Inc.

To include new building, 1^st. FM applic. approved for Charlotte.

Former Meck. Co. courthouse site. Plans to build ultra modern hotel, in response to need for Charlotte visitor and convention space. S. E. corner S. Tryon and E. 3^rd.

25 ft. from center of street, downtown.

2927 &3024 Somerset Dr., 128 W. 30^th.

Plans for new parish house for Christ Church Episcopal presented by Louis Ashbury, and Otto F. Langmann. Beverly Dr. & Providence Rd.

T. A. Frank will begin work soon.

Corner Scott & E. Blvd.

First United Methodist Home for the Aged to be built – old Hezekiah Alexander land.

Permits for : Soda shop & residence, 912 E. 4^th. St., plans by Southern Engineering Co.

1716 Club Rd.

1212 Gordon St., shop

1537 Cliffwood Pl. , soda shop

300-310 E. 7^th. St. Southern Bearings and Parts. Plans M.R. Marsh.

401-03 Woodvale Pl.

526 E. 1^st. house

1008 E. 7^th. store.

20-30 duplexes to be built for vets, Garden Terr., Hillside Dr. Marsh is first builder in Charlotte to announce extensive plans for building rentals.

W. Liddel St. Steel warehouse, brick showroom, bet. S. Railroad & N. Church. Southeastern Construction Co.

Permits for : 15 houses

114-6 W. Bland St. Charlotte News Printing, plans by J. N. Pease Co.

12 story addit. to Hotel William R. Barringer. Leonard Schultse, New York architect. Rear of hotel facing E. 8^th. St.

Site purchased W. Blvd. bet. S. Blvd. & Southern Railroad for expansion Foremost Farms’ milk processing plant.

Large manu. plant, S. Blvd., nr. Intersection with Ideal Way Ext. Men’s cotton work pants.

Thrift & Bradford. Design – Louis Asbury, construction – J. A. Jones. Southern Col. Style.

Ice cream plant for MacAnne Ice Cream Co. E. Morehead & Myrtle, designed by Charles W. Connelly, contractors, V. P. Loftis and Co.

1531 Camden Rd. for Weldone Welding Assoc. Concrete, steel, porcelain, and enamel facing, stainless steel and glass building blocks.

Addit. to Heath Motor Co., W. 5^th. & Pine.

Office & warehouse for J. H. Clarke, landscape arch., Moretz Av. Just off Hutchinson.

Showroom at S. Poplar & 3^rd.J. A. Jones, construction.

318 W. 5^th. addit to existing building.

Permits for : Interstate Milling Co. 620 W. 10^th. J. N. Pease & Co., arch., J. A. Jones, construction.- head house and grain bins.

Hardware store 1517 Central.

Cafe, 627 Belmont.

Gift of W. Henry Belk, facing Selwyn at Ratcliffe. Georgian design.

Remodeled plant, at 219 W. Worthington Ave. Atlantic Supply Co., dealers in textile machinery.

Permits to contractor David B. Crosland. 1300 block Bethel Rd.

1336, Marguerite Ave.

Carolina Plastics Co. open new plant at 2801 N. Tryon, to produce plexiglass, lucite, and other plastics.

Beth-el, Providence bet. Scotland Ave. and Briar Creek.

S E corner Mint and 3^rd,

Gaw-Jones, distributing prefabs in Charlotte. 4 houses already under construction. 2 on Somerset Dr. 1 on Country Club Dr.

End of W. Trade , concrete block, 1 story. For Linde Air Products.

605 Providence Rd., for theater and stores.

Also, 2018 Hastings Dr. J. A. Stinhouse arch.

Duplexes at 444 Clement, and 500 Keswick Ave.

75 new homes, Myers Park, Princeton and Hastings Dr. extended, Bucknell Ave. opened. At least 50% to be 1 story. Stephens Co.

Education Building and parsonage, for Holy Trinity Lutheran at Belle Terrace and Plaza.

Southeastern Construction Co. selling old offices, plan to build new ones opp.

On Plaza nr. city limits

300 lots, 50 homes for vets. Plaza Heights school nearby.

Including, warehouse, designed by Charles W. Connelly, Thrift Rd.

M & J Finance Co. 715 S Tryon . V. W. Breeze, Shelby arch.

Sharon Memorial Park cemetery, Monroe Rd....Mausoleum, admin. Bldg. , chapel & tower. Cecil E. Bryson, Californian arch.

3 story 115 E. 1^st. Louis Asbury, arch. Brick, new radiant heat method, 1^st. floor terrazo. Chiropractic clinic.

Conversion old Crittenton home, N. McDowell, into modern, 3 story hotel, the George Washington Carver. 1^st. Negro hotel announced for Charlotte.

Lassiter press, addit. to plant at 1143 E. 4^th. , arch. MR Marsh

12 room duplex, 2229 Commonwealth.

5^th. & N. Tryon , alot of glass!

Meck . Motor Co. , 3^rd. & Poplar, JA Jones Construction , Louis Asbury, arch.

4 houses, John Crosland, Skyland Ave.

618 Colville

209 W. 4^th. office for J. A. Jones

217 S. Caldwell, Warehouse for parcel delivery.

112 N. Myers St. office / warehouse for J. M. Herlocker

J. B. Marshall, engineer, Harold B. Bursley, landscape arch. 110 acre tract, along Sugaw Creek, off E. Blvd. Describes planned buildings.

Central pavilion, including a bath house for the swimming pool, designed by Walter W. Hook. Plans for pool by Bursley, landscape arch.

Children’s shop reopened after remodeling, 207 N. Tryon. Plans, M. R. Marsh.

Chairman of planning board, C. W. Gilchrist announced that the Chamber of Commerce and the Real Estate Board will seek the co-op of the Railroads in making a survey.

423-431 W. 4^th. , across street from post office, adjacent to P. & N. RR. J. N. Pease , arch. J. A. Jones, construction.

NW corner N Church & W 8^th. sold to Powers & Anderson, plan to build large office.

Plaza / Commonwealth, S. Dilworth , & Myers Park.

Adj. To Mem. Hosp. Sugaw Creek at rear, Harding Pl. & Romany Rd. & hospital on other sides.

McDevitt & Street to build addt. To 124 College for Talbot furniture Co. at rear.

In prep. for converting former air base into housing community for vets.

Govt. plans to limit new bldg. Construction to essential residential and business structures.

For conversion of buildings at Morris Field to family dwellings.

Objective to make more scarce building materials avail. For veterans homes.

Largest enterprise approved this mo. , fur storage building, 1409, Elizabeth Ave.. Plans - International Steel Co.

Permits for 1609 N. Brevard, Railway Supply Co.

713 W. Trade, Southern Railway ice house.

Misc. houses

Commonwealth Presbyterian, education building, W. W. Hook.

223, S. Tryon

S.E. corner Berkely Ave. & E. Morehead. Charles Connelly, arch., V. P. Loftis contractor.

Atando Rd., A. G. Odell Jr. for Southern Homes, a new prefabricated building firm.

Wilkinson Blvd. for Tenner Bro.

Perry Shaw & Hepburn of Boston to consult on new buildings. W. W. Hook, exec. arch.

Lefler Cement Block Co. 646 State St. new building.

Optimist Park, 18^th. & 20^th , Brevard & Caldwell

Modern Construction & Supply Co., Lancaster Ave. nr. Shuman.

M. R. Marsh, Sedgefield Rd. , Magnolia & Celia Aves.

Planned for Wilkinson Blvd. near Morris Field Rd., opposite existing drive in, by H. B. Meiselman, well known theater owner.

C. D. Spangler of C. D. Spangler Construction Co. Plans to build 33 homes for vets, Ideal Way & Springdale Ave.

Freedom Memorial Park groundbreaking.

Non residential building hit. CPA to be more strict.( Civilian Production Administration )

To John Crosland Co. , Plaza Heights, Woodside Ave. Duncan Ave. Drummond, & Lunsford Pl.

50-60 homes by P. C. Rodwell Brookwood Park off Wilkinson Blvd., & scattered around Dilworth.

Fordham Rd., Laxton Construction Co. 16 houses for vets.

NE corner of Queens & Granville, in Myers Park. Biltman Construction Co. of N. Y.

Independence Post of the American Legion formed a non-profit corporation for the construction of houses for vets.

Ritz, at E. 7^th & N. McDowell, planned by H.B. Meiselman, Asheville architect.

Marathon Realty, 8 duplexes Tremont Ave.

No location yet.

404 housing units.

McClintock Golf Course, Central Ave., 400 bed hospital planned.

Residential section planned adjacent to site of Vet. Hosp. Dwight Phillips, to include apartments for workers at the hosp.

Corner 5^th & Pine, Packard car sales.

Plan to open college here by Sept.

Dillard Paper Co. to build new steel & brick building N. Tryon & Dalton Ave.

First home conversion at Morris field.

Plan to open college classes at Central High.

Grier Heights.

Country Club Hills, bought by Independence Post of the American Legion—50 homes for vets. J.A. Jones const. Between Albemarle Rd and Charlotte Country Club.

Memorial park planned

MR Marsh and Charles S. Telchin of NY arch. South East const. 101 N Tryon. Field’s Jewellers

10 story on King’s drive off Morehead. A.G. Odell Jr. arch; J.A. Jones const.

114 W. Bland. Now completed.

S. Tryon 700 block near corner of E. Vance. Carolina Credit Company

N. Tryon. Large lots purchased.

100 homes off Park Rd. Coddington constr. J.A. Maccolm arch. Nr Selwyn

Shenandoah Park

M.R. Marsh. Firehouses at Commonwealth and Plaza and South Blvd.

Mack Sanders Motors, Nash Autos at Trade, Myers, and 4^th St.

Charlotte Eye Ear and Throat. J.M. Pease arch.

607 S. Tryon, for Home Finance Co. office bldg.

New prefab on Winter St.

Link Monroe Rd. w/ West Side

917 S. McDowell

105 homes, Myers Park Manor. George S. Goodyear home builder. Tract bordered by Brandywine and Chelsea Ave

Southeastern Construction Company moves to new building at 301 W. 2^nd.

Lockwood Development. Bounded by N. Tryon, Hutchingson, Keswick, Plymouth.

Prefab homes by T. Mullis. Economy Building and Construction

American Investment Co. C.D. Spangler. Pharr Estate 47 acres off Providence, adjacent to Vernon Dr.

Big Star Supermarket. W. side of South Blvd between Park and Kingston. Plans by William Burnstall architect of Colonial Stores.

House moved from future site of Harris supermarket, Plaza at Central.

Douglas Furriers, 1415 Elizabeth Ave.

For employees, on Mt. Vernon, Lexington & Kent Sts.

104 N. Tryon St., M.B. Smith, Southeastern Construction Co.

50 homes get CPA priority. Housing Corporation of the Independent Post of the American Legion. Country Club Hills, around Draper Ave. J. A. Jones Construction Co. Site is at city limits off the Albermarle Rd. Overlooks the Country Club Golf Course.

P.O. announces plans for construction of annex to Federal Building.

Country Club Hills development.

Wilkinson Boulevard, architect, Auto Zanke, Greensborough. Built by Interstate Construction Co. No street address!

Bakery , 1521 Central Ave. plans, M.W. Sloan.

Warehouse addit. 2921 N. Tryon , plans B. W. Bartholemew.

2400 block of Wilkinson Blvd. Goode Construction Corp.

To include stores and movie house, 3300 block. L.Worth Harris.

Cross-town boulevard........after much debate in previous issues over last few weeks.

After much searching a site is found on E. Morehead near the Women’s Center.

Groundbreaking for Country Club Hills.

Lifting of veterans priorities for residential buildings.

1615 South Blvd. Greenland Cafe.

Architectural firm, Shutz & Armistead of Atlanta.

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Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital to have 4^th. floor. J.N. Pease, engineers, Atlantic Building Co. contractors.

Charlotte’s newest seafood store, 915 S. McDowell.

603 Providence Rd., part of the new shopping center.

E. Morehead, nr. Kings Dr. Architect is Charles C. Benton Wilson. Owner is H. B. Meiselman.

J.N. Pease and Watts Carr of Durham, architects.

Baker Equipment Engineering Co. new building on Hutchinson Ave. bet. Frankin and Moretz.

Myers Park Country Club, new clubhouse. Arch., Charles Connelly.

22 homes, Dowd Heights, Greenland Ave. off Wilkinson. Also on Lockhart Dr., Maryland Ave., Cumberland Ave. and Sterling Rd. W. J. Nivens Jr. of Nivens Construction Co.

J. A. Jones, contractor. Marvin Helms, Charlotte arch.

3^rd at Poplar, J.A. Jones const.

Negro Doctor’s office; 422 ½ E. 2^nd. Walter W. Hook. [photo]

Sunset Hills Presbyterian, Magnolia and Springdale

Manor at Providence Rd Shopping Ctr.

New Warehouse, N. Brevard and E. 9^th. Colonial style furniture store on Central facing Plaza.

Original route on Westmoreland Ave.

Old Heath Home converted to methodist church 1023 Central Ave. Louis Asbury drew plans

On Tuckaseegee [drawing]

Annex to Sunday school, Westminster Presbyterian. WW Hook arch.

20 Units, 5 bldgs. Garden apartments, Vail Ave. Architecture Associates of New York

Mamoth Oaks, old golf course, 2 miles from city limits.

Proposed Presbyterian Church, Fordam Rd and West Blvd. WW Hook.

Super Service Station

Purcell Methodist. Weyland off Wilkinson Blvd.

Drawings and photos. 525-527 S. Tryon. Remodeled.

For ‘tourist house’ on Wilkinson opposite drive in theater on site intended for new drive-in. Charles Connolly arch.

36^th St, east of Caldwell [drawing on 25 april 11A] [see also May 23, 1B]

Big Star Grocery opposite Sears property.

Add 10 sq miles to city

Sedgefield district, 3 blocks west of Avondale on Poindexter. M.R. Marsh builder; Louis Asbury arch.

Groundbreaking

6000 extra seats for American Legion Memorial Stadium.

414 S. Tryon. Modern auto service station

Summary of events

A.G. Odell design

Chantilly between Laburnum and Seaboard RR. Walnut Hills Development Co.

Olmstead brothers to landscape Methodist Home

5^th Floor Addition to build on 208 N. Caldwell

Photo for Evergreen cemetery

A.G. Odell arch; Southeastern const. Atando St.

1524 Elizabeth Ave.

Between 5^th and 6^th opposite Elmwood Cem.

S. Homes Inc. Atando Ave.

W. Morehead and S. Clarkson, Louis Asbury

Pine and 5^th, Packard motors

Harris Motor Lines Warehouse. Plans Louis Asbury. Dalton and N. Tryon

Arena for Charlotte planned by Queen City athletic club.

Midwood mens club proposes park for area

Plaza at Norfolk and Southern RR.

J. A. Jones, 429 W. 4^th.

3 buildings: Extension ear, eye, nose & throat clinic

store Pegram St. 1724

film building, Commercial St.

Arch., Clarence L. Jay, Altadens, Cal.

Next to St. Mark’s Episcopal

S. Blvd. & Shuman

New store adjacent to Belks on W. Trade

Atlantic Construction Co., concrete block, showers and lockers

Charles W. Conally

S. E. corner N. Brevard & E. 9^th. arch., R. Edwin Wilson, contract to Norman A. Smith

Marsh, Sedgefield

John Crosland, apt. at Drummond, 1209-13

Drawing of proposal

3300 Block Tuckaseegee.....was to be built by Worth Harris, now being taken over by H.H. Meiselman

Permits :Meiselman, for construction of 1417 E. Morehead stores & offices.

Warehouse, 1424 N. Tryon

Manu. plant for S. Wipers 511 E. 25^th.

Terrell Machine Co., S. Blvd.

9^th. ave. Baptist proposed building for Mecklenburg Ave.

Furniture store, 2541 Wilkinson

Foremost, 1224 N. Tryon., contractor, E. R. Morgan, Gastonia, S. Colonial.

Astor E. 36^th. St. converted from store building.

Alexander Hotel, Negro hotel, old Crittenton Home McDowell.523

St. Martins Episcopal, parish house, 7^th. St.

Alexander Hotel.....see also Dec. 13 for ad.

J.N. Pease, supervising arch. For new Covenant Presbyterian Church, Morehead & Dilworth.

Dalton Ave. nr. N. Tryon

Douglas Terr., Central Builders Inc. off Statesville on Carter Ave.& Arden St.

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Appts planned for Kingbury Ave. (new Street behind Commonwealth); on Laurel and Dotger (Forest Appts, V.P. Loftis); Selwyn and Croyden; Berkely and Morehead (Berkmore Appts).

John Crosland, Plaza Hills and Forest Park

Marsh – Sedgefield

H.H. Meiselman—Selwyn at Brandywine. Charles Connelly

3 Story addition to exchange on N. Caldwell

South Blvd at Park Ave. Louis Asbury 2 story store and office

Walnut Hills and Chantilly. Bascome and Kingsbury. Southeastern Const.

Plaza and Duncan in Plaza Hills -- Crosland.

Phifer St.

208 East Blvd

Southpark Presby. Church. South Blvd and Marsh

Wilmore Presby. Cliffwood place and Park Ave

Cran and Ferguson of Boston. J.N. Pease serves as engineer

Permits include: Store in Elizabeth—Stop and Shop, 1200 Elizabeth. Architect M.R. Marsh, Southeastern const.; 2001 Briarwood Rd, Joe H. Crofton arch, Interstate const.

SW corner 4^th and Poplar, 7 story bldg

Permits, 2301 and 2401 Selwyn. C.W. Connolly arch, Southeast const.; Also 9 dwellings, H.H. Baxter, Bancroft and N. Graham

200 Units for Negroes off Statesville. City and private venture

City of Charlotte to build firestation at 1201 the Plaza, M.R. Marsh; also warehouse at 223 S. Caldwell.

College appts torn down

Marsh Realty; now 95 houses in Sedgefield off Avondale, main streets are Poindexter and Sedgefield

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M.R. Marsh Realty. Duplexes on Poindexter

Scotland Colony Inc work on construction of appt. project between Poplar Gables and Myers Park

327 N. Tryon. A.G. Odell, Southeastern const. Offices for JH Cutter and Co. Next to St. Peters Episc.

Selwyn Park. George Goodyear co. Stork and Lyles of Colmubia S.C. arch.

78 dwellings in 46 residential duplexes; Tryon Hills incorp.

521 E. Morehead, J.M. Pease and Co.

Include: Fruehauf Co. Sales and Service Bldg 310 Dalton Ave, Harry L. Wagner and Wllm B. Fullerton Jr. Kansas City arch.

S.S. Johnson, Lynchburg Va arch; W. W. Hook assoc arch—see drawing 31 May

Goode Const Co.

James a Malcolm, Charlotte, arch. 300-314 E. 7^th

First stretch of Independence between 7^th and Morehead. Blythe Bros and Co. contractors. Photo

New Building at 427 W. 4^th St. complete. J.A. Jones const.

Include: Sears Roebuck 700 N. Tryon. Schutz and Armistead of Atlanta arch, Goode const; Queens College, McDevitt and Street contractors, W.W. Hood arch; Temple Beth El, Interstate Construction, A.G. Odell arch.

Includes permits: Plans for construction of new church by "the Little Church on the Lane" 530 Moravian Lane, William Peeps arch. Southeastern Construction,