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July 1, 1953 "President Gets Bill Extending Housing Plans"

P.2A Ease of terms (required down payment of $12,000 house is 20%)

Extend for one year military housing insurance. Permit discounts on mtgs. of VA.

p. 12A Page Air Conditioning – New deal on room coolers.

July 2, 1952 "Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. and Union Nat’l bank

of Charlotte to build new bldg. Cost $2,750,000. Site – S. Tryon at E; Third

Contract – Southeastern Construction Co.

p. 15A "N C Bldg. Total $10,523,774 For May"

Charlotte - $2,106,470

July 5 "Real Estate Activities" New realtors listed

p. 7B Carolina Bldg. and Lumber district meeting in Charleston, SC.

Sixteen of 20 homes on Academy St. in Eastwood Park

Carolina Const. Co.

July 7 "Biggest Construction Boom in History is Being Recorded"

p. 1A

p.1B "Lot Cleared for Bldg." (Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.)

p. 1B "County School Board Purchases Bldg. Tract of 25 Acres."

Adjoining Huntersville White School . Cost $7500.

July 8 "Work Begins at St. Peter’s" Southeastern Const. Co.

Full basement under church on S. Tryon St.

July 9 "Bldg. Contract Awards Showed Rise in District"

p. 1B (Fifth Federal Reserve District) 9% more than last year.

p. 1B "Housing Body Will Discuss Fund Payments" Charlotte Housing Authority

Authorize payment of funds to city in lieu of taxes. Last year’s payment was over

$17,000. Southside Homes – a large Negro project added this year.

Belvedere Homes – recently completed 200 unit project for white families has

been filled.

July 14 "Housing Body Authorizes Checks to City"

p. 1B $26,773.72 in lieu of taxex on 3 low- rent housing projects

Piedmont Courts, Fairview Homes, Southside Homes

July 16 "220,000 Fellowship Plant to Be Constructed in Fall"

p.13A Trinity Presbyterian Church - $220,000 – Providence Rd. J.N.Pease and Co.

July 16 "March Realty Gets Permits for Duplexes" Columbus Circle – West

p. 12B Charlotte - $122,000 – white rental units

July 17 "Colonial Gets Job to Build Drive-In "-( ice-cream) Independence Blvd.

p. 9A Colonial Const. Co.

July 18 "Office Bldg. to Be Erected on Stonewall" $200,000 – American Discount

p. 1B Co. and Auto Finance Co. of N.C. 114 E. Stonewall St.- M.R.Marsh & Co.

July 21 "Site is Purchased for New St. Luke Methodist Church" – Shamrock and

p. 1B Maywood Drives

July 22 "Permits Filed on Residences" 4 $20,000 plus residences at Queens

Rd. West, Dilworth Rd. East, 2500 Montrose Ct., 2510 Montrose Ct.

Aug.1 "N.C. Bldg. Permits Below 1952 Figures" – June – 26 counties - $8,631,197

p. 1B Charlotte - $1,673,870

Aug. 2 "52 New Homes May Be Built" Carolina Const. Co. – Plaza Rd. and

p.1B Eastwood Park

Aug. 2 "Two Covenant Bldgs. Approach Finished Form"

p. 2A sanctuary and education bldg. – J.N.Pease & Co. with Cram & Ferguson of

Boston. Southeastern Const. Co.

Aug. 9 " Own Office Opened by Local Architect" – Emory Holroyd

p. 8A 831 E. Morehead St.

Aug. 9 "Glorious Era for Housing Development" new financing, new methods

p. 14C (pre-fab) new materials

Aug. 9 "Home Proves Good Seller" – multi-bath home in moderate price range

p. 14C

Aug. 23 "New Mtge Plan Encourages Bldrs to Take Older Houises in Trade"

p. 4A FHA – help bldrs. Finance repairs.

Aug. 26 "The Airport Housing Question Needs An Official and Honest, Appraisal"

p.2B (Editorial) Morris Field Homes

Aug. 26 "Parish House Bids Expected Today" Avondale Ave. Church of the

p. 4B Holy Comforter – Architect – Walter Hook & Assoc.

Aug. 29 "Action Seen On School Projects" $81,500 – 6 rm. Addition at Marie B. Davis,

p. 1B New Merry Oaks School, Architects named for 2 new Jr. High Schools.

Sept. 2 "Ground Will Be Broken for Chemical Plant Here" Standard Chemical Co. –

p. 8B $500,000 - Sugar Creek Rd.- J.A.Jones Const. Co.

Sept. 6 "Shopping Center Work Anticipated" Amity Supply Co. 24 homes and 150

p. 1B apts. Started C.W.Connelly and Assoc. – architects.

Sept. 9 "Apparel Bldg. Plans Announced" Thomas R. Waddell of Greensboro – S. Blvd.

p. 1B Sloan & Wheatley, Architects.

Sept. 13 "Ground-breaking Slated by Church" parish house – Church of the Holy

p. 20A Comforter $150,000

Sept. 16 "Celanese Corp. Bldg. Being Erected" C.M. Guest and Sons

p. 1B Greensboro Contr., facing Fairview Dr. – 250,000 sq. ft.

Sept. 17 "New Grant Store Will Open Today" 214 N. Tryon St.

p. 1B J.N.Pease & Co. Architects

Sept. 20 "Auditorium-Coliseum Work Moving Ahead" [Picture]

p. 4A 4 million dollar project

Sept. 20 "Visit the Charlotte Homebldrs. Assoc. Parade of Homes"

pp. 1-31 Madison Park Open House

Sept. 20 "New Look in Modern Living Provided by Rectangle Home"

P. 1F $12,000 (ranch house).

Sept. 20 "New Subdivision Opened by Ervin Firms" Ervin Construction Co.

p. 2F Beechwood Acres. – Rozelles Ferry Rd. and Tuckaseegee Rd. 89 ac.

200 homesites cost of $7500-$10,000 – Spiers Agency.

Sept. 27 "200,000 Structure Is Planned" NC State Automobile Assoc.

p. 1B N. Tryon St. at 28^th corner.

Oct. 3 "Large Tract Prepared For Firms Along Railroad" New Thrift Rd.

p. 1B (Picture) P&N’s huge tract graded down.

Oct. 4 "New Ford Plant and Men Who Will Lead Dedication" (Picture)

p. 7B Wilkinson Blvd.

Oct. 4 "Commercial Bank to Open New Branch Today"

p. 7A 2401 N. Tryon ST.

Oct. 6 "School Site in Sedgefield is Approved"

P. 1B New Jr. High.

Oct. 11 "Paint Firm Bldg. New $125,000 Store" Glidden Co.

p. 1A Southeastern Construction Co.

Oct. 18 "Southern Dairies Officials Admire New Plant"

p. 6B Colonial Style – Dalton Ave.

Oct. 21 "Work Started on Catholic Church School" 2100-2113 Shenandoah Ave.

P. 1A Southeastern Const. Co. $136,885 – Our Lady of the Assumption Church.

Jan. 1, 1954 "Building Boom Second Highest" ( $30,921,044 PACE)

p.1B(examples) Singer Sewing Mach. Co., 1514 Hutchison Ave. $230,000

(office and storage) - Dacam Corp., 401 Gardiner Ave. $176,000

(machinery shop and office).

Jan. 2 "New Residence Hall to Dedicated Friday" Queens College

P. 1B Mary Irwin Belk Residence Hall (Picture).

Jan. 3 "Church Expands Educational Bldg." Myers Park Methodist Church

p. 1B Norman A. Smith; Gen’l Contr., Louis H. Asbury, Architect.

Jan. 6 "$150,000 Church" (Picture) Oakhurst Baptist Church

p. 1B J.R.Waddell and Sons; Contr., R. Edwin Wilson & Assoc., Architects.

Jan. 7 "Sketch of Proposed School" (Picture) MCClintock Junior High School

p. 1B Rama Rd. $400,000 - R. Edwin Wilson & Assoc., Architects.

Jan. 8 "Fire Station Nears Completion" East Blvd. At Hillside Dr.

p. 1B est. $100,000.

Jan. 9 "Site Approved for $300,000 Local Armory" (Army Reserve)

p. 1B Former Hillcrest Golf Club property.

Jan. 20 "Emmanuel Baptist Church Sanctuary is Opened" (Picture)

p. 8A Oakdale Rd.

Jan. 22 "Ovens Bldg. to Be Dedicated" Queens College

p. 1B Physical Ed. Bldg. $250,000 – J.N.Pease, co. Architect;

McDevitt & Street, Const.

Jan. 24 "New County School" (Picture) Pineville Rd. at Woodlawn Rd.

p.1B G.L.Wilson Bldg. Co. of Statesville; Architects – Biberstein, Bowles and

Meacham, Contr. – C.H.Reed Co.

Jan. 28 "Airport Work Nears Finish" J.A.Jones Co. – Contr.

p. 1B

Jan. 31 "Veterinarian Opens $25,000 Office Here"

p. 16A Park Rd. at Selwyn Ave.

Feb. 14 "Odell’s School Design Among Best in US."

P. 1B from "School Executive Magazine" award for Double Oaks School, 1953.

Feb. 15 "Break Ground for Structure" Kilgo Methodist Church, 2101 Belvedere Ave.

p. 1B Contr. – R. Marrett Wheeler Co., Engineers & Architects, - D.M.Mackintosh.

Feb. 26 "Bids Taken on School Projects" 3 gymnasiums at East, North and West ,

p. 1B Laxton Constr. Co.

Mar. 4 "Cost of Huge Center is Put at $4 Million" Park Rd. at Woodlawn

p. 1A ( 65 acres) 70,000 sq. ft. – Architect is R. Emory Holroyd, Jr.

Mar. 7 (Picture) "Proposed Recreation Center for West Side of City"

p. 1B Queen’s City Optimist Club - $30,000.

Mar. 22 "St. Patrick’s Discloses New Bldg. Plans"

p. 1B gymnasium and auditorium – adjacent to O’Donaghue School.

April 3 " Housing Progress Reported"

p. 1B 10,000^th unit up to standard.

April 11 "New Bldg. Is Planned by Temple" Temple Beth El

p. 16A Providence Rd. Architect – B. Atwood Skinner.

April 20 "Contract Let for Bldg. on Stonewall" $250,000

p. 1B 114 E. Stonewall St. American Discount Co. and Auto Finance Co.

M.R.Marsh – Architect

May 6 "Bldg. For GM Division Here to Cost $550,000

p. 1B S. Side of Monroe Rd. Near Franklin Ave. – 60,000 sq. ft.

May 12 "Reynolds Has New Location"

p. 16A 5^th St. (114-A W. Fifth St.) Williamsburg Style.

May 13 "New Station’s Opening Set for Friday" - Bernard Gulf Service

p. 20A Intersection of Independence Blvd, Pecan Ave, and Commonwealth Ave.

May 19 "Board Goes Ahead On New School Project"

p. 1B McClintock Jr. High School $495,623.24 – E.G.Wilson Const. Co.

Architect – R. Edwin Wilson & Assoc.

June 2 "Huge Crowds Expected For Celanese ‘Open House’"

p. 1B Architects – Biberstein, Bowles & Meacham

96 ac. Plot of former Morrocroft Farms - $5,500,000.

June 13 "Church’s New Sanctuary Near Construction Phase"

p. 12A Plaza Presbyterian Church – Edwin Wilson and Assoc. – 2304 The Plaza

July 5 "His Dream – A Community Near Charlotte for Retired People"

p.1B E.O.Cole Has $100,000 for project if others will help.

100 acre tract on Shamrock - Methodist Home.

July 10 "Dedication of Airport Unit Today"

p. 1A Sec’ty of Commerce Sinclair Weeks to Make Address.

Aug. 5 " Contracts Let for Bldg. at J. C. Smith"

p. 1B Henry Lawrence McCrory Bldg. 13,000 sq. ft.

Aug. 26 (Picture) "Country Club Renovation Contract Goes to Goode"

p. 12A (teenage bldg.) $360,000 – Architect – J.A. Malcolm.

Oct. 4 "Church Dedicates New Educational Bldg." First Evangelical and

p. 16A Reformed Church – J.R.Waddell & Sons – Contr. , $102,000.

Oct. 5 "Commission is Named for New Guard Armory" Wilmount Rd. and

p. 1B Airport Dr. - $300,000.

Dec. 6 "Construction of Catholic High Begun" Park Rd.

p. 1A $250.000

Jan. 4, 1955 "Open House Is Set By First Federal" (Picture) 225 S. Tryon St.

p. 1B Architects – Wooten, Wooten and Crosby

Contr., Kale-Lawing Co.

Jan. 26 "Construction Outlook For Future Is Rosy"

p.2 $8 million less in 1954 than 1953

Jan. 26 "Occupy New Oasis Temple" 30,000 sq. ft. 321 S. Tryon St.

p. 2C Contr.- Blythe and Isenhour - $200,000

Jan. 26 "Ever-growing Library to Have New Quarters" $1.6 million bond

p. 5C 310 N. Tryon St.

Mar. 10 "Federal Reserve Bldg. Contract Awarded to Goode "

p. 11A Goode Construction Co. 44,000 sq. ft. $1,174,000

Col. J.N.Pease – Architectural and engineering firm.

Mar. 24 "Grier Heights Project Gets Council Study"

p. 1B (playground for community)

June 8 "Low County Home Bids Place Bldg. Cost at $445,000"

R. Marret Wheeler – Gen’l Contr. – Charles W. Connelly – Arch.

U.S. 29N – 7 miles from Charlotte

Aug. 2 "School Men Map 5 New Bldgs." For use in Sept., ’56.

p. 1A $1.3 million plan pushed for county. Plaza-Potter Rds.,

Nations Ford Rd., Albemarle Rd.

Aug. 13 "2 Junior High Units to Open Sept. 6"

p. 1B Sedgefield and Eastway Dr. - One elementary addition at Billingsville –

New shop and gym at W. Charlotte Sr. High.

Aug. 17 "Charlotte Leads NC Bldg

p. 1B Federal Reserve Bank – Richmond.

Aug. 21 "Eastover: Fine Homes, Many Children"

p.2B (Picture) Mint Museum – (Picture) - New addition at Eastover School.

Aug. 24 "Park’s Center’s Glass-lined Front Shown in Sketch"

p. 1B Park Center on Cecil St. – Architect – James Malcolm

Sept. 1 "Construction in City Near Record Pace"

p. 1B $20,273,626 – for 8 months in 1955.

Sept. 2 "Carolina Realty Firm Purchased"

p. 1B by Cameron Brown.

Sept. 12 "Vast Bldgs. That Rose From Mudhole Awe Crowd"

p. 1A "12,500 on Hand as Graham Dedicates City’s Coliseum"

(Picture)

Sept. 15 "City Rezones in Coliseum Neighborhood"

p. 1B

Sept. 18 "Sedgefield’s Pride: Neat Brick Houses"

p. 1B New Jr. and Sr. High Schools

Shopping Center

Sept. 22 "Republic Steel Will Bld. $250,000 Charlotte Outlet"

p. 17A Sugaw Creek Rd. near Tryon on J.A.Jones Co’s "Acres for Industry"

Sept. 24 "Myers Park Stadium Work to Begin Soon"

p. 1B Crowder Construction Co. - Architect – James Stenhouse.

Oct. 2 "House of the Week: Dream House Grows From a Cottage"

p. 13D From AP - Pictures - Plan.

Oct. 14 "Subdivision Control Plan Being Readied"

p. 1B City –County Planning Board - within perimeter of city.

Oct. 15 "Group Plans 182 Acre Development" Eastway Dr.

p. 1B 3-BR and 1 and 2 bath homes – priced from $12,500 - $14,000

paved st. from Windsor off Eastway.

Oct. 18 "Park Center Basic Cost is $304,600"

p. 1C

Oct. 21 "New Water Plant to Open in 1957" - 37 million gallons a day

p. 1B cost of $4 million – 72 acre site off Oakdale Rd. in Hoskins section.

Nov. 12 "2 Million YMCA Bldg. Planned"

p. 1B Alexander School land eyed for site.

Dec. 2 "City Property Valuations Hit All-Time High"

p. 1B "Total to Top First Estimate by Million"

taxable property - a record $393,686,000.

Dec. 20 "New Sharon-Amity School Bid Okayed"

p. 1B Contract to G.L. Wilson Const. Co. - 11 classrooms

$240,562 - Southeastern Const. Co.

Dec. 21 "Contract Let in Nike Expansion: $1,578,201 Bid Gets Final

p. 1B Phase Job for Bldr." Charlotte Guided Missile Plant

Thompson and Street – Contractors.

Dec. 21 "Firm to Build New Supply Center Here" Western Electric Co.

p. 9B for Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. – on 32^nd Ave. off N. Tryon.

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