Big Spurt in Building Noted as Spring Comes to Bend
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STORE BEING REMODELED In downtown Bend, one of the major renovation jobs under way
this ipring it at the Bend Furniture Co., front of which is pictured here. Not only is the front to
be modernized, with a new arrangement of display windows, but considerable renovation work
Is under way in the interior. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
Mid-spring finds Bend experiencing a spurt of building activ
ity unprecedented in a number of years.
This activity ranges from commercial construction to many
new homes, with others in the offing.
Pictured on this page are few of the commercial buildings
now under construction. They represent only a small part of the
activity that marks the spring days.
the near future, some construction will be launched here
that will overshadow the work now under way. This will include the
erection of the $1,000,000 senior high school, in southwest Bend.
The sudden upturn in construction is not localized in Bend.
Other Central Oregon towns, Prineville, Redmond and Madras, re
port similar activity.
New residences under construction here now would more
than fill this page with pictures, and in addition others are planned
for the near future.
Residential construction is heavy in all mid-Oregon towns.
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BUILDING EXTENDS EAST Manner in which the growth of Bend is rapidly placing the city
limits at the base of Pilot Butte is shown here. The new building in the foreground has just been
completed by Eva Lou Smith. It is adjacent to U . S. Highway 20. Pilot Butte looms in the back
ground. The location is E. 9th. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
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FITZPATRICK BUILDING TAKES SHAPE Rapidly taking shape on South Third street in Bend, just north of the Dekalb corner,
is the Fitzpatrick Lincoln-Mercury building as it appeared this past week end. This building faces U. S. Highway 97, part of which
is visible in the foreground. The Lincoln - Mercury building is one of the many business structures being built here this spring as
construction activity takes a sudden upturn. (Bend Bulletin Photo) ,HBWm-
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PART OF PT & T EXPANSION This building is being erected in Bend, on South Fifth and Glenwood, for the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Co. by Seaton H. Smith. The building, of pumice block construction, will serve for equipment u, in connection
with PT & T expansion in Bend that will include a new dial system. The building is in a part of Bend that has experienced consider
able growth in recent years, in the southeast section. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
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NEW STRUCTURE REPLACES OLD Construction work under way in downtown Bend includes the new home of the D and D
Club, en Bond street, south wall of which is pictured here. The modern club building replaces one of the city's oldest wooden
structures, erected in pre-railroad days. The new building is being erected by John Daly, and i rapidly taking final shape as mid
spring comet to the area. Pumice blocks are being used. (Bend B ulletin Photo)
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NEW SERVICE STATION STARTED In preparation for the I95S tourist season, several local service stations have modernized
their plants for the convenience of motorists. One of the most extensive modernization jobs is under way at the corner of Wall and
Franklin, where the Wall Street Service station, an Associated plant, it receiving face lifting. (Bend Bulletin Photo)