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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1911)
wv20S. BHUnWW)' 8 mrdfoud irATi'i 'ri(.riti'NPi, jikdpord, onmox, ki'xday, .)AxrAi?Y 22, 1011. ome o f the Many Fine B uildings Construe iiiiB ill i isili siisii-'Sfpfife' )"i'(S &'' RTwr ' 4v ii fllP HF , ' IP .v.r a,- e ,, - &$ .MKIlKOUU I :i:MTti;K AM) IIAIUVA1U: O. Ill'IlilJIN'CJ. Dnrli); tlio past yonr Medford Iiiib , r' inn do tlio groatoat strldoa In It h his tory in tlio nmttor of oracling hiiI. HtanUal l)UHlti(iei) blocks. Tlio uc coin punyluK IlliiBtratloiiB show a Tow of tho lnrger onoa. It has boon oa i hunted that $f, 000, 000 waw sient liy Medford In various iinprovuniuiila during tlio imat year. Tlio buulnoih yoctlon of tlio city 1h fast takliu; on a most mntrniiolltan iiRtioct. Tlio year lit 10 Iiiih kooii oiio four story biialntWH block coniilotod In tlio city and a second one under way. Until of tlioMO 1iiiI1(1Iiii;h aro nioduiii In ovcry ruajicdt. Stoani boat, inod rn ok'ctrlcal apidlancoH and olo vatoiH mo becomliiK uocoHKiiry In onch bulldlnii belntf oruetod. Tlio utartliiK f work on n nuidorn foiti- utory building no lontcor oxcltoa com ' niont In th city. Yet with tlio coin- ; plotlon of tlR"o bulldtuu and Uudr now of flcev, thuro la still a dearth of , offlcoa for ront. T8ic .Alcdfonl I'm iiltinc ItulldliiK. ISarly aprliiK will wltnosH t,bo coin-1 plotlon of tlio Medford Fiirnltuif & ' Hardware coinpany'tt building on tli.v ooriH'f of Central avoniio and Sixth , Htiiiolu. Thla bulldluK la (ho largeM In thi city, covering a quarter block. It la four tdnrloti lu height and In ' built of reinforced concrolo, at an i oatllllRUHl tiout of $100,000. Tlio bulldluB la bolng oroclcd by .lohna H. : Tumor, nrchltocta and bulldora. It t '" oatliunttul coat of 300.000, liHa lnrgH. coinniodloua baaiMiiont ("' rixlurw running thla flguro high and four eluKant floora. Throo of"1- thoao and the haaonientn will bo oc-i ''''"' Hlm-trlf Miilhllng. cimlod by tho ownoia. Tin. lop Hour 'fhe ISIecIrlc building, oroctod by will he devotodd to offlcoa. 'l' Hlvor Klortrlc conipuny on 'I'lm (SimiiilM'uivy ItiillilhiK. Wt1 mu ,,tP0, '" " '"'whw Tho four-lory building of tho (Inr- ulnictura of grunlto front and co- nott-Coroy coinpany at .Main nd;iit walla. Tho building Ih tlirw.j Ornuo atrotJ la tho flral four-atory lMovhvn U holghl and la ocouptod by, building to u nompletoU In the city ."" IMwlrlo company, aouthorn On-i and la a lianuramv alructure. It laRO granlto n uaud In Ita oroctlon. ouiilniMd with all Into rievlcoa. which i .Modfonl (Jiocoiy lliiildlng. ! I'.I.Kf TH1C Ul ll.lHNfJ. S SY .-. ,. ... &JB$M, ' "f.4u pf-----'-w,: -..- . ".J.K .;."'; "".?nC..., -., - -" 11 ILL. U.JL-i ---?.- um J. i. NATATDIUl'SI IU!I-UIX(;. Incliidoa an oltnitrlr ulovator. It If built of u dark red brick Had la trim med with grunlto. Ila coat wua lu (he nelghl orhood of $100,000. Un It roof la u rpaclnua rnuf gardoti, from which tho outlro valley may ho view ed. Ilunio Toloplnuio Co, Tin- Home Tolophtmo cuuipau during tho pun year complotod It bumo on Hlxi h atreot. orertlng a aub ttautlal iwu-atory UullUtitg lu wblcl tholr plant la housed. Tlio Xatutui'liiut. Tho Slodfoid Xuutorliim fa tho 'Int'Ht niiiiiBoinont palace Itt the atato. narrlng iiouo. It u a apacloua build lug lu which bowling alloya, billiard luillfl, kkutiug i Inks, daaniliiK halla. u pliiligo and nilii-r ili-vn os fu r.iniiaointiit nit- im ml It w.o- trt Owing to a largo Iiiciouho In busl uesB. the Medford Grocery coinpanv, wlJilOBBlera, during tho putt your "avo oroctod a hnudaoino now homo ..f brick on Kront and Tout It it nit.. I'lio liutldlng la large and kUok iIhiii, t Hdeudld homo. It coat lu iho mll' Kuiiood or $:i0.00(i Odd I'Vllouk' lliiildiiig. Tho Medford Unlge of Odd I'tl , Iowa are Juat t'otuplotlug a hatidaomo htee-atory buainotta block mi Slxili .ireot. which Will be uaod for IuihI- uo'.-h purpoaoH, tho third floor bolng i a lodge room. It coat in tho nolgh orhouU of $30,000. (it. Mark's lllmk. Hi, Mark'a block, oroctod ou tho router of Main and Holly Hitoeta, la hi.' of tho moat Itaudaoitio bulldlnga it t bo city. It la cottatrii' tod of W,v .V"" JJJM' rt-T.s .8$3$ .rr-TtTV ;tX ,JJ '. .' 'J ,'v' ''J W , m& 'M.-lvM : ite KJ. iivwz ' i.- Hi3ffiSS ' T.!.t'. ?m; ? ''s.vrvs: :ii I msmKgm mwmu mmsfflm i S&.'f ?') JhSms.l.9 -t v- i -..- . ' WUmLWSr.JS. 1nJ4Y'Vf V.W,7A1-S..h,..,... a .. A.?StaL.V ':' -J-.. . -fo.. fM3mLevtsv,7niii9aigfAT't4 ,ifi' -iiSiivt vl rafi8snHn mmw swsffBRear k ? W J ' v. .. '-,: .fw' -a O'V w ,v A y&xMpfa -W ,N-A -F .C,iSA..?1'' .vi."E - wa a-" Tii . v. '.' S.JS5'.W SM EE2 si i i:i s .1 1 1 . 1 I N ' . Soiiilioiu O Ti'ii Li.niiio and lh ivo Htolb'S III I'clyll It (ii.-U 111 tilt' uolghttorhuod of $10,000. .Mcdl'onl Xnlioiial Hank. The Medford National bank ditriag i ho pttat year Itaa doubled the aUo of Un bank building by erecting an ad dlilou at a coat or $:u,ooo. Thu jjlvoa aeveral more offlcoa lu tho 'iiilldliiR and throe atoroa. Tlio SNii'ln Hlock. Tho Sparta building on (be imiik i if Main and Itlvoraldo la to !) n ;:iiUaomo throe-ntoo building wh n oiuplotcd. It la bolng oroetod iv lohn M. Itoot and aaooclatoa a: j siimatod coat of $10,000. IhivU HhM-Ii. on of i he hundaouteat buildiu . id In the clly during tho pai .n' is i he Davis block, un the ci 1. 1 ni Central ud SlMh. Tula build uik i. of white ouauiel brick, trim mil with granite aud waa eroetod nt i .( nf $40,000 by A. A. Davla. Sl'AHTA mi i. mm;. MKHKOllll TH)M liMv. 1,1 addition lo thoao oulldiuga com "' '" ald ,rn l,u' holgJita overlook- work tui Blurted on tho Hocond thud l.i. d durluK 10IO. a large number ng the i-u. Tho entire building will be eio, .,1 i iiuiidingu are either under eou- Several now church buildings are tttrl' ,n ,,u' n '' l 'l "' ii ti.-n or are projected for the planned to take the pl at preaent 1 180x100 teet in ale. It i a i" ..'. .tig yi-ar Among theeo ia the mructurea. I,,01' coutrei building. The bmid l.i un. i.m.miI.. wtuli III riMi ap .The Klrat Xuilotul bgttk I alao e: are Johna Turner. It ataa.Ui.a i. i!iia.ol $:.o ooo ,,ik on wht.'i .iiutomidatiu". the creation or a now "',' v" of Fir and Sixth attoen. mi i;ui ,..ui in iho sp.nm .mild'na i-r bank tug purpoaea. 'rh "!i,, "f '' hullding cotnpl.M... II. Cub. .lb- Sii.ih will fii.ii Otic third of tho Mall Ttibune !"""''' hv C-iiv.-rstty club us woll an a. nk in M.u.li .nt .i $ imi.tioii li,.s,,i, i.uil.lin Ii.ik lit'cii itimploti.i and ni.- M.ui IiiIuiiio ted in Medford in 1910 -flifMfei --It,' l i Hit (.'AKXKTT-COUHV iniliDIXC. MMDioni) (ii:ori;itv co. I iie.mi: ii:i.i:iMit),: m n.Dixti. K "i.-V"-' :jffc. v1 -;f:i,..,'w..-.:.. ',..' .'LV ' . :r.V '" ' ;' fai. ?.s.' ''t''V'V(:' ' ' w '.'' y..' r.v'" - .. - - - ' ' - " ' i lnlH . ti l i i i hi " i ' i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' j v v :. Mill I I ... , mj.j , 1 tu .,