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Americus Weekly Recorder

Location

Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1890

Page

6

Americus Booms with 1890 Building Rush in Four Months

Americus Georgia reports 618000 invested in homes and factories during January to April 1890, with 157 houses under construction or finished. A. P. L. road, building loans, steady demand, and a rising street railway push the city toward regional prominence as a Southwest Georgia metropolis.

Americus ArconpDer Georegia Uan Americus Improvement & Manufacturing Co Americus Electric Street Railway J. B. Felder Americus Danue Georgia

Buildings Underway and Costs in Americus Growth

A comprehensive survey lists 37 new residences contracted or completed with varied costs, plus major public buildings. Notable entries include the Americas Hotel at 100,000 and City Hall at 30,000, with totals reaching 615,600 in new construction this year. Labor shortages and rising wages accompany steady, non boom growth across the city.

Americas City Hall Masonic Temple Ladue Baptist Church Wheatley Iron Works Postoffice Ais Builders Supply Co. Md. Stallings, Mgr

Leeton Park Beauty A Summer Resort in Americus

Leeton Park near the south end of the street railroad bridge is being fitted as a people’s resort. Felder and Knauth supervise ground leveling rustic seats and walks. A pavilion, restaurant, and wells promise a pleasant retreat with easy rail access.

Outin Leeton Park Felder Street Railroad Company Americus Knauth Leeton Park

Real estate profit gap widens in Lee street sale

About three weeks ago John R. Shaw bought a small building and ground on Lee street near the old city building for 800. Yesterday he sold the same property for 1200. The rapid rise in American property is shown to be broad in scope, not limited to any one class or locality.

Leeton Park Land Company Stevens Nysewander Brooklyn Heights Syndicate McCrary Field West End East Americas John R. Shaw Lee Street Renge Old City Americas

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