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UNITED STATES DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR Frances Perkins, S e c re ta ry B U R E A U OF L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S Isador Lubin, C o m m is s io n e r (on leave) A . F. Hinrichs, A c t in g C o m m is s io n e r in cooperation w ith W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N + B u ild in g P e r m it S u rv e y 1939 ♦ VOLUM E I New England Cities Part I— New England Cities Part II— Boston, Mass. Part III— Appendix + Prepared by D IV ISIO N OF C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D PUBLIC E M P L O Y M E N T H E R M A N B. B Y E R , C h ie f B u lletin 7S[o. 689 U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE W A S H IN G T O N : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent o f Documents, Washington, D . C. Price 15 cents UNITED STATES D EPARTM EN T OF LABOR F ran c es P e r k in s , Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS I s a d o r L u b i n , C o m m is sio n er A. F. H in r ic h s , Donald Davenport, Chief, Employ ment and Occupational Outlook Branch Henry J. Fitzgerald, Chief, Business Management Branch Hugh S. Hanna, Chief, Editorial and Research (on leave) A c tin g C o m m issio n er Aryness Joy, Chief, Prices and Cost of Living Branch N. Arnold Tolies, Chief, Working Con ditions and Industrial Relations Branch Sidney W . Wilcox, Chief Statistician CHIEFS OF D IV ISIO N S Herman B. Byer, Construction and Public Employment J. M. Cutts, Wholesale Prices W . Duane Evans, Productivity and Technological Developments Swen Kjaer, Industrial Accidents John J. Mahaney, Machine Tabula tion Robert J. Myers, Wage and Hour Statistics Florence Peterson, Industrial Rela tions Charles F. Sharkey, Labor Law Infor mation Boris Stern, Labor Information Ser vice Stella Stewart, Retail Prices Lewis E. Talbert, Employment Statis tics Emmett H. Welch, Occupational Out look Faith M. Williams, Cost of Living B U ILDIN G P E R M IT SURVEY A b b e e W. T a l a m o , D irector ii CONTENTS Page Preface__________________________________________________________________________ vn P art I N e w E n g la n d cities Summary_______________________________________________________________________ Residential construction: Units added, converted, and demolished________________________________ Privately financed residential construction: Type of structure____________________________________________________ Exterior construction material______________________________________ Permit valuations____________________________________________________ Rooms per dwelling unit_______________________% _____________________ Demolitions__________________________________________________________ Housing projects financed from Federal funds__________________________ Nonhousekeeping residential construction: Type of structure and permit valuation____________________________ Demolitions__________________________________________________________ Nonresidential construction: Type of structure and permit valuation_________________________________ Demolitions_______________________________________________________________ 3 4 6 8 10 16 19 21 22 26 26 36 P art II B o s to n , M a s s . Summary: Relationship between applications filed and permits issued____________ Residential construction: Type of structure and permit valuations________________________________ Exterior construction material___________________________________________ Nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential construction______________ 41 43 45 45 P art III A p p en d ix T able A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939_______________________________________ 53 T ables T able T able 1.— Number of new family-dwelling units provided, units added and eliminated by additions and alterations, and units demolished, in New England cities, 1939 and 1938_________ 2.— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc tures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure, 1939--------------------------------------------- hi 5 7 CONTENTS IV Page T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able T able 3 .— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc tures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939__ 4.— Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc tures for which building permits were issued in 54 New England cities, by permit valuation per unit and type of structure, 1939_____________________________________________ 5.— Number of privately financed 1-family dwellings without commercial space for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by permit valuation, 1939____________ 6.— Number of rooms per family-dwelling unit in privately financed structures for which building permits were issued in 42 New England cities, by type of structure, 1939______ 7.— Number of rooms contained in privately financed 1-family dwellings without commercial space for which building permits were issued in 42 New England cities, 1939_______ 8.— Number of family-dwelling units in structures for which demolition permits were issued in 48 New England cities, by type of structure, 1939__________________________________ 9.— United States Housing Authority projects, in 5 New England cities, 1939_________________________________________________ 10.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938_______ 11.— Number of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which demolition permits were issued in 15 New England cities, 1939_________________________________________________ 12.— Number and permit valuation of nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938________________________ 13.— Number of nonresidential structures for which demolition permits were issued in 48 New England cities, 1939_______ 14.— Summary of permit applications in Boston, Mass., for new construction, additions and alterations, and demolitions; filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and permits issued, 1939_________________________________________________ 15.— Number of family-dwelling units in Boston, Mass., by appli cations filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and per mits issued, by permit valuation per unit and type of struc ture, 1939__________________________________________________ 16.— Number of family-dwelling units in Boston, Mass., by appli cations filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and per mits issued, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939________________________________________________________ 17.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures in Boston, Mass., by appli cations filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired, and per mits issued, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939________________________________________________________ 9 12 14 16 18 19 21 23 26 28 37 42 44 45 46 Letter o f Transmittal U n ited S tates D epar tm en t of L a b o r , B u r e a u of L abor S ta tistic s , Washington, D. C., June 15, 191+1. The S ecr e ta r y of L a b o r : I have the honor to transmit herewith a study of residential and nonresidential construction and demolition in New England cities for the year 1939, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in coopera tion with the Work Projects Administration. A. F. H in r ic h s , Acting Com missioner. Hon. F rances P e r k in s , Secretary oj Labor. PREFACE The general trend of building construction in cities of the United States has been shown by data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics annually since 1921 in summaries, and monthly since Sep tember 1929 in the monthly report entitled “ Building Construction.” More comprehensive information, however, regarding the character istics of residential and nonresidential construction and demolitions has been found necessary to meet the needs of those immediately concerned with housing programs, such as local housing authorities, real-estate boards, city planning commissioners, and various other governmental and quasi governmental agencies. In order to supply such information, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the cooperation of the Work Projects Administration, has con ducted a survey of building permits covering the years 1929 through 1939 in cities with a population of 10,000 or more. For new resi dential construction, data were obtained on the number of family dwelling units provided in each building for which a permit was issued, the number of rooms per dwelling unit, the permit valuation of each structure, the type of structure, and the type of material used in the exterior walls. Information was also secured regarding the number of units which resulted from additions and alterations to existing structures, and the number of structures and units involved in demolitions. For nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential construction, the types of structure, the types of exterior material, and the permit valuations were obtained. This bulletin, the first in a series of nine for the year 1939, presents data for the New England States and includes cities with a popula tion of 25,000 and over, according to the 1930 Census of Population. Similar reports will be issued for each of the other geographic divisions of the United States. The years 1929 to 1935 and 1936 to 1938 are covered in earlier series. The survey is under the general direction of Herman B. Byer, Chief of the Division of Construction and Public Employment, and under the more immediate supervision of Abbee W. Talamo, Director of the Building Permit Survey. Henry F. Haase, Assistant Director of the project, planned and supervised the tabulation of the information. Lynn K. Finnegan prepared the analysis and arranged the presenta tion of the data. V II Part I New England Cities l B u lletin 7\[o. 689 (V o l. I) o f the U n ited States B u rea u p f Labor Statistics Building Permit Survey, 1939 Residential and Nonresidential Construction and Demolition, New England Cities, 1939 1 Summary Building permits were issued in 1939 in 54 New England cities 2with a population of 25,000 and over for new privately financed residential structures containing 5,720 family-dwelling units. This total of new units was one-fifth higher than that reported in 1938. Frame was the predominant type of exterior construction material specified for the new housing; four-fifths of all the new units were in buildings surfaced with this material. More than three-fourths of the new dwelling units were single-family houses. A large part of the residential construction—more than one-half of the units provided— reported valuations between $3,500 and $5,500 per unit. In addition to the 5,720 units provided in privately financed resi dential construction, nearly as many (5,580 units) were authorized in United States Housing Authority projects in 5 cities. The majority of these units were in apartment houses. All of the buildings in connection with these projects were of brick. Additions and alterations to existing structures added 1,860 units to the housing supply in the 54 cities. The net increase in dwelling units is not shown, as complete information on demolitions was not available in every city. On the basis of dollar volume dormitories were the most important type of nonhousekeeping residential construction and about one-half of the structures demolished were lodging houses. Total permit valuations for nonresidential construction in 1939 were lower than they were in 1938, but in both years the dollar volume for schools was higher than for any other type of building. 1 Such discrepancies as appear between the figures in this bulletin and those presented in monthly reports previously released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics arise from varying causes. In some cases early records were incomplete at the time the survey was made. In other cases differences result from the fact that more accurate interpretation was possible on the basis of the detailed information collected by the agents of the Building Permit Survey. In some instances buildings are not erected or demolished after the permit is issued. The Bureau makes no attempt to collect such information in order to adjust the figures. 2 The U. S. Census of Population for 1939 was used to determine the size of the cities. In 1930, New England had 56 cities, including the town of Greenwich, Conn., with a population of 25,000 or more. Lewis ton, Maine, and Nashua, N. H., are not included in this bulletin because complete data are not available. 3 4 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9 In addition to permits issued for private construction, the tables include the value of contracts awarded for Federal, State, and munici pal buildings in the cities covered by the report. The data concerning Federal and State buildings are collected by the Bureau from the various Federal and State agencies which have the power to award contracts for building construction. Residential Construction U n its Added, C onverted, and Demolished Building permits issued in the 54 New England cities indicate that more new family-dwelling units were provided in privately financed buildings in 1939 than in 1938. In table 1, the number of family dwelling units provided in new buildings, units resulting from addi tions and alterations to existing structures, and units demolished in these cities in 1939 is compared with similar data for 1938. Permits were issued for new buildings containing 5,720 units in 1939 as compared with 4,771 in 1938. In addition 5,580 units were pro vided in 1939 in 8 United States Housing Authority projects; no such developments were authorized in this region during the preceding year. The 5,720 new privately financed accommodations in these 54 cities represent an addition of 13 units for each 10,000 population. The largest increase in housing, on the basis of population, is indicated in Connecticut cities with 21 units per 10,000 population and in New Hampshire municipalities with 20 units for every 10,000 inhabitants. Seventeen accommodations per 10,000 persons were authorized in the Rhode Island cities, 10 in Maine, and 9 in Massachusetts. M any of the cities covered by this report, especially those in Massachusetts, have suffered from the migration of industry to other States, resulting in a decrease in the demand for housing facilities. This condition is largely responsible for the small amount of residential building con struction in Massachusetts cities with populations of 25,000 or more. Boston, the largest city covered by this report, was first among these New England communities from the standpoint of number of units in 1938, with 356 units in privately financed buildings, but dropped to fifth place in 1939 with 304 new units. The 304 units were supplemented, however, by 3,291 accommodations in 4 Federal housing projects. Newton, a suburb of Boston, had the largest number of new units (383) in 1939, followed by Bridgeport and Stamford in Connecticut, with 335 units each, and Worcester, Mass., with 308. Additions and alterations to existing structures resulted in 1,860 units in 1939, 314 more than were reported in 1938. Massachusetts communities accounted for 1,021, or more than one-half of the 1,860 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 0 converted units, while only 11 were provided in cities located in Maine. It is impossible to ascertain the net increase in housing facilities in 1939 in the 54 cities, as demolition permits are not required in several of the cities and data were not complete in others. Available infor mation indicates, however, the demolition of buildings containing 4,697 units by permit and 1,233 by authorization of the United States Housing Authority. T a b l e 1 . — N u m b er o f n ew fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its provided, u n its added and e lim i nated b y a dd ition s and alterations, and u n its d em o lish ed , in 1 9 8 9 and 1 9 8 8 New E n g la n d cities. F a m ily - d w e llin g u n it s New dwellings State and city Private Fed eral 1 Additions and alterations Increase Population, U. S. census D e m o lit io n s Decrease Per centage change 1930-40 1938 1939 1938 1939 1939 1938 1939 1938 (2) Total_______ 5, 720 4, 771 5,490 2,091 (2) 231 Connecticut. 1,877 1,609 1,397 395 231 21 1 +0.03 (2) (2) (2) (2) 905,370 +1.9 3 788 6 2 7 593 12 4 (4) 5 5 87 11 146, 716 28,451 33,112 164,072 38, 481 +• 3 +6.0 +7.2 +1.3 +2.6 14 121 138 16 13 63 137 8 6 10 68,128 162, 655 29, 640 36, 019 46,346 + .8 -1 .3 +2.8 +10.6 +3.4 2 31 24 4 614 3 26,040 99,902 25,808 +3.6 -.6 +16.3 18 Bridgeport................ Bristol........... ........... Greenwich (town)._. Hartford__________ Meriden___________ 335 75 107 185 92 269 1,251 49 197 129 146 68 66 26 44 43 31 43 3 6 47 32 New Britain.. New Haven.. New London. Norwalk_____ Stamford____ 87 91 61 233 335 55 84 30 162 274 18 59 13 53 5 9 23 2 31 7 Torrington________ Waterbury________ West Haven (town). 64 136 76 53 202 37 6 22 9 12 9 7 1 99 72 56 84 45 11 00 (2) 99, 559 +3.9 12 87 16 56 4 52 8 76 45 1 10 <4) 60 C) 78 28,749 70,810 +3.7 +4.0 2,662 2, 315 4,093 1,172 1,000 151 48 (2) (2) Maine.. Bangor.. _ Portland. Massachusetts.. Arlington (town). Beverly......... ....... Boston......... ......... Brockton________ Brookline (town). 219 48 304 42 201 162 43 356 3,29l 33 199 Cambridge. Chelsea____ Chicopee__ Everett____ Fall River.. 29 5 20 3 50 71 6 21 6 32 Fitchburg . Haverhill.. Holyoke... Lawrence.. Lowell___ 66 14 16 36 38 41 12 16 20 13 70 16 58 18 383 65 14 88 19 294 Lynn________ Malden______ Medford_____ New Bedford. Newton_____ See footnotes at end o f table. 10 23 369 13 37 7 13 335 19 66 356 42 24 16 17 33 34 8 5 22 25 536 19 25 15 71 37 7 21 18 56 24 45 32 12 54 18 27 25 4 39 18 15 4 5 2 41 6 16 27 73,059 5 12 3 i 3 2 3 2 3 1 25 64 2 4 2,811, 253 9 3 385 821 29 36,094 25, 086 781,188 63, 797 47,490 +10.9 +1.8 -1 .3 -2 .3 +4.8 48 24 28 7 931 65 5 15 22 45 113,643 45,816 43, 930 48,424 115, 274 -2 .4 -9 .9 -5 .2 -3 .4 + .1 20 6 21 264 49 io 527 9 68 18 51 204 40,692 48, 710 56, 537 85, 068 100,234 +2.8 -4 .0 -4 .9 -.9 +1.2 26 8 5 48 23 58 16 14 34 21 102,320 58,036 59, 714 112, 597 65, 276 +5.6 -2 .0 +7.0 -4 .1 6 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 1.— N u m b e r o f n ew fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its p rovid ed , u n its added and elim i nated b y a ddition s and a lterations , and u n its d em o lish ed , in N e w E n g la n d c ities, 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 — Continued T able Family-dwelling units New dwellings State and city Private M assachusetts— Con. Pittsfield Quincy Revere __ Salem __ Somerville Springfield___ _ __ Taunton Waltham Watertown (town)__ W orcester___ ___ New Hampshire Concord ___ Manchester _ Rhode Island___________ Central Falls____ Cranston_______ ___ East Providence (town) . _ . __ _ Newport ___ _ Pawtucket___ Providence__ Woonsocket ____ Fed eral 1 Additions and alterations Demolitions Increase Decrease 1939 1938 103 132 13 19 1 41 30 3 31 44 34 22 3 40 32 201 14 126 40 308 162 8 86 51 229 18 6 24 11 52 19 2 1 13 8 56 4 5 207 171 108 91 67 140 32 139 26 82 23 68 875 604 360 5 264 1 170 24 42 30 27 135 82 155 95 40 103 16 10 74 (n) 3 55 208 26 173 22 144 50 76 36 1939 1938 93 203 9 31 1 1939 (3) Population, U. S. census 1939 1938 1930 (4) 16 7 (4) 19 (4) 15 13 (4) 14 49,677 71,983 35,680 43,353 103,908 +5.3 -3 .6 -4 .9 -1 .7 57 15 22 3 101 74 15 4 1 71 149,900 37, 355 39, 247 34, 913 195, 311 -.2 +. 1 +2.0 +1.5 -.8 1938 1 2 1 2 (3) 102,062 +2.7 (4) 26 (4) 01) 25, 228 76,834 +7.7 +1.1 (3) (3) 505,922 +1.5 2 (4) 9 (4) 25,898 42, 911 -2 .5 +9.7 (n) 21 29,995 27,612 77,149 +7.2 +10.6 -1 .8 252,981 49, 376 + .2 —.1 00 14 (3) 3 01) 11 10 Per centage change 1930-40 1939 9 21 21 is 57 7 1227 (18) 17 1 No U. S. Housing Authority projects authorized in 1938. 2 Information not complete. 3 .Demolition permits not required. Contracts were awarded in 1939 for the demolition of 788 family dwelling units at the site of the Yellow Mill Village housing project for which no demolition permits were issued. * Demolition permits not required. 8 Does not include demolition data on 1 building for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported. The site of the Nelton Court housing project was vacant land; therefore, no demolitions were necessary. « Does not include demolition data on 1 building for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported. 7 Includes 2,720 units demolished at the site of 4 U. S. Housing Authority projects for which demolition permits were issued. 8 Does not include demolition data on 3 buildings for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported. 8 The site of the Sunset Hill housing project was vacant land: therefore, no demolitions were necessary. Includes 445 units demolished by W. P. A. labor at the site of the North Common Village housing project for which no demolition permits were issued. 11 Data not available. 12 Does not include demolition data on 2 buildings for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported. n Demolition permits not required prior to June 7, 1939. Privately Financed Residential Construction Type o f Structure Of the 5,720 new family-dwelling units provided in 1939 in the New England cities, 77 percent were single-family houses; 11 percent were in apartment houses without commercial space; and 8 percent were in two-family, two-decker structures. Table 2 shows the dis tribution of units in the various types of structure by city. RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 7 Permits issued indicated that in 1939 more single-family houses and fewer units in apartment buildings were constructed than in 1938. In 1938, in these same cities, 73 percent of the units were single-family dwellings, and 16 percent were in apartment buildings, while the percentage of units in two-family, two-decker structures remained about the same. The predominance of single-family houses was most marked in Maine and New Hampshire cities where 94 percent and 90 percent, respectively, of all housekeeping facilities provided in 1939, were of this type. It was a favorite type of dwelling in municipalities of the other States, also, and accounted for 85 percent of the new units authorized in cities situated in Rhode Island, 80 percent in Massa chusetts, and 66 percent in Connecticut. The single-family house was the most popular type of structure in all of the cities except Stamford, where the apartment house predominated, and Chelsea, where four of the five units were in two-family, two-decker struc tures. Nearly all, 4,345 of 4,381, single-family houses were of the detached type, but the semidetached house accounted for 60 percent of the units in Watertown. T 2. — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in p riva tely financed structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities, by ty p e o f structure, 19391 able Type of structure 1-family State and city Total 1- and 5-or-more-family 2without com 23family mercial unit family, 4and family, Semi23family De com decker mercial decker de tached tached Build Units unit ings Total____________________ 5, 720 4, 345 36 462 30 48 172 24 627 Connecticut ______ _____ 1,877 1, 234 2 154 8 15 20 6 444 Bridgeport_____ _____ Bristol- __ __ __ _____ Greenwich (town)-. __ Hartford __ Meriden______ __ ___ 335 75 107 185 92 129 74 99 100 92 2 62 3 1 9 8 2 122 1 58 New B ritain .______ _ New Haven ________ New London _______ Norwalk___ ________ Stamford __ ________ 87 91 61 233 335 77 78 45 225 61 10 8 6 8 10 23 2 264 Torrington. _________ Waterbury. ___ ___ _ West Haven (town)___ 64 136 76 49 131 74 12 4 2 ______ 99 93 6 Bangor. ____________ Portland______________ 12 87 10 83 2 4 Maine__ _____ _ See footnotes at end of table. 8 24 3 1 2 4 8 3 1 8 T BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 2 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in priva tely fin a n ced structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities, b y ty p e o f stru ctu re , 1 9 3 9 — Continued able Type of structure 1-family 1- and 5-or-more-family 2without com 23family mercial unit family, 4and family, O 2_ Semi u* family De com de decker mercial decker tached tached Build Units unit ings State and city Total Massachusetts____________ 2,662 2,087 30 212 219 48 304 42 201 185 48 157 42 128 2 20 29 Arlington (town)____ Brockton___________ Brookline (town)__ 58 20 3 50 17 1 20 3 44 Fitchburg Haverhill Holyoke __ ____ Lawrence.___________ Lowell 66 14 16 36 38 40 14 16 23 33 Lynn 70 66 16 52 18 317 62 2 4 4 2 Pittsfield 93 203 9 31 1 90 114 201 14 126 40 308 192 12 100 14 295 207 187 67 140 62 125 Rhode Island ___________ 875 744 4 Central Falls _ _ Cranston. ______ __ East Providence (town). Newport Pawtucket . __ 5 264 135 82 155 5 211 126 68 149 4 Providence _ _ _ _ _ 208 26 169 16 Q nin oy Revere _ Salem Somerville _________ ______ _ _ Springfield T a u n ton W altham Watertown (town) Worcester New Hampshire _ Concord______ _______ Manchester______ . _ W nonsocket __ 7 22 1 16 144 7 79 8 51 1 14 2 39 1 34 1 5 12 2 4 3 1 6 4 4 16 58 18 383 _ . 12 6 4 144 8 2 4 Malden Medford New Bedford_________ Newton _ 30 12 10 Chicopee_____________ Everett _________ Fall River________ _ _ 5 15 6 2 24 4 4 1 2 9 76 3 8 2 2 2 10 3 14 2 4 1 4 14 1 24 76 5 18 1 1 4 8 2 34 10 3 4 1 4 2 3 1 Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included in the survey. * Plans for 4 apartment buildings containing a total of 229 units, for which permits were issued in 1938 and canceled in that year, were changed in 1939 to 2 buildings and 186 units. Permits were issued for these 2 structures in 1939, and the data are included herein. Exterior Construction Material Surface materials specified for the new dwellings authorized in 1939 were largely confined to three types— frame, brick, and brick veneer. Frame predominated, serving as wall material for buildings contain ing 80 percent of all the units; while 11 percent of the new accom- 9 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION modations were in brick buildings, and 5 percent in structures of brick veneer. Table 3 indicates that in the Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island cities, frame was used almost exclusively on the new buildings, accounting for at least 92 percent of the units in each of these communities. In cities in Connecticut and Massachusetts, where there were relatively more units in multifamily houses, especially in buildings accommodating five or more families, than in the other New England cities, the use of frame was not quite so extensive. In the Connecticut cities 69 percent of the new units were in frame buildings, and 25 percent in structures of brick; while in Massachusetts com munities frame was used on new dwellings containing 82 percent of the new accommodations, brick veneer 8 percent, and brick 5 per cent. Eighty percent of all the units in buildings housing three or more families were surfaced with brick or brick veneer. T a b l e 3 . — N u m b e r o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in p riv a tely fin a n ced structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls, 1 9 3 9 Type of structure and material 1-family 2-family 1 Multifamily 2 State and city Frame Brick Brick Other Brick Other Brick Other ve mate Frame Brick ve mate Frame Brick ve mate neer rials neer rials neer rials Total________________ 4,056 63 146 116 383 12 47 50 141 573 104 1,140 21 33 42 136 6 7 13 14 448 14 3 Bridgeport____ __ Bristol. ___ Greenwich (town) _ Hartford-. ___ 122 74 61 96 2 1 6 56 1 5 3 119 14 3 1 20 17 4 2 18 2 2 3 1 6 2 Meriden. _ . New B ritain .____ New Haven__ ___ New London_____ 82 72 77 40 5 4 4 1 1 10 8 5 3 Norwalk . _ _ _ Stamford. . . . _ __ Torrington__ . . . W aterbury__ _ _ West Haven (town) 210 57 46 129 74 1 1 2 Maine . . . . . ___ 85 1 Bangor_______. . . Portland_________ 10 75 1 _____ 1,914 37 82 26 Connecticut_________ Massachusetts. Arlington (town).. Beverly__________ Boston.. Brockton.. ______ Brookline (town).. 179 48 131 39 82 Cambridge_______ Chelsea__________ Chicopee_________ Everett__________ Fall River_______ 17 1 14 3 44 16 See footnotes at end o f table. 271707°— 41------ 2 1 5 1 5 1 1 10 2 1 3 4 6 3 4 2 4 101 65 147 5 3 18 13 3 16 13 20 14 8 4 1 8 3 5 1 40 18 4 264 35 119 91 2 4 8 21 10 39 2 38 41 22 12 4 5 61 1 8 10 12 5 2 i 29 10 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 3 . — N u m b e r o f fa m ily -d w e llin g units in p rivately fin a n ced structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m a teria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued T able Type of structure and material 2-family 1 1-family Multifamily 2 i| State and city Frame Brick Brick Other Brick Other Brick Other ve mate Frame Brick ve mate Frame Brick ve mate neer rials neer rials neer rials Massachusetts—Con. 40 14 13 23 33 Haverhill Lawrence 2 2 65 16 42 1& 278 Pittsfield Quincy Revere Salem Somerville 86 111 6 24 1 3 2 Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown (town). Worcester___ 160 11 100 33 282 13 Concord Manchester. _ __ Rhode Island __ _ 18 3 4 2 8 2 4 32 7 38 16 1 1 3 4 1 4 1 19 1 4 5 9 6 4 6 2 2 2 13 4 8 53 1 28 3 24 16 4 62 125 1 15 4 730 4 211 Providence 162 16 4 9 5 78 4 3 187 Central Falls Cranston East Providence (town) Newport Pawtucket W oonsooket 6 4 1 1 Malden Medford New Bedford Newton New Hampshire 1 1 2 8 34 4 1 34 19 130 67 140 8 4 1 1 3 5 8 1 36 10 2 5 4 3 1 Includes 1- and 2-family dwellings with stores. 2 Includes multifamily dwellings with stores. Permit Valuations M ore than one-half of all the new units authorized during 1939 in the 54 New England cities had valuations ranging from $3,500 to $5,500 per unit. The accompanying chart indicates, however, that permit valuations for dwellings to be erected in cities of 25,000 to 100.000 population were higher than those for dwellings in cities of 100.000 and over. For example, the most frequent valuation stated on permits issued in the smaller cities was between $4,500 and $5,000, while in the larger cities the most commonly reported permit valuation was between $3,500 and $4,000. A greater number of units in the $4,500-and-over cost groups were reported for the smaller cities (4 percent valued at $10,000 and over) than for those in the larger popu- PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW PRIVATELY FINANCED FAMILY-DWELLING UNITS IN NEW ENGLAND CITIES percentof BYit yCOST GROUP ANO SIZE OF CITY, 1 9 3 9 iT e per c en t of RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION in u r e BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 12 lation group (1 percent valued at $10,000 and over). These higher valuations are largely the result of high-priced dwellings authorized in a few cities in the 25,000-100,000 population group, especially Greenwich, Conn., and Brookline and Newton, Mass. These three cities are suburban residential communities. Conversely, a considerable number of units in the larger-city group were to cost from $1,500 to $2,000 because of the concentration in apartment buildings of accommodations within these limits. The permit valuations are estimates of construction costs made by prospective builders and do not include land and other costs. Table 4 shows the distribution of the new family-dwelling units by permit valuation per unit and type of structure for cities of 100,000 population and over, and for cities in the 25,000 to 100,000 population group. T a b l e 4 .— N u m b e r o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in p riva tely fin a n ced structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in 5 4 N e w E n g la n d cities, b y p erm it valuation per u n it and ty p e o f structure, 1 9 8 9 1 13 CITIES OF 100,000 AND OVER Type of structure Permit valuation per fam ily-dwelling unit All types 1-family SemiDe de tached tached 212 1,838 1,299 $25,000 and over__ $22,500-$24,999____________ $20,000-$22,499. . . . ____ $17,500-$19,999 $15,000-$17,499. _________ 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 $12,500-$14,999.____ ____ $10,000-$12,499____________ $9,500-$9,999.. _______ $9,000-$9,499 . ____ $8,500-$8,999______________ 5 14 3 8 5 4 13 3 7 5 1 1 $8,000-$8,499 $7,500-$7,999 . _______ $7,000-$7,499______________ $6,500-$6,999______________ $6,000-$6,499______________ 11 16 14 21 56 8 14 14 21 56 3 2 $5.500-$5.999_____________ $4,500-$4,999______________ $4,000-$4,499. .. ___ $3,500-$3,999______________ 60 151 187 316 365 57 145 183 263 201 $3,000-$3,499______________ $2,500-$2,999.. ___________ $2,000-$2,499.. __________ $1,500-$1,999.. _________ $1,000-$1,499 _________ 181 136 92 168 15 143 73 50 15 11 8 8 Total_______________ - | c kc $500-$999 See footnote at end o f table. 2 1- and 2-fam 2- fam 3-fam and ily, 2- ily ily, 3decker com decker mercial unit 15 15 4-fam ily 5-or-more-family without commercial unit Build ings 36 Units 10 259 3 2 45 70 2 3 12 132 . 1 2 2 2 4 8 92 32 42 20 6 4 1 1 3 6 1 3 3 3 1 20 4 12 13 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION T a b l e 4.— N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in priva tely fin a n ced structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its were issu ed in 5 4 N e w E n g la n d cities, b y p erm it valuation per u n it and ty p e o f stru ctu re, 1 9 8 9 1— Continued 41 CITIES OF 25,000 TO 100,000 Type of structure Permit valuation per fam ily-dwelling unit All types 1-family SemiDe de tached tached Total____________________ 3,882 3,046 $25,000 and over. __ . _____ $22,500-$24,999____ ____ _ $20,000-$22,499____________ $17,500-$19,999____________ $15,000-$17,499 ________ 18 4 8 7 21 18 4 8 7 21 $12,500-$14,999____________ $10,000-$12,499____________ $9,500-$9,999______________ $9,000-$9,499________ $8,500-$8,999____________ 24 63 11 37 21 23 60 9 37 21 $8,000-$8,499__________ $7,500-$7,999______________ $7,000-$7,499______________ $6,500-$6,999____________ $6,000-$6,499______________ 51 60 77 79 192 50 52 71 79 179 $5,500-$5,999______________ $5,000-$5,499______________ $4,500-$4,999_____________ $4,000-$4,499______________ $3,500-$3,999_ . 179 467 564 510 501 179 428 369 468 341 $3,000-$3,499___________ $2,500-$2,999______________ $2,000-$2,499_____________ $1,500-$1,999____________ $1,000-$1,499 . 370 203 191 128 71 287 133 85 53 45 25 19 $500-$999 j 34 1- and 2- fam 3-fam 2-fam- ily and ily, 2ily, 3com decker decker mercial unit 4-fam ily 33 136 250 15 2 1 1 2 Build ings 1 2 6 16 2 8 4 2 2 4 10 36 52 48 50 32 12 2 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 6 12 9 5-or-more-family without commercial unit 8 8 56 48 8 Units 14 368 1 1 6 6 1 7 1 2 34 168 3 108 2 1 13 7 1 1 5 14 4 1 When the structure provided for a built-in or attached garage or a commercial unit, the cost of such uni t is included. Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included. Table 5 shows the permit valuations reported in 1939 in each of the New England cities for single-family dwellings. Sixty-five percent of the 4,381 single-family houses were to cost from $3,000 to $5,500 per unit, and 23 percent $5,500 and over. Higher priced houses, however, were reported in a number of the cities. M ore than ninetenths of the new single-family residences in Brookline, Mass., fourfifths in Greenwich, Conn., and approximately three-fifths in New Haven and Stamford, Conn., and Newton, Mass., were to cost $5,500 or more. On the other hand, all of the single-family houses in Torrington, Conn., Bangor, Maine, Chelsea and Everett, Mass., and W oonsocket, R. I., had valuations of less than $5,500. T a b l e 5 . — N u m b er o f privately financed 1 -fa m ily dwellings without com m ercial space fo r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in N ew E ngland 12 Maine 58 66 85 100 235 $6,500-$5,999 ______________ $5,000-$5,499 $4,500-$4,999 $4,000-$4,499 ________________ $3,500-$3,999 ______________ $3,000-$3,499 $2,500-$2,999 $2,000-$2,499 $1 500-$l,999 $1 000-$1,499 $500-$999 $8,000-$8,499 $7,500-$7,999 $7,000-$7,499 $6,500-$6,999 $6,000-$6,499 - ___ ___ _ . - ___ _ ______ ___ - ____________ __ ___________ 5 12 1 6 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 7 2 1 1 1 1 5 4 3 4 8 10 1 2 236 573 568 733 544 10 33 32 19 10 3 4 7 8 16 3 5 2 4 3 13 9 27 30 3 5 4 18 31 25 2 7 4 20 9 438 210 137 68 58 27 5 1 1 2 2 14 3 6 5 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 2 13 6 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 9 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 6 4 8 10 4 1 8 1 14 n 12 6 8 10 11 1 5 2 12 15 16 28 33 2 6 3 9 4 3 3 1 3 2 40 24 8 5 1 3 3 ""T 4 li 1 1 48 157 42 128 17 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 5 4 14 2 12 4 34 10 4 6 8 26 9 19 4 1 54 4 1 3 6 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 # 2 1 1 5 3 11 1 1 4 15 15 8 12 18 58 59 16 13 5 5 5 1 1 10 7 2 4 8 9 5 8 2 26 22 75 8 2 1 3 7 11 3 2 4 8 2 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 20 3 Fall River 187 Everett 83 Chicopee 10 Cambridge 74 Brookline (town) 131 Brockton 49 Boston 61 Beverly 225 Arlington (town) West Haven (town) 45 Portland Water bury 78 12 2 6 2 5 Bangor Torrington 77 Stamford New Britain Greenwich (town) 92 Norwalk 27 73 12 44 26 100 New London $12,500-$14,999 $10,000-$12,499 $9,500-$9,999 $9,000-$9,499 $8,500-$8,999 99 New Haven $22,500-$24,999 $20,000-$22,499 $17,500-$19,999 $15,000-$17,499 74 Meriden 2 Hartford 131 21 4 9 7 22 Bristol | Bridgeport Total________________________ 4,381 44 6 16 4 16 3 2 1 2 19 7 13 11 2 1 14 9 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 4 2 1 4 11 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 6 8 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 Total Permit valuation per family dwelling unit j i j Massachusetts ! Connecticut Chelsea cities, by perm it valuation, 1 9 3 9 New Hamp shire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 2 2 1 5 5 5 8 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 8 13 16 8 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 2 15 11 13 2 3 4 1 2 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 * Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included. 1 192 12 100 38 295 1 62 125 5 211 130 Providence 68 149 169 Woonsocket Pawtucket Newport | East Provi| dence (town) Central Falls Cranston Concord Manchester Worcester Watertown (town) 24 | Waltham 7 Springfield 114 ^ Taunton 90 1 1 1 1 4 3 12 4 5 9 16 16 25 24 51 26 80 21 11 3 1 1 Somerville 317 Salem 18 Quincy 52 Revere 16 Pittsfield 66 Newton 33 New Bedford Lynn 23 j Lowell 16 Medford 1 1 Lawrence 14 Malden | Holyoke 42 $25,000 and over_______________ $22,500-$24,999....... ...................... $20,000-$22,499.............................. $17,500-$19,999..................... ... 1 $15,000-$17,499 $12,500-$14,999 $10,000-$12,499 $9,500-$9,999.________ _________ $9,000-$9,499 $8,500-$8,999_............ ................. . $8,000-$8,499__________________ . 1 1 $7,500-$7,999__ _______ _________ $7,000-$7,499___ _____ _________ $6,500-$6,999__________________ $6,000-$6,499__________ ________ 1 $5,500-$5,999________ __________ 1 $5,000-$5,499__________________ 1 $4,500-$4,999___________ _______ 2 $4,000-$4,499__________________ 2 $3,500-$3,999__ _______ _________ $3,000-$3,499......... ................ ........ 6 $2,500-$2,999.... .............. .............. 5 $2,000-$2,499___________________ 3 9 $1,500-$1,999.____ _____________ $1,000-$1,499__________________ 9 $500-$999______ _____________ Rhode Island 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 7 12 20 18 13 4 1 1 1 I 4 3 21 18 15 29 16 2 3 1 2 1 1 __I_ 1 1 1 1 .... 2 1 1 1 6 2 3 10 42 9 31 14 ~~2~ 67 12 2 25 12 19 22 4 22 2 11 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 I 4 5 10 29 34 36 24 33 5 5 4 1 .... 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 13 9 20 21 6 12 4 1 2 5 3 1 4 1 19 4 3 7 3 8 15 12 26 39 42 81 41 15 7 2 1 4 6 7 4 11 5 3 4 2 6 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 6 16 15 15 33 16 7 5 4 1 1 1 1 .... .... 4 6 14 15 10 4 6 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 11 27 34 30 14 5 3 1 6 1 3 ,2 2 1 2 2 2 23 33 35 33 19 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 2 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION T o ta l....______ ______________ Haverhill Permit valuation per family dwelling unit Fitchburg Massachusetts .... 2Includes units in 1-family, detached, and semidetached structures. Cn 16 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193d Rooms per Dw elling U n it Information concerning the number of rooms per dwelling unit was available for 4,178 of 4,377 units in 42 of the 54 cities included in this report. As indicated in table 6, 28 percent of these 4,178 units had six rooms, 26 percent five rooms, and 21 percent four rooms. Six rooms were favored for single-family houses and the five-room unit predominated in two-family, two-decker structures, while the fourroom unit was outstanding in the three-family, three-decker type. One-half of the units in four-family dwellings had three rooms, and in apartment buildings three- and four-room units were proportion ately equal. In the 10 cities with populations of 100,000 or more for which room data could be secured, 34 percent of the units had six rooms; most of the six-room units were single-family, detached houses. The size of the accommodations in apartment buildings ranged from one to five rooms per unit. M ore than two-fifths of the units in this type of structure had one room. These one-room apartments were all authorized in Bridgeport. Larger homes were indicated by the room data obtainable for 32 cities in the 25,000 to 100,000 population group. Four-, five-, and six-room units each accounted for approximately one-fourth of the 2,973 units. Sixteen percent had 7 or more rooms as compared with only 6 percent in the larger cities. The majority of the units contain ing at least seven rooms were authorized in three cities— Greenwich, Conn., and Brookline and Newton, Mass. Units of seven or more rooms accounted for 45 percent, 36 percent, and 49 percent, respec tively, of all the accommodations for which room data were available in these cities. No 1-room apartments were reported in these smaller communities; units of 3 or 4 rooms were favored in apartment buildings. T a b l e 6 .— N u m b er o f ro o m s per fa m ily -d w e llin g unit in p rivately fin a n ced structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in 4® N e w structure , 1 9 8 9 E n g la n d cities, by ty p e o f Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms Type of structure Total1 Total 1l2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 or 14 more 42 NEW ENGLAND CITIES All types___ . 4,377 4,178 85 1-family, detached-. 3,144 3,029 — 1-family, semidet.aohfid 32 32 374 __364 . . . . 2family, 2-decker. 1- and 2-family and 21 20 commercial unit.. 45 __ 42 3family, 3-decker. 4fa m ily 168 156 5-or-more-f a m i 1 y , without commer cial unit 593 535 85 See footnote at end of table. 85 301 895 1,098 1,155 325 119 4 59 520 2 10 3 128 844 1,063 308 116 4 141 14 74 7 26 57 8 9 20 3 79 152 147 72 2 7 78 1 4 13 3 43 32 17 3 6 4 10 43 32 17 3 6 4 10 17 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION T 6.— N u m b er o f room s per fa m ily -d w ellin g u n it in privately fina nced structures f o r which building perm its w ere issu ed in 1 $ N e w E n g la n d cities , by typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 — Continued able Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms Type of structure Total1 Total 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 01 more 10 CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE POPULATION All types_________ 85 34 47 237 319 405 54 17 4 1 _____ 2 1-family, detached.. 791 785 . . . . 1-family, semide 2 tached__________ 2 2family, 2-decker.. 164 _162 1- and 2-family and commercial unit.. 8 7 3family, 3-decker. 12 _. 12 4family____ 36 . _ 36 5-or-more-f a m i 1y , without commer 201 85 259 cial unit_____ _ . 1,272 1,205 1 9 125 214 363 50 16 4 1— - 2 53 2 64 40 4 1 8 1 6 12 3 6 16 29 40 14 1 33 2 32 CITIES OF 25,000 TO ICO,000 POPULATION All types________ 3,105 2,973 _____ 1-family, detached. _ 2,353 2, 244 1-family, semide tached___ .. 30 30 2family, 2-decker... 210 202 . . . . 1- and 2-family and 13 13 commercial unit.. 33 3family, 3-decker_.. 30 4family____ 132 120 5-or-more-f a m i 1y , without commer 334 334 cial unit_____ .. 51 254 658 779 750 271 102 39 32 17 3 5 4 8 3 50 395 630 700 258 100 39 32 17 3 5 4 8 2 3 10 75 2 77 14 34 1 7 70 6 20 45 5 3 4 1 46 123 107 58 4 9 2 1 1 Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported. The six-room unit accounted for 35 percent of the 3,061 single family houses for which room data were collected in the New England cities, as shown by table 7. In Connecticut cities, one-third of the one-family houses had six rooms and three-tenths contained five rooms. The six-room unit was specified more often than any other size in all of the Connecticut cities except Bristol, Meriden, Norwalk, and West Haven. The five-room unit predominated in Bristol, Meriden, and West Haven, and the four-room unit in Norwalk. Single-family dwellings with six rooms predominated in the Massachusetts cities, also. In Newton, however, 29 percent of the new houses had seven rooms, and in Beverly and Lynn approximately one-half of the new one-family dwellings had five rooms. In Manchester, New Hamp shire, the four-room unit was of first importance, while five rooms were noted most often for the new single-family dwellings in Bangor, Maine, and Newport, R. I. 18 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e 7 . — N u m b er o f ro o m s con tained in p rivately fin a n ced 1 -f a m i ly dw ellings w ith out com m ercia l space f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in 4 2 N e w E n g la n d c ities , 1 9 8 9 1 Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms Total2 State and city Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 15 or 9 10 11 12 13 14 more 8 7 Total________________ ____ _____ 3,176 3,061 4 59 530 848 1,077 312 116 43 32 17 3 6 4 Connecticut_____ ____________ 1,159 1,154 . . . 1 22 283 341 1 2 4 131 74 99 100 92 130 74 99 99 92 New Haven _ ___________ New L o n d o n .______________ N orw alk.... ....... ........... ...... Stamford-. ________________ Torrington _____________ 78 45 225 61 49 78 45 222 61 49 Waterbury. ___________ _ West Haven (t o w n ) ..______ 131 74 131 74 10 10 Bridgeport.. ____________ _ Bristol. ___ ______________ Greenwich (town) _ ________ Meriden _____ _______ Maine: Bangor__________ _______ Massachusetts---------------------------- 1,736 1,672 __ Arlington (town) ___________ Beverly - __- _______ Boston _______ ___________ Brockton __ __________ Brookline (town)____________ 187 48 157 42 128 187 48 157 34 115 Cambridge. _______________ Chelsea .. _______ ______ Chicopee__ ___ - __________ Everett __ -- ________ Fitchburg _ _ _ ___ ________ 17 1 20 3 42 17 1 19 H olyoke_________________ Lawrence _________________ Lowell _ -_ _________ Lynn ______________________ Medford _ ______________ 16 23 33 66 52 32 65 49 New Bedford______________ N e w to n __ _ _____________ Pittsfield__________ -_ _____ Quincy _ __ ________ Revere _ _ ______ ____ 18 317 90 114 7 16 300 90 113 6 Salem. _ ____ __________ _ Somerville . _______ Springfield _ __________ Waltham __ _______ ____ Watertown (town) _ 24 1 192 100 38 24 1 192 100 37 187 62 125 ew Hampshire Concord _ .......... .................. Manchester_________________ "Rhode Island Newport Woonsocket __ _ _ _ _____ 1 1 21 38 3 25 33 1 9 16 21 23 2 22 34 65 2 11 2 25 14 48 6 29 5 2 2 6 102 3 12 1 15 42 13 21 6 36 9 28 4 18 3 2 3 3 2 17 14 64 11 12 40 42 5 12 37 1 6 3 30 191 412 1 2 3 22 4 39 6 24 g 29 3 14 1 15 43 17 1 3 85 48 10 15 1 100 16 2 1 15 33 22 22 5 2 2 6 5 1 2 4 1 2 7 4 5 81 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 8 io 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 1 81 87 40 30 5 1 60 4 2 4 __ 2 61 5 22 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 9 3 5 55 58 1 9 38 1 8 3 67 46 19 5 5 5 144 6 51 41 25 14 5 2 49 95 10 21 6 41 20 12 4 13 10 1 4 1 1 1 10 *1 3 1 4 16 15 32 8 7 3 1 5 8 1 9 17 29 1 2 9 7 12 36 23 30 11 38 8 648 221 89 35 24 10 1 1 12 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 84 81 1 4 48 18 7 2 1 68 16 65 16 1 2 44 2 4 14 4 2 5 1 1 1 1 Cities where room data are not available were omitted from this table. 2 Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported. 31 unit of 16 rooms. 4 2 units of 15 rooms; 2 of 16; 1 of 26 rooms. 81 unit of 15 rooms. 61 unit of 17 rooms. 72 units of 15 rooms. 9 1 2 6 17 11 5 2 6 1 5 1 9 1 2 42 383 70 20 72 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 19 D e m o litio n s Demolition permits were not required in 1939 in 6 of the cities covered by this report and in Providence, R . I., prior to June 7, 1939, and information was incomplete for 2 other cities. In the cities where complete information was available, approximately 5 dwelling units were demolished in private wrecking operations for every 10,000 inhabitants as compared with 13 privately financed units provided. The largest number of demolitions (3,059) was reported in Boston, Mass. Of the demolished units, 339 were included in private wreck ing operations, and 2,720 were razed on the site of the 4 housing projects. Nearly three-fourths of the 3,059 units were in 3-family, 3-decker structures. For other cities the number of demolitions reported ranged from 264 in Holyoke, Mass., to 2 in Greenwich, Conn., and Central Falls, R. I., as shown in table 8. T a b l e 8 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in structures f o r which d em o litio n p er m its were issu ed in 4 8 N e w E n g la n d cities , by ty p e o f structure , 1 9 8 9 1 Type of structure 1-family State and city Connecticut: Bristol _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Greenwich (town)____ _ Hartford. ___________ Meriden New Britain_____ ____ 5-or-morefamily— 3- and 4-fam 2-fam 3-fam ily, an<l ily, ily, 4-fam and With And Total 2com 3com out ily De Semide decker mer decker mer com com tached tached mer mer cial cial cial unit cial unit unit unit 6 2 93 12 14 5 2 11 3 2 New Haven. _ ______ _ New London__ ________ N orw alk___ _ _ ___ Stamford._ ___ _____ _ Torrington _ _ __ 121 138 16 13 2 19 130 4 7 2 Waterbury. _ ________ West Haven (to w n ).___ 31 24 1- and 2-fam- 1 3 1 3 54 2 6 5 18 7 18 14 2 1 1 6 3 60 16 36 2 6 Massachusetts: 6 Arlington (town) _ ____ Beverly________________ 16 3,059 Boston______ _ _ 4 7 168 2 2 352 99 3 2,247 72 4 3 56 46 8 189 12 3 63 28 18 3 142 34 82 48 32 6 49 4 840 300 534 384 4 44 12 Maine: Portland_________ 2 Private wrecking 339 operations____ U. S. H. A. housing projects: Charlestown___ 1,096 Lennox Street, __ 450 Mission Hill____ 735 South Boston___ 439 See footnotes at end of table. 8 12 2 8 4 4 64 6 13 6 6 6 3 65 53 25 15 26 24 12 16 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 20 T a b l e 8 .— N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w e llin g u n its in structures f o r which d em olition 'per m its were issu ed in 4 8 N e w E n g la n d C ities , by ty p e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 1— Con. Type of structure 1-family State and city 5-or-more3- and family— 1- and 2fam 4fam 2-fam ily, 3-fam ily, and ily, 4-fam and With And ily, Total com com 23out ily De Semide decker mer decker mer com com tached tached mer mer cial cial cial unit unit cial unit unit Massachusetts—Continued. Brockton_____________ Brookline (town)______ Cambridge___________ Chelsea______________ Chicopee_____________ 5 12 48 24 28 1 12 14 1 15 Everett______________ Fall R iv e r................... Fitchburg____ ____ ___ Haverhill_____ ____ ___ Holyoke______________ 7 31 20 221 264 3 4 8 Lawrence. Lowell--. Lynn___ Malden. Medford . 49 82 26 8 5 New Bedford. Newton_____ Quincy-------Revere_____ Somerville__ - 4 4 16 12 8 2 7 2 4 2 2 10 4 8 3 3 4 4 3 6 20 12 4 2 48 23 16 7 19 14 19 11 1 7 Springfield_____________ Taunton_______________ Waltham______________ Watertown (town)_____ Worcester______________ 57 15 22 3 101 14 3 10 1 13 New Hampshire: Manches ter-------------- ------------------- 26 6 10 Rhode Island: Central Falls................... East Providence (Town). Newport_______________ Pawtucket_____________ Providence_____________ Woonsocket____________ 2 9 21 21 3 57 7 9 11 8 6 1 4 10 20 2 12 1 18 3 8 3 8 3 8 44 4 5 1 6 20 20 20 4 4 6 6 2 12 34 4 2 2 3 2 36 8 18 9 7 9 205 4 4 6 30 1 6 4 12 3 4 6 5 l 6 2 11 3 3 12 3 8 4 1 Demolition permits were not required in Bridgeport, Conn., Bangor, Maine, Pittsfield and Salem, Mass., Concord, N. H., and Cranston, R. I. In Providence, R. I. demolition permits were not required prior to June 7,1939. 2 Does not include demolition data on 1 building for which the number of family-dwelling units was not reported. 3 Demolition per its not required prior to June 7, 1939. 21 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION H o u s in g P r o je c ts F in a n c e d F r o m F ederal F u n d s Eight low-rent housing projects authorized by the United States Housing Authority provided housing facilities for 5,580 families. Four of these projects, containing a total of 3,291 units, were author ized in Boston. These were slum-clearance projects, and residential buildings containing 2,720 units and 59 nonresidential structures were demolished bn the site of the new construction. The Yellow M ill Village development at Bridgeport, Conn., and North Common Village at Lowell, Mass., were also slum-clearance projects with 788 and 445 units, respectively, demolished at these sites in 1939. No demolitions were necessary for the Nelton Court development at Hartford, Conn., or Sunset Hill at Fall River, Mass., as the sites for the new construction were vacant land. A large number (88 percent) of the 5,580 new units were in apart ment buildings without commercial space. The five-room dwelling unit predominated, accounting for 35 percent of the accommodations, while three- and six-room units each accounted for 21 percent. Brick was the exterior construction material specified for all of the developments. Table 9 shows for each project the number of family-dwelling units by type of structure with specified number of rooms and nonresidential construction. T a b l e 9.— U n ited States H o u s in g A u th o r ity p rojects , in 5 N e w 1989 1 Connecticut Type of construction Residential construction: Number of buildings____ Number of dwelling units. Type of structure: 1-family, attached___ 2-family, 2-decker___ 4-family____________ 5 -o r -m o r e -fa m ily without commer cial unit______ . _ Number of family-dwell ing units with— 3 rooms. __________ 4 rooms. _ __ 5 rooms_____ _______ 6 rooms. _ __ . . . . . . 7 rooms_____________ Nonresidential construction: Administration build ings_________________ Heating plants................. Boston Bridge Hart p o r tford— Yellow Nelton Mill Charles Lenox Mission South town Village Court Street Hill Boston 46 1,251 112 146 43 1,089 12 306 39 1,023 32 873 110 Lowell Fall River— —North Com Sunset mon Hill Village 311 356 204 536 294 6 56 188 1,251 36 1,089 306 1,023 873 403 15 477 288 68 36 72 38 162 286 338 285 18 144 39 81 42 102 423 246 186 66 201 96 328 174 74 33 53 206 56 8 1 1 1 1 1 cities , Massachusetts 1Brick was the exterior construction material for all projects. E n g la n d 348 111 92 216 109 8 1 22 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 N o n h o u s e k e e p in g R e s id e n tia l C o n s tr u c tio n T y p e o f S tr u c tu r e an d P e r m it V a lu a t io n Nonhousekeeping residential construction in 1939 in the New England cities amounted to $3,121,000 for 140 buildings. As indi cated by table 10 this type of construction showed a considerable increase over similar data for 1938, when permits were issued for 90 buildings with a total permit valuation of $1,122,000. Summer camps and cottages accounted for 92 percent of the total number of structures but for only 2 percent of the total valuation. The highest dollar volume reported for any one type of building was $2,424,000 for dormitories representing 78 percent of the total; nurses’ homes con stituted 15 percent. Connecticut cities stood first among municipalities in the New England States in respect to dollar volume, with $1,796,000 reported for nonhousekeeping residential construction. A $1,616,000 dormi tory in New Haven was largely responsible for the high valuation in this State. Construction costs for the cities surveyed amounted to $941,000 in Massachusetts, $375,000 in Rhode Island, $8,000 in New Hampshire, and $2,000 in Maine. No permits were issued in 1939 for nonhousekeeping residential structures in the following cities: New Britain, Norwalk, Stamford, and W aterbury, Conn.; Bangor, M aine; Arlington, Brockton, Brook line, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Lowell, Malden, M edford, Newton, Revere, Somerville, Waltham, and Watertown, M ass.; and Central Falls, Newport, and W oonsocket, R. I. T a b l e 10 . — N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f nonhou sekeeping residential structures fo r which building p erm its were issued in N ew England cities, by typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 1 [For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A] Total Association buildings No. Valua tion No. Valua tion No. Valuation No. $32,000 319, 300 1 3 $42,000 112, 500 5 1 $2,423, 725 119, 000 2 1 47,500 2 1,668, 725 140 90 $3,121, 262 1,122,150 1 1 Connecticut___ 1939 1938 21 19 1, 795,980 403, 580 1 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1 1 4 5 3 1,000 30, 000 1,790 2,450 9,000 1939 1938 1939 1938 1938 1 1 3 1 2 52,725 319, 300 615 1,000 180 New Haven 1939 1938 New London___ _ __ ______________ 1939 Norwalk - _ __ _______________ 1938 Torrington . _ _____ _ 1939 1 1 2 3 1 1,616, 000 47, 500 112,000 1,650 200 Water bury West Haven (town) 5 5 1, 500 2,650 Bridgeport ___ . . . .......... . ___ . _ ______ Hartford ____ New Britain _______ _ Hotels Nurses’ homes Summer camps and cottages __ __ _ _______ _ _____ _______ 1938 1939 319, 300 1 1 319, 300 1 47,500 1 Valua tion No. Valua tion 2 $112,000 2 112, 000 $311, 000 Valua tion No. Valua tion 2 3 $453, 500 230,000 129 80 $58, 037 30, 350 1 30,000 17 16 15, 255 6,780 1 30,000 No. 1 1,000 4 5 3 1,790 2,450 9,000 3 1 2 615 1,000 180 3 1, 650 200 5 5 1, 500 2,650 52, 725 1,616, 000 2 1 112, 000 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Valuation 1939 1938 Meriden ___ Homes for the aged No. Total . Greenwich (town)___ Dormitories Year State and city Bristol_____ Convents See footnote at end o f table. to CO T a b l e 10. — N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w England cities, by typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 1— Association buildings Total state and city Beverly______ Boston_______ Chicopee_____ Pall River____ Fitchburg____ Haverhill_____ Holyoke_____ Lawrence____ Lynn________ New Bedford.. Newton______ Pittsfield_____ Quincy. _____ Revere Salem. Springfield Homes for the aged Hotels Nurses’ homes Valuation No. Valua tion Valua tion No. Valuation 1 $15,000 2 1 $455, 000 119,000 1 1 1 158,000 119,000 No. No. Valua tion No. Valua tion No. Valua tion 1939 1938 1939 1938 2 2 88 51 $1, 700 475 941,162 662,840 1939 1939 1938 1939 1938 1 1 2 5 1 100 158,000 134, 000 2,800 350 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 2 5 5 4 7 6 400 312,000 1,150 850 1,480 3,800 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 3 2 1 1 1 1,600 450 326,000 600 100 1 1939 1938 1938 1939 1939 1938 9 4 2 18 5 1 1,525 900 200, 000 12,900 129,020 450 2 200,000 1 127, 500 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 2 1 1 1 3 600 100 385 300 450 15,000 2 2 $311, 000 2 2 $453,500 200,000 311,000 326,000 to ha Summer camps and cottages No. Valua tion 2 2 84 45 $1, 700 475 32,662 17,840 1 100 5 1 2,800 350 2 3 5 4 7 6 400 1,000 1,150 850 1,480 3,800 3 2 1,600 450 1 1 600 100 9 4 1,525 900 18 4 1 12,900 1,520 450 2 1 1 1 3 600 100 385 300 450 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 Maine: Portland Dormitories Year No. Massachusetts... Convents Continued Taunton Waltham________ _______ _ _ Worcester. __ _ _ 271707 New Hampshire _ __ „ _____ - ................... Providence Woonsocket 8 3 17 10 3, 500 625 4,420 1,980 8 3 17 10 3, 500 625 4, 420 1,980 1939 1938 4 5 374, 500 52, 650 1 $32, 000 1 4 500 2,650 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1 1 1 2 1 32, 000 500 500 2,000 42, 000 1 32,000 1 2 500 500 2,000 1939 1938 1838 1 1 1 300,000 50, 000 150 1 150 1939 1938 1939 1938 ___________ 1Includes only cities where permits were issued in 1939 or 1938. 1 1 1 42,000 50, 000 1 297,000 300,000 i 1 42, 000 1 50,000 1 300, 000 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Paw tucket...__ _ 7,920 2, 605 26 13 __ _ East Providence (town) 25 13 1939 1938 ___ __ Cranston 7,920 2,605 6, 252 2,100 3,200 299,435 2, 705 _ ________ _ _ w Rhode Island 6, 252 2,100 3,200 2,435 2, 705 16 6 3 12 8 _ _ __ Concord. Manchester . 16 6 3 11 8 1939 1938 . ___ 1938 1939 1938 to Cn 26 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Demolitions Demolitions of nonhousekeeping residential structures in 1939 were reported in only 15 cities. Permits were issued for the demolition of 32 nonhousekeeping residential structures in New London, Conn., 11 in Portland, Maine, and 7 in each of the cities of Hartford and New Haven, Conn. N ot more than 5 structures were to be razed in any of the remaining cities (see table 11). Lodging houses were the type of structure most frequently demol ished; 27 were razed in New London alone. T a b l e 11 . — N u m b er o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential structures f o r which dem olition perm its were issu ed in 1 5 N e w E n g la n d cities , 1 9 3 9 1 All types State and city Asso ciation build ings Connecticut: Hartford-- ___ _____ New Haven _ ___ ___ New London. Norwalk _ ________ 7 7 32 1 1 Maine: Portland 11 1 _____ Massachusetts: Boston __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lawrence ___ __ ___ Lowell. _ ____ Lynn _ _ ____ Quincy__ ___ ______ _ Revere _ __ Springfield— _ Waltham _ _ _ Worcester _ __ _ New Hampshire: Man chester __ _ ____ Sum Chil mer i Homes Lodging Nurses’ camps for the dren’s Dorm Hotels houses homes aged homes tories and cottages 5 4 1 6 1 27 1 1 5 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Demolition permits were not required in Providence prior to June 7, 1939; no permits were issued for structures subsequent to that date. Cities reporting no demolitions were omitted from this table. Nonresidential Construction T ype o f Structure and Perm it V aluations The total valuations of nonresidential construction in the New England cities was somewhat lower in 1939 than in 1938, largely of the lower construction expenditures for institutions, public buildings, and schools. On the other hand, valuations for amusement and recrea tion places, churches, buildings in the category “ factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workships,” office buildings, public works and utilities, and stores and other mercantile buildings showed increases over 1938. Table 12 shows the comparison of totals for non residential construction for the 2 years 1938 and 1939, by city and type of structure. Increases in the total valuations reported in the New England States in 1939 over those for 1938 occurred only in cities in Maine and Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, valuations in Boston, the largest NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 27 city covered by this report, fell from $4,313,000 in 1938 to $4,171,000 in 1939. The loss was more than made np, however, by Springfield, where the dollar volume of $1,345,000 in 1938 increased to $3,320,000 in 1939. Other cities which showed substantial increases were Haver hill, Malden, and New Bedford. Despite the fact that valuations for schools were slightly lower in 1939 than in 1938, this type of structure was the most important, in 1939, on the basis of permit valuations, and accounted for 22 percent of the total ($28,548,000) for the 54 cities. Schools ranked first, as measured by dollar volume, in cities in 3 of the 5 States, representing 62 percent of the total in Maine, 45 percent in New Hampshire, and 26 percent in Massachusetts, but only 13 percent in Connecticut and 3 percent in Rhode Island cities. In Malden, Mass., nonresidential building construction was almost entirely confined to schools. Four buildings, valued at $1,247,000, including a high school, represented 97 percent of the total for the city. A bout nine-tenths of the total valuation was authorized for school buildings in Haverhill, Mass., and Bangor, Maine, about three-fourths in Norwalk, Conn. ; and at least two-fifths in Manchester, N. H., and Cambridge and Worcester, Mass. A vocational school comprised more than one-third of the total volume in Springfield, Mass. A large number of the schools reported in these cities were financed partially by Public Works Administration funds. Valuations for public works and utilities amounted to $4,748,418 in 1939 or 17 percent of the total for New England cities. In Connecticut and Rhode Island cities a higher total construction expenditure was reported for buildings in this category than any other type of structure. In New Haven, Conn., for example, public works and utilities valued at $1,222,000 and including two structures for a disposal plant (Public Works Administration projects), represented more than four-fifths of the total for the c ity ; while a wharf and viaduct with a combined valua tion of $490,000 comprised approximately one-half of the volume authorized in Providence, R. I., in 1939. Public works and utilities, including a $1,078,000 sewage treatment plant sponsored by the city, accounted for 38 percent of the total for Springfield, Mass. The high total valuation in the 54 cities combined for office build ings ($3,500,000) was largely the result of the erection of one such structure valued at $2,530,000 in Boston, Mass. This building alone comprised more than three-fifths of the value of Boston’s nonresiden tial construction. Some industrial expansion was indicated in the New England communities by the volume of construction in the cate gory “ factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops.” M any of the cities showed an increase over similar data for 1938, especially Quincy, Mass., where this type of construction accounted for nearly three-fourths of the total for the city. T a b l e 1 2 .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f nonrevidential structures fo r which building perm its were issu ed in N ew E n gla n d cities, by typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 to 00 [For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A] Total State and city Year No. 1939 1938 6,414 $28, 548,178 5,458 29,804,571 Churches Factories, bak eries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops Garages, public 94 $2,384,513 63 1,208,217 18 $1,210,000 14 806,500 95 $2,160,050 71 1, 596, 358 28 40 $155,550 3,943 $1,285,181 308,100 3,467 1,092, 519 387, 375 360, 284 60 42 224,100 160,200 221 188 89 64 54 54 90 85 61 70 65,800 55,488 24, 353 16,021 28, 545 33,055 35,238 46, 881 17,900 21,764 8 5 2 2 2 24,100 14,400 3,200 11,500 12,000 18 1 2 2 56 44 102 150 37 32 139 76 53 56 19,014 14,410 35, 474 56, 525 10, 260 9,650 45,820 23,160 46, 660 18,755 33 52 76 90 61 44 12,135 17,165 30,525 37,020 15,651 10,390 7, 544, 238 8, 293,686 41 26 827,061 513, 717 6 3 375,000 190,000 27 21 815,000 546, 321 8 17 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 Greenwich (town) 1938 Hartford_________________ ___ 1939 1938 Meriden __ 1939 1938 300 248 139 120 106 88 227 103 122 121 839,871 550,504 74,922 72,434 472, 970 759,195 925,891 1, 298,248 343,945 747,850 5 1 4 1 5 3 3 1 1 443,100 1,000 16,600 30,078 171,000 2,300 21, 321 39,139 15,000 2 117,000 4 6 25,000 78,621 1 5 9,000 10,500 1 3,000 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 85 65 180 214 85 54 183 106 90 100 405, 674 348, 895 1,465, 516 1,689,406 793,175 1, 272, 500 866,283 339,140 793,190 366,467 1 1 2,000 40,000 1 5 1 5 1 1 2 2,600 27, 340 500 26,000 1,800 500 66,500 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 60 76 112 128 103 78 220, 520 137, 200 179, 725 602, 720 162, 556 109,127 1 2 1 1 9 11 20,000 25,500 50,000 218,000 34,200 86,300 New Britain _ ............ New Haven New London Norwalk Stamford._ . . . .......... . Torrington Waterbury West Haven (town) 1 1,700 2,000 103, 200 63,000 52,500 72,000 1 70,000 1 64,000 1 5 1 3 2 105,000 165,000 3 3 2 2 2 8,500 74,000 19, 300 9,000 59,000 21,000 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1,000 1 22,000 293 $1,081, 515 228 848,160 27,500 1,072 61, .500 1,005 1,792 1,501 Bridgeport Gasoline and service stations Institutions No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation Connecticut........... .......................... 1939 1938 Bristol Garages, pri vate, when separate from dwelling 1 3 7 5 11, 500 18,500 27,000 69, 500 2,000 354,000 143,000 2 4,500 1 1 35,000 1,000 1 5,000 1 2 100,000 89,000 7 $684, 400 12 3,602, 532 2 3 157,000 838,216 75,600 3,500 9,100 8,000 1 2 47,000 268,000 1 570,216 5 4 6 12 2 14,600 6,300 26,600 40,200 4,000 1 110,000 2 3 3 11,000 13,500 16,800 1 1 11 8 3,000 4,700 38,400 40,600 2 3,200 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Total___________________________ Valuation Amusement and recreation places Maine _ __ Bangor Portland ____ 1939 1938 134 183 822, 391 465,462 1 1, 500] 2 3 67,000 43,500 1939 1938 1939 1938 28 44 106 139 583,430 271' 671 238, 961 193,791 1 1,500 2 2 1 18,500 67,000 25,000 3,038 2,645 16,805,027 15,429, 331 1939 1938 1939 1938 .............. 1939 1938 1939 1938 __ _ .. 1939 1938 39 41 72 63 308 285 75 84 28 38 29,065 19; 325 34', 150 104,455 4,170,720 4 , 312; 914 98; 330 74; 960 95,400 429; 725 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 89 76 21 17 80 78 43 47 142 92 2,134,906 2,329,420 32,570 57,490 41,120 33,695 167, 111 582,486 218,483 100,691 1939 1938 1939 1938 Holyoke.. ... 1939 1938 Lawrence.............. ............ ... _ 1939 1938 Lowell__________________ ____ 1939 1938 101 76 56 38 25 29 60 57 85 66 313,184 126,975 330,110 30,979 117, 250 75, 750 123,870 271, 285 128,157 206, 565 Lynn______ ___________ . _. 1939 1938 _ __ _ 1939 1938 Medford....... ......................... 1939 1938 See footnote on p. 31. 105 97 39 53 62 48 314,471 1, 278, 817 1, 279, 638 73, 920 145,415 733, 350 Arlington (town) Beverly _ _ Boston. B rockton___ Brookline (town) . .......... ... Cambridge . Chelsea____ __ _____ ___ Chicopee _ Everett Fall River Fitchburg _ Haverhill________ Malden__ ____ _________ 35 1,216,572 29 632, 800 1 1 730,000 531, 500 49 36 1,192,295 883,637 71 113 18, 380 28,020 14 16 60,100 73,800 1 1 10,000 5,000 11 25 60 88 1, 515 8,130 16,865 19,890 5 6 9 10 15,000 22,800 45,100 51,000 94,850 1,772 192,100 1,489 552, 895 459,646 154 112 623,515 392,400 4 468,900 8 2, 564,316 32 34 56 43 123 140 41 51 18 19 13,355 10,625 13, 250 13,605 68, 773 56, 970 8,380 11, 835 9,700 11, 325 1 5 3 30 12 8 6 2 1 6,000 16,750 12,500 121,300 42,700 43,700 24,000 15,800 13,000 3 2,187,500 36 29 9 7 42 36 26 25 59 49 15,057 12,475 3,300 3, 390 7,100 7,150 7,665 5,084 12,495 11,175 9 3 40,000 6,300 5 4 6 4 4 2 17,000 9,300 24,700 15,900 11,000 5,500 44 34 3 19 13 15 30 31 51 39 9,935 8,950 7,080 4,025 7,050 8,500 9,100 9,100 8,040 6,305 4 4 4 5 2 16,700 10,700 9,800 9,100 9,600 6 11 5 1 18,500 21,300 22, 500 6,000 81 81 23 30 42 31 19, 590 17,683 5,360 8,625 13,615 9,925 2 2 3 4 3 5 9,000 13,000 10, 500 17,300 10,500 6,250 1 14 14 7,000 2,380 2; 300 1 13 4 2,500 418', 300 147; 300 1 3,000 2 2 10 9 10,000 12,000 277,000 144,200 3 1 125, 800 800 2 62,200 2 2 1 4,000 10,000 38,000 1 8,500 1 31,000 1 200,000 1 7 2 2,000 41,950 4,000 3 6 9 1 3 139,500 75,000 5,000 42,600 2 1 4 1 5,000 17,500 151, 737 1,800 3 12,220 2 2 4,000 7,000 4 39,000 1 17,342 1 5,000 1 1 200,000 15,000 3 11,225 i 900 i 16,500 1 1 35,000 32,000 10,800 1 1,000 2 1 1 9,600 2,000 75,000 1 6,000 1 2 7,500 15,000 1 1 294,900 233,816 1 1 50,000 13,000 N(PRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 1939 1938 Massachusetts_______ ___________ 1! 2 to CO T a b l e 12.— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f nonresidential structures fo r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w E n gla n d cities, by typ e o f structure, 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 — Continued Total Year State and city No. 200 171 114 119 $492, 225 96,065 396,137 597' 260 1939 1938 Quincy.___________________ _ 1939 1938 R evere.............. .................... . 1939 1938 S a le m ..... .................................. 1939 1938 Somerville........ .............. ........... 1939 1938 131 104 247 159 48 30 69 42 32 24 110,385 270,585 758,477 436, 491 30, i60 49,970 99,834 60, 585 205, 205 67, 725 Springfield_________ _________ 1939 1938 Taunton................................. _ 1939 1938 Waltham____________________ 1939 1938 Watertown (town)..................... 1939 1938 Worcester.................................... 1939 1938 241 205 87 59 138 121 40 39 261 187 New Hampshire............................... 1939 1938 .. Pittsfield____________________ Concord............ ...................... Manchester—______________ 1939 1938 _ 1939 1938 Factories, bak eries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops Garages, public Garages, pri vate, when separate from dwelling 1 Gasoline and service stations Institutions No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation 1 1 $2,500 1,500 1 13,500 1 2 2 4 2 26,000 19,450 8,500 12,000 8,800 1 10,000 3,320,144 1,345,436 74, 732 30,955 335,935 333,420 285, 530 35,045 922,313 1, 262,992 1 4 1 3,000 157, 300 25,000 1 28,000 296 277 543, Oil 1, 701,866 3 1 29,350 500 74 69 222 208 139,032 1,055,620 403,979 646,246 1 3 500 29,350 3 75,800 1 2 $175,000 170,000 1 1 80,000 10,000 4 468,000 2 1 $3,300 3,500 51 37 87 87 $18, 550 11,450 36, 780 30,465 9 3 2 3 $25,075 10,250 4,000 9,000 1 5,000 2 4,000 37,490 34,500 20,400 7,800 1 2,500 2 41,000 2 43, 500 24,650 27,608 63,390 34, 924 4,990 6,270 13, 280 24,935 9, 705 3, 775 7 6 7 3 20,000 68 62 204 125 19 18 42 28 16 13 1 3 2 2 3 5,000 12,500 9,000 7, 500 10,400 2 3 71,500 285,000 33, 700 33,000 13,000 700 16, 500 19, 500 1,100 190,300 261, 700 4 3 24,050 74, 200 42, 395 28, 776 12,170 4,412 32,150 27,010 7,875 5,450 48,115 37,824 11 10 1 1 3 3 1 4 2 182 152 45 25 115 97 22 17 159 115 3 2 8 10 17,500 6,000 38,500 47,900 2 2 7,680 33,000 2 1 16,000 8,000 179 164 43, 252 33, 348 10 10 34, 500 39,160 2 2 7,680 33,000 1 1 1 10,000 8,000 6,000 57 39 122 125 15, 612 9,298 27, 640 24,050 1 3 9 7 5,000 12,000 29, 500 27,160 7 2 1 1 $50,300 30,000 1,500 2,600 2 3 1 4,200 560,000 1,200 2 2 $124,000 1 35,000 1 20,000 1 75,000 1 58,500 1 58,500 1939 1939 1938 1939 1938 Newton. ________________ Churches o BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, Massachusetts—Continued. New Bedford_______ ____ ____ Valuation Amusement and recreation places 00 1939 1938 1,164 952 2,833, 511 3,914,226 Central Falls.................. 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 22 9 208 175 154 126 84 69 203 141 14,025 3,000 102, 585 102, 720 152,005 344, 670 988, 221 273, 835 581,853 840,086 1939 1938 1939 1938 417 355 66 77 960,937 2, 258,005 33,885 91, 910 Cranston................. ...... East Providence (town) Newport_____________ Pawtucket____________ Providence___________ Woonsocket___________ 14 7 310,030 61,200 2 2 15 9 78,075 89,900 2 4,100 1 1 4 1,500 20,000 48,400 1 1 3 2 5 19,000 3,900 23,000 2,200 228,230 3 2 32,800 5,100 1 90,000 2 5,100 2 2 7,000 50,000 1 2 15,000 85,000 10 3 48,875 31,500 i 8,500 1 Permits issued for dwelling units in many instances included the cost of detached garages. In order to show separate data for dwelling units and such garages, these com 105,000 85,000 3 6 1 1 1 2 1 3 7,200 34,500 849 696 283, 279 211, 221 55 48 139, 300 182,600 3,450 1,400 58, 260 37, 625 23,080 22, 245 41,475 17, 385 46, 369 31, 486 2 4,800 3,000 1,000 9 4 165 133 96 77 62 55 176 124 5 5 7 3 1 4 6 10 12,450 11,000 19,150 15,000 1,500 13,300 18,900 36,400 293 246 48 57 96,900 86,605 13, 745 14, 475 33 23 1 3 78,500 97,400 4,000 9,500 3,000 22,000 1,200 11,500 1 200,000 1 200,000 posite figures were broken down by applying the ratios derived from permits giving separate valuations for dwelling units and detached garages. NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Rhode Island_____________ CO T a b l e 12 . — N u m ber and perm it valuation o f nonrevidential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y typ e o f structure, 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 — Public buildings, Office buildings, city, county, State, including banks and Federal State and city No. Valuation No. Valuation 15 16 $3,500,000 2,156,500 21 23 $1,719,163 5,252,036 Connecticut........ .......................... ....... 1939 1938 7 6 460,000 1,023,500 5 7 214,675 967,041 1939 ________________ 1938 ____________________ _ 1939 1938 Greenwich (tow n )...____ _____ 1939 1938 Hartford______________________ 1939 1938 Meriden_____ ____ ____________ 1939 1938 2 1 2 New Britain___________________ 1 Bridgeport Stamford____________________ 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 Torrington__________ ______ _ 1939 1938 Waterbury .................................. 1939 1938 West Haven (town)_________ _ 1939 1938 Maine____ __________________ Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1939 1938 3 1 948,513 1,604, 285 11,000 5; 000 6 1 22,988 8,000 1 175,000 124,000 1 3 4 1 2,500 20,500 457,890 163,663 1 2 1 1 16,000 240,000 70,000 470,000 2 1 229,340 3,000 235,000 1 1 52,990 56, 111 100,000 775,000 161,685 910, 930 8,500 200,000 6 140,455 3 3 1 2 2 1, 221, 532 624, 656 47,900 55,420 30,000 1 6,500 41,000 15,000 1 197,750 1 1 5 2 115,000 250,000 650, 513 271,535 1 25,000 3 1 1 33 $6,190,773 1,280 31 6,858,951 1,053 9 8 4 1 59 $4,748,418 40 2,773,246 1,882,878 1,324, 466 6 1 1 No. Valuation No. Valuation No. 25 15 Bristol Norwalk____________________ Schools Stables and barns to Stores and other All other nonmercantile residential buildings structures 1 164,711 2 3 97,000 9 173,000 26,500 13,000 2 508,055 Valua tion $251,922 191,468 No. Valua tion No. Valuation No. Valua tion $15,949 43 44 , 35,300 423 $3,138,372 336 2,987,584 62 20 $22,372 87,100 11 21 3,115 10,575 137 99 1,134,487 629, 218 46 1 9,812 7,000 1 400 18 17 2 4 10 6 24 7 3 1 108,950 185,900 26,000 4,050 88,700 8,800 271,652 113,617 13,000 800 1 1 250 7,000 42 9,312 2 2 21 13 15 4 10 12 17 15 8,000 4,000 137,000 44,971 200, 540 45,200 40,300 17,930 168,630 89,250 3 250 4 7 9 4 2 24,340 81,900 30,100 27,300 17,275 5,500 11 11 85,750 112,751 336 227 77, 722 57,363 32 21 42 41 29 16 39 12, 683 9,195 4,769 4,935 12,225 11,650 5,315 6 1,650 2 1 3,500 600 47 36 6,650 5,370 3 7 455 2,700 10 7 39 26 17 g 17 11 9 18 3,105 935 7,110 4,454 2,450 800 3,900 3, 215 3,150 5,462 14 935 15 16 26 18 2,835 3 7,700 6,800 5,830 3, 612 29 33 4,106 2,680 2 250 1 1,200 3 1,000 1 210 7 1,000 1 1 600 125 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 1939 1938 New London________ ___ Public works and utilities oo Year Total........................................... .......... New Haven___________________ Continued Bangor.................. Portland............... 1939 1938 1939 1938 Massachusetts............. 1938 1 1 7 7 41.000 15.000 2,999,000 992,000 1 13 10 164,711 842,682 1,529,256 1 1,500 1 3 25.000 13.000 21 14 2,013,813 1,255,780 508,055 5 4 24 29 660 530 3,446 2,150 18 19 4,391,627 4,176,091 702 600 136,098 98,965 5 5 10 11 75 73 22 19 1,330 400 2.750 1,500 25,250 23,494 2.750 1,725 Arlington (town). Beverly____ _____ B oston................. Brockton________ 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 Brookline (town). Cambridge______ Chelsea_________ Chicopee________ Everett__________ Fall R iver_______ 1 1 2,530,000 100,000 1 6 2 67,850 459, 537 625,000 1938 1 22,000 1 104,000 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1 750,000 2 176,629 1 1 100,000 92,000 Fitchburg_______ Haverhill________ Holyoke_________ Lawrence________ Lowell__________ L ynn____________ Malden_________ Medford_________ New Bedford____ Newton_________ 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1 1 1 20,000 57,000 51,021 10,000 64,600 5,500 2 1 84,800 830,000 1 40,000 1 147.000 6 1,550 2 219,855 4 6 955.000 793,500 11 9 6 3 24 31 7 9 65 36 2,944 1,550 8,270 800 8,580 6,895 2,746 3,165 7,888 2,416 43 26 7 8 4 6 13 7 19 18 6,129 6,650 2,685 1,004 1,150 1,050 3,220 985 2,075 1,360 14 8 6 12 7 4 110 120 15 20 1,635 760 740 1,595 1,670 775 12,450 10,865 1,886 2,645 1 300,000 1 2,000 1 1 2 1 30.000 40.000 1 1 2 5 2 88,000 5,000 34,950 98,800 1 450,000 1 15,000 1 220,000 1 4,900 2 300,000 1 60,000 1 150,000 2 4 764,374 1,246,538 1 3 46,530 669,500 1 2 86,871 442,250 28 17 10,635 9,575 1 2,900 2 3,200 1 500 7 2 940 3,050 1 3 2 1 1 100 475 345 600 150 2 1 Iso 200 2 4 9 7 5,700 37,000 80,050 75,751 196 166 1, 520,085 1,671,165 1 12,000 1 2 42 31 1 4 7 7 1,400 1,600 347,910 253,850 2,300 23,600 69,400 82,350 17 11 2 4 1 3 2 1 9 3 159,650 122,450 15,000 10,700 6,500 2,300 14,500 5,000 57,500 5,800 4 6 3 3 3 3 7 3 7 6 63,200 36,000 6,200 9,250 5,300 22,200 20,600 26,100 23,200 29,900 3 2 3 6 8 3 13 6 6 3 22,000 18,000 16,500 11,400 41,100 35,500 55,900 28,300 25,100 39,800 15 15 12,060 40,100 2 12 4,300 26,600 1 500 3 2 13,500 500 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 2 00 00 T able 12. — N u m b er and 'permit valuation o f nonresidential structures f o r which building nerm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y typ e o f structure , 1 9 3 9 and 1 9 3 8 — Continued Public buildings, Office buildings, city, county, State, including banks and Federal State and city Revere Salem ....................................... . Somerville...................................... 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 Waltham........................................ 1939 1938 Watertown (town)_._............. . 1939 1938 Worcester..... ........ ....................... 1939 1938 Springfield.___________________ 1 2 Valuation No. Valuation 1 1 1 $158,777 33! 900 109,000 1 17,224 No. Valuation No. Valuation No. 1 $144,467 $23,000 301,000 1 $70,000 7 5 1,265,408 353,480 1 1,161,988 Taunton................................ ........ New Hampshire...................... ............ Concord...................................___ M anchester_____ ______ ____ Rhode Island............ .......... ............... 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1 100,000 1 Stables and barns 1939 1938 Cranston...................... ................. 1939 1938 $3,435 7,950 8,137 1,705 6,170 1,600 1,330 1,650 2,700 750 23 19 32 3,353 2,780 3,562 3,193 1,130 1,660 2,005 7 4 Stores and other All other non mercantile residential buildings structures 500 4 3,650 3 3 11 10 21,300 13,500 51,500 48,100 3 2 1,699 11, 500 65 47 325, 250 512,850 1 4 500 40,000 1 1 2 1,600 4 900 700 3,500 24.500 1 500 81 75 9,851 9,065 1 4 744,787 r 1 15,000 25,000 1 1 1 85,000 250,000 160, 578 10 18 71 57 1,620 2,535 8,231 6,530 10 7 800, 227 165,000 2 3 97,000 828,575 132 118 24,145 23,395 8 1 3 1,365 20.000 775 900 5,910 4.195 1 377,756 661,806 1,468,485 4 29 27 6,000 1 245, 578 250,000 3 2 1 72,800 61,600 2 1 2 $760 14 13 150 25,000 15,000 3 9 500 3,650 1 1 1 126,000 $34,650 9,550 53,200 124,895 7,000 5,300 33,000 25,000 20,800 52,800 1 3 10 9 100 700 250 1,122,543 2 12 5 4 11 Valua tion 267,800 450,000 20,300 22,400 58,155 88, 750 8,500 11,150 51,420 117, 220 1 4 4 15 405,000 175,000 21,000 $4,400 2,000 No. Valuation No. 3 4 4 3 5 1 1 1 Valua tion 2 36,000 1,000 18,000 126,000 27 23 26 13 23 5 16 8 5 3 No. 1 1 196,000 150,000 1 2 26 100,000 Valua tion 11 16 8 1,345 68 41 1 1 Central Falls............................ Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 10 10 4 3 6 6 8,128 5,148 5 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Quincy_____________________ _ Schools Year No. Massachusetts—Continued. Pittsfield____ ____ ____________ Public works and utilities CO 30 27 6 6,225 3,725 2 11,500 Newport_______________ Pawtucket____ ____ ____ 4 3 1,450 285 700 1 99 East Providence (town). Providence...... ................. W oonsocket____________ 45 45 11 9 8,000 10, 665 940 1, 760 13 6 5 2 7 2 33,750 75,600 28,200 5,700 31,300 5,600 30 28 5 3 213, 600 382, 350 14,000 18,400 3 36,000 1 4,000 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 2 2,010 GO Oi 36 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Demolitions Among the New England cities where demolition permits are required, the largest number of demolitions was authorized in Boston, where in addition to the 59 structures demolished on the site of the Federal housing projects, 119 were razed by private operations. One hundred and five structures were to be demolished in New Haven, Conn.; and from 70 to nearly 100 structures in each of the Massa chusetts cities of Fall River, New Bedford, Springfield, and Worcester. Private detached garages, sheds, poultry houses and similar struc tures, stables and barns, and stores and other mercantile buildings made up the bulk of nonresidential demolitions. In table 14 detailed information is presented concerning the number of nonresidential structures for which demolition permits were issued in 1939, by type of structure, and city. T a b l e 1 3 . — N u m b er o f nonresidential structures f o r which dem olition perm its were issu ed in 4 8 N e w E n g la n d cities , 1 9 3 9 1 State and city All types Private wrecking opera tions_________ U. S. H. A. housing projects: Charlestown. . . Mission Hill___ __ _ Roxbury... _____ South Boston... __ Brockton________ __ . . . __ Brookline (town)__ _______ Cambridge _______________ Chelsea____________________ Chicopee ____________ ____ See footnotes at end of table. 37 3 59 69 38 105 16 14 16 17 42 49 73 21 26 178 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 13 2 15 13 14 1 9 2 8 1 1 1 1 1 30 2 6 1 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 6 1 4 1 15 1 10 15 6 7 1 12 17 12 8 6 2 21 17 3 3 5 6 18 8 2 8 2 5 5 1 4 7 20 16 3 2 6 2 1 3 18 1 12 5 7 1 1 4 6 7 1 1 4 3 119 16 13 5 25 16 12 23 13 43 Ga Public All Stores rages, Office build other Type of private, and build ings— Public Sheds, Stables other Gaso non struc works when Ga poultry city, and Institu ings, mer residen ture not and Schools houses, and rages, sepa line service tions includ county, utili barns cantile tial re rate public ing State, etc. ties from stations build struc ported banks and ings tures dwell Federal ing 9 6 1 1 1 1 2 6 12 11 57 9 27 39 2 9 5 4 4 3 4 3 7 4 5 2 7 3 1 1 21 2 1 12 1 5 7 1 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 10 3 1 4 1 15 2 1 2 2 3 6 4 6 5 i 1 1 1 20 5 8 33 2 3 22 5 2 9 12 10 13 6 2 a1 s1 2 1 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Connecticut: Bristol_________ ______ ____ Greenwich (town)_________ ___ _______ Hartford___ Meriden . _ ________ _ New Britain ___________ New Haven _________ _____ New London __ Norwalk. __ _ __ _ Stamford __ _______ ___ Torrington __........... ....... Waterbury __________ West Haven (town)_______ Maine: Portland ...................... Massachusetts: Arlington (town)____ _____ Beverly_______________ ____ Boston____ _ __ ______ Fac tories, baker Amuse ies, ice ment and Church plants, laun recrea es dries, tion and places other work shops 00 T able 13. — N u m b er o f n onresidential structures f o r which dem olition p erm its were issu ed in 4 8 N ew E n gla n d cities , 1 9 3 9 State and city New Hampshire: Manchester _ _ Rhode Island: Central Falls______________ East Providence (town)___ Newport ___________ _ _ Pawtucket_________ _ Providence..____ _________ Woonsocket................. .......... 7 75 28 9 17 31 54 14 14 8 84 25 36 4 16 71 36 36 6 96 29 2 6 16 1 4 58 5 1 4 3 Public Ga rages, Stores All Office build ings— Public other Type of and private, Gaso Sheds, works when line and Institu build city, non Ga struc poultry Stables other ings, county, and and mer residen ture not rages, sepa service tions Schools houses, includ State, barns cantile utili tial re public rate stations ing etc. ties from and build struc ported banks Federal tures ings dwell ing 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 17 2 6 1 1 1 6 2 14 6 3 3 26 2 1 1 1 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 3 2 4 16 4 2 1 2 11 7 4 1 13 15 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 17 3 7 13 13 5 1 2 3 7 5 10 1 20 8 14 14 19 1 23 8 14 6 1 10 5 1 7 4 2 32 6 11 3 23 6 1 1 17 7 1 2 2 1 15 1 1 4 1 i Demolition permits were not required in Bridgeport, Conn., Bangor, Maine; Pitts field and Salem, Mass.; Concord, N. H.; and Cranston, R. I. * Smokestack. 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 17 4 18 1 1 3 5 5 1 2 3 4 2 13 4 1 3 1 3 2 2 6 1 3 1 4 5 2 6 1 22 1 1 3 Retaining wall. 4 Demolition permits were not required prior to June 7,1939; permits for these structures were issued subsequent to that date. BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Massachusetts—Continued. Everett______ ____________ Fall River___ _____________ Fitchburg.. ______________ Haverhill __ ____________ Holyoke . __________ Lawrence.________________ Lowell_____________________ Lynn_____ ____ ________ __ Malden____________________ Medfcrd. ........................... . New Bedford _ . _ N ew ton._____ ____________ Quincy__ ______ __________ Revere_________ __________ Somerville_________________ Springfield__________ _ _ _ Taunton___ _ _ ________ _ Waltham____ . _________ Watertown (town)________ Worcester_________ . . . . . . Fac tories, baker Amuse ment ies, ice and Church plants, All recrea laun types es tion dries, places and other work shops — Continued Part II Boston, Mass. 39 Applications Filed, Disapproved, and Abandoned or Expired, and Permits Issued in Boston, Mass., 1939 Summary Relationship B etw een Applications Filed and Permits Issued The building-permit figures for Boston which are included in the regular monthly reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1 are based on the number of applications filed, as contrasted with data for other cities based on permits actually issued, as information on permits issued cannot be obtained directly from city records. As might be expected, some of these applications are disapproved and others are abandoned or expire, and consequently do not result in the issuance of a permit to build. T o this extent the monthly and annual figures which have been published previously on building construction in Boston represent overstatements and are not comparable with the data for the other cities included in this report. W hat this overstate ment amounts to for the year 1939 is apparent from the following table showing data on applications for permits, applications disap proved, and applications abandoned or expired. The records for individual permits are now being analyzed b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine whether ratios can be estab lished to estimate, for the previously published figures for Boston on applications filed, the number of permits actually issued. i See Preface. 2 7 1 7 0 7°— 41- 41 4 T a b l e 14.— Summary of permit applications in Boston, Mass., for new construction, additions and alterations, and demolitions; filed, disapproved, • and abandoned or expired; and permits issued, 1989 1 New nonresidential construction New residential construction Housekeeping Item Applications filed during 1939_________________________ ._ 221 634 $2,439, 525 For which: Permits were issued in 1939_________ ______ _•_____ _ Permits were issued in 1940____ __. . _____________ Applications were disapproved. .. _ . _ ____________ Applications were abandoned or expired_______ ____ 186 6 21 8 279 6 260 89 ... ________ ____________ ... 197 For which: Applications were filed in 1939_____________ ________ Applications were filed in 1938..____ _______ _______ 186 11 Permits issued during 1939., 1 For more detailed information see the following tables. Residential Nonhousekeep ing Num Permit val Num ber of ber of uation build units ings Permit valua tion Demolitions Num ber of build ings Non In De resi Permit val crease, crease, Nondential uation units units House build house keep keeping ings ing units build ings 1 $158,000 334 $4,634, 238 369 41 3,059 5 178 1,129,025 23,000 958, 500 329,000 1 158,000 290 14 14 16 4,089, 310 199, 465 107, 375 238,088 369 41 3,059 5 178 304 1,193, 525 1 158,000 308 4,170, 720 369 41 3, 059 5 178 279 26 1,129,025 64, 500 1 158,000 290 18 4,089, 310 81,410 369 41 3,059 5 178 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 Num ber of build ings Additions and alterations & RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 43 Residential Construction T yp e o f Structure and Perm it V aluations D ata presented in table 15 show the type of structure and permit valuation of the family-dwelling units in Boston for which applications were filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired, and permits issued. Nearly all (98 percent) of the dwelling units for which applications for permits were disapproved were in apartment buildings. Like wise, units in structures containing 5 or more units accounted for 96 percent of the units for which applications were abandoned or expired. T a b l e 15.— Number of family-dwelling units in Boston, Mass., by applications filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and permits issued, by permit valuation per unit and type of structure, 1989 1 Type of structure Total Applications 2-family, 2-decker 1- and 2family and commercial unit Applications Applications 4-family Applications Per Per Ap Per Per mits plica mits mits Aban mits Aban is is tions is is Disap doned sued Filed Disap sued Filed Disap sued Filed proved filed sued Filed doned or ex or ex proved proved pired pired Total........................ $15,000 and over . - _ $12,500-$14,999 ___ $10,000-$12,499........... $9,500-$9,999. _ ____ $9,000-$9,499 ____ $8,500-$8,999 ....... $8,000-$8,499 ___ $7,500-$7,999________ $7,000-$7,499 _______ $6,500-$6,999_ ____ $6,000-$6,499 ___ $5,500-$5,999________ $5,000-$5,499. ........... . $4,500-$4,999________ $4,000-$4,499............... ........ $3,000-$3,499________ $2,500-$2,999________ $2,000-$2,499________ $1,500-$1,999________ $1,000-$1,499........ . $500-$999 __________ 634 260 89 304 156 1 I 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 2 29 22 120 52 20 16 12 16 1 7 2 27 21 73 8 9 2 7 2 30 54 256 86 141 16 12 16 1 6 1 22 91 14 120 11 48 20 12 4 6 1 2 157 60 2 5-or-more-family, without commercial unit 58 2 2 1 1 1 1 12 4 Applications Per mits is sued Disap proved Filed Abandoned or expired Permits issued Build Units Build Units Build Units Build Un ings ings ings ings its 8 30 404 18 256 7 85 7 79 3 10 3 10 33 183 44 120 2 3 1 10 22 90 12 120 i 4 1 11 48 20 3 1 45 12 1 2 6 12 2 12 1 2 16 16 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 2 26 22 75 8 8 2 1 2 34 12 10 2 2 2 32 12 10 2 $3,500-$3,999_ 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 6 i When the structure provided for a built-in or attached garage or a commercial unit, the cost of the built-in or attached garage or commercial unit is included. There were no family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 per unit. BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 Permit valuation per family-dwelling unit 1-family, detached 45 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION E xterior Construction M aterial Table 16 shows the type of exterior construction material specified for the buildings for which applications were filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired, and permits issued. 16.— Number of fam ily dwelling units in Boston, Mass., by applications filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and permits issued, by type of structure and specified materials, 1989 T able Applications Type of structure and material Filed Disap proved Aban doned or expired 89 Permits issued Total_____________ 634 260 1-family, detached______________________________________ 156 2 157 Frame__ ____________________ _ Brick veneer_____________________ _ ___________ Brick and frame_____________________ __ ______ _____ Stone and frame____________________________________ 130 13 10 2 131 13 10 60 2 58 22 18 20 2 20 18 20 2-family, 2-decker___________________________________ Frame__ _________ ______________________ Brick veneer.- ___ ______ ________________ __ __ Brick and frame_____- . _ ______ ________________ _. 1- and 2-family and commercial unit__ 3 304 3 ________________ - 2 2 Brick______ ________ __ __________________ ______ . Brick and frame___ _____________ _________ ___ ______ 1 1 1 4-family______ ______ ________ _________ ________ Frame__________________________________________ Brick veneer.- . ________ _ _ _ ... _____ ____ ... 5-or-more-family, without commercial unit___________ ____ Frame____________________________________________ Brick_____________________________________________ Brick veneer _ _ __ _ 1 12 4 8 8 4 4 4 79 4 404 256 85 24 346 12 244 6 79 34 6 39 34 Nonhousekeeping Residential and Nonresidential Construction An application was filed in Boston, Mass., during the year 1939 for 1 nonhousekeeping residential structure, a dormitory to cost $158,000, for which a permit was issued later in the year. Applications were also filed for 334 nonresidential structures to cost $4,634,000; permits were actually issued in that same year for 308 structures with a total dollar volume of $4,171,000. Table 17 gives information concerning the type of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures and specified materials on the basis of applications filed, abandoned, disapproved or expired, and permits issued. 46 T BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 17 .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non residential structures in Boston, M a ss., by applications filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and permits issued , by type o f structure and specified materials , 1939 able Applications Permits issued Filed Disapproved Abandoned or expired T yp e of structure and material N um N um N um N um Permit Permit ber of Permit ber of valua ber of valua ber of struc valuation struc tion struc struc tion tures tures tures tures T o ta l n on housekeep ing residential Permit valua tion 1 $158,000 1 1 158,000 1 158,000 Total nonresidential structures----------- 334 4, 634,238 308 4,170,720 Amusement and recreation places____ 13 444,300 13 418,300 4 16,600 5 40,600 I 1 1 1 8,000 5,000 3,000 600 1 1 1 1 1 24,000 8,000 5,000 3,000 600 4 288,000 3 238,000 1 1 1 1 104,000 96,000 50,000 38,000 1 1 104, 000 96,000 1 38,000 3 135,000 3 135,000 1 1 1 100,000 25,000 10,000 1 1 1 100,000 25,000 10,000 2 4,700 2 4,700 1 1 2,700 2,000 1 1 2,700 2,000 2 4,000 2 4,000 1 1 3,000 1,000 1 1 3,000 1,000 Brick _ ______________________ Concrete ________________________ M etal__ ______________ _______ _ . Churches: B rick_______ ___________ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laun dries, and other workshops____ ____ Brink 14 $107,375 1 1 11 16 $238,088 50,000 50,000 50,000 9 50,250 7 41,950 3 24,000 3 24,000 1 1 1 20,000 3,000 1,000 1 1 1 20,000 3,000 1,000 1 2,300 Concrete______ __________________ 1 3,200 Metal 5 23,050 1 1 1 1 1 8, 000 6,000 4,750 2,300 2,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 3------- -------------------------------- 126 67,863 3 1,900 8 Frame.................................... .........■ — B rick......................................... .......... Concrete.............................................. M etal___ _________ _____ ________ 53 8 45 20 14,923 20,200 26, 500 6,240 11 21 300 800 800 2 1 5 See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table. $158,000 1 31 *i 2,300 1 3,200 3 14,750 1 8,000 1 4,750 1 2,000 3,050 123 68,773 350 300 2,400 48 6 50 19 13,773 19,100 29,900 6,000 2,300 NONHOUSEKEEPING RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL T 47 17.— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures in Boston, M a ss., by applications filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired; and permits issued, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued able Applications Permits issued Filed Disapproved Abandoned or expired T yp e of structure and material N um N um N um Permit N um ber of ber of Permit ber of Permit valua ber of struc valuation struc valua struc struc tion tion tures tures tures tures Gasoline and service stations. 34 Frame........................... ....... $124,400 $750 4, 250 750 3,500 750 21 $2,850 3,500 750 12 4.000 4.000 4.000 3, 500 3.000 2,500 2.500 2.500 2,200 2,200 1,800 15 1,800 71,850 65,000 20,000 7.000 6, 000 20,000 7.000 6.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 4,500 4.000 4.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 4,500 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 2, 500 2,500 2, 000 1, 000 1, 000 1,000 1,000 850 M etal. 6,300 1,900 1,900 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 800 600 800 600 Institutions: B rick___ ____ ______ 150,000 Office buildings, including banks.. 2,565,000 Public buildings, city, county, State, and Federal________ _________ ______ 35,000 2, 530,000 10 5,400 B rick... 145,000 60,000 60,000 25,000 See footnotes at end of table. 2,530,000 35,000 11 35,000 2,530,000 677,725 Fram e- 2,000 850 6, 300 B rick......... .......... Brick and stone. 46, 500 7.000 5.000 5.000 5.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 3,500 7.000 5.000 5.000 Concrete. $121,300 3,500 42,000 Brick.. 30 Permit valua tion 218,188 459,537 5,400 25,000 120,000 60,000 60,000 1 25,000 48 B U I LDING P E R M I T SURVEY, 1939 17.— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures in B o s to n , M a s s ., by a p p lica tion s filed , d isa p p ro ved , a nd aba n doned or ex p ire d ; and p erm its iss u ed , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m a teria ls , 1 9 3 9 — •C o n tin u e d T able Applications Permits issued Filed Disapproved Abandoned or expired T y p e of structure and material N um N um Permit N um N um ber of Permit ber of ber of Permit ber of valua struc valuation struc valua struc struc tion tion tures tures tures tures Permit valua tion Public buildings, city, county, State, and Federal—Continued. Concrete __________________ Brick.................................................. ....... «1 $20,000 3 290,000 «1 1 1 250,000 25,000 15,000 1 1 25,000 15,000 2 217,325 1 153,188 1 «1 153,188 64,137 1 153,188 4 59,600 3 14,600 4 19,600 1 10,000 1 1 3,100 1,500 1 1 1 1 10,000 5,000 3,100 1,500 45,000 «1 2 $40,000 $20,000 1 250,000 81 250,000 «1 64,137 1 64,137 5 64,600 1 45,000 1 _ ________________________ 3 104,800 2 84,800 Brick_______________ •_______________ 2 40,000 1 20,000 1 1 20,000 20,000 1 20,000 1 64,800 M etal____________________________ Schools _ Brick and stone _________________ 1 64,800 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.®----------------- 81 25,950 4 $1,325 75 25,250 Frame - _ ____ _ _ ______ __ Brick ___________ _______- - Concrete ______ ________ Mfttftl _ _ _____ 52 4 1 24 14, 520 4,400 500 6, 530 12 700 50 4 13,820 5,150 11 11 500 125 Stores and other mercantile buildings __ 46 355,550 3 16,100 10 41,700 2 15,600 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15,000 9,500 5,800 5,000 1,900 1,800 800 800 600 500 18 247,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 50,000 35,000 25,000 25,000 19, 500 16,000 14,000 10,900 Frame ____ __ ________ ________ Brick 1 See footnotes a t end of table. 11 71 1 14,000 15,000 21 6, 280 42 347,910 8 26,100 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9,500 5,800 5,000 1,900 1,800 800 800 600 1 1 14,000 1 500 16 223,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 50,000 35,000 25,000 25,000 19,500 16,000 I 10,900 14,000 NONHOUSEKEEPING RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL T 49 17.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures in B o sto n , M a s s ., b y a p p lica tion s filed , d isa pproved , and aban doned or ex p ire d ; and p erm its issu ed , by ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls, 1 9 8 9 — Continued able Applications Permits issued Filed Disapproved Abandoned or expired T ype of structure and material N um N um N um N um ber of Permit ber of Permit ber of Permit ber of valua struc struc valuation struc valua struc tion tion tures tures tures tures Stores and other mercantile fbuildings—C ontinued. Brick___________ __________ _____ Brick and frame. _ ________ __ __ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $10,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 3, 000 3, 000 3,000 600 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5,000 1 5,000 1 34,500 16 59,310 1 1 1 1 1 1 10, 250 8,000 7, 500 5,250 5,000 5,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,000 2,960 2,800 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,050 1,000 1 1 500 500 4,300 Concrete__ ____________________ __ M etal__ _______ _____________ ___ Permit valua tion 1 17 61,850 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10,250 8,000 7,500 5,250 5,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,800 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,050 1,000 500 500 500 All other nonresidential structures____ 3 4,800 2 Barricades: Frame_____ _________ 1 500 1 500 Memorials: B rick. __________ _ 1 3,800 1 3,800 Retaining walls: C oncrete.. . ____ 1 500 11 $500 $8,000 7,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 600 500 1 Zoning violation—N o new application filed. 2 Construction details unacceptable—N o new application filed. 3 Due to the large number of structures of this type for which applications were filed, disapproved, and abandoned or expired, and permits issued, data are not shown for individual structures. * Construction details unacceptable—N ew application filed 1939. 5 A n application was filed for this structure valued at $2,500,000 in 1938 and was abandoned in the same year—N ew application filed and permit issued 1939. 6 Federal construction. 7 Zoning violation—N ew application covering alterations issued 1939. Part III Appendix 51 Appendix Table A shows detailed information for nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential construction in each of the New England cities with the exception of Boston. Data for this city are shown separately in part II of this bulletin. T A .— Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non residential structures for which building permits were issued in N ew England cities , by type of structure and specified materials , 1989 able Connecticut B R ID G E P O R T N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_________________ Summer camps and Fram e____________ . $1,000 N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Gasoline and service station s. $24,100 Frame____ 1 600 Brick____________________ _ . 3 11,500 1 1 1 6, 500 4,000 1,000 cottages: 1 1,000 300 839, 871 5 443,100 2 1 1 20,500 19,500 1,000 B rick_______________________ 2 1 1 22, 600 12,000 10, 600 Concrete __ 1 400, 000 C h u rch es____ __________ _ _ F r a m e ________ . . . _ _ _ Brick________________________ 2 1 1 117,000 27,000 90, 000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. F r a m e ..___________ __ . . . . 4 r i 25,000 5,000 2, 500 2,500 1 1 18,000 2,000 Total nonresidential structures. Amusement and recreation places. Frame_______ . . . . . . . ____ ______ _____ B r i c k . . . ____ ______________ M etal_______________________ Garages, public: C o n c r e te ___ _ 2 1 9,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1________________ 221 Frame______________________ B rick ... ____________________ Stone__________________ _____ Stucco_______________ _______ Concrete____________________ M etal_______________________ 165 3 3 1 46 3 65,800 43,270 1,125 895 475 19,035 1,000 See fo o t n o t e s a t end o f table. Type of structure and material Stucco_____________ _______ _ 1 1,500 Concrete____________________ 3 10,500 1 1 1 6,000 2,500 2,000 2 11,000 1 1 6,000 5,000 Public works and utilities___ 1___ 6 22, 988 Frame _______ ____ _________ 2 4,200 1 1 3,000 1,200 Office buildings, including banks: B rick.. . . . ____ ________ Brick________________________ 1 2, 788 C oncrete.. . ________________ 3 16,000 1 1 1 11,000 4,000 1,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______ 32 12,683 Frame________________ _____ B r ic k ...____ ________ _______ Concrete_______ ______ _____ M etal............. ............................ 16 6 4 6 5,953 3,700 2,030 1,000 53 54 B U IL D IN G P E R M IT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A ,— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non residential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued Connecticut —Continued B R I D G E P O R T —Continued T ype of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile build ings— 18 $108,950 F ram e............................ .......... 4 5,650 1 1 1 1 2,500 1, 400 1,000 750 Brick............................................ 8 68,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 21,000 13,000 8,000 6, 500 6,500 5,400 T ype of structure and material Stores and other mercantile build ings— Continued. Brick N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 1 $4 600 3*000 6 35,300 1 1 1 1 1 1 13,000 10,000 8,000 3,000 750 550 1 250 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1________________ 89 $24, 353 83 1 5 21,053 500 2,800 Concrete_____ _______ ____ All other nonresidential struc tures: Fences, brick____________ B R IS T O L T otal nonhousekeeping resi dential structures______________ 4 $1,790 1 1,790 Frame— _________ __________ Brick________________________ Stone------------------------------------- 1 1 1 1 600 500 500 190 Gasoline and service stations____ Total nonresidential structures.._ 139 74, 922 Amusement and recreation places 4 16, 600 Frame_______________________ 3 9,800 1 1 1 8,000 1,200 600 1 6,800 Summer camps and cottages: Frame------------------------------------- Stone_______________________ 2 3,200 Frame______________ _______ Stucco ______ _______________ 1 1 1,200 2,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1. . . __ Frame____ . . __________ _ Stone____ _________ ________ Concrete. — ________________ 42 40 1 1 4,769 4, 554 200 15 2 1 1 26,000 24,000 2,000 Amusement and recreation places—Continued. Brick________________________ 1 $150,000 Concrete____________________ 1 15,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1________________ Stores and other mercantile build ings: B r ic k ..____ _________ __ G R E E N W IC H (town) Total nonhousekeeping resi dential structures______________ 3 $9,000 3 2 1 1 9,000 8,000 6,000 2,000 M etal.......................................... 1 1,000 Total nonresidential structures__ 106 472,970 Amusement and recreation places. Frame......................................... 5 3 1 1 1 171,000 6,000 4,000 1,000 1,000 Summer camps and cottages_____ F ra m e ___________________ — See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table. 54 28,545 Frame_______________________ Brick___________ _________ _ Frame and stucco............ ......... Concrete____________ ________ M etal........ ................................ 37 2 6 8 1 15,975 2,000 3,820 6,150 600 Gasoline and service stations........ 2 12,000 Fram e......................................... Stone v e n e e r - .................... 1 1 5,000 7,000 55 A P P E N D IX T a b l e A.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non- residential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued Connecticut —Continued G R E E N W IC H (tow n)—Continued Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Office buildings, including banks: Brick. _ _ Public works and utilities: Fram e. 2 $124,000 1 1 100,000 24,000 3 20,500 1 1 1 10, 500 5,000 5,000 Schools: F r a m e ________________ 1 16,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______ 29 12, 225 Frame----------------------------------Stone and frame . 27 1 1 11,075 1,000 150 Glass Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile buildings________________ ______ Brick________________________ Concrete____________________ M e t a l..______ ______________ G la ss _______________________ 10 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 $88, 700 32, 500 17, 500 15, 000 50,400 1 1 35, 000 11,000 3,500 900 1,600 1,000 600 2 4,200 3,000 1,200 1 1 . HARTFORD T otal nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_____ ___________ 1 $52, 725 Dormitories: B rick___________ __ 1 52, 725 227 925,891 3 21, 321 Brick_______ ______ _________ 1 12,000 Concrete 2 9,321 Total nonresidential structures Amusement and recreation places. 1 1 Churches: Stone Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries,and other workshops: Brick______________ _ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_____ _____ 1 Gasoline and service stations— Continued. Brick Stucco______________________ 69,000 15, 000 11, 000 7,000 1,200 90 35, 238 Frame ________ _____ ____ ___________ Brick_____ Concrete_______ ____________ 73 10 7 26, 293 6,150 2, 795 Gasoline and service stations___ 18 75, 600 Frame___________________ 2 1 1 5,900 3,400 2,500 16,500 1 1 1 1 5.000 5.000 3, 500 3.000 Institutions: B rick____ ___ _____ 1 47,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick and ston e.. __ 21 52,990 Public Brick 21 163,663 1 70,000 39 5,315 _ . . . ______ 29 7 3 2,380 2,425 510 Stables and barns: Fram e_______ 1 600 Stores and other mercantile build ings 24 271,652 Frame_______________________ 4 70,459 works and utilities: Schools: B rick Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1--- . . . F ram e... ___ B rick Brick......................... ............ See footnotes a t end of table. 10 1 1 1 45, 500 10,000 6,000 5,000 7,700 1 1 70,000 103, 200 2 4 Concrete___________________ 1 1 1 1 1 $4, 500 4.000 4.000 3,500 3, 500 3.000 2.000 3,900 3,800 8, 655 666 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Metal 56 B U ILDING P E R M I T SURVEY, 193 9 T a b l e A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non- residential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued Connecticut—Continued H A R T F O R D —Continued Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile build ings—C ontinued. Fram e______________________ B rick....... ................................... Concrete. ................................. 1 1 1 1 $52, 500 13,000 3, 700 1,259 15 178, 393 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 38,000 30,487 22,806 20,000 18,000 17,000 8,000 6,000 5,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,000 1, 500 600 1 800 Type of structure and material Stores and other mercantile build ings— C ontinued. M etal_______ ________ ______ N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures 4 $22,000 1 1 1 1 13,100 4,000 4,000 900 All other nonresidential struc tures. . _____ 42 9, 312 Fences 1_______ ____________ 37 7, 012 F ra m e ___ _ _ Brick__________ ____ M e ta l.. - - - - - - - - 22 1 14 1, 984 2,600 2, 428 4 1,450 Retaining w a lls._ ______ . . . Stone____________________ 1 50 Concrete. ______________ 3 1,400 1 1 1 1,000 200 200 1 850 2 $9,100 Smokestacks: B rick_________ M E R ID E N Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures__ . _ Summer camps and cottages: Fram e.— _________ ______ Total nonresidential structures. __ 3 $615 3 615 1 1 1 300 250 65 122 343, 945 1 15,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick _ ____ 3 52, 500 1 1 1 28,000 20,000 4, 500 Garages, private, when separate frnm Hwbl Unor 1 iiUill UWclllllg A------------------------- 61 17, 900 Frame_________ _ ______ __ B rick____ _________ _____ __ Stone________ __________ _ Concrete __ _ __ _ 51 3 2 5 15,050 850 450 1,550 Brink C on cre te ... . l _ ______ Public works and utilities: Brick Amusement and recreation places: . .. B rick___ _ __ _ . See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table. Gasoline and service stations.. _ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 ___ Frame________ ______ Brick_____ _______ . . S tone... - ____________ __ _ M etal_______________________ Stables and barns: Frame Stores and other mercantile buildings______________________ Frame_____ _ ______________ Glass. . . _ _____ 1 4 600 4 , 500 2 229, 340 1 1 225,000 4, 340 47 6,650 42 1 1 3 4,650 50 800 1,150 3 455 1 1 1 350 75 30 3 2 1 1 13,000 10,000 8,000 2,000 1 3,000 57 APPENDIX T A.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued able Connecticut —Continued N E W B R IT A IN Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures.. . 85 $405,674 Amusement and recreationplaces: Brick________________ ________ 1 2,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: B r i c k ._____ _______ __________ 3 1 1 1 56 19, 014 Frame_____ ___ __________ B rick____ __________ . . . . Concrete. . ______ ________ 45 9 2 12, 714 3, 500 2,800 Gasoline and service stations. _ __ 5 14,600 Frame_______________________ C oncrete... _____ _______ 1 3 3,000 11,000 1 1 1 4,000 3, 500 3,500 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1. ___________ _ N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Public works and utilities_______ Brick_______________________ 6 3 1 1 1 $140,455 13,000 7,000 3,000 3, 000 8,500 S ton e............. ......................... 1 36, 890 4, 500 3,000 1,000 Concrete____________________ 1 29,000 M etal_______________________ 1 61, 565 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. ... Frame______________________ 10 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,105 925 375 200 100 100 100 25 25 Brick................................ .......... 3 1 1 1 2,180 2,000 150 30 2 1 1 8,000 7,000 1,000 6 $26,600 1 1 1 1 1 1 5,000 5,000 4,800 4,800 4,000 3,000 3 1, 221, 532 1 1 1 921, 532 185, 000 115,000 1 600 Institutions: B rick. ______ . . . . 1 110,000 Office buildings, including banks: Brick ________________ 1 100,000 M etal__________ _____ ______ Type of structure and material Stores and other mercantile build ings. ._ _. _____________ _ Frame_______________________ M etal_______________________ NEW HAVEN Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures _____ . . . ______ 1 $1,616,000 Dormitories: B rick______________ 1 1,616,000 Total nonresidential structures. . . 180 1, 465, 516 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick__________________________ 2 19, 300 1 1 13, 300 6,000 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18, 500 4, 500 4, 000 4,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 102 65 35,474 16,884 17,460 500 630 Garages, public: Brick.................... Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i ............................. Frame....... .................................. B r i c k . . ^ ...... ............................ Concrete...... ............................. M etal........................................ See footnotes at end of table. 271707°— 41 -5 33 2 2 Gasoline and service stations: Brick_________________________ Public works and utilities : B rick._ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1. ......... 39 7,110 Fram e............ ........................... Brick................ .......... ............... M etal....................................... . 32 4 3 4,800 1,035 1, 275 Stores and other mercantile build in g s ................................ ............... 21 137,000 Frame......................................... 2 2,600 1 1 1,600 1,000 58 T BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 A,— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued able Connecticut —Continued N E W H A V E N —Continued Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile budd ings— Continued. Brick ___ ________________ 10 $80,500 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18,800 15.000 15.000 10,000 10,000 5,000 2,500 2,200 1,000 1,000 Type of structure and material Stores and other mercantile build ings— Continued. Stucco.____ _________________ N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 $2,500 M etal............... ........... .............. 7 1 32 1 1 1 1 Glass________________________ 1 50,400 18,000 22,000 5,000 2,600 2,000 800 1,000 Public works and utilities: C on crete___________________ ______ 1 $47,900 Schools: Brick___________________ 1 115,000 17 2,450 Fram e......................................... Glass________________________ 15 2 1,900 550 Stores and other mercantile build ings______ _____ ______________ 15 200,540 N EW LONDON Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures--------------------------Hotels: B rick----------------------------- Total nonresidential structures... Amusement and recreation places. Fram e.......................... .............. 2 2 1 1 $112,000 112,000 100,000 12,000 85 5 4 1 1 1 1 793,175 27, 340 9,340 3,000 3,000 1,840 1,500 1 18,000 1 165,000 2 1 1 59,000 50,000 9,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1____________ . . . . Frame___ ________ ______ B rick____________ . . . . ____ 37 34 3 10, 260 9,110 1,150 Gasoline and service stations____ ■R^jnlr Stucco____ __________________ 2 1 1 4,000 1,000 3,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal_____ ______ 4 161, 685 Brick....... ................. ................. 3 1 21 1 116,816 57,236 32,200 27,380 Concrete____________________ 21 44,869 Brick ______________________ Churches; Brick _____________ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: B r ic k ...----------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______ Frame _ _ Brick_____________________ Metal 4 7,000 1 1 1 1 4,000 1,500 900 600 9 186,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 107,000 27.000 25.000 10.000 8,000 4,000 3,000 1,500 500 2 7,540 1 1 5,540 2,000 59 APPENDIX T A.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued able Connecticut—C ontinued NORW ALK Type of structure and material N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures. _. 183 $866, 283 Amusement and recreation places. 5 26,000 Frame___________ __________ _ 4 20,000 1 1 1 1 7,000 5,500 4, 500 3,000 — Frame and stucco__ _________ 1 6,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 3 69,500 Frame___________________ _ 1 1,500 Concrete_____ ______________ 2 68,000 1 1 65,000 3,000 139 45,820 119 1 2 1 15 1 Type of structure and material Schools: B rick ................................. Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1______ Frame_____________________ C oncrete............................. Glass_______________________ Stables and barns: Frame___ _ Stores and other Frame ___________ ______ _ Brink Stone________________________ Stucco................................ ......... Concrete______ _____ _____ N ot reported.. _____________ Public work and u tilities __ ____ Brick......... ......................... ....... C oncrete.____ ______ ____ _ See footnotes at end of table. 5 $650, 513 1 1 1 1 1 238,810 136,022 122,118 103,093 50,470 17 3,900 15 1 1 3,625 75 200 2 250 1 1 200 50 mercantile buildings Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1______ N um ber of Permit struc valuation tures 10 40,300 Frame_______________________ B r ic k _______________________ Stone________________________ Concrete. _ ______________ 1 1 1 1 600 16,000 700 5,000 31,070 150 3, 200 1,000 8,400 2,000 M etal...................................... 4 15,000 1 1 1 2 30,000 G la ss ......................... ................ 1 1 15,000 15,000 1 9,000 2,500 2,500 1,000 2 3,000 1 2,500 500 1 60 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities, by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued E n g la n d Connecticut —Continued STAM FORD Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures.._ 90 $793,190 Amusement and recreation places: Frame.......... ................ .............. 1 500 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops : Brick.......... .............. .......... ...... 2 354,000 1 1 350,000 4,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i ....... ................. 53 46,660 Frame___________________ _ Brick............... ........................ Stone................................. . Concrete.. ________________ 46 3 1 3 14, 560 30,750 300 1,050 Gasoline and service stations....... 3 13,500 Brick__________ __________ Stucco..... .............. ........... ...... Concrete_____ _____ ________ 1 1 5,000 4,500 4,000 Office buildings, including banks: Brick.......................... ............ 1 1 200,000 Public works and utilities: Con crete________________________ 1 6,500 Sheds, poultry houses, etc............ 9 3,150 Frame...................................... 3 1,100 1 1 1 400 400 300 Brink 1 400 Concrete................................ 4 1,300 1 800 See footnotes at end of table. Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Sheds, poultry houses, etc.—Con. Concrete—Continued. 1 1 1 $200 150 150 Metal...................................... 1 350 Stores and other mercantile build ings.............. ............ ................. 17 168,630 10 158,230 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35,000 25,000 22,000 20,000 19,000 15,630 15,000 4,000 1,600 1,000 3 3, 400 1 1 1 2,000 900 500 4 7,000 1 5, 500 1,500 Brick.................................... . Concrete............ ...... .............. M eta l.................................. . 33 All other nonresidential struc tures: Fences........ ................. . 3 250 Frame.................................... 1 100 Metal............ ...................... 2 150 1 1 100 50 61 APPENDIX T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued E n g la n d Connecticut —Continued T ORRIN G TON Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures___ ____________ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 $200 Summer camps and cottages: Frame........ .................. ............. 1 200 Total nonresidential structures—. 60 220, 520 Amusement and recreation places: Brick_____ _____ ____ ______ 1 20,000 Churches: Frame______________ 1 1,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick........ ................. ............... 1 35,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i_ .______ _______ Frame.................................... . Concrete___ ____ ______ ____ 33 12,135 20 13 4,335 7,800 Gasoline and service stations: Concrete................. ............... . 1 3,000 Office buildings, including banks: B rick...____ _____ ___________ 1 25,000 Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Schools: Brick............................. . 1 $97,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 14 2,835 Frame__________ _________ Brick_________ ______ ______ Concrete................................. Metal_____________________ 10 1 2 1 1,410 500 425 500 3 210 Stores and other mercantile build ings_________ ____ ________ 1 1 1 100 75 35 4 24,340 Frame...„ ..... .............. ........... 1 4,200 3 20,140 1 1 1 11,000 8,000 1,140 3 $11,800 1 1 1 7,000 2,800 2,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 15 7, 700 Frame__________ __________ Brick_________ ______ ______ Metal_____________________ 10 4 1 2,400 3, 300 2,000 Stables and barns: Frame______ Brick........................................ W AT E R B U R Y $179, 725 Gasoline and service stations— Continued. 1 50.000 Metal....... ............................... 1 22.000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______________ 76 30, 525 Frame........ ........................ . Brick____________________ _ Stone ... _________________ Concrete__________________ M etal.. __________ ______ 47 11 4 13 1 15,125 7,150 2,100 5, 850 300 Gasoline and service stations____ 11 38, 400 Frame.................................. . 2 1 1 2 2,400 1 1 1,900 500 Total nonresidential structures _.. 112 Amusement and recreation places: Brick________________________ Churches: Brick. _ _ _____ _ _ Brick........................................ Stables and barns: Frame___. . . 1 1,000 4,800 Stores and other mercantile buildings____________ ____ ___ 7 30,100 4,000 800 Frame........................ .......... 1 3,000 Brick........................................ 3 9,500 1 1 1 4,000 3,000 2,500 Stucco..................................... 1 4,000 Concrete.................................. 1 6,000 Concrete.................................. 3 15, 400 Metal______________ _____ - 2 11,600 1 1 1 7,000 6.000 2,400 1 1 10,600 1,000 See footnotes at end of table. 62 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Connecticut—Continued W EST HAVEN (town) Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residential structures .. 5 Summer camps and cottages: Frame.-_____ - ___ $2,650 5 2, 650 1 1 1 1 1 1,000 600 450 400 200 Total nonresidential structures.. 103 162, 556 Amusement and recreation places_ 9 34, 200 Frame..__________ ________ Metal_____________________ 5 14, 700 1 1 1 1 1 12,000 1,000 600 600 500 4 19, 500 1 1 1 1 8, 000 4, 000 3,900 3, 600 Type of structure and material Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops.. Concrete Metal. . _ ______ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1__________ ____ Frame___________________ _ Brick_________________ _ __ Concrete. ___ ______ ___ SIViavio* Hq Tinnltrv iJliC ,y hnncnc iiUllouuf nf/> 1 Framp Concrete ___________ Stables and barns: Frame Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 2 $89,000 1 1 87,000 2,000 61 15,651 59 1 1 14, 501 800 350 26 5,830 25 1 5 770 60 __ _ . 1 600 Stores and other mercantile build ings — Frame__________ _______ 4 17,275 4,800 3, 500 1,300 2 1 1 Brick______ ______ ______ _ 1 6, 275 Metal____ _____________ 1 6,200 Office buildings, including banks: Brink 1 $41,000 Public works Brick______ and utilities: ________ ___ 1 1,500 Schools: Reinforced concrete, with brick facing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Maine BANGOR Total nonresidential structures. _ Garages, public: Stone. _____ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling: Frame___ _ _ Gasoline and service stations___ Frame__________ ________ _ Concrete.................................. See footnotes at end of table. 28 $583, 430 1 10,000 11 1, 515 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 250 200 200 150 125 125 125 115 100 75 50 5 15,000 4 8, 500 1 1 1 1 2,500 2,500 2,500 1,000 1 6,500 32 505,055 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. .. _ 5 660 Frame__________ ______ _ 4 610 1 1 1 1 300 150 125 35 1 50 Concrete.- . _______________ Stores and other buildings: Frame mercantile 2 5,700 1 1 4, 500 1,200 63 APPENDIX T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued E n g la n d Malne—C ontinued PORTLAN D Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures________________ Summer camps and cottages: Frame---------------------------------- Total nonresidential structures. __ Amusement and recreation places: Frame___ _ ... .. . Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other work shops_ Frame.. . _ _ ______ Brick______________________ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_ Frame. ______ Brick______ _ ___ ___ . . . Concrete. __ _ Metal___ __________________ Gasoline and service stations Frame______ _________ . . . Brick______ _ _____ Concrete________ _______ _ Metal____________ ______ _ 2 2 1 1 106 $1, 700 1, 700 1. 500 200 238,961 1 1, 500 2 1 1 67,000 1,000 66,000 60 57 1 1 1 9 2 1 1 1 16, 865 14, 765 1,000 1, 000 100 45,100 9,000 8,000 1,000 800- 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 30, 300 8,000 7,000 7,000 5,500 2, 800 5,000 Type of structure and material Public works and utilities: Frame.. Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 _______ Frame. _ ___ Concrete . . . . _______ M etal.. ____ _._ _ Stores and other buildings _ _ mercantile _ _ _ _ Frame_____________ .._ Brick... _ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 $25,000 24 3, 446 22 1 1 2,900 346 200 9 80, 050 4 9, 750 1 1 1 1 5,600 2,100 1, 500 550 ___________ 1 7,000 Concrete.__ ___ _________ 2 32, 550 1 1 29, 550 3,000 Metal .. ______________ 2 30, 750 1 1 30,000 750 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 $1,330 130 50 50 30 1,200 900 300 1 12,000 Massachusetts A RLIN GTON (town) Total nonresidential structures. .. 39 $29,065 Amusement and recreation places: Concrete. _ __ . . . . 1 2,380 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_ ___ _ __. 32 13,355 12 1 19 3,475 400 9,480 Frame___________ __________ Stone_____ _____ __________ Concrete.__ _ ____ See footnotes at end of table. Sheds, poultry houses, etc. __ _ Frame. _._ __ _ _ Metal. . . ______ ________ Stores and other mercantile build ings: Brick . ______________ _ 64 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A . — A um ber and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d M assachusetts—Continued BE V E RLY Numof Permit Type of structure and material her struc- valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures....................... Summer camps and cottages: Eramfi .............. Total nonresidential structures. __ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1 ........................... PYfvnft - ......... Brink C oncrete__________________ Metal .................................. Gasoline and service stations-----Brick..... .................................. 1 $100 1 100 72 66 49 1 6 1 Stucco ______ ___________ Concrete 200 2 ,1 0 0 8 .0 0 0 1 1 4.500 3.500 10 $2,750 1 1 1,700 500 150 150 100 50 40 25 20 15 1 50 1 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 1 1 1 1 1 13,250 10,900 2 1 1 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.: Frame..... .................................. . 34,150 16,750 3,750 3,000 750 5.000 5 2 Type of structure and material Stores and other mercantile build ings: Frame________________ . 1 1,400 BROCKTON Total nonresidential structures. __ Churches: Brick_______________ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1............ .......... . Frame __________________ Stucco___________________ Metal _________________ Gasoline and service stations........ B rick...................................... Stucco Concrete_______________ — 75 1 $98, 330 38,000 41 37 1 3 8 2 1 1 1 8. 380 7,145 650 585 43, 700 16, 500 9,000 7,500 4,500 5 1 1 1 1 1 22, 700 7,000 5,100 4,800 3,000 2,800 22 $2,750 Frame______ ___ ___________ Concrete__________________ Metal_______________ ____ 14 1 7 1,725 400 625 Stables and bams: Frame_______ 2 3,200 1 1 3,000 200 l 2,300 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ Stores and other mercantile buildIJLI5 0 . vULlLl vtv_- - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BROOKLINE (town) Total nonresidential structures... 28 $95,400 Garages, private, when separate from dwellings1 -------------- ------ 18 9,700 u rame...................................... Brick....................................... Concrete................... .............. Metal________________ _____ l 7 5 5 500 5,750 Gasoline and service stations-----Briok Concrete...... ............................ 2 1 1 2 ,1 0 0 1,350 15,800 13,000 2,800 Stores and other mercantile build ing^ Prama Brick..................................... . Q. ___ _ Brick and stone____________ Concrete......... ........................ All other nonresidential struc tures: Retaining walls, stone__ See footnotes at end of table. 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 a $69,400 700 35,000 2 0 ,0 0 0 15,000 5 000 26] 0 0 0 2 2, 700 1 2 ,0 0 0 1 1 700 500 65 APPENDIX T able A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities, b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued Massachusetts—Continued CAM BRIDGE Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures. _ 89 Amusement and recreation places. 2 Frame_____________________ Brick______________________ 1 1 275,000 Churches: Brick_____ _____ ____ 1 31,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 6 139,500 Frame __ ____________ Rrinlr 277,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1 __....................... Frame...................... .............. Brick ....... ........................ flntinrAtfl Metal...................................... Gasoline and service stations____ 1 2 ,0 0 0 4 122,500 1 102,500 1 36 12 2 12 10 9 2 0 ,0 0 0 15,000 3,442 1,250 6 ,935 3,430 1 3,400 2 18,000 1 1 1 2 ,0 0 0 6 ,0 0 0 5 16,600 1 1 1 1 1 7,500 4,000 2,500 1,900 700 M etal..................................... 1 2 ,0 0 0 Institutions: Brick and stone....... 1 294,900 Public works and utilities: Brick. 2 219,855 1 1 211,855 8 ,0 0 0 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 4 $955,000 3 292,000 1 1 1 272,000 1 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 Brick and stone._____ ______ 1 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1 _____ 11 2,944 8 2 1 2,069 375 500 Frame____ ______________ . Metal................... ................... Concrete___________________ Stores and other mercantile build ings— Pram e __ . _ _ Brick______ ________ _____ _ 40,000 ■RriftV See footnotes at end of table. Brick............... ...................... 15,057 Frame................ ................... . flnnnroto •• v/UUVlvvC-- Schools________ ____ ________ _ 2 ,0 0 0 33 Brick and frame $2,134,906 Type of structure and material Brick and frame..................... Concrete____ ____ ____ ____ - Metal___ ____ _____________ 17 663,000 159,650 3 35,500 1 1 1 25,000 9,000 1,500 4 34,000 1 1 1 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 8 2 2 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 , 500 5,000 500 4 34,150 1 1 1 1 30,000 3,000 650 500 4 36,000 1 1 1 1 18,250 15,000 2 ,0 0 0 750 66 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 T a b l e A.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts—Continued CHELSEA Type of structure and material Total nonresidential structures _.. Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 21 $32, 570 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Metal_______________________ 1 5,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling --------------------- 9 3, 300 Sheds, poultry houses, etc_______ Frame_____________________ Frame ___--------------------------Brick______________ _ _ ___ Frame and stucco_________ 1 1 Concrete___________________ 3 Metal_____________________ Type of structure and material 200 400 1 , 600 1 1 1 700 600 300 3 900 1 1 1 400 300 200 6 4 1 1 1 1 Metal_____________________ 200 1 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stables and bams: Frame_______ Stores and other mercantile buildings____________________ Frame__ _____ ___ Brick____________ _ ______ All other nonresidential structures Fences: Frame. _ . . . __ Retaining walls: Concrete___ $8 , 270 7, 520 5,000 2,500 10 10 2 750 1 1 500 250 1 500 2 15,000 1 1 8 ,0 0 0 7,000 1 500 400 1 100 2 CHICOPEE Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures _____ Summer camps and cottages: Frame... . ______ _________ 5 4 --------------------- . 2, 300 1 23 1 500 Stables and barns _____ _ Garages, public: B rick ... _ . ___ 1 1 ,0 0 0 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling *_______________ 42 7,100 Frame_____________________ Brick___________________ .. 36 1 5, 550 300 5 1,250 5 3 17,000 11, 500 1 1 1 6 ,0 0 0 5,000 500 24 41,120 See footnotes at end of table. $5, 500 1 1 Frame________________ ____ Concrete... . . . . . . . 80 Gasoline and service stations. .. Brick______________________ 2 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1 ____ . Total nonresidential structures... Concrete________ .. Gasoline and service stations—Con. Concrete________ _ _____ 700 700 600 300 1 1 1 Concrete. $2,800 4,500 1 ,0 0 0 Frame_____________________ 1 8 , 580 8,280 300 7 940 6 550 1 1 1 1 1 1 275 100 50 50 50 25 Brick______________________ 1 390 Stores and other mercantile buildings: Brick______________ 1 6,500 67 APPENDIX A.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures fo r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d c ities, by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued T able Massachusetts—C ontinued E V E R ETT Type of structure and material Total nonresidential structures.-Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brink Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1 ___ Frame Concrete M etal.. __ _ _ Gasoline and service stations Frame _ ________ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 43 1 17, 500 26 7,665 7 13 6 940 5,675 1,050 6 24, 700 1 1 4 1 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.. 7 ___ 3 1 1 1 Brick- ____ _ 1 M etal.. 3 ________ , 500 4,000 2, 500 6 18, 2 0 0 Num ber of struc valuation tures Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick.. Frame_________________ _ 2 Concrete__________________ $167, 111 Type of structure and material 1 1 1 Stores and other mercantile build ings. . . . $1 0 0 , 0 0 0 2, 746 524 500 20 4 957 1,265 900 350 15 2 14, 500 1 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 Gasoline and service stations—Con. Brick and stucco. 1 $2, 500 Concrete. ________________ 2 5,900 1 1 3,400 2, 500 6 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 5.000 4, 200 3.000 Brick and frame ______ Metal_____ ____________ 4, 500 FALL RIVER Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures . Summer camps and cottages: Frame___ ____ ___________ 2 32 $400 400 Total nonresidential structures. _. 142 218,483 Amusement and recreation places. 3 125,800 1 800 2 125, 000 Frame ________ Brick. _ _ ___ _ __ ___________ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Concrete. _ - __ _ . _____ 1 1 100, 000 25, 000 1 1, 800 Garages, public: Concrete______ 1 2, 000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1 ______ 59 12,495 48 11 9,125 3, 370 Frame.. _ Cnnorp.tfi _ _______ Gasoline and service stations____ Frame-------------------------------See footnotes at end of table. 4 11,000 1 2,600 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1____ 65 7, 888 63 2 6, 688 1, 200 Stores and other mercantile build ings— 9 57, 500 Frame_________ ____ _____ _ 6 50, 300 1 1 1 35,000 7, 500 2, 500 2,000 1,800 1, 500 Frame Concrete. _ _ _ 1 1 1 Concrete__________________ 3 7,200 1 1 1 4,000 2,000 1,200 68 BU I L D I N G P E R M I T SURVEY, 1939 A.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued T able Massachusetts—Continued FITCH BU RG Num of Permit Type of structure and material ber struc valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures ___ ______ 5 $1,150 Summer camps and cottages: Frame_____ ______ ______ ____ 5 1,150 1 1 1 1 1 800 125 100 75 50 Total nonresidential structures___ 101 313,184 Churches: Brick and stone______ 1 200,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick _ __ _ 3 12,220 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1___________ . . . 1 1 1 5,000 4,000 3, 220 44 9,935 Fram e_______ ____________ Brick.................................... . 22 2 2,840 1,606 Type of structure and material Garages, private, when separate from dwelling—Continued. Stone__ _____ Stucco_____________ Brick and stone ______ . _ Concrete ________________ Gasoline and service stations___ Stucco___________ ____ _____ Concrete_____________ _____ Schools: Frame________________ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ Frame .. . _____________ _ Brick____________ ________ Stables and barns: Frame ____ Stores and other mercantile build ings _ __ . . . ____ Frame____________________ Brick______________________ Brick and fram e..... ......... . Concrete ___________ . Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 3 1 1 1 1 43 42 1 1 $500 300 100 4,595 16, 700 3, 500 13, 200 5,700 4,500 3,000 4,900 6,129 5. 329 800 100 4 1 1 1 1 63,200 3,200 20,000 25,000 15,000 3 $9,000 1 1 1 3, 500 3,000 2, 500 2 300,000 1 1 150,000 150,000 3 1 1 15 4 H A V ERH ILL Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures Summer camps and cottages: Fram e........................................ 7 $1,480 Gasoline and service station—Con. Concrete__ ____ __ ___ 7 1,480 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 500 300 250 200 200 15 15 Total nonresidential structures. __ 56 330,110 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 2 4,000 1 1 2,000 2,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1. ______ ____ 36 7,080 Frame __________ Clnnp.rp.tp. Metal_____________________ 29 4 3 5,775 1,130 175 Gasoline and service stations____ 4 9,800 1 800 Stores and other mercantile buildinps 1J-L£0-------------------------------------- Frame. ______ __ .. Concrete___ _ ____ ___ . _ lfrATTIA See footnotes at end of table. Schools: Brick. _ ____________ Sheds, poultry houses, etc. .. .. 7 2,685 Frame_____________________ 6 2,285 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,000 800 200 175 100 10 Concrete___________________ 1 400 Stables and barns: Frame _ ___ 2 345 1 1 300 45 3 6,200 1 1 1 500 2,200 3,500 Frame_____________ _______ Brick_________ _______ ._ Concrete____ ______________ APPENDIX T 69 A.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued able Massachusetts—Continued HOLYOKE Num of Permit Type of structure and material ber struc valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures______ _ _ _ __ 3 $1,600 Summer camps and cottages: Frame__ _____ _. _______ _ 3 1,600 1 1 1 1,000 500 100 Total nonresidential structures. __ 25 117,250 Garages, public: Brick_________ 1 6,000 13 8 5 7,050 3,400 3,650 2 1 1 9,600 6,000 3,600 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1___________ ___ Fram e__________________ _ Brick______________________ Gasoline and service stations: Brick _ _ ______ __ ______ . . . Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Public works and utilities: Brick. 1 $88,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.: Frame_____________ _______ 4 1,150 1 1 1 1 600 250 200 100 Stables and barns: Frame______ 1‘ 150 Stores and other mercantile build ings______ . . . __ ___ 3 Fram e__ ________ ______ _ 1 1,000 Brick___ _______ __________ 2 4, 300 1 1 2,800 1,500 2 $34,950 1 1 11,500 23, 450 13 3,220 9 2 1 1 2, 770 100 50 300 Stores and other mercantile buildings . . . ____ _ _ __ 7 20,600 Frame__ ___________ ______ 2 6,000 1 1 5,000 1,000 2 11,000 1 1 7,000 4,000 5, 300 LAW RENCE Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_____ _________ Nurses’ homes: Brick______ _ . 1 $326,000 1 326,000 T tal nonresidential structures _ 60 123, 870 Garages, public: Brick__________ 1 7,500 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling *_ ____________ 30 9,100 Frame_____________________ Concrete__________________ M fitn! 15 10 4,225 3,125 1, 750 5 Public works and utilities.. . . . Brick___ ______ ________ Metal _ _ _ _ _ ___ Sheds, poultry houses, etc,1_____ Frame ________________ Brick................................. . Concrete__________________ Metal ._ _______ _ _____ Gasoline and service stations___ 6 18,500 Brick__________ ________ 4 8,500 1 1 1 1 2,500 2,500 2,000 1, 500 Brick______________________ Stucco___ ______________ Concrete__________________ 1 1 2,500 7,500 Concrete__ _____ ______ _ 1 2,000 2 1,600 Office buildings, including banks: B rick_____________ . . . _____ Metal_____________________ 1 1 1 800 800 See footnotes at end of table. 30,000 70 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A,— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts—Continued LOWELL Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total non residential structures,. Amusement and recreation places: Metal. . _. _ ___ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other work shops: Frame... ____ ___ Garages, private, when separate from f^wolliTig 1 85 1 1 51 $128,157 17,342 5,000 6,540 1,500 Gasoline and service stations___ 5 22,500 Brick___ _________________ 3 14,000 1 1 1 5,000 4,500 4,500 Stucco..... ............................ Concrete__________________ 1 1 Institutions: Brick_______ _ . 1 $50,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. L_ . . . 19 2,075 Frame_____________________ Concrete... _____________ 17 2 1, 675 400 Stores and other mercantile buildings.___________________ 7 23,200 Frame______ ______ ________ 3 14, 500 1 1 1 10,000 3,000 1,500 8,040 46 5 Frame___ _________________ Brick______________________ Num of Permit Type of structure and material ber struc valuation tures Concrete. _ _ ______ _______ Metal________ _____ ________ 2 2,500 1 1 2,000 500 2 6,200 1 1 5,000 1,200 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling—Continued. ____ Concrete. ___ Metal_______ _ ______ ._ 4 7 $1,400 2,800 Gasoline and service stations____ 2 9,000 Brick_________________ Concrete. . ________ ____ _ 1 1 5,000 4,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal_________ *1 51, 021 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1___ _ 14 1, 635 Frame__ . . . . __________ Concrete__ . . . . _ ____ Metal_____________________ 12 1 1 1,485 100 50 Stores and other mercantile build ings _ . __. . . . 3 22,000 4,500 4,000 LYN N Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures _. ._ 1 $100 Summer camps and cottages: Frame. _ ._ ____________ . . . 1 100 Total nonresidential structures... 105 Amusement and r e c r e a t i o n places: Concrete _____ 1 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 3 Frame... . . . . . . ______ _ Brick and frame. _______ _ Concrete ____ _____ . . . _ _ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______________ Frame_____________ ____ ___ Brick_________ ____________ Stone... ______ - .. . . . . Stone and frame____________ See footnotes at end of table. 314,471 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 11, 225 1 1 1 2,345 5,360 3, 520 81 19,590 65 13,790 300 1 3 1 1 ,1 0 0 200 Frame__ _______ _. 1 10.000 Metal_____________________ 2 12,000 1 1 7,000 5,000 APPENDIX 71 T a b l e A.— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures fo r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued E n g la n d M assachusetts—C ontinued M ALDEN Num of Permit Type of structure and material ber struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures. _. 39 $1, 279, 638 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i _____ _ . _ _ 23 5, 360 Frame Brick______ __________ __ Concrete Metal____ _____ ______ _____ 10 1 g 4 2,085 285 2 000 ’ 990 Gasoline and service stations.. __ 3 10, 500 1 4, 500 2 6,000 1 1 4, 500 1, 500 4 1, 246, 538 1 1 947, 222 118, 926 Brick__ __ __ _____ Concrete____ ______________ Schools: Brick______ __ _ ___ _ Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Schools: Brick—Continued. 1 1 $96,850 83, 540 0 740 4 275 1 1 1 1 150 50 50 25 Brick and frame____ ___ _ Metal____ . . . __ 1 1 280 185 Stores and other mercantile build ings— 3 16, 500 1 1 1 6,000 10,000 500 1 1 1 $75 50 20 Sheds, ponlt.rv houses, etc Frame ... ______ Frame__________________ __ Brick and frame___ __ _ Concrete________________ M EDFO RD Total nonresidential structures. _ 62 $145, 415 .. 1 32, 000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i. _ . . . _______ 42 13, 615 —,—------ ,—. 4, 645 8^ 120 850 Churches: Brick and frame . Frame Concrete M et,a,1 20 19 3 Gasoline and service stations____ 3 10, 500 Frame _ . Stucco________ ________ .. Concrete _. . . . 1 1 1 1, 500 5,000 4, 000 1 46, 530 7 1, 670 1 1 1 1 650 500 200 175 Schools: Brick. __ _ Sheds, poultry Frame. ... . . . . . houses, etc.: See footnotes at end of table. Sheds, p o u l t r y houses, e t c . : Frame—C ontinued. Stores and other mercantile build ings— Frame______ Brick _ .. . . . ______ _____ Brick and frame ._ _ ______ Concrete __ . . . _______ . Metal_____________________ 8 41,100 2 4,600 1 1 3,000 1,600 1 10,000 2 15,500 1 1 11, 500 4,000 2 6,000 1 1 3, 000 3,000 1 5,000 72 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its were issu ed in N e w cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts—Continued NEW BEDFORD Num of Permit Type of structure and material ber struc valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures------------------------ 9 $1,525 Summer camps and cottages: Frame....................... - ......... ...... 9 1,525 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 800 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 25 200 492,225 Total nonresidential structures. Type of structure and material Gasoline and service stations— Continued. Concrete_____ ____ _________ Institutions.................... ............ Frame_____________________ Brick____________________ _ Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal____________ Public works and utilities: Brick. Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 4 $15,300 1 1 1 1 5,000 3,800 3,500 3,000 2 124,000 1 1 84,000 40,000 n 10,000 i 15,000 Amusement and recreation places: Frame.. . _______ _____ 1 2,500 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 110 12,450 Churches: Brick.._ ________ _ 1 175,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick ______________________ Frame_____________________ Brick__________ ______ _____ Metal_________ ______ _____ 103 3 4 11,125 1,050 275 7 50,300 Stables and barns: Frame............. 2 150 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25,000 10,000 5,000 4,200 2,600 2,500 1,000 1 1 Stores and other mercantile build ings_________________________ 100 50 13 55,900 Frame. ..................................... 5 26,800 2 1 1 3,300 1,800 1,500 1 1 1 1 1 10,000 6,000 5,000 4,800 1,000 51 12 1 35 3 9 1 18, 550 2,530 2, 500 13,125 395 25,075 500 5 16, 500 1 1 1 1 1 12,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 500 4 1 1 1 1 9,275 4,500 2,800 1,375 600 3 12,600 1 1 1 10,000 2,000 600 Garages public: Concrete_______ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1____________ __ Frame_____________________ Brick________________ . . . _ Concrete______ ______ ______ M etal.. _ _______ ____ . . . Gasoline and service stations____ Frame_____________________ Brick..... .................................. See footnotes at end of table. Brick....................................... Metal______ ________________ 73 APPENDIX T a b l e A ,— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts—Continued N EW TON Type of structure and material Total nonresidential structures... Num ber of Permit struc- valuation tures 114 1 $220,000 1 15 86,871 1,886 Frame-----------------------Stone_________________ Concrete______________ Metal________________ 8 1 1 5 363 5 200 1,318 Stores and other mercantile buildings__________ ______ ___ 6 25,100 Frame___________ _________ Brick.................. ..................... Concrete__________________ 1 1 1 500 17,000 3,500 4,000 3,000 1,000 Metal. 2 2,600 20,000 Glass. 1 1 1 1,400 1,200 1,500 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $4,400 1, 500 1,200 500 500 250 250 200 12 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34,650 29,150 17, 000 4,000 2,300 2,000 2,000 800 550 500 2,000 500 1 1,500 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1_____________ __ Frame______________ ______ Brick______ _____ ______ ___ Stone_______________ ______ Brick and stone...................... Concrete____ ______________ Metal_____________________ 87 36 7 1 1 26 16 36,780 12,175 4,950 300 400 14,250 4,705 2 1 1 1 Office buildings, including banks: Brick and stone______________ Public works and utilities: Brick. Num ber of Permit struc- valuation tures Schools: Brick____________ Sheds, poultry houses, etc. l . $396,137 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Concrete____________ ______ Gasoline and service stations: Concrete........................... ......... Type of structure and material PITTSFIELD Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_______________ 18 $12,900 18 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 12, 900 2,200 1,800 1,600 1, 200 1,000 1,000 600 500 3,000 Total nonresidential structures.._ 131 110,385 Garages, public: Concrete---------- 1 5,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______ _______ Frame... .. _______________ Brick______________________ Concrete__ ______ ____ _____ M etal.. ---------------------------- 68 48 2 15 3 24,650 16,340 1,600 6,260 450 Gasoline and service stations........ Brick______________________ 7 1 37,490 4,000 Stucco........................................ . 4 1 1 1 1 20,990 9, 500 4,500 3,500 3,490 Concrete..................................... 2 1 1 12, 500 6, 500 6,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1........... Frame_____________________ Brick________ ______ _______ Metal.............. ................ ........ 27 23 1 3 3,435 2,885 175 375 Summer camps and cottages: Frame_______________________ See footnotes at end of table. 2 7 1 7 0 7 °- Stables and barns: Frame. Stores and other mercantile buildings______________ ____ Frame........ ............................ Concrete. Metal__ Glass. All other nonresidential struc tures: Fences________________ Frame............. ........................ Metal. Not reported. 2 ____ 3,000 1 2,000 1 1,000 9 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 760 250 150 100 310 100 100 50 35 25 200 1 1 125 75 74 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 193 9 T a b l e A . — N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d M assachusetts— C onti nued QUINCY Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residential structures . . . ____ . _ _ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 5 $129,020 1 127,500 4 1,520 1 1 1 1 750 500 220 .50 Total nonresidential structures. __ 247 758, 477 Amusement and recreation places: Concrete________ . . . . _. .. . 2 19,450 18,000 1, 450 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 1 1 3 560,000 Brick_______ _____________ 2 555,000 1 1 550,000 5,000 1 5,000 Nurses’ homes: Brick.. . _____ Summer camps and cottages: Fram e_________ ______ ______ Concrete______ _______ ____ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling i . _ ________ ._ Frame. _ _ _ _____ ____ Brick_______ ______________ Stone and fram e___________ Concrete . __ . . . ____ . _. Metal ___________ .. . __ 204 180 3 1 16 4 Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Gasoline and service stations____ 7 $20,400 Concrete___________________ 6 19,400 1 1 1 1 1 1 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,200 3,200 2,000 Metal__________________ . . . 1 1,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick_____ 1 33,900 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 26 8,137 15 4 3 2 2 1, 352 4,615 1,070 925 175 Stores and other mercantile buildings___ _____. . . . . . . 4 53,200 Frame. _______ _____ . . . _ 2 6,000 1 1 5,000 1,000 Frame____________________ Brick___ _ ________ ____ Concrete_____________ _____ Metal_____________________ G la s s..______. . . __________ 63,390 50,325 7, 250 1,000 4,295 520 Brick______________________ 2 47, 200 1 1 46,000 1,200 23 $6,170 21 1 1 5,670 250 250 REVERE Total nonresidential structures... Amusement and recreation places: Frame . ___ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1. ______ . . . Frame.. __________________ Concrete____ ________ Metal_____________________ See footnotes at end of table. 48 4 1 1 1 1 19 13 5 1 $30,160 12,000 6,000 3,500 2,000 500 4,990 2,580 2,325 85 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1 Frame ___________ Metal____ ______ _ Glass . . . . . _ __ ___ Stores and other mercantile build ings. . _ ____ _ 2 7,000 Brick ______ Metal_____________________ 1 1 6,000 1,000 75 APPENDIX T a b l e A.— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w c ities , by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts— C ontinued SALEM Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_____________ .. Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 $100 Summer camps and cottages: Frame_______________________ 1 100 Total nonresidential structures. .. 69 99,834 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 2 20, 000 1 1 19,000 1,000 Garages, public: Concrete. ______ 1 2,500 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1. _. __________ Frame Concrete__ .. __ __ ____ Metal_________ _. ______ 42 32 4 6 13, 280 9,780 1,900 1,600 Brick Metal . . . __ ___ _ __ ___ ___ _ . Type of structure and material Gasoline and service stations____ Brick______________________ Concrete__ ___ _________ _ Public building,—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick____ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.:1 Frame. . _. . ____ . Stores and other mercantile build ings Brick __ . Metal_____ _______________ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 3 2 1 1 1 $12, 500 5,500 3,500 2,000 7,000 21 17, 224 16 1, 330 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 33,000 18,000 10,000 8,000 15,000 12, 000 3,000 SOM ERVILLE Total nonresidential structures. __ Amusement and recreation places: Brick_______________________ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Concrete ___________________ Garages, public: Brick___ ______ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1 Frame Brink Concrete ... . . . ____ Metal_____________________ Gasoline and service stations: Concrete _. _____ _ . See footnotes at end of table. 32 $205, 205 Public works and utilities: ConCrete__ _ ---------- — _ _ 1 $70,000 1 10,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc . . . . . 5 2, 700 4 2 100 1 1 1 1 1,200 400 350 150 Frame -frame.. 2 1 1 41,000 40,000 1,000 2 1 1 43, 500 25, 500 18,000 16 4 1 7 4 9, 705 1, 575 800 5,350 1,980 2 1 1 7,500 5,500 2,000 _ ------- ------ -- Brick______________________ Stores and other mercantile build ings _______________________ 1 600 3 20,800 Frame _ . . . Brick______________________ 1 2 4, 300 16, 500 1 1 13,000 3, 500 76 T BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w E n g la n d c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 3 9 — Continued able Massachusetts—Continued SPR INGFIELD Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures_____ ___________ 1 $300 Summer camps and cottages: Fram e_____________ __________ 1 300 Total nonresidential structures.-. Amusement and recreation places: Churches: Brick.............................. Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. Brick_____________ __________ Concrete.......... ................- ......... 241 1 2 1 1 3,320,144 125,000 45,000 2 71,500 1 1 70,000 1,500 42,395 148 26 7 1 27,720 11,585 2,990 100 Gasoline and service stations........ 11 33,700 3 8,800 1 1 1 3,800 3,500 1,500 1 4,000 6 15,900 1 1 1 1 1 1 4,000 3,800 2,500 2,500 2,500 600 Concrete______ _____ _____ Metal_________________ ____ _ See footnotes at end of table. 1 5,000 2 1 1 $301,000 151,000 150,000 7 1,265,408 Brick.................... ...................... 3 1,157,208 «1 1 1 1,078,208 40,000 39,000 Concrete...................................... Not reported __ ___ Schools: Brick.............. ............. . 182 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Public works and utilities.............. 3,000 Frump. Brick._________ _____________ Concrete____________________ Metal........ ................... .............. Stucco...................................... Office buildings, including banks: Brink _ _ 170,000 Garages, private, when separate from d w e l l i n g ...... ................. Brink Type of structure and material fibe»ds npnltrv hpnsos pfn 1 iJliC Uo^ pUUltl j liU UOgOf vvv* 3 102,000 1 1 1 36,500 31,000 34,500 1 1 6,200 1,161,988 23 3,353 Frame _. Brink Connrete . Metal.......................................... 16 2 2 3 1,338 325 650 1,040 Stores and other mercantile buildings__________ __ __ _ 10 267,800 7 262,500 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 185,000 40,000 22,500 6,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 Stucco......................... ................ 1 3,000 Concrete_____ ______________ 2 2,300 1 1 1,400 900 Brick.............. ................... ......... 77 APPENDIX T A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g residential a n d n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed in N e w E n g la n d cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials , 1 9 8 9 — Continued a b l e Massachusetts—Continued TAUNTON Num Type of structure and material ber of Permit struc- valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_____ _________ Summer camps and cottages: Frame..___ ________________ 16 $ 6 ,2 6 2 16 1 1 1 Total nonresidential structures... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 87 6 ,2 5 2 700 700 700 600 500 450 450 450 450 450 200 152 150 150 100 50 7 4 ,7 3 2 Amusement and recreation places: Concrete........... ..................... 1 2 5 ,0 0 0 1 1 Num Type of structure and material ber of Permit struc- valuation tures Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_____________ Frame___________________ Brick.................................. . Concrete_________ ________ Metal___ _______________ Gasoline and service stations: Brick______________________ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ Frame......... ......................... Concrete____________ ____ Stables and barns: Frame______ Stores and other mercantile build ings_______ _______________ Frame................................... Brick. Concrete. 45 39 2 3 $ 1 2 ,1 7 0 6 ,5 9 0 4 ,0 0 0 1 ,5 4 0 40 1 1 3 ,0 0 0 3,562 3,512 50 700 2 0 ,3 0 0 800 1 5 ,0 0 0 1 32 31 1 34 4 1 2 1 12,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $500 150 100 75 50 50 25 15 10 5 1 1 3 ,0 0 0 4 ,5 0 0 WALTHAM Total nonresidential structures... 138 $335,935 Amusement and recreation places: Concrete___________ _________ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling1________________ 1 28,000 115 32,150 Frame_______________________ Brick_______________________ Stone_____________ _______ Brick and frame________ ____ Concrete. ........................ .......... Metal 64 5 2 3 38 3 16, 725 1, 250 550 1,000 12,075 550 1 150 Gasoline and service stations___ 3 16,500 St.nnpn Concrete__ ______________ Metal. _____ ______________ 1 1 1 Stores and other mercantile build in gs............................................... 6 58,155 7,000 4,500 5,000 Brick_______ ______ _____ ___ 1 3,000 Concrete. ................................. 3 3,655 1 1 1 2,000 1,000 655 2 51,500 1 1 50,000 1,500 Office buildings, including banks: Brick_________ ______ __________ 1 100,000 Schools: Brick................................. 1 100,000 11 1,130 10 980 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.. Frame......................................... See footnotes at end of table. Sheds, poultry houses, etc.— Con. Frame— C ontinued. M etal................. ................... M etal.......................................... 78 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A ,— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building p erm its were issu ed in N e w cities , by ty p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Massachusetts— Continued W ATE R TOW N (town) Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures__ 1 Type of structure and material 40 $285, 530 Churches: Stone____ 1 80,000 Gasoline and service stations— UXXLIUUoU.• Stucco______ . Concrete . __ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 3 19, 500 Brick___ _ . _________ ____ 2 12, 500 1 1 10, 000 2,500 Concrete __________________ 1 7,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1__ _______ ____ 22 7,875 14 1 3 4 4, 475 500 1, 600 1, 300 Gasoline and service stations____ 3 17,500 B r ic k .____________________ 1 10,000 Frame_____________________ Brick. . ___ _______ __ Concrete. _ _ ___________ Metal____ _ ______ _______ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 1 1 $3,500 4,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick. 1 150,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 8 2,005 Frame___ ________ _______ 7 1, 805 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,200 250 150 100 50 30 25 1 200 Stables and barns: Concrete___ 1 150 Stores and other mercantile _______ _ buildings: Brick 1 8,500 4 $190, 300 C oncrete.__ _ __ _ __ W ORCESTER Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures________________ Dormitories: Brick _ __ __ Summer camps and cottages: Frame 12 $299,435 1 297,000 11 2,435 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 500 350 250 250 250 250 250 100 100 75 60 Total nonresidential structures. _. 261 922,313 Amusement and recreation places. 3 75,800 Frame________ . . . _______ 1 3, 800 Brick 2 72,000 1 1 See footnotes at end o f table. 65,000 7,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. Frame Brick_____________ ______ Concrete__ . . . _ __________ 1 3, 800 2 184,000 1 1 180,000 4,000 1 2,500 4 24,050 2 15. 500 1 1 14, 000 1,500 2 8,550 1 1 7,000 1, 550 Garages, private, when separate f r o m dwelling 1_______________ 159 48,115 Frame Brick______________________ Stone______________________ 92 4 3 23,915 3, 625 975 Garages, public. ... ___ Brick______ ______ _______ Concrete. _ _______________ APPENDIX 79 T a b l e A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for ivhich building permits were issued in N ew England cities , by type of structure and specified materials , 1939 — C ontinued Massachusetts—Continued W ORCESTER—Continued Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Garages, private, when separate from dwelling—Continued. Concrete__________________ Metal_____________________ 51 9 Gasoline and service stations____ 8 38, 500 Brick______________________ 2 1 1 Brick and frame___________ 1 7,500 Concrete __________________ 5 19, 500 1 1 1 1 1 6 ,0 0 0 Office buildings, including banks: Brick _ Type of structure and material Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 1 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 68 $8,128 11, 500 Frame_________________ Brick______ . . . __________ Stone___________ _________ Concrete_______________ . . . Metal. __ . ... _____ Glass____ 51 2 1 4 9 1 5,311 440 225 1,035 917 200 6,500 5,000 Stores and other mercantile build ings_________________________ 10 51, 420 $18,045 1, 555 Frame___ ____ . . . 1 800 Brick__ ___________________ 5 1 1 1 1 1 33,600 18, 600 8,000 3,000 2,500 1,500 Brick and frame. __________ 1 14,000 Concrete________________ __ 1 1,700 Glass_____________________ 2 1 1 1, 320 750 570 1 6,000 1 $500 5.000 3,500 3,000 2 ,0 0 0 18,000 Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal: Brick. _. 1 Public works and utilities: Brick. 1 36,000 Schools: Brick and stone _ . . . . 1 405,000 2 1 ,0 0 0 All other nonresidential struc tures: Retaining walls, con crete . . _ .. . .. New Hampshire CONCORD Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures. __ _ . _ _ 8 $3, 500 Summer camps and cottages: Frame______ _______ . . . ____ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling—Continued. Brick______ . . . ___________ 8 3, 500 Gasoline and service stations: 1 32 34 1 800 1, 000 1,600 100 Schools: Brick _ _ . . . . Total nonresidential structures___ 74 139,032 Garages, public: Concrete____ _. 1 10, 000 57 15,612 56 15,112 1 5,000 ... ... 1 85,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.:1 Frame___________________ . . . 10 1,620 1 500 3 21, 300 1 1 1 14,000 6,500 800 B rin lr Garages, private, when separate fro m d w ellin g s 1 Frame_____________________ See footnotes at end of table. Stables and barns: Frame ... __ Stores and other mercantile build ings: Brick________ __________ 80 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A . — Num ber and permit valuation oj nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in N ew England cities , by type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — C ontinued New Hampshire—Continued M ANCH ESTER Num ber of Permit struc- valuation tures Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures_________ -- . . . 17 Summer camps and cottages: Frame______________________ 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total nonresidential structures... Frame____ ____ _______ _ _ 3 2 1 1 Brick____________________ Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 1 2 3,500 800 600 500 450 450 350 5,000 3,000 2,000 Concrete___________________ 5 1 1 1 1 1 20.000 6,000 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 Metal_________ _________ 200 150 150 150 1 1,000 Institutions: Brick. ___________ 1 58,500 Public works and utilities: Metal_______________________ 1 25,000 Schools: Brick__________ ______ 1 160, 578 29, 350 Sheds, poultry houses, etc.1_____ 71 8,231 2,800 Fram e____________________ Brick______________________ Metal_____________________ 67 2 2 7,331 675 225 Stores, and other mercantile buildings________________ . . . 11 51,500 Frame..................................... 6 15,600 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,500 3,000 3,000 2,600 2,500 1,000 2 30,900 1 1 26,000 4,900 33 5,000 100 100 100 100 100 100 20 1,800 1 ,0 0 0 26, 550 7,680 Brick______________________ 1 4,680 Garages, public: Stone__________ 1 6 ,0 0 0 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_ .. . _________ 122 $29, 500 1 2 1 1 3,000 See footnotes at end of table. 9 Brick________ ______ _______ 1 113 3 3 2 1 ____ __________ Num ber of Permit struc- valuation tures 4, 420 Frame_________________ Frame________ ______ _ __ Brick__ _ . . . _______ . . . Stone_______ ______________ Concrete___________________ Metal_____________. . . ____ Gasoline and service stations. _. Frame___ 403,979 222 Amusement and recreation places. $4, 420 Type of structure and material 27, 640 23, 365 800 2, 350 875 250 Brick.................................... M e ta l.................................... 81 APPENDIX T a b l e A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and non residential structures for which building permits were issued m N ew England cities , by type of structure and specified materials , 1989— Continued Rhode Island C E N TRAL FALLS Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonresidential structures.. 22 $14,025 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Frame_______________________ 2 4,100 1 1 2,500 1 , 600 9 3,450 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling. ______________ Frame............................... — 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 Brick.................................... - 2 1 1 1,250 300 300 Type of structure and material Garages, private, when separate from dwelling—Continued. Concrete_________ _______ 1 $750 Gasoline and service stations____ 2 4,800 Stucco_____________________ Brick and stucco___ . . . _.. 1 1 Sheds, poultry houses, etc: Frame_______________________ 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 200 200 150 100 1,450 850 600 Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile build ings: Frame______ _________ 1 2 ,2 0 0 2,600 775 250 250 100 50 50 35 25 15 900 CRANSTON Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures__ ____ ________ Association buildings: Brick____ Total nonresidential structures. __ Amusement and recreation places: Stone________________________ Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1............... . ... Frame_____________________ Brick________________ . . . . Concrete. __________ _____ Metal____ _______________ Gasoline and service stations____ Frame__________ _________ Concrete............. ............ ...... See footnotes at end of table. 1 1 208 $32,000 32,000 102, 585 1 19,000 165 140 2 19 4 5 1 58, 260 41,175 850 15, 625 610 12,450 3,000 4 1 1 1 1 9, 450 3,500 3,000 2,000 950 Public works and utilities: Brick. 1 $1, 365 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. 1 _____ 29 5,910 Frame_____________________ Glass_____________ _______ 28 5, 710 1 200 Stables and barns: Frame______ 2 1,600 Stores and other mercantile build ings _ __ __ 4 3, 500 Frame..................................... 3 2,500 1 1 1 ,0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0 1 Glass______________________ 1 All other nonresidential struc tures: Wharves, frame___ . . . 1 500 1 ,0 0 0 500 82 T BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in N ew England cities , by type of structure and specified materials , 1939 — C ontinued able Rhode Island—Continued EAST PROVIDENCE (town) Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Total nonhousekeeping residential structures... ________________ 1 $500 Summer camps and cottages: Frame____ ________ ____ .. 1 500 Total nonresidential structures. _. 154 152,005 Amusement and recreation places. 3 23, 000 Frame Concrete____________ . . . _ 2 2 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 15,000 5,000 1 3,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops: Brick ________ . ______ 1 Garages, public: Concrete___ _ _ 1 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1 ___. . . _ _ _ _ _ Frame. _ _ _ __ ______ ___ Brick_____ ______ ____ _ ___ Concrete. _. ______________ Metal________ __________ Gasoline and service stations____ Frame................... ............... 2 0 ,0 0 0 3,000 96 23,080 84 1 19, 380 550 3,100 50 2 9 7 19,150 3 5,000 1 1 1 4,000 500 500 Type of structure and material Gasoline and service stations— Continued. ( 1 nnprp.t.p. Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 4 1 1 1 1 Public works and utilities Brink Brick and frame____________ Metal_____________________ 3 1 1 $14,150 6 ,0 0 0 5,000 2 ,0 0 0 1,150 23,800 15 500 2,500 5,800 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. : 1 Frame__________ ___________ 30 6,225 Stores and other mercantile build ings. _ _ . . . . 13 33, 750 3 2,150 Frame_______ _ 1 1 1 Brick............... .......... .......... . 2 Concrete___________________ 3 1 1 1 1 1 Metal. __ ......................... ...... 5 34 1 850 800 500 6,500 3, 500 3,000 17,000 7,500 5,500 4,000 8 ,1 0 0 7,600 500 N EW PORT Total nonresidential structures. __ 84 $988, 221 Amusement and recreation places. Fram e_____________ _____ Brick______________________ 5 1 1 228, 230 6 , 900 111, 830 94,430 17,400 1 1 105,000 4, 500 Brick and stucco __________ Concrete ____________ . Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1 _____ . . . . _ Frame. _________________ Brick______________________ Concrete _________________ Gasoline and service stations: Concrete. .. . ________ ____ Public buildings—city, county, State, and Federal____ ______ Frame. ___________ . . . _. Brick.______ ______________ 1 2 62 52 1 $8 , 0 0 0 _ ______ 1 17,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc_______ 6 2 ,0 1 0 Frame___ ________________ 5 1,610 1 1 1 1 1 1,400 1 400 100 50 50 10 8 41,475 34,925 850 5, 700 Stores and other mercantile build ings — 1 1, 500 Frame_____ _______________ 1 1 ,0 0 0 661,806 164,900 496,906 390, 750 106,156 Brick_________________ ____ 2 23,000 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 See footnotes at end o f table. Public works and utilities: Stone.. Schools: Brick veneer Glass._____________________ 5 1 1 Concrete................................ . Metal......... ............................. 1 1 28, 2 0 0 15,000 8 ,0 0 0 2,700 1, 500 83 APPENDIX T A . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in New England cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939 — Continued able Rhode Island—Continued PAW TU CKET Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Total nonhousekeeping residential structures___________ . 1 $42,000 Convents: Brick and frame_____ 1 42,000 203 581, 853 Amusement and recreation places- Total nonresidential structures- 3 32,800 Frame_____________________ 2 7,800 1 1 6,600 1,200 _ 1 25, 000 .. ._ - _____ 1 90, 000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. 2 5,100 1 1 1,800 3, 300 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______________ 176 46, 369 Fram p Brick________ ______ __ __ Concrete___________ _____ Metal_____________________ 140 12 22 2 33, 284 i 750 7,700 635 6 18, 900 1 2,500 4 13, 200 1 1 1 1 6,500 3, 000 2,500 1,200 Brick-. _ ______________ Churches: Brick Frame Stone Gasoline and service stations Stucco- - - ____- ___ _ __ Concrete......... ........... ......... ... Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Gasoline and service stations—Con tinued. M etal-_ - ___ 1 $3, 200 Public works and utilities: Brick- 3 277, 000 71 1 1 275, 000 1,000 1, 000 Schools: Brick 1 80,000 Sheds, poultry houses, etc. - - .. - 3 285 2 135 1 1 75 60 1 150 1 99 Frame - Concrete-. . - - _____________ Stables and barns: Frame Stores and other mercantile build ings— Frame Brick___________________ __ 7 31, 300 3 13, 500 1 1 1 5, 400 5, 300 2,800 4 17, 800 1 1 1 1 9,800 4,200 2,400 1,400 3 $12, 875 1 1 1 8,500 2,000 2, 375 2 4, 800 1 1 3,800 1,000 PROVIDENCE Total nonhousekeeping residen tial structures___ _______ - - _- 1 1 1 $300,000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, la u n d r ie s , and other work shops—C ontinued. Concrete... _________ . . . _ 1 300, 000 Total nonresidential structures.. 417 960,937 Amusement and recreation places 2 7,000 Brick______________________ Concrete- ________________ 1 1 5,000 2,000 Churches: Brick_______________ 1 15, 000 Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops. Frame_____________________ 1 3,000 10 1 48, 875 1,000 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______________ 293 96,900 4 1 1 1 1 30, 200 12,000 9,500 7,500 1, 200 Frame____________ ______ Brick________________ ____ Brick and frame.. _____. . . Concrete____ _____ ________ Metal________ _____ _______ 160 11 1 106 15 45, 310 5,600 250 41, 005 4, 735 Dormitories: B r ic k ____________ Brick______________________ See footnotes at end o f table. Metal_____________________ Garages, public: Brick_______ _ 84 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 T a b l e A .— N u m b e r and 'permit valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and n o n residential structures f o r which building perm its w ere issu ed ' i n N e w cities, b y t y p e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Rhode Island—Continued PROV IDE N C E —Continued Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures 33 $78,500 Sheds, poultry houses, e tc.1_____ 45 $8,000 Frame________________ 1 1,500 Brick_________________ 3 7,500 1 1 1 4,500 2,000 1,000 Frame_____________________ Brick______________________ Concrete___________________ Metal_____________________ Glass______________________ 30 1 3 10 1 4,100 400 1,100 2,300 100 25 58, 500 Stores and other mercantile buildings____________________ Gasoline and service stations. Concrete 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4,000 3,800 3,500 3,500 3, 500 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,000 1,000 600 600 4 11,000 1 1 1 1 4, 500 4,500 1,000 1,000 Public works and utilities.------ 2 490,062 Reinforced concrete: With cement facing____________ Structural steel_____ ______ _ 1 1 292,432 197,630 Metal. See footnotes at end of table. 30 213,600 Frame_____ ____ __________ 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 46, 700 19,600 15,000 5,000 4,500 1,000 900 700 Brick.................................. . 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 57,000 12,000 12,000 9,000 7.000 7.000 5.000 5.000 C oncrete............................... 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 87,600 40,000 18,000 8,000 5,000 5,000 2,800 2,800 2,500 2,000 1,000 500 Metal...................................... 5 1 1 1 1 1 22,300 14,000 5,000 1,700 900 700 85 APPENDIX T a b l e A .— N u m b er and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd n o n resideniial structures f o r which bu ildin g perm its were issu ed in N e w cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued E n g la n d Rhode Island—Continued WOONSOCKET Type of structure and material Total nonresidential structures. _ Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Type of structure and material Num ber of Permit struc valuation tures Stores and other mercantile buildings __________________ 5 Frame__ ________________ 2 4,300 1 1 3,500 800 2 9,000 1 1 5,000 4,000 1 700 66 $33,885 Garages, public: Concrete______ 1 1,200 Garages, private, when separate from dwelling 1_______________ 48 13, 745 Frame_____________________ Brick______________________ Stone______________________ Concrete___________________ 42 1 1 4 9,170 500 500 3, 575 Brick______________________ Gasoline and service stations: Frame______ _______________ 1 4,000 Glass........................................ Sheds, poultry houses, etc.: i Frame—. _____ . . . ________ .. 11 940 $14,000 1 Due to the large number of structures of this type for which permits are issued, data are not shown for individual structures. 2 Federal construction. 3 Individual valuations not available. 4 Federal construction—type of material not reported. 5Type of material not reported. •Sewage disposal plant sponsored by the city of Springfield—located outside the corporate limits of Springfield. 7 Filtration plant sponsored by the city of Pawtucket—located outside the corporate limits of Pawtucket, O
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