The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-23
AHaadsome House.

i "A AG Lew AGSAOGAEC VA ~ 00EQ 1855
Iglehart, on the corner Of Second and
Gum Streets, is one Of those edi6ces
that is at once an ornament to the
city and monument to the skill and
taste Of the owner. architect and
builders, who are at work upon it.
Built of handsome brick. with Green
River stone trimmings. the window
and door ca ps being solid quad
rants, carved With vine tracings. and
supported By fdll-leaf corbells, the
slated French roof finished with G
cast-iron cresting, giving a finish and
look of completeness from without
that is pleasant to the eye.
Passing through double folding
doors al the front entrance, the see
ond pair Of doors being finished with
embossed ground glass pannels, the
visitor enters hall handsomely stuc-
coed 10 Elizabethian style and span
ned by q arch, the brackets and key
stone to which are ornamented with
medallion heads. From the hall on
the right, the parlors which are ssuo-
coed in the same style. open. The
back parlor being ono Of the cosiest
and prettiest ia existence. The CRATE
situated between two Windows, looking
obliquely out, one of them command
ing a viewof Second and Gum Streets,
aud the other looking riverward
on Gum, gives the whole parlor the
appearance Of being provided with q
large bay window. with a CRATE set in
the middle.
Ga the left OF the hall is tho IL
brary, a cosy rreom with windows
opening upon an iron balcony with an
iron canopy. just the place to sit,
smoke and joke on pleasant evenings.
The dining room, directly back of the
library, is succeed 10 fruit patterns,
and connected with the kitchen by a
wicket door through the china closet,
aud we'll lighted aud ventilated. The
kitchen furnished with capacious
range and boiler for supplying the
house with hot water, and closets 10
the strongest placsswhere no one but
an experienced housekeeper would
think of placing them.. A pantry and
pastry reorn are added in the rear. and
altogether the kitchen is as handy as
human experience could we'll devise.
In the second story, khe Judges
own room is an exact counterpart of
the back parlor, except that adjoining
il is capacious closet and very neat
little bath room. All the other cham
bers. except two over the kitchen,
are provided with fixed marble top
washstands, provided with hot and
cold water which gpshes through
silver plated faucets. provided with
ring bowls-the newest invention in
plumbing works. Beside the Judges
bath there is another bath room with
provision for hot. cold and shower
baths - ~
The chambers, library and dining
room are furnished with handsome
slate mantles. and tbs, parlor with
rich marble. and the whole house is
to be heated, beside, with a furnace.
to be Placed in the cellar where there
is room to store provisions enough
for long siege. 3 H0L.JAT
The windows in the main building
are furnished With inside blinds. the
sashes are one light each, of the best
French plate glass; the doors are
trimmed with the handsome new style
bronze knpbs. and trimmings; the
stairs are guarded b. a solid oak
hand rail, and yellow pine baInsters,
and q handsome panneled oak newell
post and tee Fhele house so wisely
arranged that not an inch Of space
seems to be wasted, bat everything
lconaribat6s to make most perfect
whole. - a
The mason work was done by VIM.
Bedford, Jr.; the carpenter work by
SAMSON & Tinnemeyer; the joiner
work BY Ernest r. Meyer; pIsstering
By Rodgers & belong; painting by
Turnock & SchlotteFs plumbing by
Gibson & Weleb, and CRATES and man
ties By I. Scantlin & Son. The whole
was built and finished under the So
perintendenee Of Mr.. Levi s. CLARK,
architecs, and is a credit 70 all en-
gagged from the owner all through
MICHAEL FAY. K raizviIie farmer,
has a tree from which he took a rlpe
apple Of the second crop this year.