New-York tribune., 1871-08-25
UP-TOHN IMPROVEMENTS.
UNIQUE ROWS NEAR CENTRAL PARk-OHlo
STONE TAKING THE PLACE OF BROWN STONE,

UNIQUE ROWS NEAR CENTRAL PARk-Ohio
STONE TAKING THE PLACE OF BROWN STONE,
AND MAHOGANY sUPEsEDING BLACK WALNUT
Beside numerous rows of stereotyped brown
stone dwellings erecting mp town, there are few Dud
ings lately completed which merit notice because Oh INC
novelties embodied In their construction Inero Is
growing disposition in this city to build rows OF houses
with fronts OF such connected style that Is apparent
70 all beholders that they built by one ndiVdna OF
firm This is especially the with houses having
French rooff. This peculiar style furnishes apuhon'
opportunity for distinguishing the centTai ho"So Vi :"
row by its lofty roof and adjusting the ohers in oo
respondence with IT, Such row has Just oeeh pul' III
Fifth-ave, between Ffty-hfth and Fhty-sX'fS's' Vi
Ohio stone-a material coming into extensive use sihco
il has been demonstrated that the Connecticut brown
stone ia not dura NJ The houses mentioned rent t"f
from 5000 to $1,000 striking pecuarity about theh
is the fact that the woodwork is largely OF Cup' III"
santo Domingo mahogany. Even the hont doois arc VI
this material Thirty and 40 years ago Inahogahy ns
doors were indispensable in frselass New-forA house'
Now, heavy stone inclosure for the 'front.' yaIu -
necessity
There ia n unioue white marble row in Fifth-ave be-
tween Fifty seventh and Fiftyeigthsts which looks
like church. with its face toward Fiftyseventhst' oh
that corner IL the largest building OF the row. WIN
lofty roof. The dwellings facing on Flfth-aVe are
smaller lower and back further from the street. thus
carrying out the idea of the Of church Bnt the
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ngs including those of the large courtyard appear h
beautiful contrast with the green grass.
In some rows there appears to be agreement among
different owners present the diversity
in their house fronts. Such case occurs In ffty-
seventhst east Of Fifthave, where OF five dwellings,
the three urhest from the Iavenue are OF brck WIN
Ohio stone facings and in style The cenra one
of the three properly only two stories high with an
immense French roof OF two stories. The roof OF this
building is quite separate from those OF the two narrow
adjoining houses which run up three stories Oeiofe 1hc
roof begns yet the tops Of the three are OF the same
hight The fourth house s OF brownstOne Two wuoo"S
wide and not peculiar except as to its heaVy STONE
portico The fifth house unfinished but gives promise OF
a fine bay window on the second floor This one has
most singular ornament on IT, roof-a miniature roof set
Just above the caves, lOngtudlnay. III ~ aDouI lour
feet wide at the base ana IOT itet ugl h hu f MS
by gilded iron rails. Nearly ali ING newest fiel,I
roofs have such rails and curious deG s howstS cd % ,n
weather-cOcks upon Them The mahogany doofs hnu Il
side work seen in this row also, ana VARIOUS urh
woods are used for inside shutters.
the new Ohio stone Dutch Reformed church the kev'
real novelty is found here In the shape OF what might
be called "drawingrOom pews In the galery Wnich
rallied off somewhat I'm the style OF the odfashioned
square pews These Enclosures will be furnished with
The new Jewish Synagogue, Lexingtonave and Fifty
ffthst is of Ohio stone and large Immense stone
globes lie the sidewalk ready to be placed Oh the
The Mount Zion Hospital (Jewshl in Lexington-ave.,
between sxty-sxth and sixyseventhsts, consists ~
three grand brick buildings, with marble faclugs Ihey
have French roofs and the central one towers r above
the Others The buildings connected by wooden gal
leres and the tout ensemble Is very fine
The Presbyterian Hospital, among the green fields ana
occupying the square bounded by Madison and LeXing
ton-aves seventeen and Seventy rssts Is stii more
ornate series Of buildings. The principal though not the
largest ed1ce is nearly square, and faces sevenetst
The material used is brick heavily faced and streked
with granite. Behind this is enenehouse, with
tall chimney where everything needing hre, cooAhg'
heating Washing &c, win be carried Back OF this
again IL the largest building, which Is ouloIg. The
French roofs of all these buildings broken IN every
imaginable way.