The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-07
Mr.. T. B. SheIdon's New Res
idence.

Mr.. T. B. SheIdon's New Res
idence.
Red Wing can boast Of several ele-
CANT residences, but that of Mr.. T. B.
Sheldon, on the corner Of Fourth and
Franklin streets, is, we believe, the
most expensive and ornamental and, in
many respects, the most convenient. It
occupies handsome site, sufficiently
elevated to make the house prominent
object and to afford from its upper win
dows extensive and pleasant views.
That obtained from the tower is espec.
tally attractive, embracing the entire
city of Red Wing, the river front for
several miles, portion Of lake Pepin
and the bluffs of Wisconsin. The house
is after design by Mr.. A. M. Radclif,
architect, of St. Paul, and is Of what
can only be called "modern' style, in
which, perhaps, the French taste is
most prominent. In other words the
style is deliberately ornamental, yet so
entirely harmonious as to be pleasing
throughout and free from any appear
ance Of excess. It is two stories high,
surmounted with a steep Mansard roof,
the angle Of which is crowned with an
elegant railing of iron; and pediment
in the middle of the front elevation ter
inmates in a handsome tower, rising
some twenty feet above the top of the
roof and oramented IN style CORES
ponding with that of the building.
The foundations of the building rest
upon the solid rock stratum and are
built soldly by Messrs. Danielson &
Setback, who did the stone work.
Above the ground, the foundation or
cellar walls are Of rough range rock,
which rise to the height of three feet,
when they are capped by a dressed
stone water table. On these are the
walls Of Portage city, Wis.,, brick, the
peculiar brownish gray color of which
is in keeping with the style of the
building. They are about 30 feet high
and are surmounted by heavy cornice
with ormental brackets. Then comes
the Mansard roof, about IA feet high,
ornamsnted at the upper angle with a
light cornice and fancy iron railing.
The Fourth street front is 50 feet
wide and in the middle of this is the pro-
lection or pediment, Is feet wide. This
Is carried up in brick to the top of the
roof and then terminates in the tower
about 20 feet higher, ornamented in the
same style with the other portions of
the building. The building is 65 feet
deep and the side elevations also have
projections, which do not, however.
rise above the roof but terminate in an
ornamental finish slightly more elabor-
ate than other parts Of the roof, and
contain double dormer windows. The
roof of the entire house is of parti.col-
ored slate, handsomely cut and arranged.
The cellar IS under the entire build
ing, and as all the partition walls ex-
tend to the foundation, it is divided in
to apartments corresponding with those
on the floors above. This gives it six
large rooms, besides the passage ways,
all of which are Of convenient access.
In the centre of the cellar and under
the main hall of the story above is the
furnace, very superior one from j.
Reynolds & Co.'S, of Philadelphia. Il
is supplied with cold air through pipe
opening under the front porch, and the
pipes conducting the heat to the upper
part of the house are all arranged so
as to be out of the way. In the back
part of the cellar is the cistern, having
a capacity of 800 bbls. The lower
parts Of the chimneys are all built with
open fues down to the level of the GEL
lar floor, and tlbse form ashpits, into
which the ashes from the open CRATES
above are allowed to fall, and whence
they can be removed without the in
convenience of dust and dirt in the up
per rooms. The entrances to the cellar
are by an easy stairway from the rear
hall and by door from the outside in
the rear of the building. .... 49,. -
Entering the main floor from the
Fourth street front, we ascend four
steps to a covered porch ski feet.