The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-09
How n Parkersburg Man Puts on Style
when He Makes Little Money.


-PAIksnburg Sentinel.
In the long list OF handsome, substan.
tial and valuable improvements made in
Parkersburg during the past season there
is none so worthy Of special mention as
the palatial residence OF W. n. Chancellor
on the corner Of Juliana and Elizabeth
streets. The building is Of brick, modern
in style and appointments. 1t Is three
stories high exclusive Of basement and OBJ
servatory. Tho third story Of the house Is
used for servants apartments. The second
story comprises the family chambers,
guests chambers, bath rooms and dressing
rooms. The first floor includes the parlor,
room, kitchen and buffers pantry. The
basement contains q laundry, winter con-
servatory, vegetable cellar and coal and
ash bins.
The house from the outside Is an archi-
tectural beauty There are two-story bay
windows on the north and also on the west
sides, the roof and cornices being sur
mounted with roof crossings. The inside
work including the stairways is finished in
black walnut; the mantels are slate and
iron; ashes are dumped directly from the
receptacles under the CRATES into the bin
in the cellar. There Is communication by
electric bells and speaking tubes through
out the house. The inside shutters are
black walnut finished In oil. Hot and cold
water and gas are in every room. The
hau Ar fam NtNt thA
frances and halls are heated by registers
from the basement. II Is the most elegant
and complete residence ever built in our
city. Ira
From The observatory, which Is reached
by winding walnut stair, there is pre-
sented view, which for natural grandeur,
picturesqueness, delightful cloud backed
scenery cannot be surpassed, embracing,
too, many points that are historically
linked with the settlement and develop
ment OF this country. Nearly the entire
city is oyertopped and can be seen from
this lookout. To the southwest in plain
view are the rugged ellis and mountain
site OF Fort Foreman on the further side
Of the kanawha river. In tho west In
full view can be seen the entire surface OF
Blannerhassetts Island, the most cele-
brated and perhaps the largest island in
the Ohio river, Surrounded on all sides
by the glistenlne waters OF "La Belle
Riviere," with back ground in the mour.
tains Of West Virginia and Ohio now
covered With fading, dying. falling foliage,
q thousand hues reelected from the effects
OF Autumns whitening frosts, here is
scene for the artist, and the historian, for
the exuberant and the melancholy.
The artist finds food for thought and SUBJ
ject for pencil; the historian can imbibe
inspiration from recollectlons Of the polit-
cal ambitions and crafty Vaccinations Of
Aaron Burr, which eliminated in the
bankruptcy Of riches, the overthrow and
destruction Of happy home, trials for
treason, and ignominious death. Beyond
Blannerhassetts Island is the broad ex-
panse Of Washington's Bottom, once the
property OF the Father Of our Country"
In the north Is beheld the serpentine
course OF the river in the direction Of
Pittsburgh. For eight miles the river and
its broad, rich bottoms are exposed to
view. The description Of this property
would be incomplete without tribute 70
the skill and architectural ability Of Mr.. G.
B. Kirkpatrick, the architect and builder.
He drew the plans and furnished the esti-
mates from the basement stone to the top
most ornamentand heontire work OF cree
ton was underh his immediate supervision.
The house Il. now occupied by Mr.. Chan
cellor and his family.