Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-10-22
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augusta may well be called a civ of bora.
Ae are Out few towns in the country Of
'' .rah ten thousand inhabitants. which
CONTAIN so many residences which give .v;
uence OF wealth and culture on the mar. &c
'heir owners. State street esnec;oI,,.
many hne mansions. During the past sum.
'"er mayor Vickery has put up three TASTY
'nouern dwellings On the Mansion House ,ot
At 'he corner of State and Green street now
STANDS almost completed, where a few month.
ago was an unsightly lumber pile, an elegant
ana spacious house, which is soon to he oc.
cupied by DIR. ]. o. Webster and family 7,
IS built solely with a view to beaptx and oo,
Tort, and no expense has been SHARED in =.
construction. When finished Win ~
grounds graded and embellished. i, vii, he
an ornament to the street and to the citv =.
large number of visitors inspect the BUILDING
inside and out every day. To CRAFTY the non.
uiar curiosity we have prepared
DESCRIPTION OF TEE HOUSE.
Inc house is Of two stories with Mansard
roof- Opening the street door. YOU are adj.
mitted INTO vestibule. from which donnie
doors lead into the main hail. This is very
commodious. Double doors omen at ,La
night and left into the sitting room and mar.
LOT. The sitting room is CHEEKY apartment.
with bay windows which admit the sunshine
on one side is chimney piece of marbleized
state, with CRATE for an open seacoal fire
Inc parlor is in the northwest corner of the
mouse, and Is fitted up similar to the sitting
room: Back OF the sitting room is the libra
ry. This has floor of poplar. with trim.
mlnps of walnut and In a.
parlor on the Green street side, are the Doc
tors private office and reception room. the
entrance to which is to be on Green street
loliet rooms occupy niche in the main hall,
ntted up In ash and walnut, with marble
bowls, and hot and cold water. The dining
room and kitchen are in the ell, so that all
0dors OF food are excluded from the main
building. On the southwest of the dining
room is large closet for china, with cop
per sink, where dish can be cleansed if nee
essary during the progress of a meal. This
closet is finished up in walnut and oak, with
a birch floor. The kitchen has every modern
convenience. store room and a commo-
dious pantry open off the kicheI.
Up 5; RS are six large 81 ling rooms, all
finished in ash, with hot and cold water
These are supplied with heat from the furnace
in the cellar. In the rear is the bath room
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and warmed with waste heat from the kitchen
range. In the attic are three square sleeping
rooms, and play room for the children,
3Sxl7 feet Another flight of stairs and we
enter the cupola. This is finished up in cher
ry; and the whole city spreads out like map
beneath. The walls throughout the house
are to be tinted; the ceilings are to be left
plain. Except in the attic no paint will be
used. The finishing ere of native woods,
oiled and polished. The newell for the stairs
is of ash, trimmed with bulb walnut: the
balusters and rail are of walnrt.
The house rests on a solid mortar wall two
and a half feet thick. Underneath is cellar
eight and half feet deep. The rooms in the
house are ten and eleven feet posted. The
cellar has a concrete floor. In the centre is
a brick-walled storeroom, l5xll feet. There
are two coal bins, and a cistern of 90 hogs
heads capaciiy A ''kohIer" furnace, No. 4,
furnishes heat for the house. In the cellar
there are Is pillars of solid brick which sup
port the flooring tmbers.
Workman began operation on the site about
May LIST, and will have the building ready for
occupancy in about three weeks. The house
was built on specifications and plans Of Mr..
Bartlett, although Stevens furnished the de-
sign for the outside. Mr.. +. L. Pinkham has
had entire charge of the work from first to
last, aided by suggestions from DIR. Webster.
Probably no house in the city is so thorough
ly and elegantly constructed. 1t is a model
of a gentleman's residence. Mr.. Pinkham
selected the best workmen in Augusta to as
sist him, which is a guaranty that the house
is built in substantial and wOrkmanlike
manner.
THE PLUMBING.
One of the principal features of mechani-