New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-26

full On six of the floors there are eight sets each
including parlOr, bedroom, bath and toliet-room
and private hall An elevator and hre-proof
staircase from basement TO attic. Will connect the
several floors
On the first floor, at the left Of the entrance
hall is the dining room, 80 by 40 rect IN SIZE WIN
rations of this room will be very elaborate and VIII
cost S. 900. The general style will be the Italian
Renaissance Facing the entrance, ana I1Tn an
| the most striking feature of the whole Will be a
large mantel Of Caen stone, 6 feet 6nches in
height to the mantel shelf from this point 1t Is
carried mp to the richly ornamented irle re-
metal ''f panel and around the entire room grace
ceiling four large grders will ntersec each other at
right angles. The ceiling and frieze, between the
beams will be finished in metals, while IRON ,ne
| centres of the beams will depend six candelahTum
| chandeliers The woodwork of the room wlll De
| SantO Domingo mahogany, the grders VIII be sup
ported by heavy brackets and the walls VIII o I've
] hung with Venetian tapestries. The ladies par
| Tors and recep,ion-room. on the same nooT
will be decorated after a Moorish
| room by an Oriental screen and drapery, so mat
these apartments can all he thrown together "neh
desired. The parors will be Int by Moorish "a Ian-
| terms, in harmony with their surroundings. ms
| apartmeDt-hOuso addition 10 the Union square no
| tel will be ready for occupancy by July L.
THE KNICKERDoCKER CLUB.
As soon as Cornelius Vanderbilt vacates
the residence which he has sold to the
| KnickeTbocker Club at the northeast cor
| ncr of Fifth-ave. and Ihirty-secohu-Nt''
the work of transforming il into clubhouse VIII DC
begun bv II. II. Robertson. the architect. Exter-
nally, the cid building will remain nearly as II Is
Ii is 7S bv IS feet in size and to this is TO he added
new hmildinp on the Thirty -second-st side. giving
total ground plan of IS feet on Fith-aVc. by III
feet OH The side street The present entrance IS TO
he closed M bay window taking its place, giving
| n LARGO narlor on the avenue front, and the nam
entrance will he IN about the ceAire 81 lnG
bnlldinC, IN Thrty-sccOnd-st. balcony VIII
sccond-s... and balcony will also
extend across the entire Fif-ave front on tue sec
ond story. The stable will he taken down ana fI n
floor at the right of the main entrance, VIII be
cafe 81 l,y 80 feet. with bay window ana STAIRS
leading to the main dining-room IN the second
story The billiard room on the hrst Hoor' at me
right of the cafe. will he 27l2 by 30 feet III SIZE
with large and handsome fireplace at me emu;
The strangers room and office is directly back OF
thc entrance The parors, 80 by 20 feet open from
the reading ROOM l6i2 by 252 feet, which - al the
left of the entrance The present main stairway
On the second floor at the left of the entrance is
the main card-room. 16l2 by 14l2 feet, another
card by lS2 feei h 9 Sn fnet and tbc
library adjoining, IL by Is feet. Behind the card
room is private dining and reception ROOM Is by
l6 feet. At the right of the entrance Is pflvate
dining-room q u by 81 feet, and connecting win
this is the main dnng-room over the billiard nan
27l2 by 80 feet, with large bay window. Inc
will remain unchanged there are two II by 20
feet one is II by Ia feet one III by II feet ana
by feet In the ihird story Oh aG new new
appliances for the conduct OF perfect culinary de-
partment. The kitchen proper VIII he - by -
feet the servants dnnG-room, IL by ~ ieet me
dish washing room and disl-closet each by IL
feet The kitchen will be well lighted by dormer
window and skylight~ The pantry Will he by II
Sia 10y IL and 7 by sl2 feet respectively.
A lift, feet square, will run from The
snbGenr to the he sT fne4 v i@Su T6 ao entire
clubhouse will be heated by steam, indirectly the
AR being taken into the cellar, hedtcd and thence
distributed by pipes Ample provision Will be made
for the extra ventilation made necessary by the
tobacco smoke inevitable in club quarters In tho
basement will be the laundry drying rooms and
toilet rooms The entire house will be richly and
substantially decorated, the furnishing being III u,
hard woods. 1t is expected that the building VIII
be ready for its house-warmlng ceremonies early
next winter
CHURCH IN RoMANEsQrE STYLE.
Excavations are now in progress for large church
at Sxtieh-st and MadiS0n-ave. 1t is to be built by
the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,
n branch OF of-shoot of the Central Methodist
Episcopal Church. The front of 105 feet includes
the church proper and the connecting Sunday
school building with a depth of 90 feet The
prevailing style of the facade will be Roman
ii in the way of decoration. The de-
sign includes Roman arches for the main en-
old English windows in the front of the Sunday
school building There will be carved diaper work
above the main entrance, over the tower windows
and broad band of diaper carving Just below The
b lfry The Spre will be l25 feet III height; the
bell tower will be supported on massive sone piers
II feet square (; while n novel and striking
rounding the bell tower The material VIII be
brown stone, quar- dressed, and the roof vii be Of
red tiles The ediico is to be completed next
son at an estimated cost of $4,000. k. ii. Rob-
ertsOu is the Tclitect
NOTES ABOUT OTHER BUILDINGS.
company is being organized for the erection of
n cooperative apartment house at Fifth-ave and
Twenty -eighth-st Work has been begun on
another cooperative apartment house. at Madison
ave. and Fifty-SecOud-st
Henry Willard is to build residence between
Fifteth and Fifty-frst-sts in Madison-ave. facing
the Cathedral. Ii will be of four STORIES of stone
and brick, Italian Renaissance in style, 80 by
l25 feet III size, and will cost about 100000 Nc
Kim Meade < White are the architects
The new houses of Charles ID. Barney, No. 10 East
Eitylt1s 90 feet fro front 5rc Of which MGR
completed. They are built of granite and brick,
four stories in height, with peaked roof and lead
dOrmers. The style is composite Italian Renals
sance predominating. The interiors are richly fur
nlshcd.
built in Lexington-ave by the Manhattan
Company. il will have frontage OF 200 feet, be-
tween FOrty-first and Forty -secOnd-sts., and "A
depth of 125 feet there will be seven stories.
have a total height of 100 feet The material used
will be brick. the plan beng ten distinct fre-proof
buildings five each side, opening on a court in
the centre. There will be ninety tire-proOf floors
and four elevators. Work is to begin at once. j. L.
Ware is the architect.
James Alexander. of the New-York Equitable
Life Insurance Company, has about completed a
new house in Fifty-fOurth-st. between Fifth and
Sixth-aves 1t is of quarry dressed Carlisle brown
stone 81 by 81 feet the ground, with four stories
and basement. 1t has a French hlpped gable roof,
and the main entrance is under a Roman arch The
cost will be about $50. 600, and it will he ready for
occupancy next fall. K. H. Robertson is the archi-
tect
Among the other houses which the same architect
has III hand are two houses for William Il. Skid