Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-25

time the 0WeiieIs on AuIEay LII
have marveled At the reported splen-
dors of the mansion being erected on
Madison avenue by Mr.. Henry Vii
lard. the railway msgnate- Through
the courtesy of the architects, Messrs-
McKim. Mead & White. your core
spondeut today procured the neces-
sary pass and visited the colossal
structure. Mr.. Wizards new house,
or rather houses. occupies an entire
block, having q frontage on Madison
avenue of 200 feet. The part which
he will occupy Is on the corner OF
Fifty-first street Its frontage is 30
feet and its depth 100 feet. The other
wing will ne precisely similar, except
that il is divided into three house.
ana between the two wings is court
50 feet in width and % feet in depth.
The portion of the building back OF
the court extends back 40 feet beyond
the wings, and is double house OF
itself. In the center of the court will
be placed a magnificent fountain,
around which will be broad drive,
and liz each corner q grass plot.
Each house will communicate d.
rectly with the court. Mr. Wharf
house and the two center houses are
completed. excepting the interior,
while the walls OF the remaining
wing are up 10 the secon. story
The exterior OF the great building IS
| more grand than beautiful. /, IS the
result OF combination of Roman and
Florentine architecture, plans of the
Cancelleria palace at Rome and the
Farnezi palace being copied by TIE
| architects The material is Belleville,
n. j., sandstone. the light grayish
amber stone of which Trinity Church
was built. Everything is massive
and there is little attempt at orna-
ment. Huge blocks of stone are piled
one upon another and overtopped by
a heavy cornice of the same material.
| The wings are three stories in hight,
beside the basement and attic stories.
From the sidewalk 70 the cornice is
| IS feet The basement and first sto
ries are rusticated, and the others
plain stone asher with the angles
strengthened by rustication. The
front of the two center houses is
supported by five arcaGes, with heavy
columns of Jonoboro granite. Dutch
tiles cover the roof. The whole effect
is severe and dignified. Entering the
spacious portal OF the Willard resi-
dence your correspondent found him
self in q magnificent reception room,
IA feet by % in depth. Everything
here was in inlaid wood, floor, cell
ing, walls and columns On either
side opened the drawing-rooms. They
are each 10 by % feet, and are being
|. finished in mahogany inlaid with
light woods, satin wood and maple
being noticeable. Between the pilas
tiers will be hung rich embroidered
s,uffs. The predominating tones are
a light reddish brown and lighl
yellow. The drawing rooms and re
: ception room are so arranged that
they can be thrown into one spaciou:
apartment 100 feet in width and 2s
in depth. From the reception room
hall IA feet in width and AZ feet in
length leads to the music room
A,addin's lamp never revealed hal
more magnificent. 1t is entirely in
mosaic. The material is yellow Ital
ian marble. The floor is a Chaillor
marble in small pieces woven intt
, beautiful designs. The mantel is {
masterpiece of the sculptor from al
, Italian design, and the whole apart
! ment was executed by Italian artists
in the style of modern PompeiiaI
palaces. The hall is spanned BY
three semi-circular arches in Sienn,
, marble. with sculpture by Louis St
Gaudiers. A vestibule in the sam,
I design leads out of the hall back o
the drawing room.
| A MODEL MUSIC ROOM.
The music room is the chef d'euvr,
of the decorators art 1t is dimin
utive theater. 48 by "a feet In dimen
sions, and 80 feet from floor to cell
ing, extending to the third story. 1
! is in the style of the Francis l. room
. Iof Fontainbleau palace. The color
are white and gold. A wainscottinI
eight feet in hight, in carved pine
! surrounds the room. At one end i
q gallery for the musicians. Tn,
ceiling is an elliptical vault, and every
4. detail shows the skill of the artist
8 Between the music room and the yes
tibule, marble stairs, 10 feet broad
,, lead to the upper stories. Again tn,
! tone is yellow. An elaborate Rem
Nuisance ceiling spans the stairs. Tn,
elevator way occupies the remainin,
space. Across the hall are the mali
dining room and breakfast room
which can be thrown into one apart
ment. 20 by 60 feet in size. Carvet
woods again replace the marble. Tn,
room is executed in English oak
inlaid with white mahogany. Th,
ceiling is divided with beam
cased with English oak, and tn.
carved friezes, three feet in width
are inlaid with floral designs. Tn,
two msntels are of red Verona mar
BILE and are copies of those which
Mr.. Mead was sent to Italy to select
but which arrived in Q somewha
damaged condition and were present
ed by him to the Museum of Art
Here also st. Gaudiers still il seen
The upper stories are in keeping will
the splendor below; although, o
course, not SO elaborate. The gen
eral style Is Italian Renaissance
The furniture will be especially mag
9 ni6cent- That Of the drawing room
. win be upholstered and Of coIors hal
1 monizing with he decorations, Ii,
/. reddish brown tone predominaiinq
Z II was designed by the architects Wit
!. executed the rooms. The othe
/ houses win be finished in q style be
q coming their pretensions, although
= nothing like this. The cost of th,
q building, unfurnished, will be an ever
, 81 COO. 900. or this amount the dec
Q Grating OF the drawing rooms cos
e go. 600; the dining rooms, sec. 600
Q the hall, $40, 900, and the music room
/ SEQ. 600. As much more will be ex
Q pended on the latter room a yea
! hence. To finish the interior of Mr.
I Wizards house necessitates the ex
penditure Of $250.0O0. The uppel
/ floors are now about completed, and
Z the furniture is arriving. Mr.. VII
/ lard's family will occupy them in two
Z or three weeks. and the remainder Of
/. the house will be finished nv mid