Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24


Nothing speaks more plainly for the prosper
! ity OF this city than the massive business block.
and the elegant residences that have recently
been completed or are now in process o
erection These are monuments Of success,
which attract the attention Of visitors and
| nluse them with desire to remain where the
| possibilities Of success are so great It is sin.
ccrely to be hoped that these evidences Of pro.
sperty are not delusiye.
There are residences in Honolulu which
would be a credit to any city Of these none is
more conspicuous than the elegant mansion Of
| Mr. !. X. Foster on Nuuanu Avenue, which
was designed and built by Mr.. G. W. Lincoln
under the foremanship Of MIR. w. c, Clench.
The house is built upon brick foundation,
and is tall and spacious having three stories
Of ID, II and 10 feet height respectively and
has a tower reaching to height Of 90 feet.
The general design does not belong to any
particular order Of architecture, but is classic
and OF great beauty, the main building is 40
by ~ feet, with a wing g by 20 feet and with
a o foot veranda on three sides.
The frst.hoor Of the main building consist
| Of a paror.suit, library, principal hIIi and an
oetagonal diningroom, with sliding doors be.
tween the parlor and library. The wing con.
tains the kitchen, pantry with handicapped
flour chests for pastry, also a store.room and
servants bedroom. The second story con-
tains chamber suite, blue-room, terra Gotta
room, hall.room ,ewng-room, tower-room and
the wardrOberoom which is finished with
white cedar, also bathroom. All rooms are
entered by hall and side hall, the second
story has large mullion windows and single
windows OF large size fitted with plate glass.
The FIRST story is lighted through large box.
head plate glass windows. All windows have
segment heads.
The main building is entered from the drive
way to a covered carriage way, and through a
lanai and porch to the front vestibule which
opens through heavy paneled, stained glass
doors, into a spacious hallway, Q feet wide.
The main stair way is q feet wide the princi-
pal newell is 10 inches square at the base and
made OF NOTED black walnut with sunk pan.
els and is nuted and reedcd and has carved
cornice running up to an octagon top, which is
surmounted by a handsome large statue. From
the newell on the first floor up three flights of
stairs TO the attic, there is continuous heavy
black walnut rail with turned baustcrs. The
string and cylinders of the stairs are panels and
ucaNy HlOululnSs.
From the attic hall there is an entrance up
Two flights OF stairs to the tower observatory,
from which may be viewed the city with all
its magnificent surroundings. All the veranda
roofs are finished with standing groove tin
roofing The main roofs are finished with
cast iron crossings and finals. The cornicc is
OF heavy carved brackets with ornamental
scrolls between the same. All corners and
angles of the building are finished with raised
panel corner boards. Above the top of the
second story windows is a course Of scroll and
panel work, the exterior is painted in parti-
colors the interior is finished in white gloss
and papered in most elegant style.
The gas is supplied by a springfield gen
orator and the water is supplied by an artesian
well 600 feet deep.
As to the location, it is impossible to appre.
ciate this from the street, as the building is
back from the street and surrounded by per.
feet botanical garden Of trees fruits and flowers.
There are two fronts to the building, one on
Nuuanu and another on School Street and it is
the purpose of Mr.. Foster to lay out elegant
walks to each front entrance and make it one of
the most charming places in Honolulu.