Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-15
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a Reporter Takes = View 81 . Block q
New and Elegant Houses.
Among the recent improvements In the
appearance Of wheeling. nom mere favor
ably strikes the eye Of The psssersby than
the block of elegant dwelling houses iusi
completed on Sixteenth street. between
Eoff and Jacob. The block consists OF four
houses and are the property OF the hers o.
John Oesterling, deceased They we're
commenced By Mr.. 0ester6ng SHORTLY be.
fore his death and have been conPleted
since Each house has eight rooms, and IN
the basement is placed the furnace for beat
ing purposes, and also . room fully
equipped for laundry purposes The
houses are furnished throughout with every
modern eonvenienee, such as speaking
tubes. elevator, hot and cold water. Leck-
eY's water closet which Is the latest and
most complete sanitary closets ever In
vented and the Frs Of the kind ever placed
in the ety.
The architect of these houses is Mr.. Z.
J. Oesterlipg, Of Allegheny City, a nephew
Of the. deceased. His ideas and designs
we're materiaTized BY the contracting firm
OF KHeves, KRAFT L Co, Of this city, and
rbe wood work was also done by them,
aud well have they done their work The
foundation and handsome cut stone work
on the outside was the work Of Ar. q.
Keller. and adds greatlyto the appearance
of the buildings The brick work was done
by Joseph Bodley, the plAstering BY g
W. Baees, the plUmbing and gas fitting By
Thompson & Hibberd. the Tin work and
heaters BY c. L. StiieI L Son. and stating
BY J. McGrav, and all the work shows the
marks of skilled labor in every detail An
elevator runs from the kitchen to the sec
oud floor, ami viii be put in BY W. I. Bart
4 Co. The elegant slate mautles we're
placed By b F. Caldwell and are handsome
IN the extreme. The painting and glazing
is being done by James McAdams-
The fronts of these buildings are Of
pressed brick from GAINESVILLE, Ohio. the
fancy brick, used tor c~orniees and arches.
from Philadelphia, and the panels trom
Boston.
The stone used in the pretty trimmings is
from Berea, and is Of the fines. quality.
Taking it all in al, these are undoubted-
" The finest tenement houses in Wheeling,
and it viii pay anyone with a love Tor the
beautiful . take = walk ont Sixteenth
street to view these handsome and imPos.
ing structures. Ii seems that the idea OF
the architect was not 10 waste the smallest
space. as every available crevice almost,
has been utilized BY converting it into .
closet Of some sort. The kitchens are al
fitted out with large cupboards and every
conceivable convenience that could be
wished for By the most fastidious housewife,
and another thing that pleases the female
heart is that there is q full-even an IN,
usual number of wardrobes and closets
placed in the handiest places imaginable.
A full view is afforded from the upper
stories, and there is not a room in either
house that is not thoroughly lighted by that
greatest OF lights-the sun. Stationary
<ashstands are placed n handy places
throughout and the bath rooms are far,
uished with every convenience that any
one could desire.
Much more could bd~ritten Of the ingsnu
ity and skill Of man that permeates the en-
ire construction Of these houses, but want
OF space prevents and calls for a stop. One
of these houses still remains for rent, as viii
he seen by an advertisement in this issue,
and the rent it is understood, is exceedingly
reasonable, when the elegance Of the
houses is taken into consideration. Ii is
learned that the heirs will occupy one Of
the houses on the east end Of the block.