Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-29


Mr.. Verbeck has had a plank fence
built around his residence block.
vERBEcK's REs1DENcE.
It is ready for the plastering. In the
evening of Thursday of last week, the
band boys caught the idea that they
would like to hear their music from the
tall tower of this new house. The music
sounded grand The lights in the tower
made magnificent spectacle. We have
heard compliments passed on our band
which does it's members great credit.
Both the quality of their music and the
progress they have made since organic
ing, taken in connection with the youth
fulness of most of the members, render
Mr.. Alton Hopkins, of Wa-Keeney, is
the architect of this building. His fore
man in the prosecution of the work is 8.
L. Knapp. Mr.. Knapp certainly has
shown himself an excellent workman,
not only in his work on this house, but
in such work as finishing Col. Jennison's
fashionable Bon Ton, in Leavenworth,
and in many other instances.
Mr.. Verbeck's house is built in the
shape of a cross. The long dimension
stands north and south, and is A feet
long. The rooms on the first floor:
Entrance at southwest corner angle
opens into vestibule, 9x9 #. at the base
of the tower; this opens to the parlor,
1890 IT,; this opens into the sitting
room, 18x18 IT,; then comes the kitchen,
14x16 IT,; next the washroom, 8x8 it.;
going back to the sitting room, an
entrance is found into a bedroom, 12x16
it,, with bathroom and closet, the bath
room being arranged for the use of both
hot and cold water.
Now comes the second floor: From the
sitting room on the first floor, go to the
large main hall on the second floor; from
here is an opening to each room on this
floor, independent of every other room;
on this floor are bedrooms and 5
closets, the bedrooms being of nearly
uniform size, averaging about II #.
square; the closets are dark and of good
size.
From the second floor the stairway is
entered, which leads to the tower, and it
describes circle around the tower.
The tower is 9x9 feet square, and the
top of it is As from the ground. The up
per floor in the tower is IA #. from the
top of the tower; below this, it is 16 #.
to the next floor, then IL #. to the next,
this latter floor being the vestibule al
ready mentioned.
The style of the architecture of this
building is modern English, heavy
panel door jams and castings. The
windows are of unique style, with q
heavy circular cap.
To the east of the sitting room is fine
bay window, IL #. in the clear, and of
the same style of the roof and windows.
On the east side of the parlor, as also
on the south and west sides, is wide
veranda of the same style as the roof,
windows and bay windows. These win
dows can be pushed up out of sight in
The wall, making doors for entrances to
the verandas. These verandas are not
accessible from the outside. Between
the parlor and the sitting room are large
folding doors in q space 7x9 It.
E. F. Bryant, at Kelly & Walkers, is
The foreman of all the tinwork on this
building. It has been done with heavy
roofing tin, and is at once reflection of
The excellent class of work which Kelly
& Walker do, and of Mr.. Bryant as q
workman.
The plastering, which, Of course, is a
splendid job, is being done by Hinshaw
& Cunningham.
John Ronnquist, the pushing painter,
oversees the painting, and he will finish
the inside in hard oil.
The roof is Of shingles, half-pitch, with
1 gables and 4 valleys.
The cost of the building will be fully
$4,000.