Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

OAK, with paneiing, screen. and rich staircase
Inc Pariors will be finished in mahogany. and
| the dinlng-room, in the end of which will be a
! sweI bay-window. will be finished in antique
| oak The upper floors will each contain four
| chambers and bath. The house will be heated
| by steam.
THREE NEW HOUSES.
N. r. Grimm. the architect, has prepared
plans for two stores and dwellings for Mr.. A.
Luiiy, to be erected on the northeast corner of
"a and II streets northwest. They will have a
| frontage OF 40 feet on II street. with cellars.
and will have two stories above the stores The
| fronts will be of select red and nodded brick
galvanized iron and Ohio and blue stone trim
| mlngs. The house on corner will have an octa-
/ gon projection on I'd street, returning on II
street with square projection, extending to the
| second floor, for double entrance doors. and
| thence continued above the roof line with an
| octagon tower, covered with a slate roof There
| Will also be square bay window to each house.
| running to roof line, finish with galvanized
| iron gable. These houses will be finished in
white pine. Mr.. A. Lully will also erect dou-
| bic house on I'd street. between H and streets
northwest, adjoining the four dwellings re-
Gently erected by him. The house will have a
frontage of 20 feet on I'd street, and will have
| basement with two stories above. The front
Will be of select red and nodded brick gall
vanized iron and Ohio stone trimmings There
Will be a square bay window on south side of
the entrance running TO roof line In the base
ment will be the kitchen, with large pantry
between the kitchen and the dining room, and
fuel room in the rear. The first floor will
have one large room north of hall running the
full length of building. There will be two
rooms south of the hall, with sliding doors
The rooms on the second floor are arranged
similar to those on the first floor, with closets
IN each room, and a bathroom. n. r. Grimm
Is the architect
BISHOP HURsrs RESIDENCE.
A fine residence is to be built by Bishop
Hurst, of the II. E. church. on the north side
OF Massachusetts avenue, between 18th and
18th streets. The lot has frontage of so feet.
which will be only partially occupied by the
house, leaving lawn at the side. There will
be an annex in the rear of the lawn. which will
be fitted up for the bishops library. The house
has been designed by W. Bruce Gray architect,
and the front will be built of a combination of
brick and stone in the modern style. The
library annex will be 25 by ~ feet.
A UNIQUE COUNTRY CHAPEL
Messrs. Hornblower and Marshall architects.
have prepared plans for an Episcopal chapel
to be erected in Takoma Park. The building
will be pretty but inexpensive structure and
is designed to admit of more costly finish
and enlargement at some future time The
side walls will be built of stone. and will not
be more than 10 feet high. An old-fashioned
roof, % feet from caves to ridge-pole, will rest
upon the walls. The roof will be covered with
three-lnch planks grOovod together, and the
unplaned surface of these planks stained a
soft color will form the ceiling of the chapel
The trusses and roOf-rafters will be exposed to
view, and the rough wood will be stained
The church will be lighted by square windows
in the gables at both ends and by side windows
which are placed between the piers of the side
walls upon which the roof rests A covering of
shingles VIII be placed on the roof and IL the
gables. A very attractive feature will be the low
porch at the main entrance with deep over
hanging caves. The latter afford protection
for carriages while the occupants are alighting
and also shelter the doors which lead into the
vestibule. On each side of the chancel will be
two sections shut off by antique wooden railing
and curtains. The details of each section diff
fer, as one is to be used as rObing-room for
the rector, and in the other will be located the
organ and choir. There will be no plaster in
the building, as the low side walls will be faced
with brick. The building has been SO planned
that in any future enlargement it could be the
nave of a larger building. No paint is to be
used. Mr.. Marshall. who designed the build
ing, has arranged that the woodwork is to be
mainly unplaned wood stained and he thinks
that this style of finish will not only have some
effective architectural features but will be
economical. The design of the chapel is quite
unique.
The Washington and Georgetown railroad
company had an agent out yesterday looking
at ground in the neighborhood of It'll and I
streets northwest with a view of purchasing a
site for the location of the plant for running
the cable road.