The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-02-13
A HANDSOME HOUSE.
New style or Residence ConstruCtiOu
The Home Of y. T. fowler.

THE Home Of y. 4. fowler.
Among several very handsome new
residences built lately one Of the most
notable is that of Mr.. John +. Bowler
on King street, between Kawaiahao
and Thomas Square. Besides being
a pretty as well as substantial piece
of architecture, this house is
novelty inils construction from having
plaster walls exposed to the weather.
Including verandas the house is
60 feet deep. 1t has frontage of
&c feet, not including the 8 #. YER
anda on the Waikiki side, joining the
front vcranda. A sewing room is
built at the tear end of the side
veranda. On the Eva side opening
off the parlor is large bay window.
The house is 30 feet high to the
ridge, and it has ornamental gables
on the front and the two sides-that
on the front being enriched with n
blind window in colored glass, and
the side ones finished in rubble work.
Neranda posts and ratings are of
wood in tasteful designs. The front
entrance is reached up flight of
buttressed steps in solid concrete.
Walks of concrete lead from side
walk of the same material to the
steps and round by the Waikiki side
to the rear.
Entering at the front you are in a
hall, feet IN the clear, extending TO
the dining room, and reaching it
through French arch finished with
carved corbels in plaster. The por-
there's in the arch are hung on swing
ing brackets, avoiding much wear and
tear. The dining room, l3X2 lft., COW
ers the combined width of hall and par
Tor. 1t is wainscoted and commune
Gates with the parlor by sliding doors,
A rear door at the side opens into the
pantry and thence in direct line into
the kitchen, and another door in line
with the hall leads into 9ft.xl4fJ.
lanai. The dining room is lighted
with a mullion window. There are
shelves and lockers on three sides of
the pantry, and with every other con-
venience the kitchen has cold and
hot water facilities. There is bath
room with cold and hot water in rear
of the lanai.
The parlor is l4ft.xl6ft., with bay
window, Aft. xl0ft. Gin, additional
An arch Oft. high connects between
room and window, and is finished
with corbel in plaster representing
female figure. The front windows
of parlor, as also of chamber OPP
posite, have hoxhead sashes, the
upper sash at the base being Gift. Bin.
from the floor, giving independent
access to the veranda. All the top
sashes in the main building have
colored margin lights. There are
two large chambers on the Waikiki
side, with wardrobes built in or
either side of an inter-communicat,
ing passage. Corresponding to the
depth of the passage, on the opposite
side, are closets opening from the
rooms, while the space between
closets and wardrobes is occupied by
lavatories, with permanent marble
basins. Behind the large chambers
off the lanai, is a smaller bedroom
The interior of the house is finish
ed in redwood, natural color, shell
lacked and vanished, and the style
is Eastlake. Ceilings are l3ft. il
the clear, having panels and cornices
There is side entrance by steps
into the lanai on the Waikiki side
The outer walls of the house are o.
cement plaster, hard as stone ant
freproof as brick. The roof is shin
, gled with ornamental band course
and finished with an iron cresting
There is an iron crest also on tn
bay window.
Mr.. Bowler is so well pleased wit
the new departure in house construc
ton for himself, that he intends t.
push the building of plaster house
as speciality in his business. Th
:, architect of the house describe
above is Mr.. Geo. l.. Dali, attache
to the Honolulu Planning Mill (Mr
Geo. Lucas's).