The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-21
VOTING GOES MERELY ON.
The Cotton Residence Now
in the Lead.
Thirteen Out Of the Twenty Votes Recorded
Six Private Residences on the List.
Which Will Winl

(which is the most artistic private resi-
dence in San Francisco ?"
The vote keeps broadening out, giving in
creased zest to the artistic contest.
1t is a matter for congratuation that our
leading artists differ in their estimate of
which is the most artistic private residence.
1t shows that San Francisco has many
wealthy residents who are possessed of
keen appreciation of the beautiful in archi-
lecture.
Four more artists have been heard from,
S. Lando, Nellie A. Stearns, Carl Won Per
bandit and James Kahler.
Thirteen artists have now sent in their
votes and two more residences have been
added to the list already published.
The vote at present stands as follows:
The Cotton, residence .......................5
The Tonne residence. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Colonel A. g. Ha,res' residence. .........
The netc Croker residence. .................
W. III. Crocher's residence. .-..............-.
The Flood residence Observation-Disclosures.
S. Lando brings new competitor into
the field. He says:
the most artistic private residence in
San Francisco according TO my taste is the
w. II. Croker building at the corner of
California and Jones streets"
Nellie A. SteaTns says:
II should point without hesitation to the
Cotton house.
There are other homes much more pre-
tentious, more demoDstratiye, if one may
use the term, but for simplicity. grace and
refinement Of outline it seems to me to be
vastly superior 10 the many architectural
jumbes about our city that are thrown. to-
gether with little apparent regard for pro-
portion.
This is my impression only, for hayeno
knowledge of architecture.
Carl Won Perbandt differs from the Others.
lie says:
Floods palace is my choice. The build
ing is monumental. Grand and strong in
the idea, it is modelled In its details by
thoroughly artistic mind.
Il miss something though. The work of
the sculptor. whose genius would brighten
and animate the strong features OF the
architecture.
Figures or groups in bronze. what col
Oristic effects they would add to the great
lines of the structure"
James kahler is an admirer Of the Cotton
residence.
For mary years. he says. II have adj
mired the wonderful proportions of the
Cotton house on California street, next to
Floods residence
'Classic simplicity, purity of style have
always preferred to the brilliancy of richly
ornamented modern structures whose archi.
tectural idea is so often mere odd than I'M
posing.
'Of all the many elaborate residences
San Francisco has been beautified with
within the last eight years, none seemed to
me excellent enough to overcome the i'm
preston l have got of the Cotton building.
"Some small ornaments may be rather
weak and so are. undoubtedly, the lions in
front Of the house. But l vote for it just
the same"
The Cotton residence now leads by one
vote. 1t received two out of the four addi-
tional votes and the Towne residence. which
was in the van, now takes second place.
Tie seven votes yet TO come in may bring
some of the others more prominently fer
ward, but it would seem as il the fGal de-
cision would rest with either the Cotton
residence or Towne residence.
Which i'll il no 9