Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-11
IT Will Be Living.
GLANCE INTO TIE INTERIOR OF THE MODEL
REYMANN HOUSE.
An Almost Complete Realization Of Oriental Splsn-
dOr-Ons of the HandsOmsSt Homes in Three
Statss-SOme Of the Furnishings
and Appointments

Seldom has residence In this city
been so frequently visited during the
progress of construction as the hand
some home OF Mr.. Anton Reymann, at
the corner Of Eoff and Fifteen streets,
now nearing completion.
Why" said the Assistant Superin'
tendant, Frank Wicarl, yesterday, SIT
seems as though halt the ladies in the
town had visited this building. Only
last Saturday there was an almost con-
tinuous procession surging through the
apartments"
One can hardly blame them, either,
as it is the only house Of the kind in
the State, aud nothing approaching
such furnishing and appointments
has ever before come to pass in
Wheeling. The exterior has been adj
mired by thousands Of pairs OF eyes ali
during the many months of construc-
ton, but only recently have the sight
seers ventured within. The description
and cut Of the exterior and general con.
struction of the house has before ap-
peared In the REGISTER, but as yet
nothing like an adequate analysis OF
the beautiful interior. To one who
fully contemplates the surroundings it
almost seems like a realization Of one
of the dreams Of Balsac.
1t is notable home in many respects
"a home without a parallel In West
Virginia. home that involves the ex-
penditure of over 100000, and home
involving the services Of over twenty
different contractors, representing the
States of West Virginia, Wisconsin,
New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
What's more, 1t is home embracing 10
living rooms, bath rooms, swimming
pool, laundry, billiard room and amuse-
ment hall.
THE BASEMENT
A feature of the house is the spacious
cellar. Think Of a cellar fifteen feet
high! At the northeast corner, occu-
plying space 18x15 feet is the laundry
with three large porcelain tubs, and one
smaller one, also Moore's patent dryer,
whereby the clothes as fast as they are
washed are hung on an endless rack and
carried into the drying room, which is
nine feet square. The laundry also has
an oak floor and contains Wilkes
water heater for the entire house. Close
TO the laundry is dumb-waiter which
runs up the entire four flights Of the
house, also a clothes shute the same
distance, enabling soiled clothes to be
dropped into the shute on any
floor and sent down to the
laundry. Right off from the laundry is
the general cellar, and just under the
conservatory is the fruit cellar, an
apartment 10 by IA feet. Just south is
the filter and meter apartment, in which
is located the Bowden water filter,
capable of 10000 gallons a day, now
packed with over !, 800 pounds Of quartz
sand from Long Island, which is suffi
cient to last several years. The cellar
directly under the parlor is the billiard
room, fitted up with one table, cue and
ball rack, electric lights and gas. 1t
has an oak floor and four windows. To
the east Of this room is the apartment
set aside for Moores & Co. double heat
er, the whole house to be heated with
hot air by automatic arrangement.
Five pounds of steam will be sufficient
to keep the house thoroughly warm,
and at eight pounds 1t blows itself off.
THE SWIMMING POOL.
The two story and half building just
in the rear and adjoining the residence
is to be used almost exclusively for the
swimming pool, and fulfills all the re-
qirements for the delightful pastime.
The large tank wherein the swimming
will be enjoyed is twenty-four by four
teen feet, and eight feet deep, made of
boiler iron, water tight, and covered
with white enameled paint. A per-
son can walk right along on level floor
and then plunge into this great body of
water with all the facinaton OF seaside
bathing. Running along the top of the
tank are four hot water pipes for
heating the room. and also a
nickle plated grasp rod. The heat
ing apparatus for the swimming room
is in the west end of the basement.
There are also on the first floor shower
bath apartment, and two we'll fitted
dressing rooms. The pool is lighted by
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tanks, and containing two is by 16 inch
lights. On the second floor is the lum-
Der room, lighted by circular windows,
feet 10 inches in diameter, and
sleeping room for the hired man, IA by
10 feet. Then there is a second stair
way leading onto the fat roof of the
swimming building to be used in shak-
ing mats, drying clothes and other do
nestle work.
VIEWING THE KITCHEN.
Walking into the kitchen, we behold
an apartment IA by 90 feet. with ~
foot ceiling. The walls, as are all the
walls of the house, are covered with ad-
amantine plaster. The floor of the
kitchen is covered with maple, and just
off from this room is the buffers. pantry,
5 by So feet, finished in ash, the ktch-
en- being finished in black ash. Next to
the pantry is the refrigerator, being so
arranged that ice can be placed in it
from the outside. In the kitchen is
also an admirably arranged pot and
skillet table. In q little recess or hall
way Just off the kitchen is the china
closet, finished in oak, wine closet
and an arrangement for heating plates.