The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-17

Ground has Eeen broken at Webster
avenue and Vine street for new bone
FOR Colonel +. III. Ripple, which Will be
one of the largest in the city. uni
que feature viii be "A chamber music
room fitted with a portable stage in
which concerts and small entertain
ments, such as require "A stage, can be
given. This room will seat 13O persons.
The building will be three stories in
height, with a handsome stone foun-
dation and the total cost will be about
$40, 900.
The building will be strictly colonial
as to style of architecture and will be
constructed from plans made by Archi-
tect Harvey BlaCkwoOd, who during
the past year has designed number
of beautiful homes that have been
erected on the hill"
Colonel Ripple's new residence will
be 71x60 feet and will front on Vine
street. one of the imposing features
of the buildings will be four large tluted
columns on the Vine street and Web
ster avenue fronts The columns will
have handsome carved caps and will
be used to support the balconies and
pedments above them. on the opro-
| site side of the house from Webster
avenue will be an ornamental portico
| covering the carriage drive.
A COMMANDING VIEW.
The building is being erected almost
| on the summit of the hill and from the
| balconies and windows of the upper
stories commanding view of the
| Lackawanna valley can be obtained.
! To take advantage to the fullest of
| the beautiful sweep of valley which the
| elevated position of the building COM
| mands deck has been planned for
| the roof from which an unobstructed
view can be had in all directions. As
! an observative point it will be surpass-
| ed by few places in the city.
Tho finishing of the interior will be
| on a scale to correspond to the exterior.
| In laying out the different floors every
| thing was done with an eye to making
| the building homeuke, cheerful and
| convenient.
| The main entrance to the building
| from Vine street opens into a large
| reception hall IL feet wide and 20 feet
| long. The library, parlor, dining room
| and sitting room open off the hall and
| into each other Back of the library
| will be a cosy little room which will
| be Colonel Ripple's private office or
! den" Besides the rooms above men,
| toned, there is a kitchen and the pan
| try etc, connected Herewith on the
| first floor.
Colonel Ripple has such a la .ge and
| varied collection of books that it was
tfund necessary to provide an aux
| Wary library to accommodate them
mis- is located in the sub-story, de-
| scending to which is a large, widethight
| of stairs. These steps also lead to the
| chamber music room. The portable
| stage can be removed from this
| room when forms of entertain
| ment not requiring the use of a stage
| are to be given, thereby materially in
| Creasing the floor space.
| In the remainder of the sub-stOry Wi,l
| be the laundry, cold storage, store
| room, boiler room and drying room.
| A cheerful feature of the auxiliary IL
| brary will be a large fire place in which
| logs will be burned.
THE SECOND STORY.
| The second story has six chambers
a sewing room and large closets open
ing off each room. Linen closets open
off the sewing room and hallway. Thero
will be a general bath room on this
| floor as well as private bath room
| connecting with the main chamber The
latter will also be supplied with d dress
ing room. On the third story will lie
four chambers for the servants, a
trunk room and billiard room 2Sx30
not including two large wings lexis
| feet in size.
Wide pOrches will ornament the Vine
| and Webster avenue fronts of the
| building. They will have an average
depth Of eleven feet. The grounds will
be terraced and sodded and in the rear
of the building a stable will be erect
ed. Its style of architecture will con
form in a general way to the resi-
| dpnca