Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-11
A FINE RESIDENCE.
G. ]. Reynolds House Com
pleted.

In going up South, Main St. ones at
tention is sure to be attracted to the Gle
giant two story house recently compl3t
ed by g. j. REYNOLDS
The family moved into the new house
but few days ago and yesterday after
noon TELEGRAM reporter called there
and was kindly shown over the prems
es by Mr.. Reynolds himself
Going up the concrete walk to the
broad veranda one enters by the from,
door into well lighted hallway finished
in quartered oak. Mr.. Reynolds sug.
gested that it would be best to begin al
the bottom so we proceeded to the eel.
lar, which is large and well lighted, ex-
tending under the whole main part OF
house, which is 35x45 feet. The floor
is Of cement throughout. One corner of
the cellar is used as laundry having
set tubs and all modern convenicnces.
Part of the front. OF the cellar is parti-
toned off for vegetables. Near the
middle is a Glenwood combination fur
mace which heats the house with hot air
and water. The whole house is lighted
by electricity. In the northwest corner
is coal bin which will hold over a
hundred tons.
Going up stairs to the part hallway
again we stepped into the sitting room,
at the right of the front entrance. This
room is l5x17 feet, finished in birdseye
maple and has hardwood floor. Like
every other room in the house it is we'll
lighted by several large windows. In
one corner is a very handsome fancy
tile fireplace.
The dining room is 13xI7. and is at
the back Of the house, separated from
the sitting room by two roll doors and
porters. All the doors in the house are
made from specially selected fancy gran
ed woods birds eye maple, and like all
the other rooms has q hard wood floor.
From the dining room we turned to
the right and entered the kitchen which
is 13xl7 and finished in Georgia pine.
From the kitchen, doors lead to the fol-
lowing rooms in the back part of the
house. A milk room ID hard pine. Bath
room with porcelain tub and other mod
,ern fixtures. Also I pantry 8x13, finish
cd ~ Aasa -ssocss pine, ana containing =
soapstone sink and cupboards and draw
ers galore. This would delight any
houseksepor In the land and must be
seen to be appreciated.
Turning back through the dining room
We entered bedroom at the back, lax
15 and finished In red birch. Like all
the other bedrooms it has nice large
closet. Passing through this we como
to another of the same size and finish.
This room has fine suite of drawers
and set boul.
Passing from this room to the front
of the house we came to the parlor
which 10 corner room, 15x21 and fin
ished in birch. This room is rendered
doubly pleasing by the round tower
which gives bay window effect 10 the
rooms in this corner of the house.
Passing through the roll doors to the
front hall, again we assembled the front
stairs to the upper part hallway which
is finished in quartered oak. A door
opens from here to front porch. The
room at the front corner over the sitting
room is designed for guest chamber.
1t is 15x17 and is finished in red birch.
A closet opens from it, and it has set
bowl.
The front corner room over the parlor
is Is 2l and finished in red birch. 1t
is rendered very pleasant by the view
from the five large windows. A fire.
place adds coziness. Going from this
room to the back of the house we come
to another bedchambor finished in birch.
This room has two closets and finely
equipped closet and bathroom adjoins it.
The back hallway is finished in
Georgia pine. At one end and in the
center of the house near the front stair
way is a cedar closet for furs. Another
closet adjoins it where all the electric
wires center.
Leading from the hallway at the back
is q sewing room 7 II and finished in
pine, also II IS bedroom in pine.
AT the southerly end of the hallway a
door leads into splendid guest cham
Der, IA 25 and finished in Georgia
pine.
A small adjoining room contains an
elevator to raise clothes from the laun-
dry in the cellar, and door leads to the
second story of the back porch where
the clotheslines are strung. The third
story or attic is used entirely for storage
purposes.
The two story ell on the south end is
"a "a feet and contains several store
rooms besides carriage room and
splendidly equipped horse barn,
The street commissioners have re-
Gently widened the street and put in new
walks for some distance each
side of the house and when the front
lawns are grassed over Mr.. Reynolds
will have one of the incest looking
places in the city.
The cellar and foundations for the
house we're put in by Ward g. Douglass.
A. w. Lane was the architect and
George F. Clark did the building. The
painting and decorating was very artis-
tically done by Peter Bombard.
The TELEGRAM congratulates Mr..
pornolds ond family M hay inU so hpaIl-