The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-13
Senator Baldwin to BIiId a
Home Here.
ELEVATION AND A FINE VIEW
viii Be a Handsome Structure
Several Notable Features.
Koa-Unique Parlor.

Senator H. P. Baldwin, whose mate
rial interests in the Islands, prominence
las public man and we'll known phiIan-
thropies make him one of the foremost
personalities of this country, is to have
a Honolulu residence His plantation
holdings under his own direction are
on Maui and Kauai, where he has neat
homes. Mr.. Baldwin will not be "the
next" Hawaiian planter TO build
mansion in Oakland" He has shown a
preference for Honolulu. The plans
are nearing completion in the Offices Of
Ripley & Dickey, the architects in the
Safe Deposit Building, Fort street.
The structure which will, when
finished, perhaps rank as the finest
residence here, will be in the Makiki
district, the home locality which has
been built up so rapidly during the past
year. Mr.. Baldwin desires elevation
and view and will have both. His lot is
on the Eva side of that of Jos. A. Gill
man, whose place is so we'll known on
account of being the pioneer of hill
side homes. The ground for the new
place has frontage of 800 feet, is
400 feet at the back and has uniform
depth of 200 feet. 1t is at the head of
KewaIo street. The view commanded
includes Honolulu and harbor, Wal
kiki and Diamond Head, the Pearl
Lochs territory and the Waianae noun
tains and the ocean to the horizon.
Material for the house will be native
stone and shingles. The area to be
covered is 75x1O4 and the height will
be two stories with a large and airy
attic. In the plans are many striking
features. Mr. Baldwin has Travelled
widely and with the idea of model
hom- for himself has been a close OBJ
server of residence contour and
det- Is. Ripley & Dickey, with so
liberal a patron, have set out to supply
beautiful and at the same
time in every way practical and COM
Portable.
The large hallway will have walls
and ceiling of polished koa and on the
winding stairway will be an especial
showing of the beauty of the glossy |
native wood
The parlor will be eiIiptical in shape, |
will be finished in white and will be
17x25 feet. It will be of colonial de-
sign, with covered ceiling and between |
the parlor and lanai will be bent plate
glass sliding doors.
The dining room will be finished in |
l1oa 1t will be 1924 feet and off the
end Of the dining room will be the
Between these two rooms
will be square columns and a grill |
work OF Arabian detail The conserva-
tory, three steps lower than the dining |
hall, will be 17x12 and will have
floor of marble mosaics, with a pool in |
the center.
On the ground floor is also the Iiv- |
ing room, 15x21 and off that a large |
lanai, with the Waikiki and Diamond |
Head view. In the living room will |
be a recess for plants and on either
side Of this recess book cases.
Two chambers and a sewing room |
finish the list of large compartments
on the ground floor. There is back |
varanda and one L has the kitchen, |
while the other has the bath room. |
There is also to be a bath room on the |
second floor.
Upstairs there are to be three large
and an office. One of these
hambers will be 161ax26 with an alcove
9x10.
The front elevation discloses for the
upper floor a 1oggia with four columns
and having a ceiling formed by a bar
rel vault which pierces the front gable
back to the house wall. On either side
of the Ioggia are open balconies with
the view grander if possible than from
below.
The attic will be 34x5O, Will have
Ioggias in the Waikiki and Eva gables
and air from four sides.
This building will resemble, the
architects say, a chateau and was de-
signed particularly with view to Ioca-
ton. It will be on the upper terrace.
On the second terrace will be winding
drives. There Will he suitable stables
on the premises.