Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-27
MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME.
Handsome Residence of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Scott on High Street is Completed.

Scott on High Street is Completed.
The twin cities of Grand Rapids and
Ccntralia are in the van of building
improvements. Two solid brick buSi-
ness blocks. a solid brick church
edifce. the solid brick Catholic rectory
and priest house. the solid brick power
house of the Twin City Electric
company, and numerous frame dwell
ingS-all under course of construction
attest our rapid, substantial growth.
Lines of healthy business prosperity
are evidenced in many directions.
These towns are surely forging ahead.
During eight months past busy
industrial scene has been enacted at
one of the valuable residence locations
on the west side of High street,
Just south of the J. d. Witter
residence This week the finished
structure was turned over from con-
tractor to owner and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Scott are costly ''at home" The
new residence is of solid brick. large
and rOOmy, the material being
furnished from Mr.. ScOUt'S brick yard
near this city. Every brick used on
this house went through double
process of sorting for size and color.
The building is of Colonial architec-
ture, two stories, old Grecian style,
with massive verandaS on a scale
seldom seen even in the larger cities.
The front and rear yerandaS doubtless
required an outlay equal to the cost of
any ordinary home in town. But it is
the interior rather than the exterior,
that attracts particular attention and
eXcels all others here.
The feature of this new home is its
dining room, size 15X11, of solid
mahogany. The mahogany paneled
wainScOting is 53 feet high, the cOrnice
at ceiling is mahogany, and the round
table, sideboard, chairs and all
furniture is Of the same material. A
recess in the wall was made purpoSely
to fit the sideboard and the sideboard
was made to tit the recess. The walls
are papered nth silk finish stock.
imported from London, England. A
Persian rug covers the floor of quarter
sawed red oak, in fact all floors in the
house are alike, polished with John
sons floor wax. The dining room is
in the northeast corner of the
residence, looking out upon High
street through French mirrorplate
windows.
Across the hall from the dining
room is the parlor, finished in curly
birch and richly furnished. Mirror
plate windows give liberal lighting to
this quarter. A Persian floor rug
matches the olive green wall paper
whicn latter was imported from
Germany. Large double doors lead to
the library or sitting room, also
finished in highly polished curly birch
and papered with material from the
Fatherland. The mantel is of old
English style and the book case, Il
feet long and 65 feet high, is of curly
birch, made to special order Broad
bay windows look out to the south
and a French window leads to the
rear veFanda.
The reception hall is twelve feet
wide by q feet long, quartered red
oak, old English finish, handsomely
polished. A broad yeStibule leads into
it from the front. Wall paper is a
yellow tint and came from Scotland.
The stairway is old colonial on style
of the grand, with single landing.
Rear hall vestibule, lavatOry. kitchen,
china closet, pantry and kitchen YES
tibule are all in keeping with the sub
stantial finish Of the first floor.
The second story includes a large
| hallway, two front sleeping chambers,
Mr.. Sc0tt's ''den," the bathroom and
the maids chamber. Wood finish up
stairs is in yellow pine. The sleeping
apartments are in the north and south
corners facing High street, both done
| in fiat white, the room of Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott furnished in solid mahOg-
any; that in the spare chamber of
birdseye maple. The bath has VAIN
ScOting of adamant.
| The ''den" Or smoking room is the
| particularly pretty quarter on this
floor. Woodwork painted moss green,
red papered walls, white ceiling.
Solid mahogany furniture, Persian
rugs, old English mantel. A plate
window looks out over south lawn and
a French window leads to the rear
veranda. Combination gas and cleo
trio chandeliers throughout the house.
| We have been able to give only a
brief description of this elegant home
where is combined utility, rich
simplicity and convenience = but
enough perhaps to indicate that it is
one Of the most imposing and valuable
in our city, a property that can be
mentioned to all new cOmerS as an
example of local prOgressiveness and
pointed to with just pride by all
citizens.
The architects were Ferry & Clas,
Milwaukee: experimenting cOntrac-
tor, A. F. BiIlmeyer, Grand Rapids:
hardwood finishing was done by Chas.
H. Taylor of Wausau, assisted by w.
NJ Martin, this city, the latter also
doing all papering and interior decor
ating. Will DesSaint was the painter,
Geo Huntington, electrician. Hot
water heating, plumbing, timing and
gas put in by Gitchell & Lubbock.
Doors and interior finish furnished
by Curtis & Yale of Wausau. House
decorations made from the plans by
an expert lady decorator in Chicago.