The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-08

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lights are turned on THE apparatus
starts automatically. and when the
lights are turned OF It stops making
gas. The gas fixtures wetshll specially
designed by n New York firm, and har-
noaizs with the room decorations,
welshach lights are placed on tbs
chandeliers. '".'T !. 3,
Throughout the house, All the wins
dows aud doors are! tittedtTlthS copper
screens. y .,s..s 3
The Grounds: D
The grounds Will become more. beauti-
fut with each fieeting twelve-month.
Under the direction of an experienced
landscape gardener, Colonel Nave. at
an expense OF several thousand dol
lars, had carried out q design that In
yolved great amount OF filing In and
the planting OF numberlesss young
trees. There Is q serpentine walk
leading toward the college grounds that
Is the admiration OF ali visitors. Buff
falo creek runs around the grounds In
semi-circle. The building Of n dam
has brought into existence nn artificial
lake about three hundred feet In
length and nearly half that distance In
width.
The house IS furnished with water
from q natural spring on the hillside q
quarter Of mile distant. A reservoir
has been formed by the building OF q
dam, and the water pressure in the
house Is sixty pounds to the inch, CIV
ing ample pressure for hose at n mum
Der Of places about the premises. The
water is Of most desirable quality,
coming out Of the crevlces Of sand rock.
At the rear of the house are located
the servants lodge and smoke house.
both handsome pressed brick struc-
lures, In their architecture carrying out
the plans followed In the house proper.
The House Builders.
1t was in August. 1899. when Colonel
Nave decided to build this beautiful
home among the hills Of West Virginia.
After consulting with number OF ar
chitects. the commission for the plans
and superintendent Of the work Of
construction was given to Messrs.
Glcsey & Fnris. Of Wheeling. The
work OF construction was begun Sep
ternber !, 1899. and. the house finished
throughout Just one year later. The
general contract was inNthe hands of
the W, W. Wood Company, Of Wheel
ing; the stone work was!hy<T:W. jack
son, of wheeling the painting and
glazing by D. C. Kurners OF Wheeling;
plumbing, by the Trlmble g. Lutz COM
pany, OF Wheeling: tileEandrbrass work,
by DERRICK & Miricll, of Pittsburgh: gas
machine, Gilbert & Barker Springfield.
Mass; gas fixtures, from 0xley s. Enos
Manufacturing Company, Of New York;
plumbing fixtures, from the J. l.. Mott
iron works, OF New York; screens, from
decorations. by Dewar & Clinton. Of
Pittsburgh; hardware, from the Hiener
Hardware Company, Of Wheeling: art
glass, from W. II. Chapman & Son, OF
Wheeling. All of the contractors took
especial pride in giving their very best
efforts In performing their respective
contracts. Colonel Naveis enthusiastic
in his commentator Of one and all. but
without derogatlon Of any, he feels un-
der particular obligations to Mr.. Mil
lard F. Giesey, Of the firm Of Giesey 6
Faris. the Wheeling architects, for his
personal supervision ofIthe building Of
the house. Mr.. Giesey! made no less
than seventy-five trips to Bethany
while experimenting the work. and he
feels nearly as much pride and satfs-
faction over the completed whole as the
owner himself. -
In this beautiful homs-one Of the
finest in West virginla-Colonel and
Mrs. Nave Will dispense the charming
hospitality for which they are known by
n large circle Of friends in Wheeling,
st. Joseph, No.. New York and St.
Louis. and not the least charming menu
Der OF the family Will be little Miss
Jessie Campbell Nave, the daughter Of
the house. an exquisite rosebud Of rare
promise. the idol Of her parents and
whose very presence is as a ray Of
sunshine.