New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
SOME NOTABLE HOUSES.
Exceptionally Fine Ones Recently
BuH an Fashionable Districts.

The building of private dwelling houses of
more or less pretentious character as speculative
venture is of the most interesting phases or
the building industry this city. The great
growth of New-York. the Capitalization here OF
wealth. and the constantly growing tendency
among those who have accumulated a fortune IN
other parts of the country 10 establish a home In
this city have stimulated enterprsing builders IN
putting up houses of exceptionally high quality.
Most of the activity in this class Of building has
been almost entirely confined 10 the fashionable
district The constantly growing demand on this
section for homes by people OF wealth has brought
about corresponding increase in the cost Of prop
eTty and a higher standard Of house.
Speculative builders were quick to take advantage
of this demand, and 1t is no uncommon occurrence
for houses Of this character to sell at prices
ranging between s1O4.OOO and 100000 Out of the
ninety plans for new dwelling houses filed in the
first nine months of last year, TO be erected in
favorite residential sections, sxty-seven were the
enterprises of building to sell The products
offered by these builders represent not only the
results of high architectural skill. but superior
structural merit They are. a rule exceptionally
beautiful in their interior arrangement and replete
with many of the latest mechanical Innovations
Several examples of this class of dwelling houses
are advertised in the columns of to-days Tribune.
The most notable specimen and the highest priced
house ever erected in this city for speculation is
the at the southeast corner of Eighty-eighth-st
and Fifth-ave., built by Hamilton NJ Weed, Of
which James & Leo the architects The house
described as superb dTCnlleCIuIdl PIOuuct,
in its general character and proportions rivans
some of the famous Fifth-ave. homes. The style
of architecture is modified French Renaissance.
1t possesses characteristics assiveness picturesque
effects in stone and wrought iron balconies.
Another fine example of the work Of these archl-
tects is a dwelling house in Eighty y-seventh-st-,
about hundred feet east of Fifth-ave- The
facade Of this house represents a blending OF the
French and Italian Renaissance style 1t also is
massive and a pleasing effect is produced by
lin Of hair Inni1e
to the fourth story. There being easement OF
some thirteen odd feet the Fifth-ave side of
the house, this novel advantage has given the
architects an opportunity TO introduce great
number of windows in the side wall, thus giving
abundant light to every in the house. The
| treatment of the interior is striking The most
notable feature is a broad. semicrcular stair
case. with wrought iron balustrades- The house
being forty feet wide and hundred feet deep.
the rooms are necessarily large All of them
have been treated with originality and skill.
A dwelling house which has attra acted much at
tention since completion is the built BY j. c.
Lyons in Eighty-first-st. between Fifth and Madi-
design and with many interior features which
fommend It The house e0ntains thrtyf6gr four rooms
ceptionay well equipped. Along the easterly side
which has been taken advantage of by the archi-
tect to provide direct sunlight and abundant vent
, tive effects and the woodwork are notable 1t is
cal equipments and modern innovations the house
contains large EN- number y & Of neT devices ,,o,.,,
East Eighty-second-st- near Fifth-aVe.. possess
particular structural merits and advantages of 10
cation. There only three out of five of these
houses left for sale They vary in their archi-
lecture and width and altht tugh less preteEtous
in their exterior than those described above their
interior finish and equipment said to be espe-
ciaIy excellent. They are planned to secure sun
light E every and have ali the essentials of
high class modern home. They are repete with
modern Innovations In point Of location they are
peculiarly favored Over two years were occupied
in the construction of McCafferty & Bucklcy'S
houses, and in this time fires were kept going con-
stantly drive out every particle IF moisture,
so that the houses are thoroughly seasoned and in
perfect condition for immediate use.
On Carnegie Heights. in Eighty-ninth-sr-, near
Fifth-ave.. Charles Glenn is now finishing two
handsome dwelling houses after plans by Oscar
Bluemner which have their most distinctive
exterior feature extremely hIsn small paneHed
windows. which lend an especially attractive erect
The interior of these housCS is on a Par with the
others mentioned