Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25
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COZ TONS FINE new HOUSE
Handsome Residence in Which the Family
Has Been Installed.
MODIFICATION OF THE MODERN ENGLISH
Convenience Secured and Comfort
Afforded. While Taste and Ele-
Enpce Mark the whole
I'm Every Respect

The handsome new residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Cotton at Thirty-eighth and
Dowcy avenue. completed last spring. Is an
admirable specimen Of that class % new
homes no longer conspicuous I'm the west
end that, while considerably beyond the
reach Of the majority, are still not 90 be
classed with Omaha's more pretenuous
residences. Architecturally it's interior 10
one Of the most attractive OF this years
buildings. It was designed by F. A
Henninger and cost $4,000. II is a modi-
fcatlon Of the modern English style, that
conforms the quaint. substantial elegancs
of n period past to the present day idea
Of the aesthetic and convenience Its de-
tails are rich and effective. and contribute
a UNIQUE feature that adds much to tts
lnttractiveness.
The living rooms Of the first floor ere
practically thrown together by large square
columned openings and pedestaled par
titions, the city affording few other IL
Illustrations Of this style.
a living room, reception hall, music room
and dining room constitute the flrBt floor.
Living apartments and all are visible from
the front entrance, together with the stair
way which Is directly opposite the door,
! The front door admits one to a small vesti-
bule that IS screened rather than separated
| tltlous that are only as high as the five
| foot wainscounG. The door opening In
! formed by square columns and is about the
width Of the average doorway, the columns
| occurring again at the corners of the veSti-
bule, affording a shelf between that admits
| of exceptional decorative possibilities. The
same columned doorways, only much
broader. and the half wall connect rather
/ than separate the rooms and hall. Tho
| music room at the north end OF the house
| Is lighted and extended by three recessed
windows on the north. with the window
scat below. and another window on the
east Across the hall extending to the
! south end Of the house is the living room
! twenty-four by seventeen feet. and to the
west of this, conhected by wide doorway,
the dining room.
! On the east side of the living room are
| two windows, and on the south on either
side OF the broad mantle French window
| opens onto the broad, inclosed veranda
| Throughout the first floor the woodwork is
Of mahogany, a five-foot paneled wainscot-
ing and beamed ceilings being used I'm all
/ but the dining room. In the living room,
above the wainscoting. the walls are COW
cred with dark green burlap, a Slated ef-
feet being accomplished by the extension
| OF the plain. fiat window casing up to the
moulding. The beams are plain and cross
the ceiling at intervals OF seven feet one
way and five the other. The low partition
between the living room and reception hall
is inset with book cases with loaded doors.
! The chimney breast at the south end II
of gray brick, crossed by mahogany shelf
and the fireplace is broad and low. The
hall aud music room have the same dark
green burlaped walls. The dining room
has also the paneled wainscoting. but not
the beamed ceiling, and the walls are COW
| cred with brown burlap above a narrow
! shelf that tops the moulding. The south
end of the room is occupied by four win
dows, the room being further lighted by
! three high windows on the west. mar
row moulding is used close to the ceiling
! and the two doors leading to the hall and
| buffers pantry are high and heavy.
The stairway, while not snowy feature.
/ is peculiarly harmonious. with n few
steps extending into the hail. directly op-
poste the. vestibule. and hanked by a
! broad extended seat the stairway rises
/ wide and inclosed to a commodious. well
! lighted landing, suggestive of room, light
! and airy above. From the landing it crosses
hack to the floor above The upstairs rooms
! fulfll all that the stairway suggests, being
| large and airy and finished with white
| woodwork.