Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
MODERN HOMES FOR OMAHA
Kew Residence Of George W. Plsttner Is
Alphabetically Unique.
cosy AND coRMoDloUS AND ORIGINAL
One of omaha's Handsome Houses In
which the Liberal Use of Wood
work AFFORDS the striking
Feature.

The home OF George w. Platner, 4Oa South
Thirty-sixth street, is another OF the more
rsoent additions to the West Farnam dis
trict that mas attracted the admiration of
all who have seen It and IL worthy of mem
ton on the list Of Omahas handsome new
residences 1t is of frame and cost about
$1,000, and. while intellectually 1t follows
no particular style. It is commodious. sub
stantiai and artistic.
The woodwork IL one Of the most CON
splcuous features of the house, not only
for its unusual finish, but for its liberal
use, which. II II were darker in color,
would give almost a somber effect. This
IL especially true In the hall, where the
seven-foot wainscoting Is broken only by
the door openings and stairway. The wood
work is OF white oak, its natural soft gray
color having the lack luster finish so much
admired In the German village at the st.
Louis exposition. It's detail work Is I'M
usually handsome, being hand-carved about
the cornices and corbels.
In the front vestibule and hall the high
wainscotins IL heavily paneled In its lower
portion with n wide border at the top.
The doors have the same long panels, CIV
ing a high, narrow appearance, and the
stairway IL a free treatment of the Gothic.
It rises against the west wall to square
landing and crosses back to the floor
above.
Opening OF the hall and at the northeast
corner OF the house Is small reception
room and on the other side of the hall is
the living room, 26x1s feet. The opening
into the hall is wide and ornamental The
frame II wide at the sides and the heavy
cornioe above is supported by two
octagonal columns. A graceful. narrow
cornice extends around the top Of the walls
and a few inches below Is a molding OF
the same, this, with the broad windows
tending TO emphasize the size of the apart
ment. Directly opposite the doorway lead
ing 10 the hall Is an inglenook that con-
tributes a cozy feature to the big ROOM
This amounts practically to a shallow al
cove, but little wider than the opening
into the room. The fireplace and chimneys
are Of a smooth, soft, gray brick, the fire.
place being about four feet wide and the
chimney breast eight. The mantle. which
extends only part way across, Is partially
recessed On either side Of the chimney
IL a bookcase, with loaded doors and
drawers below. and at the ends Of the re-
cess are windows with seats below. The
nook f. altogether inviting and artistic
and AFFORDS a substantial furnishing in
itself. The light fixtures are of FURNISHED
brass and art glass. the electrolier being
composed of ive individual drop lights sus-
pended from a square plate OF the brass
mounted glass.
The dining room affords one of the
quaintsst bits of architecture in Omaha,
- lee taNt Ia d. IN
tsrestins for its historic features. From
Abbotsford, the country place of Sir
| Walter Scott, the architects, Fisher &
Lawrie. have borrowed for this room.
the main hail OF that historic old house
affordinE the immediate suggestion. The
! woodwork here 10 Of dark weathered oak,
! the heavy beams crossing the ceiling in
arches about three feet apart. These rest
on handsomely carved corbels that have
the effect Of being the end Of the curved
beam. The erect is much the same as
that OF o ships cabin. A six-foot wains-
cotinG extends around the room, having;
the long panels below and the broad Dor
der above, and topped by a plate rail
supported by carved block brackets. The
one door of the room Is heavily panelee
and topped with a wide cornice, the same
cornice occurring again above the wide
opening leading to the west end OF the
living room. Across the west side of the
room and above the wainscoting are four
windows and at the south are three more.
The entire south end of the room below
the windows Is occupied by a buffet,
equipped with drawers and closets, the
finish following the design OF the panelins
in the wainsooting. On either side OF the
buffet Ia a china cabinet with loaded
doors. These cabinets are about three
feet wide and little higher than the
bunet.
The floors throughout are hard wood
and tho detail OF the woodwork is I'M
usually fne. being handsome without be-
ing snowy.
unique feature OF the upper fioor IL
an eiliptical hall at the head OF the stair
way and into which the chambers open
1t IL large and airy and lighted from the
large window at the stairway landing
Throughout the upper floor the woodwork
n finished In white enamel and the hal
Il like the rooms. The same effective
oornices employed below are used above
the doors. although they are more dell.
cate and are curved, following the line OF
the wall The doors are paneled and the
windows are wide and airy.