The San Francisco call., 1910-07-30

house viii occupy the rear of the lot.
giving accommodation to several cars.
The Leon Roos house is the most
costly for its size of any house in the
city. 1t is blending of the Florentine
and English style Of architecture. Lofty
~chlmneys. high, steep. sloping roofs and
projecting balconies give the effect of a
number OF houses added together at
one period after another.
The most novel featur of the house
Is the great living room. l9 feet high.
80 feet long and % feet wide, which is
built in the form OF A chapel. 1t car
rjes our the old English idea of having
"A chapel in every castle The massivs
stone mantel in this room is very i'm
pressive-
The color scheme throughout the
. house is Of reddish purple. It blends
well with orchids and lilies for floral
p decorations.
The house was planned by Architects
Maybeck & White, under Mrs. Roos'
direction. She had evolved the whole
idea of the house long before II was
built, and had patterned it after what
she most admired in European archi-
lecture.
g. Nearly all the furniture of the house
was brought from Europe, and COM
prises many antiques. All Of these, too,
were chosen to harmonic with the ro-
mantle character of the house.
Throughout the house the same ex-
duisite taste is in evidence. There are
only three bedrooms on the second
floor, but they are OF the daintiest
boudoir style. The morning room is
very dainty apartment.
The plan Of construction of the house
Is solid upright timbers intersperced
with cement work 1t is exceedingly
solid. and built to last for centuries.
The foundation rests on piers 25 feet
deep. and is designed to be earthquake
proof
striking feature from the outside
is the massive red oak door Of the old
English style. with an escutcheon in
gold. bearing the Leon Roos initials.
This house is one OF the few examples
ia this city Of where a woman has thor
oughly Incorporated herself in her
home Altogether IL is an artistic tri-
.umph, and a very notable ADDITION TO
san Francisco's beautiful modern
homes.
In this immediate neighborhood the
5acob Stern house is approaching COM
pletfon on the northeast corner OF
washington and Maple streets. 1t is of
brick and white stone trimmings carved
in Gothic cathedral style. 1t is a man
sion house similar in style to some of
the Vanderbilt houses in New York in
Fifth avenue.
. The house contains 25 rooms. One
of the special features is a great social
hau on the lower floor, especially de-
signed for banquets. A magnificent
staircase and hall two stories high
leads 10 the upper floors.
This splendid home IS regarded as
marking a distinct advance in residence
- T~~ovofcrn and 4
tending TO fix even more firmly the
character OF this whole district as
high class residence section for ali time
10 come.
"A little farther westward, at he cor
ner Of Fifth avenue and Preside road,
is the beautiful new home of Melville
Furth.
in the English renaissance style and so
planned as TO give an inclosed garden
on the east
. The house, which contains two stories
and basement. is handsomely finished
with hardwood panelwork, decorative
plaster ceilings and stone mantels
richly carved 1t is unusually complete
! n. every detail enlbodyfng the very
latest conveniences and Innovations in
building Houghton Sawyer was the
architect.
In Preside terrace there afe six new
homes OF great artistic beauty. The
Joseph Fredericks house near the mid
die Of the terrace is a grayish white
structure of classical outline. IT re-
sembles some of the Newport villas on
the Atlantic coast. . Joseph Frederfcks
is New York man. When he hrst
came to the Pacific coast he went all |
tip and down the coast looking for
place to build home. He hnaiIy Sc
lected this site as being in his opinion
the most beautiful situation in Califor-
MIA for an ideal home. His house is or
concrete and as solid as a
business block.
other beautiful homes in Preside
terrace recently completed are those OF
Mrs. jeanette Merritt. J. S Hutchinson,
Burrell G. White, DIR. c. L. Weltz and
James H Fannin. These represent a |
variety of styles OF architecture, from
mission to Elizabethan and colonial.