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Show r yrrr : - JS r & X z .' T . -a . "v -vsr t - - H y -"V "El X . ' -7. x '- - ' X X : ' ' . X RESIDENCE OF THOMAS KEARNS-BRIGHAM STREET ELEVATION. (With permission of Salt Lake Herald.) The residence of Thomas Kearns, cuts of which are given herewith, marks a new era in home-building in Salt Lake City. Nothing on such a scale has heretofore been undertaken in this intermountain region, and if it proves to be the forerunner of many such homes, built by men who have made their wealth out of Utah's hills, no one will regret the spirit that prompts it. This residence will be of marble, the first one of the kind to be built in Salt Lake. The marble is of a soft white color, and a fine quality of stone. It I cornea from southern Utah. The entire en-tire superstructure from the water table ta-ble up will be of this stone. The pillars, pil-lars, casements and copings will be highly polished, the main walls smooth, but not polished.' The exterior will also be richly ornamented with carved work. The basement walls, as stated before, will be of Wasatch granite. The roof will be of moss green terra cotta tiles, shipped in from the east, and everything every-thing about the building from turret to foundation stone will be of the most substantial character. The style of architecture is Italian rennaissance. There will be three towers flanking the angles and a fine dome over the grand stairs, which ascend near the center of the structure. struc-ture. The building will be G2 feet by 87 and three stories high over the basement. base-ment. It will be erected on the corner of Brigham and G street, looking west down Brigham and south down Sixth East street. The lot has fourteen rods frontage on Brigham and is ten rods deep, while it is understood that Mr. Kearns is negotiating for more ground adjoining him on the north. The house will be set back forty feet from Brigham street and will be approached ap-proached by highly ornamented steps with a fountain in the center. The main entrance will front on Brigham; the side entrance will be on G street. The main floor will have a grand hall 15x48 feet. This will also serve as a picture and art gallery. On this floor will be also the grand parlor, the Turkish Turk-ish parlor, library, dining room, morning morn-ing room, kitchen, pantry, burglar-proof burglar-proof vault, etc. The main, rooms will be twenty feet square and the' ceiling will be twelve feet six inches. The book cases and , sideboards will be built into the house. The interior finish will be throughout English oak of a very fine quality. I The second floor will have a grand upper hall to correspond with the lower hall. It will contain bath rooms with ordinary, shower and sitz baths; it will have seven large chambers, and nothing noth-ing will be missing that might add to the comfort or pleasure of the family. The ceiling on this floor will be eleven feet six inches. The third iloor will have a gymnasium gymna-sium forty feet square and a billiard room twenty by forty. On occasions these two can be thrown together and constitute a ball room forty by sixty feet. This floor will have bath rooms, sewinp rooms and servants' chambers. In the basement there will be a large bowling alley, a cold storage room, laundry, wine , cellar, man servant's room and boiler room. The house will be heated throughout with the indirect hot water system. There will be no woodwork at all on the exterior, and the house will be fire- I proof. The cost of this fine residence can only be roughly estimated. Neither Mr. Kearns nor his architect. C. M. Neuhausen, will submit any figures, but talk vaguely of $100,000. Judges of such matters assert that the cost will go far beyond that if the building is finished to harmonize with the general design. tj-tf i'.'t'tt ttttttttttt ttf-rttttttttttt-f -f-r tf lt-r-ftfrtt tt : ' 4 x T ' THE KEARNS RESIDENCE G S TREET FRONT. X |