Show comfortable and attractive THIS house which was built in one of the suburbs of rochester N cost the moderate sum of 2700 the plans arc by william H walk cr of rochester and the contract for the masonry plastering carpentry and painting was let for the lump sum of 2350 the plumbing cost and a furnace could have been placed for making a total of in the house in question it was decided to use a hot water apparatus for heating and this involved an additional outlay of although other houses in the same neighborhood are as well heated by less costly furnaces the cellar has a depth of eight feet in the clear with cemented floor the walls arc of hammer dressed limestone pointed and plastered on the cellar which is subdivided sub divided into furnace room coal bins fruit cellar etc the part under the kitchen used as a laundry has a hard maple floor above the cement and is fitted with sink tubs and the usual appliances of like nature the superstructure is of hemlock uprights matched pine siding paper sheathed and clapboarded clap boarded the gables at the attic are shingled while the decks above the dormer windows are tinned and painted A broad piazza extends partly across the front and one side of the house entrance to the reception hall is from the side piazza thus allowing the entire front of the house to be divided into two rooms parlor and li arary connected by wide eluding eliding doors sliding doors with portieres eres separate the library from the dining room at the rear and an entrance to the dining room also being had from the reception hall make it possible to open all four rooms into one suite from the side porch opens a hall which leads to the dining room as well as to the kitchen and cellar stairway it is also connected with a small toilet and clook roam containing lavatory an ample china closet off the din ing room also connects with the kitchen by means of a sliding window this effects a great saving ot time and labor for the housewife in handling the china and glassware the kitchen is fitted with the usual sink hot water tank connected with range drying shelves for dishes etc the woodwork on the lower floor Is oak and chestnut narrow quartered oak floors being laid in the reception hall and dining room in the kitchen he floor is of red birch which js extremely durable and easy to keep jn good condition the front staircase beading to the second floor is extremely plain with chestnut risers and heavy oak treads the spindles in the balustrade being ive eighths of an inch square and the newel posts showing but little turned work no space Is wasted on the floor and the architect has chown can skill jn dividing it into four good sized sleeping rooms and a large living room which may also be used as a sleeping room each af pf the five rooms is provided with a large closet the living room has a quartered oak mantel with open hearth and fireplace with tiled setting the floor is of jeorgia pine oiled and polished abundance of window surface in fact almost the whole front is of glass is he gathering place n the house the walls and ceiling of two af pf the sleeping rooms are painted in light tf ants the woodwork is in the natural color oiled varnished and rubbed down dull open sanitary plumbing wath por celain bath tub aad marble lavatory make up the fixtures of the bathroom adjoining which is a large linen closet the floor of the room is geor gla pine the walls are painted and varnished thus preventing any absorption of gases etc the attic of the house is undivided nto boonis but is plastered making a commodious playroom for the children in unpleasant weather or for the drying of clothes in winter it s also fitted with sink hot and cold water and is heated by a large radiator while thi house cost twenty seven hundred dollars there might be a saving of a hundred dollars or more by omitting the cement floor in the cellar and the quartered oak boor n the reception hal aad dining room A scaling of the cost on the other parts of he work would be impossible without materially with the soundness and comfort of the structure |