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A. Dealing's hous<a on 10<kl street is remembered as the pioneer up this
way. Then there is Dr. R. S. Bacon's residence on 104th street, 34x100 in
siza Wm. F. Foster's bouse on a plot, 100x200, on the northeast comer
of 102d street, is also a prominent building, while Dr. Marvin's
40-foot house on 103d street, near Riverside, sold for $85,000 to H. Stiebel.
Then, again, Samuel G Bayne bas recently sold bis residence on tbe cor¬
ner of 108th street for $13<>,000, and is building a large house on the oppo¬
site comer. Everyone has noticed Peter Doelger*s palatial home, with tbe
grounds, taking in the Riverside front between lOOth and 101st streets.





prove them to be among tbe finest of those recently completed on tbe We^
Side. Tbey were designed by tbe well-known firm of architects. Lamb &
Rich, and were constructed under tbeir personal supervision. Our excel¬
lent cut of tbese houses sho«(s what treatihent the fronts bave received ;
Belleville stcne. Philadelpbia brick and terra cotta are tbe materials.
Tbese have been so blended as to secure tfae best results, the exterior being
substantial and inviting. The houses are of equal width, viz.: 25 feet,
and both are practically of one design as to intemal arrangement. No.
114 is 65 feet deep, with a 12 foot two-story extension.    No. 116 is 102 feet







114 • 116 WESTSEVBny-NINTI

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John J brown ejid^ Alexs^nder Brown





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Among otber houses is that of Isidor Straus, of R. H. Macy & Co., who
owns a residence and tbe block bounded by Riverside Drive and tbe Boule¬
vard, 105th and lOfitb streets, for which he paid $50,000 to ex-Sberilf M. T.
Brennan in 1882. There are some sixteen lots and a house, and they are
now worth somewhere near $250,000."





Two Seyenty-ninth Stieet Houses.

The two handsome dwellings at Noe. 114 and 116 West 79th street, built
and owned by John J. Brown, of 128 West 49th street and Alexander
Brown, Jr., 245 West 54th street, will be found in every way worthy of
illustratkm aod ^Wfifi^iw-   A. pmrsoota iospeotioo ^ these bouses trjU





deep, whicb depth includes the extension. The interiors have received
such at tistic consideration as is seldom given to bouses that are to be put
on the market Tbey are cabinet-trimmed throughout in mahogany,
cherry, sycamore, oak and ash. Tbe manner in whicb tbese various woods
bave been employed on the several fioors is most .nrtistic. Heavy carved
mantels, ornamented with murrors, metal work, and all tbe f umisbingi* for
open fireplaces, form one of tbe most attractive features of the interior.

The bath-rooms and dressing-rooms are models of their kind, furnished
with every apf>ointment of modem luxury and convenience. In the base¬
ments provision is made for a dining or breakfast room if desired. Tbe
passageway is fitted with refrigerator and closets. The rest of tbis story
is devoted to tbe kitQben and laundry, botb being fitted witb every a(i|>U-