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Show c DESCRIPTION CONDITION Z.EXC6LL5NT ^DETERIORATED _GOOD _RUINS _ FAIR _UNEXPGSEO c CHECK ONE -UNALTERED .XALTERED CHECK ONE .XORIGINALSITS -MOVED DATS. . DESCRIBSTHE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Hie present physical appearance of the Kclntyre House differs little externally froa ticis original building. A small service porch to the rear of the building has been, added, and the apse porches have all been enclosed. We are not aware of further external changes. Die interior has been modified primarily in its furnishings with only the dining room retaining the original furnishings; the kitchen is now located 'where .the pld p=ntry used to be/ and a small elevator was added when the Kclntyres resided there. . The building new serves as residential institutional housing for IDS Hospital. The houne is approximately fifty feet square and sits on an elevated stone platform covered. •with 1-1/2 inch diameter hexagonal tile, overall porch dimensions sixty by seventy feet:, The porch on the east side tenninates fifteen feet short of the rear plane of the foui.:,:\ ing. . The house is set to the rear of the podiua in such a way as to create a ten-fcoii deep fmit porch and two ten foot wids side aisles interrupted by the protrusion of the siven SDOC in radius seituV-circular east and west side apses. . The house would be best described as a 1-1/2 story jstructure with living quarters 2i.» the attic (originally for servants) and a full utility bassnent originally contaJLiLag a co>-7. furnace and laundry facilities. In existence new is an oil heat installation, •111", fresd area converted into a laundry and recreation facilities. The south facing entrance is approached from Seventh Avenue by two flights of . r£s»?.:rs- A 20-fcofc wida by 10-foot deep portico with a znonuussntal pediment covers the csr.trsDcswsv. The portico is supported by four striated columns topped with corrbination cajpitcls f-rr: by t3vO attenuated pilasters. The pilasters and columns extend to the frieze :>£ the building. The dOTble five-panel door is shielded by a slightly projecting por"J.rri with a plain, pediment. 05iis structure is supported by two smaller columns and two •^/itrL-iustfcd pilasters similar in proportion to the ones supporting the main portico. The Jr~2Z,-<&s is flanked by ty? 3°Vkle hung sash windows, the upper pane in each is of leaded, led glass."'"A cu£J'~semi-^li;i?tical porch graces the area between the two porticos. •liipratically accessible through the center second floor window. The -upper and lower •-'&*Jile'~hufcg win'dcw^'ori" eiai'side of the central porched area cample cbnpl'etes the symretry of •• -V* facade., Shs priirary iraterials on the exterior are rough brick and stone, with-wood beii>g •:i/-'J.iz£d.for*.cplurnns / pediirents, roofirg, apses and fenestratipn framing. The foundation. > o?. sqaared rubble and the brick structure of the house is of comnoh "stretcher bond. ••'..-; window lisgsills are brick and brick is used in the form of radiating voussouirs over •.H... scEmi-circular windows on the main body of the nous eras-well as over the rectangular v :*-I/i.f: hung sash windows on the rear." Die stepped radiating voussoirs over '-, the first < ±.y /iont and side windows are of cut stone. Eiis is the extent to which stone is i'-cd 121 a decorative sense on the exterior. £ha main window type used throughout is the rectangular double hung sash with one c o:-i the lower and nine panes on the upper section. 3he upper panes of the first . '.'••• :.; windows on the south and west sides are of leaded, bevelled glass. Leaded, beV'l crOLss is also used on.-the dining room ribbon window to the north and on the semi- V'^'-^a?- windcwover the dDorway.leading from the dining room to the west porch. Ov,;ic'.ll most important window of the house is located on the north side at the top : -r,'*i'.. double stair landing up from the central hallway. The wir^dcw is of much greater internally than externally bringing light to the first floor central hallway second floor peripheral hallway. Ihe window is rectangular capped by a semiwith glass divisions along the periphery and the overall shape emphasized by the n center pane. The windcw is of leaded, bevelled glass and provides a remarkable A. Jw -- |
