Town House - NE Corner 75th St. and West End Avenue - Architect, Charles T. Mott, Owner, Elisha H. Talbott 1839-1923

SOME TOWN HOUSES. 

On pages 44 and 45 will be found floor  plans and engravings of some townhouses, erected on West End Avenue, New York City, N. Y. The corner house, of which we give plans, was erected for E. H. Talbott, Esq. The design is treated in the Romanesque style. The first story  is built of brownstone with faces left rough as they come from the quarry,with the exception of the door and window openings. The upper stories are built of wash brick, with trimmings of similar stone. Above this, the building is made impressive by a tower and a step pitched roof, covered with Spanish tiles. The cornice and dormer windows are of copper. Within the house, the arrangement is excellent, and the first story contains the first and second drawing-rooms, broad hall and dining-room, which can be thrown together if desired.The most striking feature of the interior is the hall and stair case. This hall is trimmed with oak. The walls are paneled the full height, and are finished with a carved cornice. The ceiling is ribbed, forming panels,which are filled in with rare bits of carving. The broad staircase is built of oak, and it has a massive carved newel with candelabrum of wrought iron and lantern of antique design. The walls and ceiling of vestibule are paneled, and the floor is laid in mosaic.The nook has a paneled divan. The drawing rooms are treated with ivory white and gold in a delicate manner.  The trimmings are carved exquisitely. The fireplace is furnished with white onyx tiles, Mexican onyx facings, and an over mantel aid in mosaic.Dining-room is trimmed with white mahogany. It has a paneled wainscoting ten feet high, and ceiling beams.The fireplace is provided with a tiled hearth, Mexican onyx facings, and a mantel with beveled plate mirror,etc. 

These apartments have parquet floors and are highly polished. The windows on this floor have transoms glazed with delicate tinted glass, shedding a pleasant light over the various apartments. The butler's pantry has a counter shelf of Italian marble with bowl. It also contains an ice box, dresser, china closets, dumb waiter, and a private stairway from basement to fourth story. The second floor contains four chambers and bathroom, and the third floor contains three chambers and bathroom. These apartments are trimmed with sycamore. The fireplaces are fitted up complete.The The bathrooms are wainscoted with Italian marble, and are furnished in the best possible manner with exposed plumbing, all nickel plated.The chambers have large closets.The fourth story contains three servant bed rooms and a billiard room. The basement contains kitchen, pantries, laundry, furnace, and other necessary apartments. Mr. CharlesT. Mott, architect, 137 Broadway, NewYork.

(Scientific American, Building Edition, March 1896, page 35)

(Real Estate Record and Builder's Guide, March 2, 1895, page 335)

Elisha Hollingsworth Talbott - 1839-1923

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    Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott of Poplar Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - 1927

Co-founder of Railway Age Magazine and Iron Age among other publications. Organizer of the 1883 National Exposition of Railway Appliances, Opening May 24th, Chicago, Illinois. 

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 2 June 1883

(Chicago History Magazine, Winter 2010, page 51)

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