NORTH ELEVATION 
RESIDENCE OF F. E. PLATT, ESQ., SCRANTON, PA. 
E. G. W. Dietrich, Architect 
^ I 'HIS house was built on one of the highest of the 
many hills surrounding the city of Scranton, 
affording very extensive views of the Wyoming Val¬ 
ley and the adjacent country. The extremely steep 
grade of the streets indicated a simple treatment for 
the garden and little has been done save in the way of 
the planting of shrubs and flowers. The house is 
modern and complete in every particular. The 
first story is built of buff sandstone, the rest of the 
house is of frame construction covered with white 
cedar shingles. The side walls are stained a hazel 
brown; the roofs, olive green; the outside trim is 
painted cream color. The porch columns are fin¬ 
ished in the natural wood and the blinds are a 
dark green. The general effect is very satisfactory. 
The interior of the house is finished in Colonial 
style excepting the den which is semi-oriental in 
effect. The first floor is generally finished in the 
natural wood with the exception of the drawing¬ 
room which is painted ivory white. The dining¬ 
room is finished in old mahogany with a paneled 
wainscot four and one-half feet high. A very wide, 
low mantel and quaint china cabinets add much to 
the beauty of the room. 
The service portions of the house have received 
careful attention. There is a trunk lift at the side 
entrance from which trunks and heavy furniture 
can be delivered to the different floors, and in rainy 
or stormy weather the washing may be sent from the 
first floor to the attic to be hung up and dried. The 
bathrooms are tiled, the plumbing is open piping, all 
fixtures are porcelain enameled. Some of the bed¬ 
rooms are finished in enameled ivory white, others in 
natural woods, such as figured birch, quartered 
sycamore, etc. The house is heated by steam, partly 
direct and partly indirect. 
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