The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-04-12
The .Frse state Hotel" Finished.

In april, 1000, the new 1hS ionu
Emigrant Aid Company, through their
agents, commenced excavating the foun-
dation of first class Hotel in Lawrence.
The cellar was dug, the walls completed,
the studding for inside partitions put up, !.
and the roof put on during the summer
and fall. About the last of November. I
the war difficulties commencing. further
work on the building was suspended, it /
being used for the accommodation of the
officers and soldiers of the Free State
volunteer army. The benefit it render
ed our cause, even in its unfinished con-
diiion. at a time when the city was sur
rounded, and the. lives of its inhabitants
threatened by the Border Ruffian Mob.
cannot be estimated in dollars and cents.
1t was into this structure the people in
tended 10 retreat, if driven from every
other position, gather around them their
household treasures, and make last des-
perate effort in the defence of their lives
and liberties. But fate ordered other
| wise.
Immediately upon the opening of the
present Spring, additions were made to
the force of laborers, and the work re-
sumed with increased vigor; and on this,
the Twelfth of April, one year from the
day the first spadeful of dirt was thrown
up, the FREE STATE HOTEL is finished.
The dimensions and particular descrip-
ton of the structure, are as follows
The building is on the corner of Massa-
chusetts and Winthrop streets, fronting
on Massachusetts, street; 80 feet front, 70
feet back; three stories above the base
ment; contains 80 separate apartments,
besides hall in each story. The base
ment is divided into three rooms, each
18 feet square-two to be used as pastry
and meat kitchens, the other as store
house or cellar. The first story is II
feet from floor to ceiling, is divided into
8 rooms; the dining hall 18 feet wide and
~ feet long; hall 81 feet wide, entire
length of building; Gentlemen's parlor,
l8 feet square; Ladies' parlor, 1890;
Reading Room, l8 feet square; Sitting
room, 16x18; two bedrooms, 8 feet
square; Office, 6x14; side hall from of
, tice, with entrance on Winthrop street;
main entrance on Massachusetts, street;
I TWO flights of stairs tc second story
Second story 10 feet from floor to ceiling;
p 10 rooms-six of them 11x18, balance
e 10 feet square; hall entire length of build
ing. Third story 9 feet from floor to
a ceiling; same number of rooms, same
q dimensions as the second story; stairs
leading to roof, which is fiat. and affords
a fine promenade and splendid view ol
, the surrounding scenery. There are
. thirty or forty portfolios in the walls,
which rise above the roof. plugged up
now with stones, which can be knocked
out with blow of the butt of Sharp's
] rife. The apartments are papered and
well ventilated.
e The entire cost of the Hotel probably
: exceeds $4,000. The out-houses are
: of the neatest kind. The stable, in the
: rear. is not yet finished, tho the wall,
J, are up. 1t is calculated to accommodate
: fifty horses. and give shelter to vehicles
o Mr.. GEo. W. Hunt, formerly of Fitch
|. burg, Mass, had the contract of til,
b Wood work, and Mr.. BENZ. JOHNSON
II formerly of North East, Erie county, Pa.
y of the Stone and Masonry work. Thes,
o gentlemen have filled their contracts il
:, the most satisfactory and praisewerth,
3. manner. Both of them are superio
If practical mechanics, and their first jol
- / III 1AduShS Will UC Vic DcSb IcCOulLuGuud
:, ton they can possibly give. The Hote
d and grounds occupy four lots-50x19
4 feet each-two on Massachusetts, and tw
ar ON Vermont streets. One of them, ION tn
ia south of the Hotel, is to be devoted en-
in tirely to shrubbery. A neat fence wi
es enclose the whole.
i, The furniture for the Hotel was shin
PED on the steamboat Lizzie; but as sh
cannot navigate the Kansas river. team
have been despatched after the goods
and they will be brought here over-lan
from Kansas City. The cost of furnish
ing the Hotel will be something owe
:. $1,000. G.. WILLIAMS, Esq, of til
firm of Gliddon d Williams, Shippers
Boston, Mass, has written to Lawrenc
. 10 ascertain the dimensions of the Ladies
parlor. signifying his intention to furnis
= that apartment in superb style graft.
70 The building is now completes tn
handsomest and handiest House west {
g st. Louis-and with Col SHAELER Eli
,s RIDGE, formerly of East Hampton
Mass. as Landlord. viii throw open il
=. doors for the reception of guests on q
i before the FIRST of May next. Col. Ed
ridge is an old landlords now one {