Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-16

A SPLENDID Within the
last few days Mr.. W. Fl. CALHOUN has compile
ted and opened his new and magnificent jew
eIery Store on the corner of College Street
and the Public Square, and it has become
one of the chief lions of the city, attracting
the attention and the admiration OF every
passer-by. On Saturday evening last, the
work Of removal from the old stand having
been completed, the establishment was
thrown open to the public for the first time,
and everybody who chose to do so, was per-
mitted to go through the house from cellar
to roof. The crowd commenced pouring In
about o'clock, and within the succeeding
three hours, [more one than thousand PEG
pie, men, women and children, had visited the
establishment, which, with its splendid array
of glittering jewelry, silEer-ware, etc., pre-
sented beautiful appearance by gas-light.
Mr.. CALHOUN has exhibited the best of taste
in the fitting up of his showroom, and in
deed in everything connected with the house,
which is by far the most elegant in the city.
We need not speak of the exterior of the
building it speaks for ITSELF Nor will we
attempt an elaborate description of the inte-
rior. It's elegance of design and beauty of
finish, to be appreciated must be seem
The chief attraction is the showroom on
the first floor, where is to be seen large
stock of the finer and more costly articles IN
Mr.. CALHoUN's line. The counters are of
white marble, while the showcases, and the
g. Of Iaf
glass with silver frames. The ceiling is beau
tifully painted in frisco, the work of Mr.
| JOHN SCHLEIHER. The floors of the first and
second stories are laid with encaustic tiles,
manufactured inEngland. These tiles, some OF
which are of beautiful design, arctic be found
in many of the old ecclesiastical ediices of
| Europe, and within the last few years have
come to be much used, both in that country
and this, not only in churches and other pub
| lie buildings, but in stores and private resi-
| dences. Those with which the floors Of the
halls and passages are laid in the new
| wings of the Capitol at Washington, are
admired by all. Mr.. CALHOUN intends the
| room on the second floor, which is reached
| by castiron stairway, for a showroom, and
will keep there the most of his heavier wares.
The third floor is occupied as sleeping apart
ments by the employees in the establishment;
the fourth is the workshop and repairing
| department. The house is fire-proof through
out, and every room in the building will be
warmed by a furnace in the cellar. Speaking
| trumpets lead from the lower floor to those
above, and dumb-waiter conveys articles
to be repaired from the showroom TO the
workshop.
The front of the building is of pressed
brick, put up by Mr.. W. A. NJ. LOVE the
side on College street is of stucco and plastic
work, by Mr.. JENKINS. The painting and
bronzing on the outside were done by Messrs.
HORN & Son; the gas-ftting by Mr.. JAMES
KENDRICK, and the plumbing by Mr.. HENRY
COOPER. The whole is executed in style
highly creditable to these gentlemen.
Mr.. CALHoUN's sign, a bronze statue of a
female-let US say of one of the Graces-sup-
porting a time-piece with two faces, is in fine
taste, and in excellent keeping with the rest
of the establishment.
This house is one of the ornaments of the
city, and is an object of attraction to all who
admire beautiful building full of beautiful
things.