The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-11-08
A Mammoth Hotel at st. Louis.
TEae Largest in the World.

They have just got the roof and COR
nice completed, of a hotel in st. Louis,
which the Democrat of that city claims
to be the largest in the world. And it
is monstrous building, according to
the description. 1t is to be called the
Lindell House, on account of couple
of gentlemen named Lindell subscri>
bing as stock in the company by which
it is built, the site on which it stands,
and $1,000 in cash besides, making
nearly 800, 800 in ALL
The actual costsof the building un>
finished, is over $6o0,OOo: which, with
the ground, now valued .at 1928, 400
makes the whole value in round num-
bers one million dollars. It has Just
been leased, for term of fifteen years,
to Messrs. Leland, of the HMetropoli-
tam" New York, on very favorable
terms to the lessees. The Democrat
of that city is con fident, that when fin
ished it will be the most complete,
commodionS and elegant establishment
in the world.
We append from the Democrat of
that city occasional extracts descrip-
tive Of the building, as we'll as giving
history of hotels in general:
'For the last twenty years, the AS
tor House-that plain but substantial
building Of gray granite, costing $500,
000shas been the hotel, when size alone
was taken into account. TheSt. Charles
at New Orleans, The "Virginia," and
"P lanters, OF st. Louis, and the
"Bmnet," at Cincinnati-the latter
containing some 260 rooms, and being
in some respects the queen of hotels SO
long as Cincinnati was the Queen of
the West-have for fifteen or more
years been among the larger hotels of
the Union. For the last ten years
they have been excelled in the north
west by the "Tremont" Of Chicago,
which i'll its turn is being collapsed by
the new ''Sherman" of the same city,
which is ISL front on Clark, by 1901
on Randolph street, six stories high in
front and seven stories in the rear, of
beautiful stone, and built by a single
individual, at cost of over $500, 900,
including the ground.
There have been many excellent
houses of large capacity and fine arch>
itecture besides these, but of less pre-
tensions-as the "Newhall" at Milwau- |
kee, the "Gayoss'' at Memphis, the
Richmond" at Chicago, "Barnum's"
in Baltimore and in St. Louis, &C., &c.
The large metropolitan" of New York
overtopped the Astor, and the "Fifth
Avenue" of later date surpassed this
in dimensions and modern improve.
ments. These again were all cast in
the shade the past year by the magnif-
icentnn CONTINENTAL of Philadelphia,
which, until the "Lindell' was erected,
was certainly not eXcelled in America
The "ConmentiaP' is six stories in |
height, exclusive of the basement, and |
presents front of1S0 feet on Chestnut
street, 235 on Ninth, and about ia on
George street It's grand dining room
is 80 feet by ~; its tea room IS feet by
So. It's capacity is for 500 to 600
guests. The Chestnut street front is of I
brown sandstome-the others of brick.
1t was taken by Paran Stephens of
Boston, for 2 years, at $4,000 per an
mum, exclusive of the stores. But ex-
pensive as is the Cont:n entail, our own
'Lindell'' largely exoels it, being sew
en- stories high, exclusive of the base
ment; its height from sidew alks, 112 |
feet, exclusive of the observatory. It's
front on Washington Avenue is 272;
its depth from Washington Avenue to
Green street 227feet. The fronts on
Washington avenue and Sixth street
are faced with cream colored magnes-
ian limestone, deliberately flushed: that
OH Seventh street. with the finest stock |
brick, with cut stone ornamental win
dow trimmings The two dining rooms
with carving room between,) easily
thrown together for dancing or other
public festival purposes, are $50 feet
in length by As in width-evident'y the
largest i'll the world; that part used as
the gentlcmen's ordinary is alone 1913
feet by 45 in extent. On the same
floor and contiguous; is kitchen, Sol
feet by As and 20 feet high This ho>
tel can accommodate with ease 200 per-
sons.