Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-23
The Caee Building.

This splendid building, one among the I'm
est If not positively the finest building il
cur city, in paint Of elegance of architecture
and in respect to si1s, is being pressed rap
idly toward completion, and is now 90 far ad-
vEnced that It Is possible for US to pre-
sent cur readers with some account Of it,
and its internal arrangements, The d.
mensions Of the building are two hundred
by ssvsnty-six feet and 1t extends the
whole distance between Superior and Rock
we'll streets. It will be si1ty-three feet in
height from sidewalks to caves, and seven
teen feet from the caves to the ridge pole, a
total height of eighty feet above the ground.
Its basement story will be devoted to stores,
Offices and store-rOoms, and will be nine feet
from hOOr to ceiling. An area, five feet in
width and as deep as the basement, runs
completely agound the building, and beyond
the area, under the sidewalks, are vaults for
the use Of those who rent the basement Of
fees.
On the hrst floor are eighteen rooms, ten
of which are seventeen feet by thirty -four in
dimensions, and eight seventeen by
fifty. One Of them will be used az an en-
trance to the Concert Hall above, and the re-
manning seventeen are intended for stores
and banks. II some mercbant-prince desires
to rival Stewart in the size and splendor of his
emporium, he will have an opportunity in
these stores, for they can all be thrown to-
gsthsr by the opening of arched PASSAGE
ways between them, making, out of the sew
sntsen, one magnificent room two hundred
fest long, and ssventy-six feet wide. This
story is fourteen feet high.
The second story is divided into rooms for
Offices, ETC., and will be leased to lawyers,
insurance agents, and other business and
professional men. At present, no rOem in
the building is leased, as Mr.. Case declines
all offers until the building is ready for use.
The story is fourteen feet from the floor to
ceiling.
Above It the next story is mainly filed
with splendid Concert Hall, which will, we
hope, supply the great need, SO often s1-
pressed and felt for suitable building
for concerts, lectures and big indoor
meetings. It is to be thirty seven feet in
height and I20 feet by 73 in size, and is
Intended to seat, in the body of the Hall and
and the galleries, some two thousand people.
It will be fitted up in the best style, and
lighted not only with windows at the sides
but also by dormer windows in the roof.
The remainder of the story is devoted to
more Offices; two rooms, each % by 73,for
the Cleveland Library Association hall
so by 70 for rental to any society desiring it;
and 8 fine room, lighted by sky lights, which
Mr.. Case thinks of using as a picture gal
lery.
The roof Of the building is now being
erected and attracts considerable attention
from the Peculiarity of its shape, which is
at the sides cOncavs curve, presenting 8
handsome appearance, making the Hall
higher, and giving it light from the splen-
didIy Ornamcnted dormsr windows which
will decorate the roof. This new style is
called the French Roof.
The material of the building is brick, but
the corners and sides of the building contain
much masonry of remarkably solid and mas
sive structure.
Its builders are Messrs. Heard and War
ner. Its architect and Superintendent is C.
". Heard, Esq. 1t is Mr.. Heard's hope to
have the building entirely completed within
8 year from the present tins.