The New York herald., 1866-08-05


90 that both the roof and the side galleries to be
wholly sustained and supported from the walls, which
Will thus give a free and unobstructed view OF the
preacher ana the entire rostrum from all parts OF the
edi6ce Tue walls and ceilings o the main parts Of the
bu Idns wtll De sand finished. blocked OF aud
will be executed in solid black walnut The style the
architecture is modern Gothic rich but massive. The
front and also the tower and the spre apox which
will be hundred and sixty In height fro the
street. to be built OF New jersey free
stone from the Bellevlle quarrIes and trimmed with
yellow Nova Scotia sandstone with The object OF uas nc
pleasing and agreeable contrast. The designs Of the
building handsome, tasteful and udicous, and
prepared by d. Il J. Jardne architects, Broadway The
Of the work is also under their superntend-
and control The contracting N ason IS Mr. James
James and the carpenters work by Messrs. Jcnnlugs
Brown The whole. when completed, will cost about
500 OOO and will be IA very fne structure.
NEW GERMAN
There was but little public bestowed upon the
and the nfrm among tho ancieuts as the hopitdd of
the Romans intended not for invads but solely for
the accommodation Of guests. answering to our modern
hotels Institutions exclusively for the accommodation
Of tho sick founded the later part OF the fourth
century. The Crusades instrumental to the found
ing OF hospitals, especially those for the accommodation
Of Foreigners such as the Scotch and Irish built in
France The II tel Dieu, In Paris. is one OF the
most ancient institutions OF this Kind, having been
founded in the seventh century Hospitals for invalid
soldiers founded at early date. The most
famous modern military hospitals for veteran soldiers
the Hotel Des Invaides in Pars and the Chelsea
The new German Hospital Is to DO built upon the
ground enclosed by Seventy sixth street. and Seventy
seventh street and Lexington ana Fourth avenues
The present project to build paviions for ad
miGistrative PURPOSES and the other for laundry en-
gne and boiler room Each paw vion is TO be one hun.
dred and feet long by nfytwo feet wide at
the ends and thrytwo feet wide In the centre whore
the wards to be. The administrative bildng will
be sixty by eighty feet and laundry fortyt by
sixty eet The pavilions are to have cellar basement
first and second stories, and attic. The principal
wards the first and second stories are to be one hun
and six reot long twenty feet wide and
teen feet high accommodating III rtytwo patients each,
allowing fourteen hundred and thirty cubic feet 20
rooms and dining halls and other Offices al the
end OF the pavilion The wards TO be heated by hot
ar; cold air in summer also be obtained from a
shaft outside the build ny, receiving It's supply
son,e thirty feet rom the ground
The basement b. de. oed accident and ophthal-
mic wards, examining store rooms, Closets, &c. The
attic Is TO be appropriated to prvat, wards attendants
rooms, also for the tank and ven aiing purposes In
tine first story will be the ciapel and private wards
The upper story Is to che operating theatre and
servants bedrooms Tie build ngs ,re 10 be bh OF
hollow brick walls with stone trimming for the doors and
windows and 10 b. by corridors enclosed in
the The dead house viii be separate build
in, on the ground fronting oa Lexington avenue, hav
II is admirably situated for hygienic purposes
the location is IN the VIC nifty OF the Park, and is
surrounded with beaut al scenery The plans and de-
signs were drawn by Mr Charles Pelilcr. architect,
Broad The President of the society erecting
this phiianthropc inst tnii Is Godfrey 9. Gunther
and the -ccretary Is William Walack Messrs.
Emil Saucr, Carl Kolher and DR. Kasovitzcr form
the Building Commit O. Que hundred thousand dol
l,r> have already been raised, and the balance is 10
ton Of New York The is to be laid on the
18th Of August with appropriate s0lcmnities
HARMONIC
This club house is sua ed IN Forty street,
pose the Reservoir ParS between Fifth and sixth ave
nues II designed 0v Henry Fernbact architect
Nassau street. and is built dorchester freesone aud
consists OF subceilar basement, three stories and
attic formed by Tho MaDsard plan OF the Its length
is eighty in front by hundred depth
The entrance is Fortvsecond street which h
reached BY large stone s'oop abous xtcn feet wide
and consisting OF twelve steps The rs, story is
pied by large reading room, twenty feet by thirty four
feet reception room, twenty feet by twenytr feet
and toilet room hat room stewards office, four card
rooms each and half icot by hrytwo feet
and q billiard ROOM capable OF accommodating four
S'x S,' The ''sr grand hail hall twelve % feet in width
and seventy-six feet in length, contains the
grand Staircase built entirely OF black walnut fhc sec
ond story opens veslbne from VIII ch the following
entered The gentIemens ordinary, the la
des parors cloak rooms aud dr. ng rooms for ladies'
fitted up with all the convencnccs and appurtenances
for the accommodation Of the fair The and
ball this story, and IL atyeig feet by eighty
and provided with musicians gallery and balcony for
spectators The principal supper room Is located the
third story, Immediately the ball and is forty
feet by eighty feet and feen feet In height The club
house is bu 1t in the renaissance STYLE and beautifully
ornamented both neriorIy and exterorly The ground
work Of the upper portion but the windows trimmed
with pasters, archtTaves, ornamented trusses and
Tho principal entrance Is to have columns and por.
tico with balcony the same all to be adorned Ia
n highly ornate The courtyards in the front
viii be enclosed with massive iron railings and gate
ways ornamened with grass pias, planted with shrub
berry &C The halls TO be laid with tho beat Itslian
marble tiling, and wanscotcd throughout with black
fresco painted in the highest style OF art.
The Harmonic Social Club has been in existence
Tor about fourteen S years a5a y aexoea 70
tual and ennobng character such lectures literary
and scicntc subjects concerts and also for balls and
dinners Tho building will cost exclusive OF the furni.
and land, $150000 1t built four large lots Of
ground, measuring hundred and four feet r front
Forty second street. by one hundred feet in depth
At the OF lanai and Laght streets opposite the
Peoples Bank new savings bank y in course Of erec.
ton. Il Is 10 be building OF four Stories with marble
front facng Canal street. sixty feet length aud
ninety four feet In depth II will cost hundred
thousand dollars The front OF the basement and the
first story TO be Of iron the upper stories OF white
MARBLE and OF the Corinthan style OF architecture and
will be composed entirely Of granite about two fee,
thick, having cannon balls in the Joints which win
render them eIectuaily burglar and and nre proof The
Messrs Stewart and Masteuon, Horsto street the
mason builders and Philip Herman the carpenter
PfrvArR BUILDINGS
Among the many 1ne private residences low being
completed In the city three the south side OF Forty
ninth street, between Fifth and Madison avenues arc
worthy OF observation These buidlngs arc twenty aye
by nfty-nvc feet depth and four
in height having basemen. cellars and high stcops.
They fitted up with oil the modern improvements
such furnaces &c Each house Is trimmed in n aure.
ror manner the drawing rooms and basements through
out with black walnut The glass Ia the front windows
In two lights and Of French plate The marble inanels
very heavy and OF the best statuary marble The
fronts OF the buildings are or brown stone, and very
fine view OF the Fifth be obtained from the
front windows. The entire work has been done under
tho supervisor Of the hessr Hugh Blossom and
Philip Fitzpatrick, aud will cost with the lots when
completed, s45 900 each.
building, belonging to J. G. Hamilton y in
Of erection the site OF the old American Hotel
Toe 'front.' occupying a space Of fory-sevcn feet on
Broadway Is to be built Of ohio froesone In the Grecan
pediment style. and the side, measuring hundred
and forty feet Barclay street. OF brick. trimmed with
stone. IL Is 10 be seventy foef In height With sub
cellar basement and FIVE stories and designed for the
daftn ~ hant ofFr AL THa
frances Broadway adorned with Corintbian
pillars and ornamental pedsments The feature most
worthy Of notice In an architectural point OF
the large pediment with bausrades that Is 20 sur.
mount the summit of the building The interior Is 10
have massive stairs OF black walnut and TO be fitted no
with all the arpurtcnances requisite for nrst Offices
The approximate cost exclusive Of the ground will lie
$50 000 The architect Is T. II Jackson OF Broadway.