The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-21
We do not feel guilty OF exae.g,eratior

WE do not feel guilty OF exaggeration
when We say that with the exception
of the great cities in the East, where
they build their commercial palaces OF
marble, no city IN the land can boast
of finer block OF buildings than that
erected on Main street, above the Mer-
chants National Bank, during the past
year. We had'the pleasure yesterday OF
being escorted throughthat portion cree
ed by Mr.. George r. Taylor The build
ing-is an iron front, but presents the
dTed and twenty-si1 feet deep, by
tWenty-one and half feet in width,
and three stories in height. In all
its parts, it is the work OF Wheel
ing artisans. The architect and
contractor was Mr.. Franklin Coen.
The stone work was done by Henry
Gunther; the brick work by Joseph
Bodiey; the carpenter work by E. Coen
| S:Son; the painting and grainIng OF The
counters, shelving and front of the lower
story, was done by ]. NJ. Stewart; all
the other painting and granting, and
the glazing, was done by Miller IL Nc
Adams; the clustering was done by
Henry Schatfer; the frescoing by Lau-
kan, OF Baltimore; the plumbing and
gas fitting by Dillon, Thompson & Co.;
the roofing was done by Cowan & Alex
ander, and r. Pratt & Son furnished
the French plate glass. Where SO much
work has been SO admirably executed
by SO many different parties it
is difficult to particularize, but
ms we cannot, in the limit
of a single article, dwell upon every
feature of the work, We shall only
speak of that which, tafter the general
impression OF magnitcence which the
whole interior oil the house creates,
especially attracts the eye, and that Is,
the naiDfinP and uruininnr of the conn
ters and shelving and the fresco work
We think ourselves safe in asserting
that in everything, the work is indica-
tive not only OF the skill which long
practice gives, but of that higher art
which only genius can confer. The
massive counters, under the painting
and granting, have assumed the APP
pearance of solid mahogany, and the
shelving glistens like the finest rose
wood, and the fresco work, in its
light and shade, rivals ALEXANDRIA ITSELF
Taking the whole interior in its spa
eiousnes, its elegance, and its admira-
BILE design, there is not finer mercan-
tile house in any city.
To its builder, it is in the highest de-
gree creditable, as monument of that
liberality which should always charac-
terize the successful business man. It
is equally SO to the artisan who design
ed and executed its superior workm
ship, and it is equally so to the city, in
that from foundation to cap stone, it is
the work of her own mechanics.
OF the goods which Geo. r. Taylor &
Co., have opened aud are opening out,
we need only say, that their stock is
commensurate with their capacity; and
in variety and quality, superior TO any
they have ever offered to the public.
We had almost forgotten to speak of
the steel-spring STOOLS which stand
along the whole range of the coun-
ter. They are entirely new invention,
and have, to our mind, but one objec-
ton; that is, the elegant ease which
they afford to the lady purchasers, will
tell heavily on the balance sheets of in
dulgent papa's.