Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-20

vHE ODD FELLOWS NEW HALL
1--WE presume most of our citizens are
aware that there is such an institution
here. AS there has been no deserip-
ton of it yet published, (though the
Herald, in IN alarming fit Ofenterprise,
imagined, a few weeks since, that it bad
long 3 published q full description
Of the halll we propose giving some
idea of If in this issue. It is not yet
quite completed, but has been oeeu-
pied by the Lodge some five or six
weeks.
The hall, with ante-roOms, &c, Oc-
| cupies the entire third floor Of Thomas
Evans new building, whichi is 80 by 100
feet in extent. The entrance is by q
eommodious stairway leading to the
west end, through 8 convenient recep-
ton room and ante-roOm. Passing
through these and entering the main
hall, when it is brilliantly lighted, the
effect is really very imposing. This
room is well prOportioned, being % by
So feet, fronting on Sandusky street.
At the west end of the hall, and open
ing into it, is a pleasant and airy room,
designed for committees or social pur-
poses, for which it is admirably adapt
ed, being tastefuIIy finished and fur
nished.
The work Of finishing and furnishing
the new hall was entrusted to the
Trustees Of the Lodge, and one of their
first steps was to secure the services Of
a competent and experienced architect,
which they found in Mr.. RI. Brooks,
OF Columbus, a member Of the order,
and architect of the new Odd Fellows
Temple now being erected in hat city
"a very wise move, as the result has
fully shown. The Trustees and Mr..
Brooks gave to the work special and
close attention, and advised carefully
over every proposition before adopting
1.-THE EesuIteE*he care and indus
try OF The Trustees, and of the skill Of
the architect, is a hall that is pro-
nOunced by men of observation and
experiences to be the "hnest thing of
the kind they have ever SEEN" 1t may
be safely asserted that for convenience,
neatness, appropriateness, ventilation,
and the good taste displayed in finish
ing and furnishing, this lodge room is
unsurpassed by any other in the state.
The work was commenced last Feb
ruary, and like all the operations of
the order, has progressed steadily,
quietly and unOstentatiously to COM
pletion, and is a work highly credita-
BILE to the Lodge and an to
our town.
By a peculiar arrangement in the
angle of the ceiling, speaking is rem
dered very easy, and conversation in
an ordinary tonesof voice can be cas-
lily heard from one end Of the hall to
the other, and at the same time giving
q more finished appearance to the
room.
The hrescO painting was done by one
of the most skiIIful artists in the state,
and for beauty and fitness OF design,
and richness in eoloring, is unsur-
passed. The artist, being allowed to
exercise his own taste in q great meas
ure, has sought to avoid the offensive
style of gaudy cOloring, and elaborate
ness of design, too often seen in halls
and public rooms, and has so artistic
ally blended the emblems of the order
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sive prominence in any one point, and
too frequent repetition. of patterns, and
has produced a general effect at once
most pleasing and beautiful. The COL
ors, especially those Of the emblem
attic character, are soft and rich, and
the work is well executed.
The furniture Of the haIl is quite
unique in style, and different in con-
struction and arrangement from any
thing ever before adopted, and strikes
the behOlder as being massive, rich
and imposing, and wen conveys The
idea of a permanent and fixed insti-
tuition. 4
As whole, our Odd Fellows new
haII may justly be considered a model,
and we would advise the members Of
the Order in neighboring towns who
contemplate building, to come to Del
aware and look at it.
We trust, and have no doubt, the
Lodge viii favor our citizens with an
opportunity of seeing their beautiful
hall when it is entirely finished.