The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-09
THE "GRANT HOUSE. y

4
Our new Motel is now fast approaching
completion, and as the work progresses
the interest in it increases, No pains
have been spared to make the building
and it's paniaments as complete and
convenient as possible. The surround
ings ard adjuncts are to be as near the
right thing as work and money can make
them. A stroll through the building
will reveal the fact that this is just
about as we'll arranged hotel building
as can be found IN any city Of the size Of
Kenoshaqin the land. toa 1l
La the basemens are barber shop
with two bath rooms, billiard hall with
cue room, MOTEL laundry, cistern roora'
hotel cellar, and cellar forceach otthe
stores above.
The ground floor contains the ofhce'
from which ascends the main stairs
wide and easy, reading room, baggage
room, wash room, ladies entrance hall
and stairway, dining room, kitchen, two
pantries. and back stairway. There
are from this floor five doors opening out
of the building. On this Il ,or OF the
building are two fine stores opening on
Main street. The Office Of the hotel
opens on Main street and che private
entrance on Wisconsin street.
On the secend floor are four fine, large
pleasant parlors, suits of rooms, single
rooms, bath room and wash room lin
all twenty four rooms.
The upper or third story contains
many suits Of rooms and large humber
of single rooms with closets, and wash
rooms. On this foor-exclusive of clos
cts and wash rooms are twenty two rooms.
The work on the building is done IN
first class manner, and the joiner work,
by Messrs Craney 6 Son deserves special
mention. The trimmings are OF that
character which presents bold and
prominent appearances, withoutany par
ticular show of fancy ornamentation,
but with look of cleanness and solldity
that Is very pleasing to the eye. Some
idea of the amount OF work inside may
be formed from the fact that there are
as doors. ana 95 windows hung and set
in the building.
There Will be two 1ine balconies for
the second and third stories. One for
each story on Main street, and one for
each story on Wisconsin street.
A very important feature in this
building is the number Of halls and
stairways--large and easy OF access; and
capable of emptyiag the house OF its
occupants in FIVE minutes in case of a
| fire in the building. There is nc danger
| of SUCK Joss Of lite a. occurred when the
Halliday House burned, afew years ago.
| And then in addition to the three stair
| w dJ ., WYNN SAS ohA ptC t'A otApoet oh y
emergency that may occur, there are sew
eral windows Of the upper story which
open just over the fiat roaf of an adjoin-
| ing building which, in case of extra
hurry can be used for purposes Of es-
cape. Taking it Al in all, the owners
Of the building essrs. Grant g Son, and
the citizens of lKendsEa, have, reason 10
be proud of their new hotel Building,
the Grant House. Ia E.o0a h.a
1t is expected that Mr. N. J. Bliss, 81
Oconomowoc, will be the landlord of the
hotel when finished, which it is Lew ex-
pected will be about the first of Febru-
airy, 1876 Adam Citizen of Kenosha, is
doing the painting and decorating. j..
e Chaplin Of Kenosha, the gas-fittlng
and +. Fenwick of Chicago, the plumb
Dg. as