Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-28
HOTEL IMPROvEN1ENT.


HOTEL lMRROVEMENH.
Tho l.oopard-Ths Lsacastsr County House
The Sprochsr House.
Several Of the Lancaster hotels have been
recently much enlarged and improved.
Perhaps the finest improvement is that
added to the Leopard hotel, East King
street, now conducted by Messrs. Martin
s. Rudy. A new four story brick building
about 100 feet in length by 32 feet in
width has been erected ON the Grant
street front of the lot. The first floor Of
this building has been handsomely fitted
up as bar room, pool room, sitting room
and kitchen, under the management Of
VIM. H. Deichler, late of the Lancaster
County house. The second, third and fourth
floors, containing 46 rooms, have been fit
ted up for the accommodation of boaraers,
strangers and travellers. There are two
parlOrs handsomely furnished, and the
sleeping rooms contain new beds and bed
ding and are supplied with all modern i'm
prcvements, being we'll ventilated, furnish
ed with water and gas and heated by
steam. There are water closets, bath
rooms and balconies ON each floor. To
these ample accommodations in the new
building must be added the 50 rooms in
the old part of the hotel, and during the
coming summer VIC are informed it is the
intention Of MIR. Sensenig, the owner Of the
property, to remove the frame structure
now connecting the old and new portions
Of the hotel and erect in its stead brick
building corresponding with that recently
erected. 1t is also intended to have the
spacious yard and the basement of the
new building paved with Belgian blocks.
The Leopard has also stabling for 16O
horses, the stable being a large double
deck building on Grant street.
The Lancaster County House.
This old established hosiery on East
King street, now owned by Edward Wiley
and leased by Jacob Smith, late OF the
Leopard, has also undergone extensive
alterations and improvements. The lower
front Of tho building has been entirely re-
modelled. A carriage way leading from
East King street to the cOmmO.liOus
grounds and stables in the rear, has been
made for the greater convenience of guests
who come in carriages. The first floor
front room is q sitting and reading room
for gentlemen. Immediately in rear Of it
is the bar-room, which has been newly
wainscoted and elegantly fitted up. Con-
nected with this is the baggage room
neatly rallied off and containing about u
hundred boxes for the safe keeping of bag
gage. In the rear of this is the stairway
and hall, and in the latter have been placed
two stationary wash-stands, LAYERS and
other conveniences for dust stained trav-
elers. Adjoining the large dining room
and kitchen has been built a new
and commodiOus laundry. The parlors
are in the second-story front. In the
second and third stories are twenty seven
sleeping rooms, some Of them very large
and containing three or four beds each,
though most of them contain but one bed
each and the necessary chamber furniture.
Mr.. Wiley is having the house painted and
renovated from top to bottom, and Mr..
Smith will be in condition to receive his
guests in a week or two.
The sprecher House.
County Treasurer Croft having
leased from Mr.. Sprecher the brick
building on Duke street, opposite
the court house, has fitted it up hand
sOmely as a hotel. AS is known to
many of our readers, this building was
formerly branch of the Leopard hotel,
and was connected with it by a covered
corrider leading from the second story of
one building to the other. The bar-rOOm
is in the basement-the same room that
has been occupied as restaurant for many
years by Messrs. COPELAND, Lee, Rowe
and others. This room has been rcfurnisl-
ed and beautified. adjoining the bar
room, on the south is reading room,
and on the north are the kitchen and
wash rooms. The dining rooms, of
which there are two, are on the
second floor and arc connected with
the kitchen by means Of an elevator of
sufficient size to carry up and down every
thing pertaining to good dinner. The
second floor also contains the parlOr, two
Or three bedrooms, bathroom water
closets, sc. The third floor contains
twelve lodging rooms, all of which have
been newly painted and furnished with en-
tirely new furniture, giving them 4 very
cosy and inviting appearance. Mr. Croft
has associated with him in this new enter
prise Mr.. Henry Copeland. They purpose
running tho hotel on the European plan" {"
and as both of them have had much ex-
perience in the business, and "kuOw how
to keep hotel" there can be no doubt OF
their receiving liberal support.