Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-29

Tonight the Turner society will dedicate
its splendid new hall, located on the
corner of Franklin and Sixth streets. It
is building that is an ornament to the
city and will be of great convenience. The
dedication ceremonies will consist of an ad-
dress by Mr.. B. W. Boenish, the president of
the state Turner society, an address by
Mr.. Arthur Koenig, and another address
by gentleman from Minneapolis. Sci
berts combined orchestra will furnish the
music for the occasion, and after the dedi-
catory services are completed a supper and
ball will follow. The twenty fourth ami
versary of the order in this city fell due on
the oath of October, but owing to the near
completion of the new hall, its celebration
was postponed until the dedicatory cere-
monies to take place tonight.
The appointments.
The hall or building, which is situated
on the corner of Sixth and franklin
streets, is built in the German Renais
sance style and when completed it will cost
$4,000. It fronts on Sixth street and
the lot is 6Ox15O feet in dimensions. The
foundation and basement is of granite
and the hall proper of frame, presenting
an extremely neat and attractive exterior.
A GLOBE reporter made a hurried run
through the handsome building in COM
pany with one of the officers, yesterday
morning for the purpose of getting an
idea of the appointments. What he saw
may be briefly sketched as follows
The building was designed by George
Wirth, the architect. Its dimensions are
6Ox1OO feet, with an elevation from the
ground of thirty five feet to the cornice,
above which extends the mansard roof.
There is nothing particularly striking
about the exterior, the desire of the society
and the aim of the architect being to Sc
cure large, cheerful, light, we'll ventilated
and handsomely appointed main hall and
attendant room.
On entering the building the visitor is
struck with the manner in which the ap-
pointments harmonic with the central
idea for which the building was designed.
Entering the building from Sixth street by
way of series of elegant doors, the visit
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from which entrance to the main hall is
had, and from which ara wide and liberal
stairways leading to both the basement
and gallery. Commencing at the base
ment from the south or front entrance are
first encountered a wide vestibule, fanked
by toilet and retiring rooms; from the YES
thule doorway leads to the refreshment
room, extending the width of the front of
the building, and equipped with an ele-
giant ar and other facilities for convivial
and pleasant enjoyment.
Passing through this room, the visitor
enters the club room, thirty by forty feet,
where the business, meetings, receptions.
etc., of the society will be held. Off of this
room is the kitchen, supplied with MAN.
moth range, and f1anked with large and
conveniently arranged pantry and ice
box.
The other room in the basement is the
dining, extending across the north end of
the building, sixty feet by thirty feet in
dephth. From the dining room rear
stairway leads into vestibule from which
an entrance into the old hall, directly in
the rear Of the new building, to be used for
the present az the gymnasium, but soon to
be removed or transferred into stage for
theatrical reservations 50x60, with fine
Iy appointed gymnasium under
meath, provision having been made in the
new building for this addition.
Another entrance from this rear vesti-
bule ushers the visitor into the new hall.
Here the eye rests on as handsome an audi