Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-03
A FINE BUILDING.
A LARGE BUSINESS ESTABLISHEN1

Description Of n Handsome and Extensive
Edlfce-Ons of lancaster Model
Esta biIshments.
TGe beautiful four. story brick building
belonging to George B. Schaum, adjoining
his three story furniture warehouse, No.
81 South Queen street, having been
finished and filed with an immense stock
of fine furniture will be thrown open to
the public on Tuesday next. Tho build
ing has Il front Of - feet aud a depth Of
ll5 feet. In rear OF this is an area SOx31
feet, connecting the main building with
another brick building in the rear of it
about 81 feet square and three stories
high.
The front elevation of Mr.. Scha,l,l'S
new building is, perhaps, the most attrac-
tive of any business place in this city.
The first story front consists of two i'm
meDse show windows about ten feet in
width and ten feet deep, each being filled
by single plate of French glass. nearly
ten feet square. Above these great
shects of glass are transoms filled with
cathedral stained glass. Between tho
show, windows is the main entrance to-
the building, the doors Of which are o.
solid mahogany, elegantly finished. the
upper panels being filled with French
plate glass, and the transom with stained
glass. The heavy iron girder which sus-
tains the weight of the front wall above
the second story, rests on the side walls ut
either end, and Oh two heavy iron columns
placed on either side of the main entrance.
The wall is of red pressed brick, with
black brick bands and ornamental tile
mountings. The lintels. window sills and
the arches above the windows are of
NCrth river blue stone and the windows
in the several stories are filled with plato
glass, and the semicircular tops OF them
with stained glass. The building is rooted
with tin, and above the roof, in the front
centre, rises 4 slate clad pyramid some
twenty-fiv feet in hight and above this
rises a heavy iron rod Of equal length,
upon Which is placed the largest and
handsomest weather-vaEe in this city.
The interior OF the store is even more
attactive than the exterior. The first
floor salesrOom is :'2 by 111 feet. The
floor is OF yellow pine, the walls and cell
ing finished III white, and around the
entire room is heavy curnice of grained
mahogany.
Ia rear of this room is Mr .Schauns busi-
ness offices, II by 81 feet, one of which is
fitted up with cases for iiao upholsJering
material.
Near the centre of the main room Cd
the south side Is massive stairway lead
ing to the upper stories. The newell
posts are of walnut, handsomely carved
tho railing is also of walnut and the ban
listers and steps OF ash. On the north side
of tho room is au elevator for carrying fur
niture up OF down from the several stories
1t has pateut appliance for opening and
closing the trap doors as the elevator is
raised or lowered There are large win
dOws on the rear wall, which throw !
flood of light into the rom which shows
off to great advantage the elegant pirlOr,
dining room and chamber furniture with
which it is stored.
The second and third story rooms arc
very much like the first, being of the
some size, finished in much the same
way, and filled with costly furniture for
parlor, hall and library. The fourth floor
which is of the same size is to DO used for
the storage of g0oiis as they como from
tho factory.
The first, second and third stories of tho
new building are connected with MIR.
Schaum's old establishment by doors that
have been cut liz The wall separating the
two buildings.
The building is heated by two large
heaters i'll tho basement. The basement
itself is an important part of the building.
Through it Iuns I. sewer which carries off
al the drainage into the South Queen
street public sewer. The floor is %rOuted
and cemented, making it imDerviuus to
moisture Or vormin. IL uOnt;:lus ai.D .tn
excellent well o' water, and, through IL
trough i'll the ceIneiied floor run the
water pipes that supply tho building with
water. There is an arched way under the
sidewalk in front of the basement, which
is lighted by bulI eye lights, cemented in
iron frames. Some OF these frames are
hinged, So that they eau be opened for the
reception OF new furniture and material,
all of which pass into tho basement, and
after being polished up and put ill good
condition, are thence distributed to the
several parts of tho Luilding to which
they belong.
In this way all dirt is kept out of tho
salesrOOms above
The entire building is lighted with gas
and has stationary wasbstands, water
closets and cther CUnveniences properly
located.
The new thiee-story Building in rear of
the one above described, and connected
with it, is used for upholstering, varnsh-
ing and finishing furniture-t!ie uphOl-
oIClH.3 lVOHi UclIS tl tHc iIsb HoOT, mo
vaInish rooms on the second and tho
finishing room ON the third. The upstairs
rooms are reached both by staircases and
a large elevator.
Mr.. Schaum y now establishment is u
credit I'd the city as well as to himself and,
taken in connection with his former exten
siye establishment, ia certainly one of the
largest and best arranged furniture houses
in the state. The great extent OF flooring
in the two buildings enables him to exhibit
his goods in suits without crowding them,
80 that without handling or removing Il
single piece, visitors can take in at a glance
the style Of any given suit. The public ,
will have an opportunity Of inspecting tho
place on Tuesday.