Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-20


The Corner Stone TO be Laid Early in
the Fall and the Institution 20 be
Opened in NTarch-The Plan of the
Building.
A MORNING NEWS reporter had an Op-
portunity, yesterday, to inspect the draw
ings for the Telfair Hospital for Females,
which is to be erected on the corner Of
Drayton and New Houston streets during
the coming fall and winter. This charity
was, as is generally known, provided for
by the late Miss Mary Telfair, who, in
her viii, directed her executors TO devote
the residue of her estate not donated to
other purposes to the erection and endow-
ment Of the hospital referred TO. Messrs.
William Neyle Habersham and William
Hunter, representing the executors, in
vited designs for the building, and
from among those furnished by
architects in New York, Chicago and
other cities, those submitted by Messrs.
Fay & Eichberg, of Atlanta, were, after
careful consideration, accepted.
The design contemplateS the erection OF
a three story brick structure with lime
stone and Georgia granite trimmings, the
front to be mainly Of Philadelphia pressed
brick, relieved by a handsome pOrtico and
balcony at the main entrance on New
Houston street and by other balconies of
the windows overlooking that street. The
hospital viii have a front of "A feet on
New Houston street and depth Of 80
feet with two wings one on the east and
the other on the west end of the structure,
each three stories in height and measur-
ing II By so feet. The first
floor VIII be divided into rooms for
a kitchen, store-room, pantry, laundry,
dryiDg-rOOm. servants bathroom, fuel
room and a dispensary, the latter so ar
ranged as to serve as drug store for the
benefit Of the poor outside of the hospital,
as well as a dispensary for the hospital
proper. The second floor viii be divided
into rooms for d paTlor, office, dining
room, matrOn's room, private wards,
baths and water closets. The private
wards VIII be l0x14 feet, and each fur
nished with accommodations for one per
son. The dining-rOom and the dispensary
viii each be ISx2S feet. Two corri-
doris on the second and third floors.
each ten feet wide, viii intersect each
other IN the centre Of the building with
doors opening into the corridors from the
respective rooms. On the south side of
the building the corridors leading across
the floors from north to south, terminate in
hallway sixteen feet in width, whence
a double flight of stairs on the right and
left lead to the next floor above. The
third story viii contain the main wards.
several private wards, bath rooms, water
closets etc. There are to be four main
wards, each measuring eighteen by
twenty-eight feet, and furnish
ing accommodation for six persons.
All the private wards are
to be 10 by IA feet. The attic story is to
be utilized for servants rooms, storage
rooms, and linen closets, The lowest
portion Of the ceiling on this floor will be
feet in height, and the highest IS feet.
| This difference IN the elevation of the
ceiling is caused by a slOping root, the
exterior surface of which is TO be covered
with slate. In addition to the double
staircase there is to be a smaller staircase
for the use of servants and a passenger
elevator leading from the basement to the
attic. The elevator platform will be by
feet. There is also to be dumb waiter
| leading to a pantry adjoining the dining
room. There are also two flues or shafts
opening off of every floor, and
communicating with the basement, by
means of one of which dust and the
sweepings Of the upper floors is conducted
to a receptacle in the basement. Into
the second shaft the soiled linen will
be dropped into the laundry. The sys-
tenn of ventilation seems TO be perfect,
each room having two or more
pipes leading from Just below tbs cell
ing to the space between the roof and
ceiling of the attic. This space is to be
provided with exhaust ventilators, which
will cause a constant upward current of
air in the pipes. Fresh air inlets
near the floor, to which registers will be
attached to indicate the quantity of air
/ admitted and withdrawn. The exterior
of the first story is to be rough cast. The
centre of the structure Will be ornamented
by tower 80 feet in height. All the
rooms viii be plastered with a wains-
cotting reaching from the floor to a line
/ about feet above. The floor. and, in
| fact. all the interior wood work, including
/ the floors of the structure, will be of yellow
| pine, with a hard oil or glass cabinet
| finish.
The front of the building viii rest
within about . feet of the
| New Houston street sidewalk. The por-
tico will extend from the main wall 10
feet toward the walk and be 10 feet in
width. A double staircase. each D feet in
width, of limestone, will lead direct from
| the walk to the pOrticO. On the Duffy
street side, or south side of the building,
I there viii be yeranda of of each floor
/ IL feet in width. An idea of the height of
the building may be formed from the fol-
lowing figures: Height of basement cell
ing, u feet; of first story ceiling, II feet;
/ of second story ceiling. Il feet, and of
attic ceiling IL feet. The architecture is
of what may be termed the Renaissance
style. The design is an attractive one,
and viii secure a convenient and praeti-
cal arrangement of rooms Of ample size
and with no waste Of space.
The exterior will be imposing and Will
befittingly express the noble purposes of
the institution. The taste Of the execu-
tors will. without doubt, be commended
by the public generally. 1t is expected
that the corner stone of the edIfice VIII be
laid some time next September, and that
the institution will be formally opened
about the beginning of next March.