Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-12-20
SOME FINE BUILDINGS

Among the numerous beautiful and SUD
stantial brick business houses erected in oui
city the past summer, all Of which have
columns, the Noble building and the Furle,
and Roth block, the former situated on tn.
northeast corner of Douglas and Topeks
avenues, and the latter on the southwest
corner of the same streets, were brough,
into particular prominence night before last
bv the electric light which blazed between
them. These fine structures are jus. COM
pletcd. The Noble building Is noted for tn,
beauty of its exterior, while the Furley
structure Is remarkable for its msssiy,
solidity.
The Noble building is not only beautiful
in exterior finish, but its interior arrange
ments, appointments and finish are desery-
ing OF notice, and the work is creditabl,
alike to the judgment of Mr.. Noble himself.
who watched over it during the progress OF
building, and TO Mr.. Sternberg, the con-
tractor, and Myers & Sons, the painters, a.
well as to Terry &c Dumont, the architects
The handsome cornice, too, which was mad.
BY Jacob Bissantz, is a feature that should
not be overlooked. The building is 50xS'
snd two stories high, containing twent,
rooms on the two upper floors and two Oh
the first floor. The west room on the ground
foor is occupied by y. F. Niederiander's rea
estate office, which has just been cited ui
with ratings, desks aud other furniture in
style of magniacence uneaqualed in tn,
west. The second floor is reached By b
broad stairway in the center of the building.
This is finished with black walnut banisters
finely polished. Stepping upon the second
door yoa and yourself in a hall ten feet
wide, extending the entire length of tbs
building. which, with doors at the front and
rear, admit draft through the entire build
ing, which is quite an object in summer.
At the end of the hall is water closet and
washs.and. A. the rear is 3
small portico from which stairway leads
down into the back yard where are close;s
and coal houses very conveniently arranged
The rooms are commodous and well lighted
through numerous large windows, and they
are well ventilated in and every way desir-
able. The Southwestern Business College &C.
cupies this entire floor, except two suits of
rooms in the from. of the west side of the
hall, one of which is occupied by Wilson Il
Toms loan office,a the other by Buckner
4 Keonig's law office. The remainder of
the rooms on that side will be used
by the Business college for tele-
graph and shorthand instruction. The
college Office is in the first room on the To-
peks avenue side, and is commodious and
bright and elegantly furnished. This
opens into the counting room by large
have shown their handiwork. The casing
are painted in cherry red, the frame of the
doors in black walnut, and the panels in
French walnut. IL Is Il fine piece of work.
As the college in not completely fitted up,
We will defer a description in detail until
ster date. The style of finish OF the interior
IS known as the Lakeside" The rooms are
al large and square, and are connected by
sliding doors and all finished handsomely
and supplied with every convenience. The
third foor il almost an identical reproduce
ion of the second, but it is not yet occu.
pied. The rooms are very fine. All in all. |
his is perhaps the hsndsomest inside and |
Iu', as well As rs the best arranged building |
n the city.
DR.. Furley's building. on the other corner,
5 8 commanding structure, and, perhaps, the |
most substantial in this city. with splendid !
business room on the ground floor, with fine
,iste glass windows. and in all respect.
lifted for fine dry goods or clothing esisb-
isbment. or. perhaps owing 70 It's substantial
truc,ure, better fitted for some hesvie. busi-
less The upper floors are divided into
'ooins suited for Offices ard are unoccupied,
ave a suit in the front part of the second
ioor, which the doctor has fitted up in
legsnt style for himself and wife.
These two grand structures, with the Man
ls;tsa block on another corner. make fine
howing in iha. locality. There is some talk
f building grand opera house on the re-
naming corner, where the Old Merchants
nil stood. and If this should be done the
continuation would be BY IA. the fnef in
he city Il