The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-03
THE REILLY BLOCK. R
AnANpsoAlE, E1EeANr.BuI1p1Ne
To DO Erected IN ths hart Of tho city During.
the Coming summsr-A Description of
the BaiiaiBg. Which wiil be a Credit
to the city and its Baildsrs.

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The fptoto October next, will see erected
on the northwest corner Of Market and
Fourteenth streets, what will be the
finest building in Wheeling; one that will
be the pride Of the city, creditable alike
to the ability and capacity Of the con-
tractors and builders and the push and
energy Of the leading citizen whose prop.
erty t will be. twill be known aS the
"Reilly Block" and will bel monument
TO the enterprise OF Michael Reilly, Esq. .
The new building Is to be four stories
high. From the pavement to the top oil
the ornamental cornice will be over
seventy feet in heightlr, which will be
higher by twelve or fifteen feet than the
roof OF the Opera House. The building
will occupy. all that space on which now
stands the old two-story building occu.
pied by DR.. Schnepf's drug store and form.
erly BIZ the Tidal Wave saloon, including
the little frame structure in the rear next
TO the Fourteenth street exit from the
Opera House. The new block Is TO be
builtof plain and ornamental pressed brick
with Cleveland stone trimmings. The
Market street front will be nearly all glass.
The finest French plate will be used in
both irontsfor the first and second stories.
Stained glass will also be used in ornamen-
tai windows on the Fourteenth street side
aud at the top Of the fourth story win.
dows. The building Is to be finished in
hard wood throughout. There will be two
entrances 10 the upper stories. The one
on Market street will be next to the Opera
House entrance and the other on Four
teenth street, will be next to the Opera
House exit on that street. .f1 E
The store room on the corner will proba.
bly, be occupied by DIR. Schnepf again
/ with his drug store. Underneath the front
part OF this room there will be a basement
office nicely finished up, that will be reach
ed by an entrance on Fourteenth street
and lighted by glass pavement lights.
The second store room, saloon room or
office, whatever 1t may be used for, will
In addition to the light from the front, be
llighted by skylight well in the rear that
runs up through the entire building.
On thesecond floor over the corner store
room there will be two large offices, and
over the other store room one large and
one small Office together with the neces.
sary halls, closets, coal boxes, etc. On
Tue bLllEu uouE ONel tue CoTueF stute IOou
will be three Offices, or they may be
thrown into one room and made hall for
a society, by tearing out the partitions;
over the other store room are two Offices
or club rooms with the halls, coal boxes
and closets: The fourth floor will be a
hall 40x44 feet.
The plans and specifications for this
handsome building were gotten up by Mr.,
Ed. w. Wells, ofKtevis, Kraft & Go. He
has spent considerable time on them and
has good reason TO be proud Of the results.
The building will be built by Klevis,
Kraft & Co., who have already commenced
/ tearing down the structure. This old
building, by the way, projects out oyer a
foot on the Fourteenth street pavement.
The new building will not be allowed to
| do this,