Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-18

Following is brief description of the
Floral Festival Society's building to be
erected on their lot ON Fourth street.
near Main, and to be used as home for
working girls, 1t was designed by ar
chtect G. Ii. Brown. and has very
neat but plain exterior of modern style.
There are three stories and brick base
ment. The latter will contain separate
cellar for a Womans Exchange, fur.
mace room and laundry. The remainder
OF the basement will be used as a cook
ing school, being supplied with two
French ranges On the first or principal
floor there is spacious hall running
through from front to rear, thus giving
an abundance of light and ventilation.
The front room on the left side OF the
main hall will be used as the office,
which is l6Axl4A feet, and contains
bookcases. closets, etc. Back of the
office is the main staircase six feet wide.
with landing twelve feet long; under
this and entered from the office is Law.
atory. The remainder of this side of
building is taken up by five bedrooms,
each l0xl4 feet with large closets be-
tween, with linen closet and back
stairs; also bathroom, S4x9l feet, con.
tanning basins, tubs, and closet. At the
right Of the hall is found the parlor,
l9x27, communicating with the front
hall and dining room by sliding doors;
these being thrown open will give floor
space of 54x30 feet if desired to be used
for holding receptions, etc. In the rear
of the dining room is the kitchen, store
room, pantries, china closet, etc. On
the second floor are found thirteen bed.
rooms, l0xlS. and two. l2xl7 feet, each
room having closet, Axe feet. These
are all outside rooms, nicely lighted and
ventilated. There is also a large bath.
room and linen closet on this floor, and
two outside fire escapes leading to the
ground. From this floor are two spa
cious staircases leading to the third
floor, which contains fourteen rooms,
each l0xlS feet, and two rooms, l2xl6
feet. There is hall six feet wide on
this floor, connecting the front and rear
staircases; each room has large closet
and all are well lighted, there being no
inside rooms in the building. The
building will be heated by open
CRATES and hot air furnace
with pipes leading to registers
placed in principal rooms of first floor
and in halls and corridors of second and
third floors. Some of the rooms can
also be heated with stoves, if desired.
The first floor woodwork is to be fin
ished in natural redwood aud the rooms
of second and third floors painted in
light tints. making them light and
cheerful. The building will cost Sl3, 900
complete, exclusive of the furnace,
which the building committee thought
best to leave out OF the contract. The
society have on hand $1,000, and hope to
raise enough more in few days to COM
mence the building.
Mr.. Brown has n number of other
buildings now under way among which
is church building for the Baptist So.
ciety of Pasadena; residence for Mr.
o. ii. Churchill, to cost $4,000, being
erected on Figueroa street, opposite Mrs.
Longstreets place; a residence on Buena
Vista street for A. Glassell, ESQ, to cost
$500; a $1,000 residence in Pomona for
Otto Mueller; store building and liv.
cry stable in the new town of Monrovia,
costing S7400, for G.. NJ. Smith, ESQ.,;
q story and half cottage on Main street
for Mr.. f. G. Wilson, aud S25OO car.
riage room for Mrs. NJ. Banning, ON
Fort Hill. He is also about completing
a very commodious hotel at Puente for
Messrs. Pomeroy & Stmson, and has
several other residences about ready to |
submit to contractors. This all shows |
how our city and vicinity are growing.