The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-01
THE DE SOTO ITSELF.
The Most Magnificent Hotel in the
State Described.

The Most Magnificent Hotel in the
state Described.
The De Soto occupies whole block
fronting south on Madison square, in which
stands the bronze statue and monument to
that heroic American soldier, Sergeant
Jasper. On the west is Savannah's grand
boulevard, Bull street, and on the north is
IiDerty street, with its three rows of noble
trees, and on the east is Drayton street. one
of Savannah's greatest thoroughfares. Be-
sides this, in the quadrangle and with a
southern opening Is the grand parade, with
ats grass plats and winding walks
The building is 300 feet on Liberty street.
and 200 feet on Bull street. with its princi-
psi entrance ON the latter. Liberty and
Harris streets also have doorways opening
into the main corridors for convaniences Of
access from those sides.
The hotel is picturesque in its skyline.
being four, five, and six stories in hight.
The material is brick, stone, and terra
Gotta. The first story is treated as a base
or socle, the color properly being dark, red
brick laid IN brown mortar; the two or three
superposed stories are of pleasant colored
buff brick made in New Jersey. A broad
band or frie2e of nodded copper divides
the main buff body Of the building from
the upper story, which is Of red terra Gotta
tiles. The roofs are mainly of dark slate,
from the north
The Liberty street entrance is noblv
arched and Is richly treated with nodded
and foliated terra Gotta. The second story.
above, Is designed With terra Gotta arcade
in front of recessed loggia.
THE GRAND ENTRANCE.
The Bull street entrance opens from q
porch or veranda 80 by so feet. approached
by two wide flights of granite steps.
thanked by terra Gotta and granite but.
tresses. carrying great beveled plate glass
lanterns.
The semi-circular or drawing-room wing
of the hotel is on the different stories varied
In its arrangement to meet the VARYING
tastes OF tourists. The rooms on the second
heor are so arranged as 10 open out upor
an arcaded loggia, 10 feet in width. shady
and cool, with beautiful view across The
square. The fourth story is similarly de-
Fised, while the rooms Of the inter veninr
stories come directly to the outer wall, hav.
Ang windows OF unusual breadth and tran.
SONS OF loaded disks, making most charm
fDg winter rooms, and giving unlimited sur
and air
A new feature, the solarium, has beer
developed in the shape of broad fiat plat
form on the highest roof surrounding /
glazed room or hall, where amid potteC
orange trees and camelliss the invalid OF
Urea UaVeler may recIlne, and watch thu
steamers on the river to Tybee and beyond
THE PLAN OF THE HOTEL.
The general plan and disposition of th,
hotel is such that occupying three sides o.
the parallelogram the third toward th,
southeast is left and is to remain open FOL
the free influx of light, sunshine, and tn,
Eoutherly breezes from the ocean. TN
space thus thrown open, ''the parade" i
laid out in walks and lawns, with tenni
court, fountains, smokers seats, orchestri
pavilion, orange trees, and all that goes t.
make up the sum of LONELINESS of a southern
garden, so delightful and novel to the eye
OF the northern invalid OF pleasure seeker
All those rooms which would ordinaril,
be rear rooms in hotel otherwise planned
become, by their outlook over this beauti
full piece Of landscape gardening, amonI
the most attractive and pleasant, and
difficulty from the first has been expe
rienced in determining which of the 81
rooms are the least desirable.
On the ground floor "the PARADE is Dor