The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-27
THE BRITISH CLUB.
Opening of the Handsome New
building,

nanuS or the contractor, MIR. Il. Is.
Thomas, its new building situated
between A'akea and Union streets,
near Beretania street and opposite
the Hawaiian Hotel. Luncheon was
served to members for the first time
in the new building at noon to-day,
by Steward Mariana, whose abilities
as caterer set the standard for
Honolulu.
The main building is 81 feet 6
inches by AZ feet on the ground
plan. 1t is combination of the
Eastlake and Queen Anne styles of
architecture. Mr.. |. A. Palmer was
the architect. The entire cost of
building and new furniture will be
about $4,000.
The club lot fronts 100 feet on
Alakea, and about the same on Union
street. AS previously recorded in
this paper, by an exchange of clogs"
of ground with Mr.. A. j. Cartwright
the club was able, before building,
to square its site. The new building
is rather imposing structure of
wood two stories high. Inviting
looking verandas, on both fats, 60
feet long and II feet wide, cover the
breadth of the main front on Alakea
street. Pillars and arches of veran-
das are ornate without any ginger
bread appearance. From a wide
front door hall 10 feet wide runs to
the back door. In this hall near the
servants stations is an electric bell
indicator, by which calls can be made
from any of the rooms by pressing a
button. While on electricity it
should by noted that the building is
being fitted throughout with electric
lights by the Hawaiian Electric Com
pany.
Entering from Alakea to the right
you are ushered into the billiard
room, a wainscoted apartment 26
feet by 4G feet. 1t contains two
tables. another to be added. There
are snug lockers on the inner side for
the use of members. Across the
hall is a smoking and lounging room,
26 feet by rs feet, fitted with side
board and lockers. All the rooms
above and below are IA feet high.
A dressing room with avatory is
in rear of the smoking room. 1t is
l2ft.xl5ft., and nanked by COM
modious bathroom. Then across a
small hall are the sanitary require
ments with modern appliances. An
ice chest is placed under the stairs
at the far end of the main hall. On
the lower floor Of wing facing
Union street are the servants and
store rooms, from which a stairway
leads to kitchen and pantry upstairs.
The main stairway springs from
near the middle of the hall, facing
the front entrance, and has one turn
at right angles from rest midway.
On the left-hand side, front, looking
toward Alakea street, is the reading
room, 24ft.x40ft. Rear of that are
two private card rooms, each l4ft.
square, connected with large swing
ing doors on rollers, whereby they
may be thrown into one apartment.
Either singly or doubly they are
designed for private dinner parties
when so required. A hall from front
to rear divides the three rooms just
mentioned from the dining room.
This is spacious, being "a feet by
46. A long table extends length
wise of the room, surrounded with
very comfortable chairs.
The British Club has survived
several national clubs in Honolulu,
which fiourished for time and then
went under. Having cosmopolitan
constitution it admits gentlemen of
other nationalities than that its name
indicates. With such handsome
new home as the one now sketchily
described, the British Club has APP
parently entered a fresh career of
prosperity. The new building makes
a conspicuous enhancement of APP
pearances in that part of the town
where it is situated. With Mr..
Cartwright's remodeled residence adj
jaccnt, and the imposing Hawaiian
Hotel, Honolulu Library, Y. M. G.
A. building and Mr.. 7. c. Porter's
graceful new cottage all within sight
of the new Club, owners of property
in that locality will be stimulated to
arise and build fabrics in keeping
with such respectable environment.