Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-28
Az ARTISTIC CLUB HOUSE.

The Unique and Luxurious Home Of One
of New York's Most Famous Clubs-
The new house of the Century is built
a mile and a half farther uptown than
its old one, occupying space 100 feet
square on the north side of Forty-third
street, little distance from its junction
with Fifth avenue, at the point where
the process of degrading that royalroa
into a shopping street seems for the
moment to have paused Its style il
that Italian Renaissance brought into
such vogue of late years for both pub
lie and private buildings. The material
Is a pale brick, in color little warmer
than gray, rather colder than yellow,
somewhat raw as yet, but promising
mellowness with time. and relieved over
much of its surface with terra Gotta or
namentation of a harmonizing tint.
1t rises to the height of three stories,
the lowest one finished in dressed gray
stone crossed by narrow horizontal
bands of terra Gotta, forming such an
elevation as to serve for a massive base
to the whole structure. and each of the
upper ones gaining in height upon the
one below it. The entrance is through
a graceful and stately arch of gray
stone, piercing the two lower stories,
and supporting at the base of the third
exquisite recessed lOggia. which, after
the FlOrentine manner. is open to the
air, and with which the dining room
connects. Low pilasters parting the
window bays, two on each side, relieve
the flatness of the front and inclose
spaces enriched but not crowded with
wreaths and other decorative forms IN
terra Gotta. The effect yielded by the
simple contour, pure lines and large
treatment Of surface of the building.
aided by its color, is that of blended
dignity and delicacy.
The interior arrangement preserve
throughout that scheme of large com
municating spaces which made 30
agreeable feature in the old building
At the rear of the ground floor, given
TO Offices and strangers rooms, a broad
stairway mounts on each side to a plat
form, midway of the height of this
story, giving access to the gallery. de-
tached from the main structure, built
nearly across the width of the ground.
and lighted from above and on three
sides The billiard room is below the
gallery.
Turning again toward the front, the
double stairway rises to the second
floor, divided into spacious halls for
meetings and conversation. and, gain
ing the third floor, leads TO the library
and the dining room and smoking
rooms Following the plan of all mod
ern clubs, which civilization is strangely
slow in adapting to private houses, the
processes and odors of cooking are con
fined to the region Just below the roof
1t is curious that the ridgepole and the
hearth, both of which were once synO-
nyms for the home, should at length
have met IN one place
An air of severe simplicity reigns IN
these marble lined balls and oak VAIN
scoted apartments, relisped by color Of
onyx panels, by gracsful curves Of clas
sc chimney pieces by columns Of dazlz
wood and veined marhle and By ne
gliding Of capital and balnstrade. -
free are the spaces thai from almost
any point there opens striking psr
spective Of arch and pillar and SIR,
NY. The many mambers who hawe
surveyed the world Of clubdom frun
Calcutta TO San Fsnncisoo pronounee
ths Century's new home 70 be. amng
buldings 20 occuPtsd. unksus and ocrn-
plste.-A R Mneaonaash IN Cen1nE1.