The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-05
HOW Is This FOR HIGH
A Mammoth 8-Story Building
With Is Stores and $40 Offices.
BRITISH CAPITAL BACK OF 1T
Nothing Going up or Contemplated Will Hold
a Rush Light to this Masterpiece
of Architectural Skill.

Captain Van KroWloW, an eX-ofhcer of
the English army, quietly settled down in
Salt Lake year ago in the office OF Archi-
tect kletting, and penclled sketches on the
draughting boards the same as a common
everyday iirry, but with the air of an
aristocrat. All this time he was quietly
meditating upon the plans for large Office
and business block that would so far excel
all previous efforts as to ut once command
recognition as a masterpiece of architectu-
raj design. From an inspection of the
plans in the Hooper building, where Mr.
Krowlow has opened mis- Office, it must be
conceded that it will be no longer neces-
sary to send out of town for architects, as
Mr.. Krowlow has stripped the laurels from
the Chicago and Omaha itinerents.
1t is one thing to get a great building on
paper and quite another and more difficult
matter to get it on, or rather out of the
ground.
, To secure the necessary financial back
ing, it is said, an English syndicate was
| formed and an option taken on the fine bus
| mess site at the northwest corner of Sec
ond South and the State road The
matter progressed so quietly that the news
papers were kept in the dark as to the ne
EQUATIONS and nothing was said of the
enterprise until the plans were completed.
The building will have a frontage of 154
feet on Second South street and 139 feet on
the State road. 1t will rise to height of
eight stories above the basement, and will
| be crowned with large bell-shaped tower,
covered with copper, and thirty-two tur-
rets will crop out of the cornice. The front
elevations will be constructed of gray stone,
rock-faced, with polished Intermediates,
and relieved with triangular balconies,
carved stone dragons and number of
American eagles, will be perched upon
pedestaled columns.
The features of the building are too mag
nifcent entrances, which are two stories
high, and surmounted with Oriental win
dows. The approaches lead from the en-
frances into circular arcade, 80 feet in
diameter, located in the center of the build
ing and which will be handsomely finished
in red marble. In this will be placed three
rapid running elevators.
THE BASEMENT
contains thirteen large apartments under
meath the various stores above. There are
also vaults, room for heating apparatus,
electric light. etc.
The style is American with adaptations
of Italian renaissance The building VIII
be cut up in four different blocks, which
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lation and light.
Heavy ornamental piers will divide the
different stores, curved aud relieved with
handsome mouldings. There are two en-
frances, one from the State road and one
on Second South street with openings
two stories high, over which project
oriental windows, and these are relieved
by granite columns. The effect here pro.
duced can be classed triumphal arch in
architectural construction.
On each corner there are triangle bal
comics, supported by chaste figures. Be
tween the triangle balcony and the oriental
windows-which are of the same height
, the American eagles are perched
J on columns, the caps running tc
the floors below. One Of the features
which the architect has thoughtfully pro
} vided is a law library, consisting of nine
rooms on the eighth floor. In the corners
J under the tower are two open balconie:
where the lawyer, during the hot summer
days, can sit in the open air perusing his
cherished text books in the fresh sea air
and from which there is most beautiful
view of the city.
THE TOWER
is in itself a big structure and will holt
three suites of rooms. 1t is of the bell shap
| form, ornamented with four terrets, ant
will be covered with copper roofing.
the two entrances, as before stated
lead to circular arcade, fifty feet in di
ameter, located in the center Of the build
ing. This dome like cylinder is lined witt
red marble relieved with black and green
The elevators will play up and down tn
arcade and giving the interior of the build
ing perfect venteation and light. Variou
I corridors run from the arcade and ar
! lighted from the openings between walls o
the blocks.
E The building contains fifteen stores an
, $40 offices and will be the largest, most ex
pensive and finest business structure il
, this city. 1t will cost quarter of mil
lion dollars and there is every indication
, that work will be commenced during tn
Domino summer