St. Landry democrat., 1891-01-31
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An Architectural Marvel.
TIE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE AT CHICAC

The Masonic Temple will be an archi-
tectural marvel, towering up twenty sto-
ries. The roof will DO 2,5 feet above the
street grade. This structure, in addition
to being magnificent ornament TO Chi
cago, will be the highest buildlng In the
world. The ground space it covers has
frontage of 10 feet on State street and
IA on Randolph. All the arts Of the pres
ent century will be employed to embellish
its interior and give 1t an attractive exte-
rior, and no expense will be spared to make
it one of the most, If not the most, com
plete structure IL existence. No less than
81 900, OO0 will be expended in its construc-
ZION. the exterior facing of the first two
stories will be of granite and those above
Of ashen gray brick and terra Gotta. The
structure will be entirely OF steel and alb
solutely ireproof, so far as material and
the skill of man can make 1t.
The grand entrance will be from State
street, AZ feet in height and % feet In
| width. with tessellated Roman floor of
novel design. This leads into a rotunds
having an area Of 300 square feet and
open to the extreme height of the build"
| ing, finished up to the 275 foot roof with
plate glass and white pollshed marble. At
the rear of the rotunds will be elevators,
eighteen In number. arranged in eimi-
circle. These elevators will have total
carrying capacity of &C. 900 to a, 900 pass
engers daily Three of them will be used
! for transporting visitors and sight-seers to
the observatory, where beautiful pavil-
on garden will relieve the eye after the
grand panorama of the city and the sur
rounding lake and country scenery has
been viewed In the roof psrlor refresh,
| meuts will be served and an orchestra dis
| course music.
The novel feature of the interior viii BIZ
the plan for having retail shops located on
several floors. |. will be an experiment
here, bat merchants have already applied
for storerooms and are sangulne they will
Il eat with decided favor among the peo-
ple OF Chicago and vicinity. Ia the base.
mant will be the largest restaurant in the
city. 1t will be finished el.borateIy in
marble. An ornate staircase will lead into
the basement On the frst floor will be
spacious waiting rooms. All the stores
facing State and Randolph streets will
have entrances from the rotunda.
The floors of the building will not be
number as in ordinary structures, bu,
each will be designated by an appropriate
and suggestive name. Each floor will
have a twelve foot corridor, and on every
one of these corridors or avenues, as it Is
propos,d to call them, stores and offices
will be rented. AS there are to be no ar
bitrarv partitions IN the building, lessees
can have rooms of any dimension, varying
FROM 1Ox14 to 6Oxl0O, large enough for s
cigar 5 and or pretentious shopping en-
porium Above the sixteenth story tbs
floors will be devoted to the Masonic order
The seventeenth and eighteenth floors viii
be occupied by the Masonic rooms and 4
drill-hall large enough to seat Is 0 people
A gallery will extend around the large
hall
Ia addition to several hundred offices
the building will contain over 100 lodge
rooms, some of them having seating cspsc
ity of over 1000 people. and will be su
perby decorated. 1t Is expected that The
temple will be ready for formal dedication
by May l. 1892.