Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
THE PEABODY Building
WILL BE OPEN TO THE INSPECTION OF THE
PUBLIC TO-DAY.
A Description, Of One Of the Handsomssi Archiise-
tural SHuc.urss, and the Most Complies Office
Building in the Oily.

A splendid illustration OF the modern
idea in Office building architecture is
the Peabody structure on Market street
above Twelfth, which was recently COM
pleted, and which will be thrown open
70 the inspection of the public to-day.
For the purposes for which it was de-
signed and constructed, the building is
in every sense a model one. 1t will DO
doubt be visited by thousands of people
today, and especially this evening,
when it will be lighted throughout.
Work on the building was started In
August, 1891, and it was completed a
short time ago. The plans were pre-
pared by Architects Leiner & Faris. 1t
is four stories high, the first floor con-
talning two large store rooms,
and the remaining floors being
divided into Office rooms. The
front is certainly one of the hand
soonest in the city. 1t is of ornamental
design; the first story is stone; and the
other stories OF pressed brick, with
Cleveland stone trimmings. In the CEN
ter OF the ground floor is an arched en-
trance, about twelve feet deep.
The store rooms on the first floor are
commodious and elegantly finished.
They we're designed with an especial
regard for light and ventilation. The
dimensions are 25x120 feet, and each
room is equipped with double skylights
and large windows in the front and rear.
The metal ceilings are of handsome
pattern, manufactured by the COrrugat-
ing Company. The rooms are so
constructed that they may be
thrown together by large connecting
doorway in the rear. In addition, a
large room on the second floor, in the
rear, with closets and lavatOries at
tached, will be given to each tenant.
The second, third and fourth floors
are divided into Office rooms, thirty In
all, of which eleven are already Occu-
pied. An inspection of the building
will satisfy any person that it is better
adapted for Offices than any structure in
the city. Each room, by an admirable
arrangement, is furnished with abund-
ant light during the day, and also with
EoS eAA0 NASSNAAN 80 ANS'
The building is wired for telephones,
aud there are,fre-places and wash! basins
IN each room, in addition 10
closets, lavatories aud bath tubs on
each floor. The owners of the building
furnish heat, light and janitors' SER
vice free of charge to tenants. There
are II rooms on the fourth floor, IL on
the third, Z on the second. and large
room on the fifth. Several rooms are
connected on each floor.
The building is equipped with an
Otis rapid elevator. The water supply
is secured from a well 400 feet deep in
the cellar, and the elevator is operated
by hydraulic pressure. On the top floor
is large tank for the distribution Of
water to tenants. The building is heated
throughout by steam. There is a du-
plicate boiler capacity, and the boilers
are 80 inches in diameter. the largest in
any Office building in the city.
The building, in all its appurtenances,
is q valuable addition TO the business
section of the city. and its Office
features supply q want which has long
been felt.