The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-20
THE PEABODY BUILDING
Thrown Open to tho Publlc-A Credit to
the City,

Thrown Open TO tho Publlc-A Credit to
the City,
On Saturday tho now PEABODY insur-
anco building was thrown open for the
inspection of tho public, and Saturday
night it was brilliantly lighted from top
to bottom. During tho day and even
ing hundreds OF people availed thom-
selves Of the privilege to 20 through
the structure, and many were the OK
pressious OF approval and admiration,
not only OF the architectural beauty OF
the building rs whole, but of Its per-
feet interior Arrangement and splendid
finish.
The Peabody building can be proper
ly described as monument at once 10
the genius OF the architects, Leiner &
Faria, to the workmanship OF tho con-
tractors, Woods Brothers, the thorough
ness and beauty OF whose work is the
admiration OF all, and to the progressive
spirit of tho Peabody company. In its
construction there has been embodied
tho most modern ideas of such struc.
lures, aud the result is an ideal Office
building. It stands in ths heart Of the
business centre OF the city, on Market
street Just above Twelfth, and ia avail
able for most any kind OF business.
The building il four stories high, and
OF ornamental aud modern design, and
is built of stone and brick. a large and
handsomely finished store room 25Xl25
feet, is on each side OF the imposing
arched main entrance, and they are
connected in tho rear by double doors,
SO that they eau be used either gepa.
rately or together. The lighting and
ventilating apparatus could not be i'm
proved upon, there being, besides the
immense show windows in front, double
sky.lights aud large windows in the
rear. Handsome metal ceilings, manu-
featured by tho Corrugating Company,
and the walls finished in hard woods
make an interior most pleasing to the
eye. Over the rear OF both store rooms,
and connected with them by handsome
stairways, are large rooms on the second
floor, with closets, layatorles, ETC., at
tached.
The three other floors ofthe building
are divided into Office rooms, which
may be rented either singly or in suites.
There are thirty OF these rooms and
eleven Of them have already been rented,
the rental price being all tho way from
$3.50 to $500 per year. So admirable is
the arrangement of the structure as re-
CARDS light and ventilation that there Is
not an undesirable room in the build
ing, tho rear rooms, indead, being as.
favornbty located in these respects as
the front aooms. Though the entire
building is heated by steam, there are
fire places in all the rooms, SC that that
means OF heating may be used by the
tenant il desired. The building is also
wired for telephones and electric lights
and arranged also for illuminating gas
Wash basins are in each room. and the
building ia well equipped with closets
and bath rooms in which hot and cold
water may DO found at all times.
An Otis rapid elevator operated by
hydraulic pressure, is among the many
conveniences OF the building. Another
convenience is the supply of fresh, pure
water which is supplied from we'll 460
feet deep under the building and dis
tributed to every mfrom a reservoir
in the top Of the building. The steam
heating arrangement is perfect, there
being double boiler capacity.
Taken as whole, the Peabody build
ing is an ornament to the city and in all
its appointments it has no superior.