The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
4 Description Of the Handsome Building 10
Be Erected Immediately.
u WILL BE SEVEN STORIES HIGH
Fifty.iour Feet Front ana one Hun.
dred nnd Thirty seven Feet Deep
Italian "Reminiscences style Elcva.
tors and H.i.hitME-'Thn Rooms
Have Nearly All Been Taken.

VIII DC erected on the site Of the old st.
James Hotel, will be one OF the finest
structed buildings in the country.
IL VIII be of the skeleton steel con
structfon type of buildings, and abso-
lutely fire-proof. The dimensions are
1ifty-four feet front on Main street by
one hundred and thirty-seyen and a
quarter feet deep, and seven stories
high. provision being made in all struc-
tural parts. the elevators, heating,
plumbing and electric plant for two adj
ditional stories. On the east side Of
the first story the entrance hall. 18S27
feet Is located, with the entrance from
Main street on the front and from Wide
Water street in the rear. This hall Will
contain a roomy stairway finished in
steel and marble and two hydraulic
passenger elevators directly facing the
entrance. The cars, carefully propor-
TONED to admit of the most convenient
entrance and exit. will be Of wrought
iron Of ornamental design, the grilles
surrounding them being OF the same
character. In the front OF the hall
alongside the entrance vestibue will b,
4 cigar and newspaper stand, divided
from the hall by iron grilles similar to
thoSe around the passenger elevators a
stairway leads from the hall to q Dicy-
Gle room beneath It,
fhe remainder OF the first floor is de-
voted entirely to the purposes Of the
bank, the banking room being entered
from Main street directly through {,
VestlDule or from the entrance hall, and
Is only two steps above the Main street
sidewalk. Advantage has been taken Of
the exceptionally fine site to light the
banking room by large windows on -four
sides. The desks are to be arranged
III the middle OF the room. surrounded
py cages or marble and wrought metal
win an aisle on each side next the wall
or the building. giving passage to the
presidents room and cashiers private
room. the gentlemen ana ladies COUPON
rooms, the directors rooms, employees
room and toilet, which are to occupy
positions IN the rear of the burglar proof
vault. The vault Is built in a convenient
position free from contact with the
walls OF the building. and only connect
ed with the floor of the banking room
az the entrance. space of two and a
half feet being formed around it EXCEPT
al this point. open to the basement floor.
AS deposit boxes are to be provided for
III addition 10 the bank funds, the vault
VIII he divided into two chambers by
IRON ErllleS. A meZzanine story to b.
located in the rear OF the banking room
containing officers and employees dining
rooms. Kitchen, pantry. ana store-rooms
1ol books and stationery
THE BANKING ROOM.
The banking room and entrance hail
floored with TcrratZa and Granite. The
officers and directors rooms are TO be
WalnScoted with nuartered oak and n
massive mantelpiece Of the same wood
nrtlsticaily carved is to be placed in the |
latter. Each story, from the second to |
the seventh. inclusive, will be divided
INTO connected offices alternating large
ana small, so as to accommodate The
varied requirements of the tenants this
arrangement admitting of the renting
OF a small office, a large office. 4 large
and small office, or a suite of offices nc |
may he desired a gentlemen's toilet
Is to be located on each floor and q la
dies parlor with toilet attached in the
third and and sixth story AS the ele-
Fators are to have speed of 25O feet q |
minute the offices OH the different
1ioors Will be equally desirable All inte-
riof work above the first story will be of
chestnut finished in the natural wood
freight elevator is to be placed i'm
medlately at the entrance Of a driveway
from Wide Water street and communi |
cate with every floor above the first |
The building will be thoroughly heated
hy the Warren Webster system of steam
heatlnE on the direct-indirect plar and |
perfectly ventilated so as to put the tenn
nerature or rooms under the control of
the occupant
The lighting will be from an electric
plant placed in the basement. y storare
neing proved for to supply the lights |
required in the banking and corridors |
alter business hours The plumbing will |!
pe Oh the most modern type, the toilet |
room hoors OF granite the stalls Of mar
ne ana the walls Of polished Wings
indsor cement. The building is de- |
signed IN Italian renaissance STYLE tho
WallS or hard burned bricks throughout |
laced with pressed bricks of old gold
E '1 on all four sides and trimmed with |
worcester stone and terra Gotta.
Applications have been made for naar |
~ all the offices in the building.
Moose Alict Dead.