The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-27

cernible to the visitor approaching Bruins
wick before any other object is clearly de-
fined.
The building Is constructed of brick three
stories high. the main building with front
age of 267 feet. with wings at either end run
ming back $40 feet. Along the front runs
wide porch, affordlng a covered promenade
of 24O feet in length. The building is capped
by graceful towers in the centre and at the
corners. adding greatly to its beauty.
Large and we'll appointed grounds sur
round the hotel. ornamented with shrubs
and flowers, and handsome walks. The
open space on the water front between the
wings forms park. in the centre of which
is handsome fountain embedded in roses
and shrubbery. the remainder of the plat
occupied by beds of flowers of different va
rieties, the whole bordered by paimettos
orange and other tropical trees.
The Interior of Hotel.
Within, the interior is in keeping with the
exterior. Massive double doors give admit
lance to a large rotunda, tiled with marble,
extending from front to rear, thence open
ing out circular balcony, which ex-
tends twenty-five feet into the court. ana
affords beautiful view of the bay. At the
right of the rotunda through graceful
arch is the office while on the left another
arch leads to the grand staircase. Wide
Railways. also marble tiled, lead out from
the rotunda on either side to the dining
rooms, parlor and reception rooms, the
reading ROOM elevators, etc, also to the
billiard room and gentlmen's parlor and
smoking room. The halls are heated by
steam, and nearly all the rooms are provid-
ed with fireplaces.
The dining room is 5Ox75 feet, with two
connecting rooms, the three capable of seat
ing 300 guests.
The cuisine of the Oglethorpe is fully
equal to the leading first-class hotels of the
south. Courteous and attentive walters are
always at hand, and guests are made 10
feel perfectly at home.
The main or grand parlor is a beautiful
room 7Ox32 feet. connected by folding doors
with the reception rooms, 2Ox30 and that
again connecting with a cosy dressing
ROOM The mantels which adorn the par
apartments genuine works of art, of
carved wood highly finished.
Passing up the main stairway to the sec
ond floor handsome balcony and prone
made overlooks the rotunda. The second
ana third floors are almost identical in their
arrangement. The rooms are large. light
and CHEEKY, with roomy closets and many
init
affording great convenience for families
There are no back rooms each one faces
the street or overlooks the harbor.
No hotel in America is better arranged
or more suitably situated for the conye-,
nience of its patrons, it being about enc
hundred yards from the union station
while the property itself Immediately adj
joins that of the railroad.
All modern conveniences are to be had
There are bath rooms for public use, as
well as others. connecting with suites of
rooms, and elevator in operation at all
hours. The entire building is lighted with
incandescent electric lights. so distributed
Throughout the office. corridors and halls
as to distribute an even and sufficient light.
In conclusion. it might be stated that
the Oglethorpa is the only strictly first
class hotel in the city. and unlike other
institutions of like character, endeavors
TO maintain a reputation gained by cour-
tenus treatment of guests and comfortable
surroundings.
THE TINES furnishes at one and the same time
the best attractions to the reader. the surest re-
turns to the advertiser. Largest circulation in
Georgia south of savannah.