The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-19
BUILDING OPERATIONS.
The Architects Are Having
Busy Season.
PICTURESQUE AND IMPOSING
HOME FOR ALTA CLUB.
A Style of Architecture Entirely
New to Salt Lake--Description of
the Structure-Many Modern
Residences Going Up-The Kearns
Terrace.

When the new Alta club building
rears its towers towards South Temple
and State streets it will be one Of the
most imposing. novel and picturesque
structures in all the land of Zion.
1t viii be novel and picturesque for
more than one reason. The building
is to be entirely of Spanish architec-
tural design, a manner of architecture
which is new entirely in Salt Lake.
The Spanish style is very much in
vogue in the east. It is distinguished
chiefly by oriole windows on the top
floor, logees leading from the smoking
rooms, and a tiled roof
The Alta members are going to have
club home after the most modern
and approved eastern style. The
building is to be about II feet wide by
about III in length, and will rear its
crested head in the air to the extent of
three stories, added to which there will
be a comnodious basement. Here
there will be a bowling alley, several
Wine and billiard rooms and kitchen
stores.
The ground floor Will be unusually
picturesque. The entrance will be
through a spacious hall, mosaic floored,
and leading from this is a card apart
ment, toilet and cloak rooms and an Of
fee.
And that is not all by any means.
On the State street side of the build
ing viii be a ladies' entrance, and OPP
poSite this, on the east side, a. large
stone porch leading from one OF the
card rooms. is to be constructed.
As to the second floor: This will have
the culinary department. an elaborate
dining rcSIr. and private dining rooms.
a. ladies' reception room Will be on this
floor, with a. library and loges adjoin-
ing, with loges fronting both streets.
and balconies standing in statuesque
dignity above the porch
The top floor will be devoted princi-
pally TO bed and bath rooms. Sixteen
bed rooms with baths and private
baths adjoining them are provided for
in the design.
Fred A. Hale and Thomas A. Green.
jr., are the architects. and they are
especially proud of the broad projec-
tons ito the cornices. These, they claim,
are better fitted for a, climate such as
prevails in Utah than the heavy and
rugged atmospheric conditions in the
east
The cost Of the building will be about
$35, 900 or sac 900, and it is to be con-
structed after fashion almost entirely
new to the west. 81 do not understand.
said Architect Hale yesterday, why
the Spanish style has not been more
extensively used here, as the western
country is especially adapted for such
a, variation in the usual method that
prevails
Many other buildings going up are
keeping the architects and builders
busy. The shops east of the Chamber
of Commerce have been torn down and
the owners of the ground, who are
eastern men, are putting I'D a fine two
story business block While the struc-
ture will not be of the imposing kind.
it will be handsome and an ornament
to the street.
The contractors are pushing work on
the terrace being built on State street,
below the city and county building. by
Thomas Kearns. It Will be a, fine struS
ture, having a. frontage of $50 feet ON
State street.
Scores of neat modem residences are
being constructed in all parts of the
city Most of these will be rented, the
coming in of a large number of families
from Omaha, Colorado and the north
having created a demand for houses of
this character.