The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
THE NEW ERA.
Perky Secures the Dread
for Cooking School.

Henry D. Perky of shredded wheat
fame, has purchased the Dread. and
he intends to have the whole building
thoroughly remodeled and thoroughly
equipped as cooking school. The
building when finally fitted out as Mr..
Perkey intends to have it, will be one
OF the most complete institutions for
the instruction of cooking in this sec
ton. 1t will be called the New Era. :"
The owner will transfer the present
quarters of the school on Jackson street
and all of the Dread will be fitted for
this purpose. This includes about four
| acres of land, and a piece of property
considered among the best in the city.
The purchase which was made yester-
day by Mr.. Perky, has been seriously
considered by him for some time, and
the final papers in the deal we're passed
yesterday. Eli Thayer is the man
from whom the property was pur-
chased.
The Dread was built from stone
quarried from a ledge in the rear of
the building, and is of material which
was also furnished the Adriatic mills
The quality of this stone for Building
purposes is known quite largely, and
the building has for some little time
been the admiration of Worcester peo-
pie. 1t is built in sections, the con-
struction of the first being started in
1S4S, when the east tower was also
added. Two years later the west tower
was built and then in 1852 the central
portion was erected.
Mr.. Perky intends to remodel the
structure from the top to the bottom.
The exterior will remain intact, the
interior will be considerably changed,
many improvements which suit the
fancy of Mr.. Perky in the particular
branches in which he intends to have
work done, being introduced.
On the first floor of the main hall
there will be arrangements made SO
that capacity of six hundred people
will be ensured. There will be two
class rooms and a hall adequate for
the accommodation Of six hundred
more. On the north side, a corridor
unites viii refrigerator. Anre-rooms
and sew al other rooms to suit the
convenience of the school are being ar
ranged. In the west tower there will
be forty-foot circular kitchen, with
a stone floor. The entire building will
be heated by steam, lighted by electric
ity, and the reading room will be pro-
vided with copies of The Spy and other
papers. On this side also there will
be a parlor, OF" parlors, an office, and
a dormitory, connected with the insti-
tullOn.
The kitchen viii be one of the most
completely equipped features of the
building, and it will also be one of the
largest of the kind in this section of
the country. In the kitchen there will
be a magnificent fireplace, which will
be supplied with all that goes with
practice of cooking in a first-class cook
ing school.
In the central portion of the building,
on the second floor the bath rooms will
be located, and there will also be sew
eral other Improvements on this floor
of the structure The roof will be
adorned with a handsome finish, and
there will also be at this point a grand
promenade. The east tower will not
be used On the fourth floor changes
will be made, so that the chemical lab
oratory will occupy place all by itself
The Perky library will also be in this
part, and the new statuary, which will
be purchased to fit the other hall, will
also occupy a section Of this floor Work
on the new building will be begun Jan
uary 10Th.