The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-29

1 1ldHdu renaissance ana Will be a room OF
| great beauty and attracuveness.
At the left of the entrance lobby, in the
| southwest corner Of the building, is the Ii
room opening from it in a quiet and retired
| portion of the building. To the right of the
| entrance, opening from the entrance hall,
| is a small waiting room, where the outside
business of the club may be transacted.
| Next to this is the desk and Office of the
| manager, with his private Office between 1t
| and the ladies' hall. and opening from the
| private office is the board of directors
room This location of the offices gives
| them a general view Of the elevators, stair
ways, halls and entrance. and enables the
man. in charge to properly supervise the
service of the club at these points.
Directly opposite the entrance. to the
| north OF the hall, rises the main stairway
from the first story to the second floor, a
| interposing a graceful arcade between the
main hall and the stairs. extending across
| this stairway is the door leading to the
service corridor, the members toilet room
stairway is the cafe and beyond this the
DllIiard room, with a deep gallery the
left, arranged with divans and easy chairs
| Tor comfortable chat and lounging and over
| looking both billiard room and cafe. To the
| rear Of the billiard room are the cardrooms,
W Vne rear na ana frd members rear entrance
one of the most attractive features of the
club, and that, too. not excelled in any other
| palm garden two stories in height, eighty
| teet IN length and averaging thirty feet in
width, to which open the cafe, billiard room
| and other apartments, the cafe being con-
| nected with it by an arcade passage, with
| double flights of steps 1anking a fountain
| so placed as to form an effective feature of
the view from the cafe. At the southern
| edge of this garden is the restroom, which
occupies the most retired portion of the
| AT the rear on the left side of the first
| floor is the general service department for
| the cafe, billiard room and other depart
| ments, a service elevator, running from the
basement to the roof garden, q general general
! elevator, and rear service entrance and
| corridor.
| Passing to the second story the first
feature to catch the eye is the great ban
| quet hail. ninety feet long and forty feet
wide, and capable of seating at the banquet
| board two hundred people. This room is
| used for the regular dining room service,
and opens to the palm garden on the right.
which lead to the back entrance. In front
| Of the dining room is the main stair hall,
| which opens into the salon. which is to be
richly furnished with couches, divans and
| easy chairs, eand which constitutes the in
| formal social meeting room of the club.
This in turn opens into loggia over the
main entrance, giving fine outlook over the
| Circle and view of the monument. From this
loggia, on occasions of public importance.
| speeches may be made to the crowds gath
cred in the street below
Along the right side of this story is ar
| elevator. the ladies' parlor dressing room
| and dining room and four private dining
rooms the latter being very conveniently
| located for prompt service, and overlooking
| the palm garden. Great attention has been
| given to furnishing ample and attractive &C
commodation for the lady guests of the club,
their department being thrown open to their
service from 9 o'clock in the morning until
o'clock at night, and maids constantly in
attendance A noticeable convenience in the
arrangement of this plan is the number and
admirable location of the rooms available as
tae d an9 eo5n fST feaure
likely to prove extremely serviceable in the
needs of the club.
To the left of the salon are two parlors
thrown together in such a manner as to
make them available for small banquets and
receptions, as they are directly connected
by private passage with the serving room
at the rear.
Along the west side or the rear of the
building is the space devoted to the kitchen
and serving rooms. 1t is the intention or
| the committee to make this kitchen so com
Plete in its appointment ana eauipmen nj t anu
one who is interested in. the results that
| grow out of perfect organization and atten-
| ton to details. Next to the kitchen are
| placed the pastry room, cold storage room
| and freight elevators which connect directly
with the store room the first floor and the
| basement.
SLEEPING APARTMENTS.
| The third and fourth stories are given ex-
| clusively to the accommodation and ar
| rangement for sleeping apartments for resi-
| dent members of the club. There are on
| each floor fifteen bedrooms and nine bath
| rooms, together with a public bathroom,
| which is equipped with a tub and two
shower baths. Guests bedrooms are so ar
| ranged as to be rented en- suite or singly.
| with or without baths as the desire of the
| club member may dictate.
Upon the third floor are arranged the
| housekeepers' rooms and sewing room, to-
| gether with the linen room for the main
| tenance of the equipment of the bedrooms
| in these stories
| The fifth story is devoted entirely to a
large assembly hall, with completely
equipped stage and dressing rooms " Wh zen
rear. On this floor are arranged the ladies'
| par1or and dressing room and the mems
parlor and dressing room, both being con-
| nected with the passenger elevator, and
| over them arranged a gallery with mu,
| sicians' balcony. The hall and balcony Will
Above the assembly hall is the roof gar
| den occupying the entire space of the build
| ing and surrounded by railing which sup
ports standards carrying the awning above.
| The roof garden is reached by the service
elevator in a serving room, and every ia.
| and efficient service for this floor.
In the basement directly beneath the main
han Is the 1eRe od fX othc
style. Opening from this room and really
a part of it is a series OF FIVE standard
is the members private entrance and BIZ
| cycle entrance, with storage room Tor a
| large number or WheeIS. 10 the rear Oh lH9
| kniepe is the barber shop, a swimming pool
| twenty by thirty feet, with suitable dress
/ ing rooms, gymnasium and completely
| equipped Turkish BATH Beyond these apart
| ments is the space devoted to the cold
| storage equipment and wine cellar and bot
| Ting room. Back Of this is the laundry,
| the freight elevator the engine and dynamo
| room, the boiler room, coal cellar and the
rear basement entrance. The exterior or
| the building is designed in the style or the
| Italian renaissance, and is dignifed and I'M
| pressive in treatment and expressive OF the
! clubhouse character to a degree common
surate with the Importance of the organlza-
| ton for which it is to be the home. me
central feature of the design is the arcade
| extending through the second and third
stories, and forming a loggia OF generous
| dimensions on the second story, which ex-
| tends out over the main entrance. The main
entrance, centrally situated and immediate
| ly below the loggia, is of impressive proper
| tons and conists of an arch fianked by col
| umns of the Roman Ionic order supporting
| the entablature which shelters 1t. Thanking
| semi-circular bays rising from the pavement
| to the fifth floor where the tops, inclosed
/ by balustrades, form balconies for that
| story The upper floor being OF greater
! height is so expressed by double range or
| windows below the main cornice. The cor
| nice is surmounted by a balustrade lncIos-
| ing the roof garden. The intention of the
| building committee is to furnish and equip
| the building in a most luxurious and com
! plete manner, and every advantage will be