Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-15
ITS PLANS COMP ETED
Metropolitan Club to Build
New Home.
WORK TO BEGIN SOON
DEMOLITION OF THE OLD BUILD
ING BEGUN.
Description Of the New Structure
Main Features outlined-Roof
Garden Provided.

The contract has been let for the con-
struction of new Metropolitan Club build
ing On the site of the structure which was
destroyed by fire last year. The con-
tractors have begun the demolition of the
OLD building, and tt Is thought they Will
have 1t RACED in about ten days. and then
work will Immediately be started on the
new house.
Plans for the new building were prepared
by Helms & Lafarge Of New York city.
They are also the architects for the Cathe-
dral OF st. John in New York city, which
Is calculated. when completed. to be the
finest house Of worship In the United States.
The plans for the club house contem-
plate building Of i've stories and base
ment with q ground area OIL "a by l12
feet The facades on the two streets,
above the first story, will be faced up
with mottued buff brick, with bun Indiana
limestone trimmings, and the first story
will be entirely of limestone. with an
elaborate porte cochere entrance on the
H street side.
In the basement provision is made for
members baths, refdgerating plant Oil
and dynamo rooms. wine cellars. servants
quarters and storage rooms. A feature of
the first floor Is the entrance hall and
lobby, which will be about thirty-seven
feet square. with twelve-foot marble stair
way leading to the floor above. On either
side Of the vesttbule will be located the
coat rooms and the waiting rooms, while
the billiard room, 32x6O feet, with a morn
ing room to the north of it. 32x22 feet,
will occupy the entire 18th street front
On the west side of the lobby are the offices,
telephone and mail rooms, the house COM
mittee and the bookkeepers room, together
with the members lavatory and barber
shop. A business entrance is provided at
the west end of the building for more com
venient access to the offices.
The Second Story.
On the second floor, which is the prin-
cipal story in the new bui.olng, having
a clear height of ceiling of II feet. is pro-
vision for a central hallway, 26x3s feet.
which communicates with the reading and
writing room to the front, 2Ox36 feet. To
the east of the central hall will be the
parlor, 32xs0 feet, occupying all of the
18th street front, with large circular bay
windows on each street. On the west Of
the central hall comes the lounging room,
3sx24 feet, which has communicat on with a
rear terrace formed on the roof of the
boiler rooms.
The third floor will contain the library
and reading rooms which occupy all of the
space over the parlor on the 18th street
side, while the H street front Is taken up
with chess and card rooms. On this floor
Is also located the board of governors
room.
On the fourth moor the Itth street Sue
of the new club will be taken UP with two
dining rooms having folding doors between
and so arranged that they may be thrown
into one large banquet hall, 52xSO feet,
There are also two private dining rooms
on this floor, together with the kitchen,
store rooms, linen and silver rooms and
toilets. The banquet hall, which will be
the feature of the club house. will extend
through the fifth floor, so that it will have
a twenty-foot ceiling, and the plans indicate
that no expense will be spared in decora-
ton to make 1t a dream Of beauty, tue
ceiling being suspended from the roof con-
struction.
Covered Roof Garden.
Hidden from the street by an ornamental
balustrade Is the fifth floor, which will
be located the stewards room and various
storage rooms. The roof will be construct
ed so as to accommodate covered roof
garden along the 18th street side which
will be built back of an angle, however,
so as to be invisible from the street.
The contract for the work has been let
to Richardson & Burgess, Incorporated,
and their portion of the work, which, Of
course, includes the main construction,
will cost approximately 100000 Besides
this will come elevators and other interior
fitting and decoration, which will cost at
least another $4,000. so that the total cost
of the new club house will be well over