Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-07
OPERA HOUSE.
Plans Of New Structure On Exhibition
and Show an Attractive
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The plans and specifications for the
new opera house to be erected by the
local lodge of Elks, have arrived and
are on exhibition at the office OF o.
C. Watson & Company. The building.
as planned will be one Of architectural
beauty and will add greatly to the ap'
pearance of the part OF the city In
which it may be located.
The structure will be three stories
high in front, and two stories high In
the rear. It will be 120 feet In length
and III feet in depth. Those who have
seen the building Of mission pattern
erected by the Santa Fe Railway Com.
pany at Albuquerque at a great ex-
pense, will be able to judge as to the
appearance of the new opera house.
It will be severely plain In so far as
modern ornaments are concerned but
will nevertheless be very attractive.
The main building will contain two
towers, extending from the foundation
four stories high on each side of the
main entrance. The building between
the towers will have slanting roof
and the whole will be covered with red
tiling of ancient pattern. The build
ing material will be of brick, but it
will be covered with stncco, which
will give an adobe effect. A long
low, ell will adjoin the opera house
proper in which will be located the
Elks' club room, banquet hail. recep-
ton and preparation room together
with good sized pantry and kitchen.
There will also be large ball room
if the funds on hand are sufficient to
warrant it. Otherwise the seats in
the opera house will be movable and
this ROOM will serve for such a pur-
pose.
The stage will extend across the en-
tire width of the opera house parquet
and will be commodious enough for
the production of almost any perform
ance outside Of grand opera. The
dressing rooms will be we'll appointed,
large and comfortable. This is one
thing that players Of any prominence
demand. 1t Is at present planned to
have the seats in the parquet on an in
cline, and if possible upholstered.
The balcony will contain the choic-
est seats, placed in boxes. These box
es will occupy the entire second floor.
On the third floor, the Elks expect to
have comfortable rooms, suitable for
the commercial club. The entire struc.
ture will be electrically lighted and
will be heated with steam. The two
tall towers will probably be used for
stairways but II possible they will be
constructed so that they form part
of the main room of the opera house
Such building as is now contem
plated would be quite costly but Is just
such a structure as Is needed in Santa
Fe.
Members of the Elks' lodge this
morning began the circulation OF q
petition addressed to the Board of Ed
ucation, in which board members are
asked to sell the lot on which the fire
station is now located to the loca
lodge for the sum of $500 The Elks
say that they realize that the lot Ii
worth several times this amount but
think that it should be sold to then
at low figure in order to aid them In
erecting the building. Every one in
terested in the welfare Of the city viii
be asked to sign the petition. A com
mittee of Elks has been appointed tt
meet with the Board of Education Fri
day, February 3, to discuss the pro
posed sale and to present the petition