Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-26
MILLIONS
FORATHLETIC
CLUBHOUSE
LOS ANGELES is TO HAVE THE
FINEST
PLANS ADOPTED AND WORK is
SOON TO BEGIN
viii Be Ten Stories High and viii Be
Completely Modern In Every
DetalI-lnterlor Arrange
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Plans for the million dollar club house
of the Los Angeles Athletic club have
been adopted and Harrison Albright
has been appointed as the architect.
Announcement of the plans was made
last night and call for a building, ten
; stories in height, that is to cost $780,
600 and to excel in it's construction and
character any in the country. 1t Is
TO be completed January 1, 1909. Its
plan is comprehensive of every detail
of club life and athletics and will pos
sess all the modern and many novel
features of club construction. Its site
is at Seventh and Olive, which was
secured about one year ago. Work is
to begin soon.
Frank Garbutt, r. A. Rowan, w. NJ
Garland, Charles Eyton and others who
have the best interests of the local
organization at heart have been striv-
ing for the club house ever since they
organized the club some time ago. The
vast increase in members has caused
them to rush the work along, and there
is no doubt that the new structure
will house some famous athletes In the
future.
The building will be located at the
northeast corner of Seventh and Olive
and will have frontage OF 1855 feet on
Seventh street and 147 feet, eight inches
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tirely of reinforced concrete. When
completed January next it will repre-
sent a total cost for ground, build
ing and furnishings probably exceed
ing one million dollars and will take
rank as the finest in America. The de-
tails of its interior arrangements, its
ornate embellishments and it's many
convenienoes would fill a book. Moth
ing has been omitted to contribute
to the demands of the most fastidious
club man and athlete. A description
of the building follows:
The basement will contain entrance
lobby, locker room with $500 lockers,
natatorium with plunge 40x100 feet,
bowling alley with four alleys, rifle
range, barber shop and Turkish bath
ing department with accessories.
The first story contains entrance
vestibule, lobby. two reception rooms.
office, private office, check room, gym
nasium 60x10S feet, two stores 20xs0 feet
and two stores 20x76 feet.
The second story contains lobby Sex
"a feet, lounging room 3SX78 feet, read
ing and writing rooms 3SxIS feet,
stenographers' room, telephone room,
four game rooms, each 1Sx20 feet, and
running track of gymnasium.
The third story contains lobby, grill
room 40x60 feet, buffet 30x40 feet, IL
brary 34x52 feet. billiard room 40x94
feet and six handball courts. each
25x50 feet.
The fourth story contains lobby.
main dining room 40 by 1873 feet, ladies'
dining room 40 by A feet. reception
rooms and toilet rooms for both ladies
and gentlemen, four private dining
rooms each IA by 10 feet, servants
dining room "a by Al feet, kitchen IS
by So feet, and bakery 20 by "a feet.
The fifth, sixth and seventh stories
are alike and contain 56 bedrooms and
81 bathrooms, or a total of 169 bed
rooms and 63 bathrooms. All bedrooms
are IA by 10 feet and all are provided
with clothes closets, wash bowls, ra-
diarors and telephones.
The eighth story contains lobby, re-
ception. toilet and check rooms for
both ladies and gentlemen, ballroom 52
by 1853 feet, banquet hall So by 106 feet,
and kitchen 3S by So feet.
Parts of the third and eighth stories
run through the heighth Of two stories,
mezzanine stories used as galleries in
each of these make the building ten
ment of the building will be located in
the sub basement and will consist of
the following plants: heating, ventilat-
ing and cleaning
The building will rest on reinforced
concrete slab, which slab will cover
the entire lot area, and in addition
thereto will extend to line of curb on
streets and alley. The walls, columns,
Orders, floors. roofs, partitions, stair
ways tanks, etc, will be constructed
entirely OF reinforced concrete.
The building and the principal rooms
throughout will be of richly ornamented
concrete. The finish will be mahoga-
nized birch and the interior walls and
ceilings will be handsomely decorated.
There will be three high speed pas
senger elevators, one combination
freight and passenger elevator and two
sidewalk elevators, all of which will be
of The plunger type.