The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-10-28

Building
lvault and mems library. Across the
tranyerse hall ds the great dining
room that Will seat from SO to rs
people, then the pantry and next the
Kitchen. In the wings to the right
and left are bed rooms and lava
tories. On the second floor, begin
ming as before, on the right are the
guest chamber, a second guest cham
I'ber and girls library. On the left
are the superintendent's room. his
Ibed room and boys library. Across
the other hall are the girls dormi-
tory, governess.s room, bath room
and bed chamber. On the left, sthe
boys dormitory, goyerness's room
and bed chamber. In the wings,
right and left, are bed rooms and
Ilavatories as below, with the addi-
ton OF a well arranged little hospital.
On the third floor in front is the au-
ditorium, capable of seating 400 peo-
Iple. Across the hall is the kinder
!garten. Then there are bed rooms,
trunk rooms, etc. might state
here that all rooms are outside
rooms. thus affording plenty OF light
and ventilation.
Leaving this floor we ascend to thol
roof garden. 80 feet and three inchesI
above the grade level, which will ac-
|commo date thirty people at one time.
and from which most enhancing
view is had Of the city OF Elkins, the
valley, the Rich mountains, Cheat
mountains and Laurel hills. The
woodwork, or finish, IN the rooms is !,
solid oak, either ouarter-sawed or Sc
lected to match each room. The
nantes in the principal rooms are
of beautiful design, very heavy and
with large mirrors. The ceilings in
the halls and and main rooms are
metal, painted In colors to harmon
lie.
To afford a more adequate idea Of |,
the size of the building I will state
that there are So rooms in the
Home, EAT windows, 226 doors, 49,
600 square yards OF plastering, 49,
square feet of metal ceiling, $4,000
square feet of:aoring, OF which 5000
square feet are of mosaic thing,
100000 bricks were used, besides
immense quantities of stone. In ALL
there were used 4S5 car loads Of
material, which would make 20
trains OF nearly 20 cars each.
The next problem to confront the
committee is the furnishing OF the
have no doubt that many
rooms will be furnished by lodges
in fact. the Rebekah Assembly has
already selected one OF the guest
chambers to furnish, and two Re-
bekah lodges and four subordinate
lodges selected their rooms the day
the Home was completed, while oth-
ers have signiffed their intention to
furnish one each. In addition to
these there will be no small part for
the Grand Lodge to furnish, such as
the dining room, kitchen. auditor
ium. etc. To properly light the
building will require 161 chandeliers
and these should be in keeping with
the finish Of the rooms. The COM
mittee is considering the style ana
quality Of the new furniture. to the
end that there may be a standard Of
uniformity throughout.
II the Grand Lodge authorizes the
committee to go on and completed
the improvements as planned by 1t
and the landscape engineer, the or
der in West Virginia will have one
of the finest and best arranged
homes in the United States. While
we are the pioneers in this business
in the state, We think we have set
the pace and fixed the standard for
all fraternal orders that may follow
us.
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