Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
NEW APARTMENT
WILL Be ERECTED
WESLEY CLARK PLANS HOUSE
ON WEST ADAMS STREET
FIVE.sToRY STRUCTURE TO HAVE
1870 ROOMS
Style as Outlined In French Renais-
sance-No Expense viii Be Spared
to Make Building One of the
Best in America

A magnificent hotel apartment build
ing to be known as the Darby is to be
erected on West Adams street near
Grand avenue.
The structure is to be five stories and
basement, 40 feet wide by 10 feet deep,
so feet in height from cellar floor and
will contain 1870 rooms.
The smallest room will be 14X17 feet,
while the average size viii be 14X22
feet
All rooms are to be finished in white
enamel, with mahogany doors.
In every suite will be mantel and fire.
pace-for burning gas, coal or wood.
The Darby will contain seventy
bathrooms-w walls, floors and ceilings of
which will he finished in white tiling.
A novel feature of this new hotel
apartment building will consist of built
i'm wardrobes. five feet wide and eight
feet high. In all the bathrooms. These
wardrobes will he for ladies gowns
(full length) hats and other apparel.
The entire building. including bath
rooms. will be equipped with the most
modern plumbing.
There will be a spacious lobby, par
lor. dining room, tea room. grill room,
billiard room, cold storage, kitchen,
barber shop, etc.
The building will be of French
Renaissance style of architecture-a
combination OF reinforced concrete,
brick and steel--with the most approved
hollow tiling for partitions.
OF Reinforced Concrete
All corridor floors will be of REIN
forced concrete. Every suite will he
fentirely fireproof against other suites.
Broad porches and balconies will be
provided for the comfort of guests.
ctr ic n fffV feet
from property line. which Is i'm keep
ing with hgh-class residential re-
strctons, and which Will allow for
beautiful lawns, shrubbery and flowers.
The location of this model hotel
apartment building is on the south side
of West Adams (No. 234, near Grand
avenue one of the most exclusive resi-
Dental sections of Los Angeles This
site is the old home place of Wesley
Clark. who is the builder and owner of
the Darby.
Mr.. Clark recently purchased for
so, 900 a lot on West Adams street, one
block farther west where the old fam
lily residence, consisting of twelve
rooms, will be relocated and fitted up
with all modern improvements. Work
on the latter was begun July l5. All
excavations have been made and REIN
forced concrete footings for walls
are in.
Preliminary work on the Darby hotel
apartments is being pushed with all
possible speed and it Is Mr. Clark's in
tention now to have the structure COM
pleted, ready for occupancy. by Febru-
ary l, 1910
Named for Mother
This splendid new structure is to be
called the Darby because of this hav-
ing been Mr.. Clark's mothers maiden
name.
The building will be so arranged that
1t can be used exclusively as hotel,
entirely as apartments, or as combi-
nation of both. No hotel i'm California
will surpass it i'm appearance appoint
ment, interior and exterior finish.
Mr.. Clark being questioned as to the
probable cost of the Darby. replied
that cost is a secondary consideration
that no expense will be spared in
making IT a model hotel apartment in
every particular, and that nothing will
be omitted which will add to the COM
fort and convenience of guests.