The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-22

fists. There very important prelnina-
RES being completed the corporation
bought the splendid lot at Ryiand and
Franklin Streets.
A committee was appointed by the
stockholders to submit plans, etc.
This committee visited New York and
Washington and several Western cit
les where the. finest and best arranged
apartment houses In the world are to
be found They made q study of the
very best, formed their own opinions
and then asked the architects for plans
for the forthcoming Gresham Court.
Many were submitted, and In time the
committee accepted those of Carneal 6.
Johnson, the same being regarded as
the best The plans being accepted, no
time was lost in the awarding OF the
contract for the prompt erection Of the
building and that contract called for
its completion the first day OF August
next The contractors are we'll UP with
their work, the building being to-day
nine -tenths completed and will there
fore be ready on time. and renters can
take possession Of their fashionable
and comfortable quarters September
Gresham Courts Arrange mcnt.
While the magnificent building Is
artistic and most pleasing to the eye.
IL is strictly freproof and is made COM
Portable In every way. Gresham Court
is made OF stock red brick. with stone
trimmings and a fireproof roof. In
GLIDING the basement floor. which Is
twelve feet pitch, 1t is an eight-story
building with a roof garden on the top.
two elevators. gas ranges in every KIT
chen, perfect electric light system, high
| pressure steam heating apparatus and
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| garden to basement No city in the
| nent house of the modern kind, and
/ there is not one in all the land that
| has lovelier location.
| 1. fronts on Richmonds most fash
| ionable thoroughfare. and on the Ry-
| land Street side IT overlooks the beau
| tifulScampus OF Richmond College. 1t
! is but one block from the Clay street
| car lines and but two from the Broad
| Street lines.
The roof garden, which will be a
| beauty, affords the finest view of Rich
! mond and Its surroundings to be had,
| better and more extended in fact than
one could obtain from the top of eth
| er the Mutual Building or the American
National Bank, IT being much more
| elevated.
| on the seven floors above the base
| raent are nineteen apartments of SIX
| rooms each for families. the rooms be-
| ing a Kitchen. a servants room, din
| ing room parlor and two bed rooms
| To these are added hath room and
| pantry, really making eight rooms TO
| each apartment, and in addition still
! there are closets in each room. Then
! come six three-room apartments for
| smaller families and to each of these
] there is a private bath room. Then
| six two-room apartments. each having
| a private bathroom, and lastly seven
| one-room apartments for bachelors
| and to each of these is attached a
! bath room In all there are lol rooms
| exclusive of bath rooms, closets, etc..
| and all on the seven floors above the
| basement.
| In the Basement.
| In the basement there is a. magnifi-
| cent cafe. which will be under the
| best of mana cement, where occupants
| of the house. bachelors and others VINO
| do not wish to do their own cook and
| dining room stunts may board on rea-
| souable terms. In the basement also
there are eight or ten extra rooms tor
| servants and for other purposes
| Altogether there is no better arrans-
ed apartment house in the United States
| than Gresham Court. or course there
! are many that are larger. but Its loca-
| ton and its up-to-dateness and It's
| complete arrangement from bottom 10
| top make it superior to anything OF
its kind in the South. and the equal OF
any in the whole land.