Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-06-14
TO BE HANDSOME HOME
DIMENSIONS OF BUILDING Sc BY
1902 FEET, WITH A BASEMENT
AND THREE FLOORS
ESTIMATED COST is $4,000
EDIFIcE WILL BE BUILT ON LOTS
RECENTLY PURCHASED AT
NINTH AND DOUGLAS

The building committee of the Las
Vegas lodge of Elks announced at the
regular meeting of the lodge last night
that it had accepted the plans submit
ted by Architect e. w. Hart for the
new club home. Drawings of the ex-
terror of the building and of the room
10 be occupied as the lodge hall were
presented for the inspection OF the
EIks. Owing to some changes being
made in the floor plans these were not
shown the Elks last night.
The building will be erected upon
the lots at the corner of Ninth st. and
Douglas avenue, recently purchased
by the lodge The style is OF the
English manor house of the Tudor per
iod, with wide porches and high,
gabled roof. The dimensions OF the
structure are Sc by 1O2 feet. The
width of the front, including porches,
is Y feet.
The building is to be constructed OF
brick and the trimmings will be OF
buff colored stone or terra Gotta. The
roof will be of red Spanish tile and
the porch floors will be of blocked ce-
ment.
There will be basement and three
floors. The first floor will be four
and one-half feet above the grade OF
the front lawn. The main entrance is
on Douglas avenue leading into the
entrance hall, with the library and
reading room on the left and the
ladies' parlor on the right. In the rear
of the library is the cloak room and
secretary's desk, with gentlemen's toi-
let. The entrance hall leads to the
lobby and stairway hall and opening
back from the lobby Is the general
lounging room, "a by S5 feet in the
clear with an alcove fifteen feet
square in which is to be placed a
large old-fashioned brick fireplace.
Two-thirds of the outer wall SPACE of
the lounging Rom IL taken up by
French windows opening on the porch
6s which surround the building on
three sides.
In connection with the lounging
room is card room and in the rear
of this a large billiard room and buff
fet. The billiard room will be separ-
ated from the lounging room by col
umns and arches only. The buffet
will have dumb waiter water service
to the kitchen.
The basement floor is approached
by broad and open stairs leading from
the lobby and contains recreation
room, banquet room and bowling al
ley. These rooms are separated only
by wide arches and columns, throwing
the entire floor practically into one.
Locker rooms, wash stands and other
conveniences are located on this floor
The rear part of the basement is de-
voted to kitchen, pantry and store
room and back hall.
The second floor is reached by q
flight of stairs six feet in width which
leads upward from the lobby and is di-
vided by two landings. The front por-
tion contains four bed rooms with
bath, linen room and general toilet;
also the ante rooms, cloak rooms and
toilet. In the rear is the lodge room.
This is large and will be magnificently
adapted for lodge meetings, social
gatherings and entertainments The
room is 40 feet by 81 feet in dimen-
sions. The room will be equipped
with a stage II by % feet and small
stage ante-rooms with private stairs
for rear emergency exit. The stage
VIII prove a useful feature Of the room
as the Elks can use it for amateur en-
tertainments and benefits.
The lodge room VII lhave high-ecil-
ing and will be handsomely furnished.
On the third floor will be four bed