The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-03-30
HENDERSON'S FINE NEW HOTEL

Inc vance Now Receiving Its Finish.
Ing Touches and VIII Soon be
Ready for Its Formal Opening-An
Extremely Handsome and Up-to.
Date HosteIry.
Henderson's handsome and i'm.
posing new $40, 900 hostelry, Hotel
Vance, is just now receiving its deli
cate and ornate finishing touches,
and will in few more days be ready
for it's formal opening, which will
take place early in the coming
month. Our people are enthusiast.
cally and justly proud OF Hotel
Vance, knowing as they do that it
would be decidedly an ornament to
any city several times the size of this
one.
When once opened to the public
it will prove to be one Of the very
best advertisements Henderson could
possibly have, and can not fail to
impress the stranger and the trav-
cling public generally with the fact
that there is great deal OF civic
pride and the progressive, wide
awake spirit in this city and commu-
nifty, since the new hotel is not the
work of any one man, but was
built largely by a local corporation
composed of quite u large number OF
public spirited citizens OF the city,
and stands today as monument to
Henderson thrift and enterprise.
The location is all ideal one, being
within almost stones throw of the
principal passenger station, and
hence very convenient for cOmers and
gOers on the trains. 1t is also very
handy to the business section OF the
city.
Hotel Vance is Il three-story struct-
ure with dimensions of 25xl3I feet,
and is built of fine red pressed brick.
The outside appearance is strong and
elegant, but nothing to be compared
with the rich and costly interior
finishing and furnishings. The front
porch space is I6x76 feet, the cover
ing of which is supported by eight
splendid colonial columns twenty
twO-feet high and finished in white.
The spacious lobby, which is 43x44
feet, is finished in early English oak
| elegantly decorated with beams and
columns, and will be furnished with
mission tables and chairs. ln addi.
ton to the clerks office, there will
be an up-to-date cigar and book
stand in the lobby, with writing
room adjoining.
The dining room, which is located
Just to the left Of the main entrance,
is 24x44 feet and it's normal seating
capacity is fifty persons, but OF
crowded occasions it will accommo
date a considerably larger number
1t is beautifully finished and fur
nished in golden oak.
The kitchen, which is in wing O
the building, connected with the
dining room, is strictly modern anC
sanitary in all of its arrangement
and equipment.
The hotel parlor, barber shop, anC
large and airy pool room are on the
first floor. There are also severa
finely furnished bed rooms on thi.
floor. The second and third floors
which are reached by magniticent
flight of stairs, contain all the bee
rooms but about four, there being
forty-two in all, and all are spacious
airy, outside rooms, each having it
own private telephone.
Some half dozen OF the front rooms
on the second floor are beautifully
finished in mahogany and furnished
with mahogany furniture and fint
brass bedsteads. All the other bee
rooms are finished in early Englist
oak, with iron bedsteads. All have
pretty window shades and lace cur
tains, with fine druggets on the floor
Twenty eight of them are connected
with private bath. Altogether 1t is
one OF the most conveniently ar
ranged and modernly appointed
hotels to be found in this part OF tht
State.
The entire building is steam heated
and lighted by electricity. Theboilel
and sample rooms are in the base
ment.
| The construction work was OOn'
by the Wise Granite Company, O
Wise, n. c., under the superintend
ency of Mr.. J. B. Reid, of Littleton
AS stated in these columns las
week, Hotel Vance, when it opens t.
the public, will be under the manage
ment of what is known in this Stat
as the Jamison syndicate. and thi
; means nothing less than that it wi
be one of the very best in every pal
ticular to be found anywhere. |
will therefore have the effect of max
! ing this city the rendezvous of thi
: section for travelling men. A pros
, porous and growing city, and abov
: all pre-eminently healthful, Hendel
: son will attract guests to Hott
} Vance and Hotel Vance will in tur
5 attract travellers and visitors t
the city.