The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
new CLUBHOUSE
ALMOST FINISHED
University Men of City Will
Have Model Building.
ROOF GARDEN A FEATURE
New University Club When CONF
pIeted VIII Compare FavorabIy
with Metropolitan Club Building.
Being Erected at Intersection of
Fifteenth md 1 Streets.

Construction work on the new Univer-
sity Club Building, at Fifteenth and
streets northwest, is nearing completion.
When finished, the new club will be one
of the finest erected in Washington, and
In point of construction beauty will COM
pare with the recently erected building
of the Metropolitan Club, at Seventeenth
and H streets northwest.
The new building will have a frontage
of 81 feet inches on Fifteenth street
and a width of 70 feet on I stret. An
1S-foot open space on the north side Will
be beautified by shrubbery and flowers,
allowing light and afr.
Entrance on Fifteenth Street.
The main entrance will be on Fifteenth
street, facing Mcpherson Square. A sec
ondary entrance will be on ! street. The
main entrance will have a tiled floor,
and the walls will be treated with orna-
mental caen stone. On the left Of the
main entrance there will be an alumni
or college room, paneled in chestnut, and
decorated with college flags and insignia.
This room will be used not only for
lounging but for large alumni gather
ings, and can be reached through the
entrance on ] street without interfer-
ence to the club members. There is
womens retiring or reception room and
courtroom adjacent to the ladies' en-
trance, with a private elevator to the
Ldining-room on the floor above.
Opposite the main entrance on FIJI
teenth street is the main staircase of
marble with ornamental balustrades
leading to the second or main floor. To
the right of the main entrance will be
reception room, grill room, ofice and
courtroom. The club will be served by
two passenger elevators and one freight
elevator
On the second floor will be the princi-
pal lounging room. extending the entire
front on Fifteenth street. This room
will be so feet long by q feet wide, and
q feet in height. 1t will have a richly
vaulted ceiling and spacious windows.
giving an uninterrupted outlook over Nc
Pherson Square. The walls and ceiling
will be paneIed and decorated in colors.
large and imposing fireplace Of stone
will be located in the north end.
This will make an admirable loungtng
room. and can be used as a lecture hall
OF for other club purposes. The library.
also on this floor, will extend along the
south front There are also committee
rooms on this floor Above will be a mes
canine room. where the card and addi-
tional committee rooms are located.
DininE-roOm Features.
On the third floor will be a general
dining-room, private dining-rooms. and
ladies' dining-room. This room will be
paneled in chestnut and will have ceiling
beams and cornice in plaster. A COM
pIetely equipped kitchen with pantries
will be located on this floor.
There are to be fifteen bedrooms on
both the fourth and fifth floors. single
and en- suite. with private baths. The
decorations of these rooms will be in
keeping with the building, and each room
will have private telephone.
The building will be surmounted by a
roof garden, a very desirable feature dur
ing the extreme heat of summer. A bill
lard room accommodating six tables will
be located in the basement. The first two
stories of the exterior will be OF gray
limestone heavily rusticated. Between
the windows Of the second floor will be
panels for college coats-of-arms. The
upper stories will be of tapestry brick,
matching in cClor the stonework be-
low. A heavily projecting cornice, richly
painted in coIors, will crown the building
The style of architecture is the early
Italian Renaissance. The design is both
simple and dignified.
The firm of F. T. Nesbit & Co., of New
York and Washington, will erect the
building. George Oakley Totten, jr, IS
the architect.