The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
THE HOTEL HARRINGTON
Contract Closed for Building Modern
Hotel In Ocala-New Hosiery
Will Be Equal of Any
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Will BE Equal of Any
in Florida
A contract was closed on Monday
afternoon between Mr.. r. S. Hall and
Messrs. Jenkins and Williams, which
means more to Ocala than anything
that has taken place here for some
months. Il was for the erection of a
real up to date hotel on the site now
occupied by the Montezuma, which
closed its doors last Saturday.
The main entrance to the hotel
will be on Main street, and will be
In the center of the building. The en-
trance TO the lobby will be twenty
five feet wide and on account of the
narrowness OF the sidewalk at this
point there will be an indenture of
some eight or ten feet into the main
building.
over the main entrance there will
be a large iron corniced veranda, sup
ported by cast iron columns. A gal
vanized iron marquise supported by
chains will adorn the second floor
over the main entrance.
The lobby will have green tile
flooring, and the trimmings will be OF
marble. The writing room at the
rear will be raised several feet above
the main floor and will also be trim
med with marble. Light for the writ
ing room will be supplied through a
large art skylight, and art windows
I'm the rear court. The general effect
Of the entire building is to be mis-
sion. Large reinforced concrete
beams supported by cast iron pillars
will carry out this effect.
The ladies' entrance to the hotel
viii be on the Fort King avenue side
OF the house, and will lead direct to
the lobby.
The dining rooms will occupy the
same place in the new building as
they do at present, and, like the bal
ance of the first floor, will be finished
with thing and marble.
There will be four store rooms
fronting on Main street, and three on
Fort King avenue. The entire front
of the building on Main street will be
torn out to the second floor, and large
iron beams, supported by cast iron
pillars, will take the place of the
present brick walls. All of the store
rooms will be fitted up with large
plate glass windows. The space be-
tween the present building and the
annex will be occupied by a store
room. All the store rooms will be fit
ted up with modern plumbing and
wired for electric lighting, while heat
will be furnished from the hotel steam
heating plant. The heating plant
will be located in the basement under
the central court.
The walls of the building will be
made of white cement stucco, while
the cornice will be of red Spanish til
ing. The spaces between the double
windows on the second and third
floors will be ornamented with panels
OF colored thing, giving the building
most beautiful appearance.
There will be three verandas on
the Main street side of the building
and two on the Fort King avenue
side. A spacious parlor lobby will oc-
cupy the center of the second floor of
the building on the west side, leading
to a large veranda on Main street
The hotel will contain seventy-five
bed rooms, of which twenty-seven
will connect with private baths. The
most modern furnishings to be had
will be used in furnishing the entire
building. Every room will have cleo
trio lights. running hot and cold wa
ter, telephones, etc.
The best elevators of modern de-
sign and with all the safety appli-
ances known are to be among the
plans for caring for the comforts of
the guests of the Harrington.
Mr.. Earl V. Mark, former Ocala
boy, a member of the firm of Mark &
Sheftall, Jacksonville, architects,
made the plans for the Harrington,
a1d was in the city yesterday, in con.
ference with the contractors regard.
ing the new building. Mr.. Marks
many friends will be pleased to know
that he ranks among the highest in
his profession as an architect, and
the fact that his plans for the Har.
rington were accepted without a
change is quite a compliment to him
Ocala has long needed just such a
hotel as Mr.. Hall now proposes Civ.
ing us, and everybody will join us in
wishing him every success that his
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