The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

The building Will cost. it is asserted,
about S225,O0o and will be ready for occu-
pancy about April l or maybe earlier.
In all there has been provided in the
plans Isl rooms and 6s bath rooms There
will be no cafe or kitchen or saloon in
the building. The building was designed
by Harry b. Wheelock, architect and is
being constructed by the Fred A. Jones
company, builders of the American Trust
building
Named "MOlton'
The Motion. as the apartments will be
called. the owner being Thomas H. Mol
ton, fireproof and protected with a fire
escape To make sure of this adequate
means of fire protection it is asserted
that the expert opinion of many insur-
anee men were sought as well as the
city building inspector and fire chief An
official announcement contains tine fol-
lowing interesting details:
"The style of architecture is Spanish
Renaissance, which has good historical
precedent for it's adoption.
In solving that problem aside from
matters of pure design and fitness two
considerations We're borne in mind; first.
the character of the general design and
details as indicative of the materials to
be used, which are light, buff brick with
pattern work of a darker shade and
buff terracotta; second, the character OF
the composition for a building of this
kind as distinct from a mere aggregation
of stories for any other purpose,
nThe first story is of terracotta and
designed in a most substantial manner.
The entrances are well defined and pro-
tected from the weather by ornamental
cast and wrought iron marduises. Above
this story the broad surfaces of the ia
cade are broken by slender paviilions
which are emphasized by vertical lines OF
ornamental terracotta and produce a light
and elegant effect. Contrasting with thet
paviions are the palmer spaces between,
the fenestration being treated as sep
arate units, bordered with brick archi-
traVes.
Terra Gotta Cornice
1.-THE whole is surmounted by terra
Gotta cornice, which has sufficient en-
pha sis without undue projection and, as a
crowning feature, is thoroughly in scale
and in harmony with the entire compost
tion.
'The interior finish is to be second to
none-poished floors in all rooms. tile
floors for all bath rooms and corridors.
The rooms are larger than in most mod
ern hotels and apartments. averaging
about 14x16 feet space outside of closets
and bathrooms. Each room has a nice
closet.
eThe building is to be equipped with
two passenger elevators of the most mod
ern type: vacuum cleaning system. steam
heat, telephones and lavatories with hot
and cold water in every room.
"The building is to be in every respect
suited for hotel. but is not hotel for
the reason that there is no provision for
a dining room and kitchen or saloon. 1t
is especially desirable for bachelor apart
ments. There are several large rooms
connected by large sliding doors which
make suitable space for sample rooms.
'The fact that there will be no dining
room, kitchen and saloon will cause no
inconvenience to the patrons of the house
for the reason that elegant cafes and
saloons will be close by. and the large
store in the corner will probably be drug
store which will provide light lunches,
soft drinks ice cream. flowers, candy,
etc. The elimination of a kitchen, dim
ing room and saloon will add quiet COM
fort to the sleeping rooms,
Street Frontage
"The building has an unusual amount
of outside street frontage, being 80 feet
on Fifth avenue. 1870 feet on Twentieth
street. and so feet on Fifth alley, which
alley is 20 feet wide and on the oppo-
site side is the front yard of the Church
of the Advents rectory
There is a basement under the entire
building which extends out under the side
walks. affording fine light.
1.-The first floor is subdivided into one
very large store room, five small stores
and the lobby and office for the upper
floors. The second floor contains
lounging room and 20 bedrooms. The
third. fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth floors are alike, each containing
2l bedrooms.
'In the attic there are four servants
rooms and bath. Total number of
rooms, 151; total number of bath rooms,
6s. Every room is well lighted, having
from two to four windows