The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-07
OCALA HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS
City's Once Famous Hotel Will Re-
new It's Old Time SpIendor


This little article Will tell the pub
lie what Mr.. Louis \. Long. the new
OF the Ocala House. has
done and is doing with the big hotel
Mr. Long is successful hotel man
of many years experience both in
Florida and the North. He is pro-
prietor Of the popular keystone ho-
tel at Fernandina and the patrons of
that house vouch for its excellent
service.
Mr.. Long has a lease on the Ocala
House for five years with the priv
ilege of five more. The owners of
the house, under his contract, are to
spend a large sum of money on its
Improvement. This is now being
done and the wof FIX will be pushed
as rapidly as possible so that all
changes and improvements will have
been made before the rush of travel
ing men to Ocala, in the early sum-
Iner
ments on the Ocala House are as
follows:
The large verandas along the
front or Main street side, both first
and second floors, will be torn away
entirely and new ZONES built in their
place with Pinch turned columns
supporting them. Four dozen hand
some porch chairs have been bought
for these porches The woodwork
on the entire outside of the build
ing will be painted.
Copper wire screens have already
been placed over every outside open
ing, doors and windows. the first
time in its history that the house
has ever been scr eened.
The lobby will be finished in
green and gold, the walls papered
with sea green waterproof finish.
with white enamel trimmings. The
office desk will be in mission and
three large leather settees and
twelve big rockers and arm chairs
will be placed in the lobby, Six in
diVidual writing desks will be ia
stalled and four handsome rugs. -
by l ) feet, will be laid on the floor.
The ladies' parlor, dining room
and halls on the ground floor will all
be gone over and placed in first class
condition and furnished with taste
and elegance.
The rear porches inside of the
court will be repaired OR rebuilt, as
the need may be, and the large
court will be trimmed out. where the
underground has been allowed to
grow and a ten mis- court made for
the guests and friends of the house.
A modern Otis elevator will be
placed in the stair we'll, On the north
side of the lobby and a prompt ser
vice maintained at all times, serving
all three floors. This elevator will
be installed as soon as it arrives.
The Ocala Telephone Co. is INSTALL
ing a complete local and long dis
lance phone service in the house,
with a phone I'M every room. The
phones will be the latest and con-
nection can be had from each guest
room to any part of the house, city
Or state.
There will be running water. hot
and cold. in every room in the house,
but most of the rooms already have
running water. There are twenty
bed rooms with private baths.
The furniture in the bed rooms
will all be finished in white. The
old carpets have been removed, the
floors refinished and large rugs will
be used instead Of carpets All of
the first and second floor rooms will
be heated with gas radiators, and
later on the third floors will be sim
iiarly heated
The large room taking up almost
the entire east wing Of the second
floor, which has been used as a
sample room since the dining room