The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-29

The stately proportions Of me Colony
Clubs new homo At the northwest cor
ner OF Sxty-second street and Park ave.
nue. have impaired a distinction TO that
neighborhood. which u already filled
with important st~ructureA Delano 4
Aidrich are the architects Of tho new
clubhouse which from NJ nature de-
mandsd the solution Of many problems
which Do not CONFRONT the architect In
dssignins the ordinary mems clubhouse.
The president Of the building commit
tee M Mi0 Mary Parsons ana asso-
oiated With her among Others wore Mrs..
Philip Lydig. Mrs. Frank 0rigwold, Miss
Mary Calender. Mrs. Egerton Winthrop.
Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Garcia de
Forest IT Ia expected that the new
clubhouse will be open in the first week
OF January. The delay in the arrival of
many parts OF the decorations ordered In
Europe has made It impossible to finish
the building on time. Some of the crys-
tai chandeliers ordered a long time ago
in Germany were held up for IA long time
at Rotterdam and have only just arrived.
Then the brass fixtures on the windows,
made In France. were long In arriving.
AV tSstl vi NAlo IlCW bultullk. WHICH
Ii made OF brick and tone, 10 Colonial,
or Georgian. In period. II one must in
sist that the architects consent to over
come their objection to classifying their
work. The exterior. stately and digni-
fed. Is representative Of the best tradi-
tions of the school OF Colonial architec-
ture. There are four stories In the
front of the building and thirteen In the
rear. The symmetry of the new club
house is not in the least disturbed by the
success of the practical features Of It's
construction
Main Entrance FrOnts Avenue.
The main entrance for members Ia OH
the Park avenue side OF the building.
Here on the first loo Is the members
sitting room. This Is n large square
room in the style of the eighteenth CEN
fury in England. The panelled room Is
indeed from al old Londoa house. 1t is
painted In green and gold and there IL in
the furniture n other decorations such
strict adherence to the style of the
period as an Did hob gate and mirror
scOnces. This is on the right side of the
entrance and here arr the offices and
telephone booths. On the left side OF
the main entrance Is the guests sitting
room, a beautifully situated apartment
AAAt ! Y liz
avenue and Sixty-second street. The
walls Of this room are covered with
highly colured painted canvas panels
taken from the walls OF an old house Ia
England.
The popularity OF the group of rooms
reached through the guests entrance on
East Sixty-second street Is that they
may be made entirely independent OF the
rest Of the building. The rooms here
are those used for general entertaining
AS they are frequently hired by mem
bers Of the club, IL is then convenient 10
.ave them altogether separated. The
guests entrance leads directly to the
salon. ballroom. long gallery and supper
room. which make up the ballroom suite.
These apartments are In gray with hang
ings OF coral brocade and are also
panelled with mirrors. The doors are
mirrors capable OF being 80 arranged
that all the rooms open into one another
with an artists room connecting TO be
tertainments. In the rooms are crystal
ballroom is half a story higher than the
other rooms,
While these rooms may he separated
from the rest OF the building when they
are needed for private entertainments.
thsy are at other times to he used as AN
ordinary feature of the club.
Card Room Color cheMe Green.
phe chief feature of the second floor
of the clubhouse is the main lounge,
| which stretches across the Park ave
nue. front OF the building. This room