Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-28
ELKS HAVE FINE LODGE Home
Public Inspection Hours Today-Reception Committee to be
On Hand lodge Room Modelled After Egyptian
Tempe-One of the Finest in the Order

IS inches long and Al feet wide over
all. and is two stories with basement
1t is built of bun brick and has an
entrance on the Park street front
built to correspond with the Main
street entrance.
On the basement floor is the billiard
room with two bowling alleys also in
1t, the floor above provides for a large
hall for social sessions or for pubic
use upon occasion. and the second
oy the lodge room with several ante
rooms. The addition has been built
at a cost Of about $4,000 and puts
Norwich lodge of Elks in possession
i Of homo that is the equal of that
OF any city of its size and represents
| a property of about $4,000.
Lodge Room Like Egyptian Temple.
1t is the lodge room in which the
members feel particularly proud and
on which the committee has been
greatly complimented in having
achieved something distinctive and OF
special beauty. In size It is about
| IS feet long by "a 1-2 feet wide and
it's interior is designed after an Egyp-
\ tan temple. each detail ns to archi-
| tectural design, decorations and fur
| nishings being carried out completely
so that II has been the particular OBJ
ject Of admiration for all who have
been privileged to see It in advance
of the public opening. Along the wall
/ are lotus columns with bell capitals
| supporting the ceiling. The capitals
are decorated in a lotus design and over
each one is the winged scarab. The
ceiling is decorated I'm lotus designs
| and the arch over the recess at the
head OF the room where the triple
| chair of the exalted rulers station is
placed is also decorated with the out
spread wings OF the typical Egyptian
| scarab.
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handsome mahogany finished with the
| settees upholstered in the best quail
tty green panne velvet. The altar at
| the center Of the room the handsome
desks for the secretary and treasurer
| and the chairs-for the stations of the
| officers are all OF the same rich wood,
all designed especially for this room,
| with winged scarabs for the decora-
| lions on their backs and lotus flowers
on the front pedestals of the chairs.
They We're designed from suggestions
by local dealers to follow the Egyptian
motif. The carpet is a Wilton OF
oriental design to harmonic with the
room and these interior fittings came
| from the warerooms of n. 5. Gilbert
| & Sons. At one end of the room is
the bronze memorial tablet containing
| the names of So deceased members
| Over the exalted rulers chair is an
electric clock which lights up each
| hour around the face as the clock
| strikes. The lighting for the room is
by three indirect system chandeliers
as well as by lamps which arc in q
recess in the wall so that none are
directly visible There is a DINNER
by which the light can be changed
from full nood to almost dark.
Double brackets by the side OF each
OF the ofncerH' stations also add to the
lighting OF the lodge room.
At the Park street end OF the lodge
room Is an organ loft in which an or
gan may in future be installed.
| The settces In the room. which ars
placed on raised platforms IN two
rows around the sides. will 1oat about
200. Adjoining the lodge room are
throo ansc-rooms.
The hardware used in the building
Is all OF special design with elks' heads
and tho lodge number on IL,
| Tho large hall for social sessions Is
about 66 feet long by so feet wide and
hns o serving room connected with IL
In the basement, where the billiard
room Is, are three billiard tables and
ono pool table and two bowling alleys
Doyle 6 Murphy were the genera
contractors John F. Tompkins. heat
Ing and plumbing; Whitall Electric
Co.. electric wiringI Walter Smith
decorating, Preston Bros, hardware
y, 3, Gilbert s. Sons, furniture and
carpets,