The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
GARDEN ISLAND TO !
HAVELARGE BLOCK.
Plantation To Build Magnificent
Theater Store and Office
Structure At lihue

The illustration on this page shows
the new store, Office and theatre build.
ing which is to be erected at once at
Bihue, Kauai; modern, reinforced
concrete structure which win form part
of group of ediRces Of the same
class at Lihue, giving that municipal
ity the distinction of possessing finer
aggregation of first class business
buildings in proportion to size than
any other town in the islands. =
Lihue already has built or building
a 100000 fireproof county court house,
a $4,000 reinforced concrete bank and
postofIice, "a $4,000 reinforced con
crete department store structure with
cold storage and meat market con.
neeted, and now il is to have this
$4,000 concrete store, Office and thea.
tire structure, designed on the lines
shown in the picture. .s..
This building win have on its first
floor front first class restaurant and
ice cream parlor, with an entrance from
the front and from the lobby of the
theatre. In addition to the restaurant
on the first floor there are six small
stores, these so arranged that any
store rooms giving any size a bust
ness may require. .,
. In the center of the front wing Of
the building is the entrance and this
with marquise extending over the
sidewalk that persons may get from
carriage TO theatre lobby without be-
ing exposed to rain. The theater lob
by is fifteen by thirty.two feet in size
and with public telephone booth, ticket
Office and entrances to ladieS and
mems retiring rooms as well as two
broad entrances to the theatre. The
theatre, including the stage and dress.
ing rooms, is forty by ninety feet in
size, walls and floor of concrete and
steel truss roof. There is gallery
with entrance stairs from the main
lobby ond with two emergency exits
into open air and iron stairs to the
ground. r,.1 a.:8..
The theater is freproof but it has
nine exists to the auditorium, three
into the lobby and six into the open
air. There are six private dressing
rooms at the rear of the stage, each
well lighted and ventilated and with
layatory to each. This theatre, as a
whole, is not surpassed in its design
and appointments by any theatre on
the Islands.
There are two broad stairways from
the main lobby to the second floor
of the front wing Of the building and
at the right on the second floor is a
lodge room adapted to the use of the
Masonic fraternity or other secret So
cieties, having all the required ante.
rooms. The lodge room itself, with
vaulted ceiling and unique system of
ventilation will not be found uncom.
Portable on any summer night. =.
At the left on the second floor is
suite Of rooms forming q first class
photograph gallery, with ample side
and skylights, dark rooms, work rooms,
reception and dressing room, There
are large well lighted offices on this
floor, each with lavatory and also pub.
lie retiring rooms are provided. b,
That such a building complete in all
its appointments, solid and substantial
in every respect should be erected in
a rural district is to the credit of the
officers of the Iihue Plantation who
have the public spirit to provide such
an addition for the pleasure and con-
venience of the residents of the whole
county. Ripley & Davis are the arehi.
tects Of this and other buildings for the
Lihue Plantation.