Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-12
The Truth About Its Architecture,
tNARGAEE,T MIRPuyl


90 1T is the most beautiful bulld
Ing | have ever seen what is the
style OF its architecture Gothic,
Ionic, Doric or Corinthian >"
] had heard thai question about
the Cosdon building. always rCcur.
ring, never answered. unit | was
weary OF itS unanswerablcncss aud
started out TO get the answer.
You ney take It from mo, !
have IL from III. w Elliott. repre-
sentative Of the Henry f. Hoyt com
pany architects. and IT. W. Elliott,
general superintendent for the
George VI, Fllcr company, that the
architecture Of that building Is
purely Gothic Gothic In cvcry line
and angle, arches, frieles, spandrel
beams. marquiso. elevator doors.
parapot, even radiator grils all
Gothic. pure Gothic frcm first 10
last, carried out with infinite pains
as to detail that only a master Of
beauty win take when perfection
III the goal.
The ornamental papapot wall of
terra Gotta, which edges the prom
cnadc extending around the six
tecnth story twhore iE to bo Mr..
Cosden'A living nrartments). is per-
haps tho most outstanding arChitcc-
tural feature OF the entire building,
topping az 1t dccs fourteen stories
OF beautiful whitcness, like Italian
marble The pafapot wall is on
tirely original In the C0sdcn build
ing ana to :he best OF The architects
knowledge does not exist in any
other structure
The wall proper is three feet high.
but the ornamental fuCals extended
up for II feet. e"8promcnade
rs IS feet and paved with GxG
squares OF Ludowici oXblood -colored
tile
Tho Boston street entrance dis
plays the next most striking bit of
architecture. The nnrIuisc. or on
trance canopy. is purely Gothic in
its treatment and is OF cast iron and
bronze. The lobby ~ by IL feet In
size. Is being decorated with IL
Gothic frieze, and the vaulted cell
ing will he canYased and decorated.
and tho marble wainscotlng Is gOl-
den vo!nod,
The figures of the frtoze nre
molded aud cast from plaster OF
paris In the workroom on the job
entirely by ths hands of skillful art
lists
Tho Gothic Ornamental fricze ef-
feet Is carried out in the decorations
on the fourteenth floor, which will
house the offices Of the manage
meut---Mr. Casden, Mr., Perry and
Mr., Moffit, and directors room.
and In the living apartments on the
fifteenth floor.
On the fourteenth floor, In Mr..
ha rn
finished In CEen stone--a pure
white, glossy, manufactured prod
uct which resembles marble. and
which is familiar to the frequontcrs
of the dairy lunch ,as topper of
tables. The stone extends from the
wainscotlng. which is of black wal
nut. to the window tops. Hero the
ornnmentation is continued with
plaster of paris friozo and the deco
rated ceiling Tho floor In made OF
2-inch hexngon tiles, In this room,
the fireplace is also II noteworthy
feature. because the mantel Is made
of Cararra glass, manufactured
product resembling stone In a beau
tiful creamy yellow tint.
The offices on this floor are fin
ished in black walnut; on all other
floors In richly finished mahogany.
A feature OF the floor Is tho fan a..
rangement In tho attic, which intro
duccs constantly outside air and
CARRIES away the used and heated air
In the interior.
The floors throughout the build
ing are OF pink and gray Tennessee
marble. The walnscoting in the
stairways from the bottom to the
top, Is of white, imported Italian
n,arbFe. English veinod. and is from
five to- seven feet in height.
The Cosden living apartment on
the fifteenth floor is not an Italian
villa or California bungalow or u
Swiss chalet. 1t is simply the flf-
teeuth floor of an ultra modern and
very beautiful office building with
the outside walls set in Is feet on
two sides and the promenade thus