Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-28
321 ROOMS IN
DU POINT ANNEX
Extension Will Add TO Hotel and
Office Space of +. l. du Pont
dc Nemours s, Co.

The new addition 20 the du Pont Build
ing including both the rooms which Will
bc used as offices and those. which are 10
I've assigned for Ilsc of the hotel, Is nearing
completion. Already quite a number ot the
offices in the new structure have been
turned over Ia various departments of the
rompanv and officials are now moving m
and installing their office forces. When the
buildlnp Is finally completed there will he
added o36 rooms to the office building and
- more rooms to the hotel In preparation
for the occupancy oi the new building the
room numbers ON each floor have been
changed The new building extends on
Eleventh street. all the way "a Orange,
with a l5-foot sidewalk The width OF the
Eleventh street addition Is something over
81 feet There Is an entrance on the Orange
street side 10 the elevators and ON the
same side there Is also driveway Scrv-
ing an interior court In this back entrance
also there will hC an entrance to 'hC gal-
lcrv OF The Playhouse
The new building like the rest OF the
du pont Building. Is L. storp's high, with
two-story pcnt house and a laundry ON
the roof In the basement there VIII be- re-
cclving rooms Tor express and freight
matter fan rooms for ventilation and
other spaces The basement, the ground
loor. the mczzanlnc floor, the first and
4cennd floors. ih, tenth. eleventh and
twelfth floors and the two pcnt house
lnors arr all for hotel purposes. The rc-
malnder Will hc devntcd to uthcc rooms
The improvements to he mtde N the
hotel when all i, completed IN the new
addition will bc considerable The new
lobby will face on Eleventh street aud will
nave total width OF - feet Tn, present
lobby Is Ia bc converted into a winter
garden or palm room, while the space
now occupied bach ~ tho desk ls To hC
converted into writing room Tor womra
Tho elevators arc ~ hc turned around
IL lace h, dc,k IN ~ new location, which
Val hc tn aonr II the Rose Room. Also
additional elevators Wlll ID added
t'ne 10 the features at the new hotel wall
hc d ball rooru two Store, high : part %
the mcxlanlnc floor Will extend over part
II the hall room and there viii DC loycr
S. feet \ - feet thrce inches leading - the
ball room From the foyer ,nc may "a mp
hv Way oi marhlr staircase III "a banquet
room. which ovcrlCobS tho ball room his
viii H. located in the mcIamnc floor. The.
ball room itself will hc lOb feet \ - feet
with a 80 foot ceiling Tho banquet room
90 the second floor will IL - feet by -
tcct
II short time the hotel Will have avail
able some ot The rooms IN the now addl-
non These are urgently needed, because
the business and reputation - thc hotel Is
constantly growing and there not
enough noon now - supply tie needs ~
the guests A. soon as the rooms arc
tCady they Will bc turned over ~ The hotel
Mon, tune. however, Will l., necessary IN
arder 70 complete tic dining rooms.
gardens. etc which an 10 be- distinguish
ing features of the hotel
As tast - the loom. N the new addi-
non destined iQT office Use are completed.
they are being turned over 70 the ia Pont
CompAny. - that they can hc occupied as
there y a great need for space