New Britain herald., 1924-02-29
Colonial Design h Blue and Buff
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the New Britain club main dining room and the two private dining rooms.
 The New Britain Club
 The New Britain club is located on the mozzanine floor and takes up the entire frontage on West Main street, with a depth of 90 feet on Washing ton street and 100 feet on the court lot line. The club foyer is directly at the head of the main marble stair way from lobby promenade and ter race entrance and also directly ac- ccssib!e to tho two elevators. The club office, check room and mems la,atory is off this foyer. To the right of the foyer is the lounge which is 40 feet by 30 feet and the card room. % feet by 20 feet in area. To the left Of the foyer is the main dim ing room Of the club. 40 feet by 80 feet and corridor to private dining rooms. 40 feet hy 16 feet. The clubs billiard room, 56 feet by 20 feet is equipped with three billiard and pool tables.
 
 rooms is in the colonial style and fin- ished in the colonial gray and white tones. The lounge has a large fire place for burning logs. Off the lounge is an open balcony or terrace over looking the main and side streets. French doors connect directly to lounge so that these rooms can be thrown together on ladies' nights or for tournaments.
 The main dining room of the club has a seating capacity Of 100 persons and the two private dining rooms have seating capacities of 40 to 50 persons. Accordian and French doors connect the main dining room and the two private dining rooms so that they can be thrown together making a to- tai seating capacity of 140 to 150 per- sons. The main and private dining rooms have Georgian colonial scenic decorated walls above the wanscot, and the woodwork and wainscot are finished in the light gray tones. The billiard room has q direct entrance through club rooms and also an en- trance from the mezzanine lounge. The ladies room for the club is the same room on the mezzanine floor used by the hotel guests.
 General office.
 The general office for the hotel, where the auditors, cashiers and ho- tel management offices are located is on the mezzanine floor. This also has an entrance from the service corri- dor.
 The upper floors are taken up with the 127 guest rooms, including five larger combination sample rooms on second floor which can also be used for committee rooms and private dim ing rooms. The service elevator and corridor serves these rooms and con- meets directly to kitchen service. An service pantry is located ad- joining the above sample and private dining rooms to facilitate service to these rooms. These sample rooms arc equnped with disappearing white" wall beds and each has complete bath and dressing room equipment.
 The balance Of the guest rooms have either private baths connecting baths or private toilets. There are no public toilets for guests on the typi- cal bedroom floors. The two eleva- tors connect 10 elevator lobbies on each floor and the corridors to rooms are finished with colonial scenic pa per with white trim and dark ma hogany doors.
 The lighting fixtures are designed to initiate old oil burning colonial hanging lamps with the harp shape hanger and etched glass tubular shade. The corridors have rose de- signed runners 4la feet wide. The rooms are all carpetcd. The wood trim Of rooms is white and the doors are one panel dark mahogany. The walls of rooms arc papored with five various designs of "Birge" colonial papers. The ceilings are painted in light gray and cream tones, harmon izing with the wall papers.
 The bath rooms have tile floors and base with tile wainscot 6is feet high for all showers. The bath tubs are the "built-in" type with G-inch tile wainscot just above the tub. The closets arc jet closets with Sloan valves and white enamel seats. The lavatories are either the pedestal or wall type with every modern equip ment and supplies finished in white. The tile built-in grab rails, soap dishes, paper holders, hooks. etc. and white enamel towel shelf racks for towels for all bath rooms. The mir TOTS over lavatorics have recessed shelf with single electric light direct. ly over center.
 The corner suite rooms are so ar ranged as 10 either have one. two. three Or four room suites. rented singIy Or ,n-suite. The twin bcd- ooms have communicating doors to adjoining single rooms. There arc 24 twin bedrooms and 103 single bod rooms. The twin bedroom beds are feet wide and tho single bedroom beds arc four feet four inches wide (fulI size). so that in emergencies the maximum capacity would he 1D3 dou- bics or 2JG persons and 24 twin beds or 4s persons. making the total bous- ing capacity 254 persons. without sst- ting up any additional single beds. which can bc placed in about G1 of the single bedrooms if desired.
 The linen and dust chute openings are located iu each corridor and con- meet directly 10 linen chute cluret aud dust closet and paper h8Isr room in basement. The maids rooms and linen rooms are located on tarh floor. The general HHen room is located in the English basement and directly connected to the hotel laundry. The laundry is located in the basement and the full equipment consists. for fiat iE 0rk only. or every modern machine necsssary 70 take care of the needs of iEfs bot1f. The American Laundry .