The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-05
Detailed Description of the New
Pennington Apartments
BROADWAY, JOHN AND OLIVE WAY
NOW OPEN AND READY FOR OCCUPANCY

The bennington Apartments" have been built
with view of adding the advantages of an
apartment to the comforts and conveniences Of
a home.
They are ideally located at the northeast cor
ner of Broadway and John st. at the head Of
Olive Way, within fifteen minutes easy walking
distance of the business part of the city and on
the Broadway car line that gives unusual access
to all parts of the city.
The illustration on this page gives but faint
conception of the beauty of this building. 1t is
built of the finest selected Clayburne pressed
brick and trimmed artistically with terra GOTTA
giving it a most pleasing appearance and rank
ing 1t with the finest buildings in the city.
The great superiority of these apartments,
however, is to be found on the inside, where peo-
pie dwell. The main entrance doors and castings
are of solid mahogany and fitted with massive
attractive hardware. The main entrance and
first and second floor stairways are finished
with solid Token" marble The Railways, COR
ridors and the front stairway are covered with
the finest Bundhar Wilton carpet obtainable,
with the finest hair felt padding, such as is
rarely found even in the finest homes An auto
matte elevator of the latest Otis improved silent
type waits to be of service at any hour of the
day or night.
The apartments are constructed on the two
and three-room plan, and their outstanding fea-
ture is their beauty and comfort The famous
Durham method Of vacuum steam heating in
sures that every room will be cosy even in the
coolest winter weather, while the Unusual
amount of radiation allotted to each room insures
a rapid heating after the steam has been turned
on. The system is noiseless and efficient, and
the homeseeker will find in The Pennington
comfort-plus" in the heating arrangement
In the finish of these apartments pains have been
spared to make them all that the most fastdous taste
could ask. The floors are clear, quartersawed white
oak. The walls covered with the finest artistic
wallpaper such as is being used in the finest buildings
in the East today 1t has been especially selected to
give the rooms that light, airy appearance so much
sought and to harmonic with practically any type of
furniture The woodwork and ceiling have been covered
with four coats of the finest white enamel paint The
upper windows and the French doors are of the latest
loaded glass design, thus rendering them much easier
cleaned than those with the Anticipated wood divisions.
The shades are all of pattern and style being of
light ivory finish with silk fringe and tassel with
curtain fixtures guaranteed indefinitely against dis
coloration rust The latest improved shields cover
the radiators and insure that dirt will soil the cur
talns The light fixtures of beautiful design and
furnish an artistic background for the golden glow"
lights For added lights and appliance convenience three
base plugs have been conveniently located in every
The Pennington kitchen is an achievement
tive, fresh; inviting as kitchen ought to be- The
floors are of solid marble; the walls and ceilings are
covered with white enamel paint, making the kitchen
sanitary and neat and easily kept clean The cupboard
room is avishy suppled-enough to satisfy any wom-
ans heart. No awkward benches will be found in the
Pennington kitchens. In their place provided solid
oak dining chairs which, with disappearing tables
render the whole floor space accessible when desired
When the table is drawn it is supported by special