The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-19

to be built in Ely. Nearly twenty years
ago the structure was acquired by the
city from the school district for NOM
inal cost and remodeled for community
center purposes. The community CEN
ter idea became SO popular that the
building was overtaxed and a newer,
more modern and enlarged building be-
came necessary.
The new structure is built Of Man
kato fabricated grey stone with glass
brick windows, and is set level with
the street. Large chromium steel and
plate glass doors give entrance on both
First Avenue and Harvey Street. The
Harvey Street entrance is marked "Au-
ditorium" and from there flight OF
wide stairs lead to the auditorium.
Other stairs from the front also can
be utilized to get to the auditorium.
The entrances are also supplied with
ticket Offices and large check rooms.
The auditorium is capable of seating
thousand people in individual chairs
with stage under which the chair
trucks get out of thesway when the
floor is to be used for dancing. The
stage is fitted with fine maple floor
and furnished with indirect lighting
for the foothghts and ceiling. The
auditorium also has indirect lighting
with acoustic ceiling and lighting pan
els around and across the room. An
oak block floor set in asphalt is one OF
the beauties of the auditorium.
A projection room is provided with
automatic fire proof shutters and exits
to the roof on two sides. Fresh air
intakes are located on the auditorium
floor where fresh air is secured for the
stage, dressing rooms, basement and
first floor Wash rooms fully equipped
are available for both men and women.
A large and handsomely equipped meet
ing room, check room and kitchen SER
vice room with dumb waiter are part
of this floor as adjuncts to the audi
tc-ium. The wash rooms are Kohler
equipped and furnished in chromium
throughout. A janitor's room is also
a part. Mastic tile floors cover all the
rooms.
Immediately on entering the main
floor from the street, one is awed with
the beauty of the hall, staircases with
bronze fittings and the seven trophy
cases on all sides of the wall. The hall
is finished in Italian marble with gold
leaf ceiling. A drinking fountain and
concession stand are conveniently To-
Gated The floor is finished in black
terrace marble with wide brass strip
ping dividing the Is inch squares OF
the floor
On this floor is the library room, air
conditioned, with acoustic ceiling, fin
iShed in natural quarter sawed oak
shelving finished in a like manner with
cork floor Folding doors separate
the main reading room from the child
rens library room. This latter room
has Kasota marble fireplace and de-
corated to please the eye of the child
Annexed also is a mending room fully
equipped with everything needed foi
reconditioning books. This room has
a mastic tile floor with rubber base
board. Office rooms for the Girl Scout
director, tourist bureau, Commercial
Club and Business men, pay station
telephone booth with rubber floor ano
several other unassigned Office rooms
are on this floor.
In addition there are large meet
| ing room for the American Legion Pos
and Auxiliary, check room and two
meeting rooms capable of caring fol
large memberships. The Legion room,
has large kitchen attached, has ar
acoustic ceiling mastic floor with BLACK
rubber Dashboard, indirect lighting.
kitchen is also provided for the two
meeting rooms The colorings and hool
patterns of all the rooms are different
A handsome public lounge for adults
is provided on the south end Of the
building next to one of the meeting
rooms The lounge is fitted with 9
rubber floor trimmed in polished black
marble The room is also equipped
with radio plugs connecting with ar
aerial in the partition walls. Plugs
are also installed for the Legion room
and the cafeteria on the basement
floor. An electric clock in artistic de-
sign is built into the wall of the large
meeting rooms, cafeteria and hall, al
serviced automatically by the master
clock.
The basement is divided into cafe
terra capable of seating 600 people
Boy Scout room with its necessary