Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1919 — NEW HOTEL PROSPECT IS GOOD [ARTICLE]

NEW HOTEL PROSPECT IS GOOD

I‘relimi nary Plank of Building Provide for About 60 Rooms. The prospect that a large, new, modern hotel will be built in Rensselaer the coming season on the old B. S. Fendig corner, just across the street from the Rensselaer garage, are becoming every day. A preliminary sketph and plans ot "the building have been made for a three-story and basement hotel, about 3fijl2o.feet in size. There will be two entrances, the .main entrance direct so the office being on Washington street and another .entrance through a wide corridor on Front .street. The main floor will bave two small business rooms on Front street, one on either side of this corridor, suitable for a tarbar shop and jewelry store or other similar business. There will be a basement under the entire structure the east end of which will contain a large billiard parlor. West of this will be the toilet rooms and laundry, with the kitchen, boiler and fuel rooms still further west and a large storage room at the extreme west end.

On the main floor will be the lobby, with a parlor on Washington street Immediately west of the entrance and at the south side of the corridor, which extends back to the large dining room. On the north side of the corridor will be a ladles’ parlor and toilet, linen and china closets and the serving room. / At the west of the dining room will be a large sun parlor the full width of the building, the same width as the dining room. The arrangement of the second and third floors are practically the same, and each contain about 30 rooms,, some of which are in suites and some others have private bath. There is also a ladies’ and gents’ toilet and bath room on each floor. A corridor extends east and west through the center of each of these floors and every room has outside windows, thus affording splendid ventilation. There will be a large balcony on the second floor immediately over the sun parlor on the west. The entire arrangement seems excellent and the exterior appearance is very pretty inaeed. It is expected that the building itself will cost in the neighborhood of >50,000, and C. P. Moody, who lecently purchased the ground, proposes to issue stock for a part of this, amount, the stock to bear .6 or 7% interest and to be retired ty him at fhls option. He will put in about one-half of the money and asks our people to assist him by lending him the other half,’ with the building as security. The dwelling house now located on a part of this ground he expects to move to the extreme north side of his lots and remodel same in an attractive dwelling with stucco exterior finish.

Mr. Moody .states that he has met with 'much encouragement in the project and if a sufficient amount- of stock Is subscribed he will go ahead and erect the building yet this season.