The Contractor was P. Walker and Associates and the foreman on the job was Mr. The corner stone of the new building was laid February 22, It is the old corner stone saved from the fire with a new stone covering it.
Walking Tours — San Francisco Home. Please follow and like us:. A large cornice with an elaborate entablature capped the eaves. A brochure commemorating the opening of the NSGW Building in , described the interior of the new, high-rise "parlor:" "The building contains one of the largest and best-appointed assembly halls for dances, concerts and entertainments in California; also fourteen well-lighted, handsomely furnished, and artistically arranged lodge rooms; the offices of the Grand Secretary; Library and Reading Rooms.
Over the main assembly hall is the largest steel truss ever built in California, and which supports the floors above. The eighth floor is arranged for club room purposes and is admirably designed for this object.
The rooms are spacious, high and well lighted, both from above and from the front and sides. In the front an artistic loggia has been placed from which the city to the west may be viewed, while at the rear a pergola, over which vines will be twined, furnishes an artistic, sheltered, open-air places for the members to sit.
The Grand Parlor has taken steps to secure all books, data and records bearing upon the history and development of California and these doubtless will be stored here. In time, an Historical Museum will also be maintained within the building.
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