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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Concord’s New Ultra-Modern Hotel Building Is The Last Word In Hotel Construction - i Concord’s long cherished dream of an elegant, ultra-modern hostelry has at last come true with the formal op ening of the new Hotel Concord, an event that overshadowed everything else in local interest. The half million dollar structure, standing ns a towering monument to the civic pride of its owners and the genius of its builders, was opened .June' 10th at 2 o'clock at which time an interested public took advantage of the opportunity to inspect it minutely, so * they could get first hand information about the much heralded structure. Fifteen years ngo Concord began to feel the need of a new and modern hotel. The growing city had only an antequated hotel structure and a few rooming houses and with the travel ing public was receiving a black eye. No one stopped over night here if possible to move on and Concord lost much good business. This condition led to the erection of the modern hostelry which was op ened recently. Several months ago a number of men and women of the city organized the Concord Realty Com lwrty. the object of the organization being the erection of a commodious and modern hotel in the city. The op timism of these people and the civic pride shown by those persons who subscribed for stock in the plant have made it possible for Concord to boost today of a. hotel second to none in the South in structure, equipment and appearance. Those persons who are familiar with such questions say the new Hotel Concord building is everything that o lending hotel architect of the coun try could make it. so far as a build ing of its size is concerned. No? a feature that might add to the efficien cy of the plant or make it attract ive and serviceable has been overlook ed. One enters the Hotel Concord through an arcade which offers at tractive quarters for shops on either side. Large plate glass windows flank either side of the arcade which ends at the steps leading into the spacious lobby of the hostelry. "* The lobby is large being about 40 by - 55 finished in walnut and having, <ts handsome mezzanine just to the rent of the steps leading from the main entrance. The general desk, cigar •ounter and other features are conven iently located. The elevator shaft is just to the left of the stairway lead ei*l'■■ ■ i 3-: - ' ■.. . 1 T-rrf. - ■ ■ - === | 1 jjf m Uj -—T' 1 -.". niff KI .BH Main Dining Room I kwp* — M-ii—iifi'iiiii' mvaarmrrn' •••* |L gp, ■ v j|sr Ball Room The Concord Daily Tribune _ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily f ing from the arcade, nnd an entrance 9 to the coffee shop is just to the left of - the shaft. 1 Across the lobby from the main 5 entrance is the dining room, with seating capacity of 100. The room is 1 exquisitely finished, being one of the 1 most beautiful in tile building. The * furniture is of the finest nnd most beautiful design. Tlie room is finish -1 ed in fawn and old ivory, the ceiling ' ami wall panels being in high lighted ’ relief. Furniture, draperies; silver -1 ware, china nnd electrical fixtures blend harmoniously in- the whole ’ scheme of the room. 1 The ball room, located conveniently 1 to the rear of the mezzanine, is a thing of great beauty. Creat over top ped, cathedral like windows are cur ; tained in rich old rose and gold, crys tal lighting fixtures nre used and the floor is of the checked design in gold en oak. The kitchen, storage rooms, refrig erating plant, boiler rooms mid main switchboard are located down on thei ground floor behind and below the , lobby, chib dining room and ball l room. These contain the last word in machinery and equipment. The coffee shop is located on oncj , corner of the building, with a Union i street entrance. It ean be entered I easily from the interior of the hotel ■ nnd promises to be one of the most 1 popular features of the hotel. The club dining room, over the cos-j fee shop and near the ball room. is. elegantly equipped and can aeoommo-; date 75 persons. In addition there is a private dining root) for twelve, also handsomely furnished. Baggage is. brought in through the rear of the building and carried on a service elevator up to the sample rooms on the various floors. A ser vice stairway is also provided for em ployes and all doors nre soundproof to prevent any annoyance toguestsin the building. The 100 rooms in the hotel are prac tipilly the same in size, with a num ber of them arranger! en suite. All are-finished in handsome wuli pni>er nnd walnut trimmings. All bath , .zooms nre equipped with "the best fixtures available. The hallways nre tiled floored as are other portions of the building nnd a heavy axminster carpet covering this makes the building almost souml - less. • | e The Hotel Concord is as nearly | f fireproof ns it is possible to make a building nowadays. There is no wood , in the structure other-tban the small , amount in the furniture, the doors. 5 window sash and the floor in the ball > room. > All in all the plant is all that the : owners and patrons can desire. Visitors to the building have been ' especially struck with the beautiful I and serviceable furniture which is found throughout the building, careful 1 thought having been given jo this ‘ future when* plans for the hostelry were made. From the arcade entrance on through the lobby, dining hall, mezza nine. ballroom and up through the five stories of bedrooms the fnrnish ' ings of tile Hotel Concord are the best and handsomest that money can buy. All furniture is in basic walnut with here and there as in the ball room, gold finish is employed to prop erly harmonize with the surroundings. I In the lobby the usual iohb.v furni ture is found. This consists of deep- IJy upholstered chairs and wide lounges, walnut tables in varying sizes and designs, and tastefully arranged | floor lamps. The upholstery is in va | ried colors and is of the finest mohair I and needle-point patterns. The moz j zanine floor furniture is of largely the ' same rich pattern am) design as that I in the lobby proper, except that the I carpet covers the entire Moor instead of appearing in large druggets. The {dining room is finished in fawn and old ivor.v with the ceiling and upper portions of the walls in Irgli lighted relief, making a room of much beauty The 100 bedrooms In the hotel are tastefully finished nnd furnished. The rooms for the most part have modern wooden beds of attractive design, ail in walnut. Tbe iron beds have a wal nut finish. Easy chairs, dressers, van ities and hanging mirrors make up the major portion of the rooms furni ture. The rooms are arranged singly nnd en suite, so that guests singly or by party may be taken care of in the most approved fashion. . The menu for the opening dinner was one of variety and shaved that the hotel has a steward and chef frmt rank with the best. Especially at tractive were the designs in which the [ice cream was served. Various flow ers and fruits were represented by " the mounded cream. CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1926 THE NEW HOTEL CONCORD ’ ; f _ * nTfr iijWfflßHn mm u v ' * M jfcftr- BBB BH ’ TIBK- MTfr'" Warn iff "'V 1 gig? * : MR. WILLIAM FOOR MR. O. VV. DONNELL William Foor is president of the William Foor Operating Corpora tion. Mr. Foor is a thoroughly competent hotel operator, having been in the business for the past 35 years. Mr. Foor has operated the famous chain of hotels known as the Foor-Robiuson Hotel Chain and was the originator of the hotel chain which operates the O. Henry in Greensboro, N. C.; Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte, N. C.; The George Vanderbilt, Asheville, N. C.; The Aragon Hotel. Jacksonville, Fla.; The Sheraton Hotel, High Point, N. C.; and the Pondeleon Hotel, Miami. Fla. This chain of hotels Is recognized us one of the leading southern chains ami credit is due to Mr. William Foor. O. W. Donnell. Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager of the Wil liam Foor Operating Corporation, is a thorough and competent hotel op erator. Mr. Donnell was affiliated with the Ralston Hotel-Columbus, Ga., before entering the services of William Foor. Since that time Mr. Don nell was with the O Henry, Greensboro. N. C.. and was later made mana ger of the Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte. N. 0., having opened this hotel and successfully managed same until September of 1025. Then Mr. Donnell was made managing director of the Washington Duke. Durham. N. C., which is recognized as one of the southland's lending hostelries and the fin est in the state of North Carolina, having 300 rooms and (HI baths. It's success is largely due to the personal supervision of Mr. Donnell. Mr. Donnell is personally supervising every hotel that the William Foor Oper ating Corporation operates and is affiliating himself with competent hotel men that will make each hotel unit successful under the direction of the William Foor Operating Corporation. THE HOTEL IS PRIDE OF TIIE CITY. Concord boasts now of n hotel ns modern and as handsome as the best ; n the State. Not as large as some others, to be sure, the structure is ultra-modern in that it offers all fa cilities and equipment found in the best hotel buildings everywhere. The Hotel Concortr -s the pride of the city, representing as it does, the most comprehensive community pr.ij ect In the history of Concord. It represents, If you please, co-operat or between citizens of Concord, and at the rami' lime optimism in the future Concord. It has been built with an eye to the future and rightly so. Too often has Concord built only ror the present., to see the mistake in a rela tively short time. The new hotel belongs to the people of Coneord, and as such it deserves the support of every truly said that no city in the State has a better build'ng so the success of the hotel depends upon the patron age it receives and the manner in which it is operated. The William Foor Hotel Operating Corporation has n reputation that is linked with success, and we are certain the ser vice here will be all that could be de sired. The people of Concord need to take a personal interest ; n the hotel if they would give it the success it deserves. MANAGER YVENRICK lIAS FINE STAFF TO AID HIM Are For the Most Part Experienced Hotel Workers. The staff or workers which is as sisting Manager T. Ross Wenriek at the Hotel Concord are for the most part experienced hotel workers. Mr. Wenriek, who has been successful as manager of several hotels in the Foor manager of several hotels in the Foor chain, has selected the following af ter careful consideration in each cast*: G. H. McCarey, night clerk and auditor. Ralph Jsenbour, .Concord, clerk. Bertram .Tones, Concord, clerk. Mrs. Leslie Maynard, housekeeper. She lias been with the hotel com pany for a number of years, serving at the Sheraton at High Point and the George Washington at Washington, 5 * f . . «H„* JttaßffyME: 3ESK. W-3WJI»■ - Lobby Pa. F. E. Foor, steward. Mr. Foor comes to Concord from the Washing ton Duke hotel in Durham. He has been with the chain for a number of years, and has secured a capable corps of assistants. He will have charge* of the coffee shop and all (Tit ering done at the hotel. C. M. Byrum will be assistant to Mr. Foor. Philip Escoffery, head waiter. He was with the United Hotels for a number of years and recently was at the Washington Duke. R. H. Broadnax, cousine. He has served with a number of large hotels! in tin* north and south for twenty, years and has been with the Foorj chain for five years. Miss Clarice Carrington, bookkeep-} er. She comes to Concord from the] Washington Duke Hotel at Durham.) Mrs. Bessie McConnell and Miss Dorothy Black, cashiers. Mrs. Alice Gilead will charge , of the waitresses in the coffee shop. M. Wishon, engineer. Colored men will be used as wait-j ers in the dining room, and those so- 1 cured have had varied experience. THE TRIBUNE , PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAIT NO. 144 MB. C. ROSS WENRICK mßg g KSl g l ggJL mm — I 13 J|l||||| Mm ■ Jp^ ]' ' - f*-- Manager Hotel Couoord
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