Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 20 | Business Section Being Extended Eastward in Lynch Building

II BUSINESS SECTION BONG EXTENDED EASTWARD 8N LYNCH BUiLDSNG"l H , Construclion of the ucv,- Lynch build- H ing, pioneer business, structure for H Second East street, being erected at Scc- H ond East and Second South streets, is now well under way, nnd within a fow H days the steel framework will begin to 'liow abovo tho high board fence which conceals the structure from tho passers-by. passers-by. In many ways the structure is a feature of tnc city, especially becauso H it marks Iho first attempt to extend tho businegs section of tho city beyond the H old limits lo tho eastward, and bocauBC Hj il represeiits iu its style a number of H !:UurcH which have been used only in tas'' of tho Newhouse buildings. The Lynch building is to bo three stories hidi, with a basement, and will have a frontage of ninety feet on both Second South and Second East streets. The 1"" entrance will bo from the former street. It is constructed of brick and stone with a steel frame. Tho lower low-er floor and tho basement of the building build-ing aro of fireproof construction, w'ith concrete floors and walls. Tho Ronais-sancc Ronais-sancc design, with the heavy pilasters pilas-ters andtho largo bay window's of the lower fitoTy mako the slructuro especially espe-cially attractive. The lower floor and basement have already been rented to the Studebaker company for use as an automobile salesroom sales-room and storage warehouse. The two upper floors will be used for bachelor apartments. Thcro arc to be fiftv'-stx rooms, twent3' of them with baths. "The handsome entrances will bo tiled and the interior of tho building will be finished fin-ished in birch-stained mahogany. The main entrance on Second South street will he ornamented by a handsome overhanging over-hanging marquise of copper, Tho structure -will bo ready for oe eupancy by oarlv spring and will cost about $100,000. The building is designed by B. O. Mecklenberg, architect.