STUDIO FOR DELANO & ALDRICH, NEW YORK

OFFICE OF MESSRS. DELANO & ALDRICH, NEW YORK
 MESSRS. DELANO & ALDRICH, ARCHITECTS

 Studio for Delano & Aldrich 126 East 38th Street, New York City

  THIS building, occupying the site of a former garage***stable and milk depot***, was designed by and now serves as a private studio for Messrs. Delano and Aldrich.***1916***

  The facade is of stucco***refaced during renovations*** and Kingwood stone***from Kingwood, VA.*** with a wrought iron railing of unusual design. The character of the building, unique among its neighbors in Murray Hill, makes it possible to dispense with a sign.

ENTRANCE HALL

  One enters from a vestibule into a vaulted hall paved with stone and furnished with old English benches and wrought iron lanterns which, like all the other fixtures in the building, were designed by the architects. On one side are two reception rooms and the library. 

RECEPTION ROOM 1

  The first of these reception rooms has its walls painted a deep orange color, touched up with gold. The fixtures are of wrought iron and crystal and the furniture is Spanish, dating from the early nineteenth century. 
  

RECEPTION ROOM 2

  The other reception room is paneled in butternut and the walls hung with old engravings of architects. The mantels in both these rooms are of Kingwood stone. 

LIBRARY

    The library, whose walls are paneled with old Dutch paintings, leads into a small garden at one side with paved walks. Beyond the library is the general office for contractors, where the samples are kept, and beyond this a room for modeling and a locker room.

  On the floor above are the private offices of the firm and the business offices, stenographers' and bookkeeper's rooms.

  The entire third floor is devoted to a large draughting room, lighted and ventilated by three northerly skylights and by windows on three sides.

***Bing Streetside***