Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1927, Page 10

National Press Building Teleghone Secretaries Will Receive Messages for Absent Tenants SI CRETARIAL SERVICE on a twenty-four- hour basis is furnished to each tenant of the National Press Building without charge. This service is equivalent to an attendant in yonr office day and night. Each tenant will have the usual inde pendent tele- phone, bt when a switch is thrownall calls, both local and long distance, will be trans- ferred to the Secretarial Service. Here, day and night, all messages will be taken and, if desired, relayed to the tenant. This service, the first of its kind, is one of the many innovations for the comfort and convenience of the tenants of the National Press Building. Your Inspection Cordially Invited Auditorium and Conference Rooms "A N auditorium seating 800 people, handsomely furnished and decorated and supplied with refrigerated air and forced ventilation, is available at reasonable rates to. all tenants of the National Press Build- ing. Con- ference | rooms may be had t h r o ughout the building These will seat from ten to fifty peo- ple and may be used at will by the tenants of the National Press Building without charge. 3 The National Press Building is a community in itself and every facility for the convenience, comfort and safety of its tenants has been provided. Your Inspection Cordially Invited Rest Rooms for Women OMMODIOUS rest rooms for the women tenants of the National Press Building are provided in convenient locations throughout the building. Trhie isie rooms are Latagre, cheerful quarters with ample sunlight and ventila- tion and their ap- pointments are of the latest and . best ide= velopment. The National Press Building has been carefully designed throughout to grant every ten- ant the most modern achievements in building con- struction for safe and comfortable occupancy. Your Inspection Cordially Invited Reasonable Rental Rates Rental rates are no higher in the National Press Building than in other modern office buildings in Wash 1 despite the many unique advantages THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. AUGUST 21, 1927—PART T. ens Oeptember First Washington's largest, most modern office structure, a distinct architectural addi- tion to the Nation’s Capital. Office and store space available for immediate occupancy with- out rental charge until October First. XA A A TR o TN, WH Bl B o et H A AR e Al A Gt Y SN LT SEES S A L MW Dol BT o R P A ST ef 25 ey e S S dh oy G ey K H B Y BN oy f WS ok ] E L »ug;»n' SR Uy Mt I e My F g “At the Heart of the Heart of the Nation” HE National Press Building is owned and has been constructed by the National Press Club, whose membership embraczs representatives of the press of the world. 1t reflects, in size, beauty of form and appointments, all that money, effort, archi- tectural skill and inventive genius can provide. This structure is now virtually completed and the public is cordially invited to inspect the building and view its distinctive innova- tions for the converfience, comfort and safety of its tenants. While much of the rentable area, both for stores and offices, has heen com- mitted, store spaces are available on hoth Fourteenth and F Streets and single and en suite offices may be had at excellent locations. The rental rates of the National Press Build- ing compare favorably with other modern office buildings. Rooms are available for from $30 to $90 a month. Liberal discounts are allowed on long leases and on multiple rooms. Stores have been leased to nationally known con- cerns desiring the most prominent Washing- ton representation obtainable. Almost imme- diate possession can be had by both store and office tenants, but no rent will be «charged until October 1. Tenants of the National Press Building are representative of the professional and business life of Washington. Tt will he “a community of distinction” of direct mutual advantage. The National Press Club will occupy a part of the thirteenth floor and the entire four- teenth floor. This club is a focal point of newspaperdom and is the mecca of promi- nent visitors to the Nation’s Capital. It is the most central office building in Washington: every transportation facility is immediately at hand. Your immediate inspection is cordially invited. NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING CORPORATION - JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, President HENRY L. SWEINHART, Vice President JOHN JOY EDSON, Treasurer JAMES WILLIAM BRYAN, General Manager HARVEY D. JACOB, General Counsel J. FRED ESSARY, Chairman Renta] Committee LAWRENCE B. CAMPBELL, Assistant Secretary WARD F. DERRICKSON, Superintendent Telegraph and Messenger Service OTH the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies will have service in the National Press Building, from which telegrams will be received and sent. Messenger serv- ice at reasonable rates will be available to all tenants day and night and the only telegraph addressany tenant needs ational Press. Tele- ams that are delivered after office hours or for other reasons do not immediately reach the tenant will be delivered to the Secretarial Serv- ice through which, ac- cording to instructions given, the tenant will be in the shortest possible time located and message delivered. Express Elevators of Latest Type LEVATORS are perhaps the most important features in any building, and the National Press Building, in this facility, is supreme in Washington. There are seven large passenger elevators of the latest and best equipment for speed, comfort and safety. These elevators ar under automatic trol. Elevator start- ers are in charge day and night and the elevators are capable of being dispatched with express train precision. A special feature is that it will be impossible for an elevator to pass any floor cither on the up or down trip, when the “stop” signal is given, without the operator being checked by the elevator Ventilation Makes Building Comfortable Summer and Winter P‘HI\‘( ED ventilation—which gives, both Winter and Summer, fresh and healthful air—makes the oftices of this than the street in nany degrees cooler the Summer, and in the Winter a constant flow of warm, fresh air is assured. The National P'ress Building is the first large office structure in the United States having forced ventilation. Fresh ur is continuously drawn in from above the building with gigantic fans located high above the roof. The air is then thoroughly washed, purified and cooled or heated to balance humidity and maintain a comfortable temperature at all times. & Your Inspection Cordiolly Invited Shower Baths and Lockers Unusual Features HOWER baths and lockers are placed on the office floors of the National Press Building. These will he available to hoth men and women tenants with- out extra harge, except or the lock- 'rs. There will "e a valet ervice, which vill keep all & lothes cleaned and pressed, linen laun- dered, shoes shined and every garment left in locker ready for use. These shower rooms are under forced ventilation, have windows to the open air and are lined with tile and marble. The National Press Building is the first build- ing in this country to offer on a wholesale plan this very valuable service. The lockers are sufficiently large for the tenant to keep therein dress suits, golf togs and other changes that he may desire to make. The lockers will be kept constantly fure nished with towel and soap. Combs and brushes left in the lockers will be kept clean and ready for use. Your Inspection Cordially Invited Law Library and Reading Rooms IBRARIES and reading rooms are being in- stalled in the National Press Building. There will be a large and comprehensive law library and volumes for this library will he se- lected by an 2minent com- mittee of | lawyers. This | library will be kept con stantly up to date. There will be other z reference and “"“‘“}M WY reading : rooms that will be avail- able to ten- ants. Each library will be in charge of attendants. Stenographers will be furnished at reasonable rates. These libraries and reading rooms are ideally located for light and ventilation and will offer to the tenants of the National Press Building oppor- tunity for quiet thought and work. An earnest attempt has been made to have the National Press Building'a community in itself, offered. Single and en suite rooms are available irom £30 to $90 per month, with liberal discounts based on length of lease and amount of space. Immediate oc- cupancy may be had but no rental charge will be made until October first, Service in the National Press Building is on twenty-four- hour basis and provision has been made to make this service effective as possible to the ahsent tenant. starter. This insures no annoying waits. The vertical transportation of the National Press Building, like all other appointments, is in excess of the actual needs. No possible requirement of the tenant that can be supplied has been overlooked. Your Inspection Cordially Invited Your Inspection Cordially Invited Your Inspection Cordially Invited Your immediate inspection cordially invited. NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING At the Heart of the Heart of the Nation