light in character. The base of the exterior walls has been finished
with cut granite up to the water table, above which they have been
laid up with a light colored buff pressed brick. This brick has been
enriched by the use of similarly colored terra-cotta, which appears in
the pilasters, about the windows, in the several entablatures, and in
the cornice and parapet work. The Eleventh Avenue façade is further
enriched by marble medallions, framed with terra-cotta, and by a title
panel directly over the front of the structure.

The main entrance to the structure is situated at its northeast
corner, and, as the railroad track passes along just inside the
building, the entrance proper is the doorway immediately beyond the
track, and opens into the entrance lobby. The doorway is trimmed with
cut granite and the lobby is finished with a marble wainscoting.

The interior of the operating room is faced with a light,
cream-colored pressed brick with an enameled brick wainscoting, eight
feet high, extending around the entire operating area; the wainscoting
is white except for a brown border and base. The offices, the toilets
and locker rooms are finished and fitted with materials in harmony
with the high-class character of the building. The masonry-floor
construction consists of concrete reinforced with expanded metal, and
except where iron or other floor plates are used, or where tile or
special flooring is laid, the floor is covered with a hard cement
granolithic finish.

In the design of the interior arrangements, the value of a generous
supply of stairways was appreciated, in order that all parts of the
structure might be made readily accessible, especially in the boiler
house section. In the boiler house and machinery portion of the plant