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Gilligan FuneralWordBeautyMany visitors an? expected to inspect the new Gilligan Funeral Horae when it in opened to the public on Saturday andSunday next.This new structure has been declared* * «*“ JPT i ' -• i lt;• ,y •£ *# ■ ?!. ■ •_ 'v r f r • • 1 lt;rlt;»P. ■ a to • 1 t i ' • a J ^ . ?by those who have inspected it during the past week to be a fine combination of the architect’s genius and the decorator’s art in creating an ideal funeral home. It is a magnificent building of Bedford stone and buff brick, styled in Italian Rennaisance, having a frontage of 54 feet and a depth of 108 feet. Setting back of a landscaped lawn, it is surrounded by a circular driveway that passes through four beautiful stone porte-cocheres, which offer private entrances and exits to thg parlors.I In its iiuterlp* the building follfiwaiaplan intemded/to offe# the? greatest convenience, most homelike atmosphere and modern equipment fMWBibie, a plan evolved after the inspection of many of the finest funeral homes in many see-f ions of the country. Just inside themain door of artistic ornamental bronae design, is the reception office, beyond which, flanking a tiled hallway, are the two main parlors, each 70 by 20 feet,and adjoining private rooms for thfj families of the deceased. These parlors are capable of accommodating, on necessity, 500 persons, or £an be divided by sound-proof doors, beautifully draped In pistacchio green velvet, into five separate rooms for services, each offering distinct privacy and having its individual exit.Throughout, building la richir «nrpoled from wall to wall, every parlor and room being tastily furnished to give a homelike and impressive atmosphere, which is emphasised by a specially designed lighting system. The public address system and the rich-toned pipe organ can be heard in every room.I The Meow! floor, designed particularly for the convenience of patrons, contains special display rooms for dresses, men’s clothing and caskets, bedrooms, a guest room offering every convenience for the overnight guest, an efficiency apartment for the caretaker and a dormi-;fogflfor,theIhembers of jthe jf|Kk For convenience, the prepauslffion room la placed next the drive entrance below the
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Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1931
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