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Appalachian Trail Club bulletin

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  • THE NEW HEADQUARTERS As it is anticipated that the move to the newly purchased Headquarters at 1916 Sunderland Place, N. W., will be made between November 15 and December 31, a brief resume of the plans for utilization of the property is now in order. The building is a row house, originally- erected for a residence. It is on Sunderland Place, which is a one-block street immediately north of and parallel to N Street; it extends from 19th to 20th Street. The house is four doors from 20th Street, just below the junction of that street with New Hampshire Avenue. There is a bus stop on this corner. The house is of brick, with a basement almost wholly above ground, and three stories above that. It is about 19 feet wide and 40 feet long. The lot is 19 feet by 80 feet and extends to a wide alley. The Club proposes initially to use only the basement and first floor and to rent the two upper floors. The entrance, for the present, will be on the first floor. On this floor there is a "front room," about 13 x 24, which will be used for receiving visitors and to handle shelter matters. In it will be placed the shelter desk and files, the book cases, lounging chairs, exhibits, a display of literature, and the small cupboard containing items for sale. Back of this is a square room which will be used for a general office, and which will contain the P. A. T. C. files, a work table, a typewriter, and the cupboards containing supplies. Behind this is a screened porch, and with the addition of storm windows, this space can be utilized for storage of boxes, wrappings, and other materials so they will be available to those working in the office. Off the back hall is a bath room, so water for various purposes will be readily available. After informal "open house" meetings, necessary dishes can be washed here. On the basement floor, the front room will be used for the storage of supplies on shelving around the wall, and here will be a drafting table, typewriter and desk, and sufficient folding chairs so that committee meetings may be held, free from disturbance. When meetings are not being held, the secretaries and others needing quiet and freedom from interruption can work here. In the back of the basement floor is located the furnace room, and to the side, opening from the front hall, is the present kitchen, which will be converted into the "tool cache." Opening from this is a large windowed pantry, which will be used for the shelter cupboards and supplies. These two floors contain in square feet very little more space than the present Headquarters rooms, but because it is more separated work- may be carried on more efficiently than at present.' The two upper floors, for the present, are to be rented. Income from these floors will help to pay the loans made by members for purchase of the property. As the street is not yet zoned for commercial use, these rooms are to be rented as office space to non-profit organizations. Members who know of such organizations that might be interested are requested to notify the House Committee. On each floor are two rooms and a bathroom. The rooms are fairly large, about 14 x 20, and the rental will be reasonable. Several years from now, when the indebtedness on the house is reduced and the Club can use the entire house, it is planned to remove the front steps, slope the entrance so that the present basement door will be a street level door, and use the front room on the present basement but then first floor as the office. On the floor above, the room now used as an office can become a lounge and clubroom. Each of the third and fourth floors will then have a workroom and storage room, where exhibits can be made, photographic work done, maps laid out and worked on, and committee meetings held. It will also be possible then to provide modest dressing and locker rooms, so that members may change from city to hiking clothes at Headquarters.
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