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The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora, New York Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses 12-8-1989 The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora, New York Randall Lamar Johnson Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses Recommended Citation Johnson, Randall Lamar, "The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora, New York" (1989). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by RIT Scholar Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of RIT Scholar Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The College of Fine and Applied Arts in Candidacy for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora, New York by Randall Lamar Johnson December 8, 1989 Approvals Advisor: Elizabeth Fomin Date:. --l--J'-oJ.-.-...:'/G~-___=~~-------ll J Associate Advisor: Charles Lewis ~q.+- Date: _--+\--=--,_--,--I--=--Y'_¥--H ____j VI Associate Advisor: Houghton Wetherald Date: i\ / I If ??) II I Associate Advisor: Dorothy Victor Date: w-JI,+----t//.~/~-i1--!.0!.-,9L- -l1 I r Special Assistant to the Dean for Graduate Affairs: Philip Bornarth Date: If /?-, /yq I Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts: Robert Johnston Date: \# _ I, Randall L. Johnson, prefer to be contacted each time a request for reproduction is made. I can be reached at the following address: 42 Woodlawn Street Rochester, New York 14607 Date: _--L/11--1-/--1-11--'/8'-<!....1+---­ 4, ( The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora Ackowledgements For their help in completing this project, my thanks go to Elizabeth Fomin, Charles Lewis, Houghton Wetherald, Dorothy Victor, Henry McCartney, The Landmark Society of Western New York, Al Fontanese, Greg and Kit Engle, The Roycroft Gift Shop, and especially Robb, who, with his love and support, carried me through the rough spots and shared with me the joys The Roycroft Inn The west elevation of the Roycroft Inn Preface I first became familiar with the Roycroft Inn during a summer internship with the Landmark Society of Western New York. The project for which I had been hired was a survey of pre-1930 buildings in Wyoming County, New York. Due to the distance of the work site from Rochester, and its proximity to East Aurora, the sur vey team spent two nights per week at the Roycroft Inn, a property owned by the Landmark Society. Because of my inter ests in historic buildings and a desire to explore design for the hospitality industry, I decided that the Inn would be a perfect subject for my Master's Thesis in Interior Design. The Roycroft Inn The Research and Crafts Movement in Western New York. My work on the project began in the fall In early December I made arrangements of 1988, when I began independent re to stay at the Inn for two nights while I search of the Arts and Crafts movement. I photographed and field measured the in felt that to truly understand the spirit of teriors of the building. During my three the people who had created the subject of days in East Aurora I also conducted in my thesis, I needed to understand their terviews with members of the local gov precedents. My study revealed to me the ernment and with the Hubbard family to anti-industrial spirit which formed the ba determine the potential and historic uses sis of the movement in writings by and for the building. I was able to locate a set about William Morris, John Ruskin, Karl of floor plans of the existing conditions Marx and Fredrich Engels, Gustav Stick- and was given a set of prints by local ar ley, and Elbert Hubbard. The connection chitect Al Fontanese. These drawings between these men (and their movement) proved to be of immense help, saving me and Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wiener hours of tedious measuring and drawing. Werkstatte, Hoffman, Macintosh and Gro- All of the dimensions were double pius also became evident as design sim checked in the public areas of the building plicity and material honesty showed them to insure accuracy. selves to be so basic to the movement. With my research drawing to a close, I be In November of 1988, my attention turned gan to consider what my approach would more specifically to the Roycrofters and be for addressing the needs of the building Elbert Hubbard. Because no specific vol and its community. Because of the need ume seems to exist regarding the Roycroft for hotel, restaurant and meeting space in Buildings or the Inn in particular, my in the town, the first decision was made to formation on the Inn grew out of bits and retain the building's historic use as an Inn. pieces drawn out of books on Hubbard, Secondly, the size of the building along The Roycrofters, their furniture, their cat with the scope of the problems which I alogs, and more general books on the Arts would need to address led me to scale The north elevation of the Roycroft Inn The Roycroft Inn in down the project to encompass only the second wife of Elbert Hubbard when she public areas of the building and those managed the Inn) was the result of several rooms which would support them. Upon conditions. The first was that the space of consideration by members of my commit the reception / lounge was severely re tee, it was decided that I would be short stricted by the inclusion of the bar which changing the project by not addressing the now stands within it. Secondly, table ser guest rooms as well as the public spaces. vice from the smaller bar would justify To incorporate this into the project I elect higher drink prices and discourage heavy ed to focus on space planning and general drinkers from frequenting the Inn, thus finish and furnishings considerations, adding to the formal atmosphere which is without making specific selections for desired. Additionally, the consumption of these spaces. alcohol was discouraged by Elbert Hub bard and the position of the bar in a less conspicuous location was in keeping with The Program the 'Roycroft Spirit'. Based upon information obtained in an in The number of hotel rooms was dictated terview with James Berg, President of the solely by the number of doorways which East Aurora Chamber of Commerce, I de open onto the corridors in that part of the cided that dining space for 90 to 100 peo building. If a real client had been in ple would be desirable in the restaurant. volved in this part of the project, more Berg suggested that community need was rooms might have been attempted, and 60 to 70 seats, but the space available al could certainly have been included, but lows for more than that number. with the luxury of having these decisions left entirely to myself, I elected to remain also suggested that banquet space for Berg true to the historic fabric of the building 200 to 250 would be ideal, and this is the by not adding or deleting any existing figure which I worked with in organizing doorways. My goal was to revitalize the the space in Hubbard Hall. While such guest rooms by changing their configura is feasible in the hall, the re occupancy tions as outlined in the Hotel portion of configurations were quite crowded sulting this paper. and their layouts unwieldy. I revised this part of the program down to 150 seats, The inclusion of an exercise facility was which works reasonably well. The layout also suggested by James Berg, and the which is shown on the plan in the appen only viable space for this was in the base dix is for 86 people and is presented to ment. I wanted to include locker rooms, a show the flexibility of the room by the in hot tub, a sauna, a lounge space, and an clusion of a dance floor, which reduces office / equipment room. These have all the possible number of seats. been laid out in the existing basement space. The program for the kitchen was arrived at based upon the number of dining and anticipated number of banquet seats and The Design Process meals served at one time. The required space and equipment was derived from charts found in Commercial Kitchens by By January, 1989, the design process was the American Gas Association and from well underway. I had blocked out the us How to Plan and Operate a Restaurant by age for the various rooms (the details of Peter Dukas. which are contained in other sections of this paper) and then had to begin research decision to remove the bar from the My to determine that the spaces were ade reception room and create a new, smaller quate for those uses. My initial concern bar in Alice's Office (a room used by the The Roycroft Inn IV II11 1 Hli * I |H u M H "1 ICWmmm mmm mmmm.^rvwfs tSHHjtjIHKs S5s HHrS rrvvvinvu The south elevation of the Roycroft Inn was that of the kitchen facility. Without With the figures in hand, I went about any experience in commercial kitchen de finding a layout within the proposed kitch sign, I had to research the fundamentals of en space which would work according to equipment and spatial needs, and of circu what I had discovered were the needs of a lation within the facility. As I began to commercial kitchen. Fortunately, the delve into what was needed, I soon real equipment and circulation space fit into ized that the needs of the kitchen would the allotted rooms and I could carry on have to revolve around the dining spaces with other aspects of the Inn's design.
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