Guests to Laurel Hall are met with an immediate sense of history and
tradition as they enter the building's Grand Lobby. The adjacent dining
room opens into a solarium overlooking the manicured grounds. Much of
the expansive first floor is devoted to the Ruth Lilly Conference Center
and spaces that are rented for private use.
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The Grand Lobby
Beautiful walnut paneling and cherry floors grace a central seating
area in front of an impressive limestone fireplace. The Grand Lobby welcomes
visitors and ushers them into the Ruth Lilly Conference Center, the formal
dining room, the solarium and the elegant Grand Staircase.
Ruth Lilly Conference Center
The Ruth Lilly Conference Center's fifteen foot vaulted ceiling
with inlayed designs directs your eyes upward and is offset by a patterned
teak wood floor. The room offers excellent accommodations for presentations,
seminars, planning or motivational meetings. Conference style for 150
or classroom for 80, the Center provides state of the art A/V facilities
as well as WiFi access and the ability to broadcast your program to anyone
on the Web.
Executive Board Room
The executive board room has beautiful hardwood floors and walls.
Highlighted by a Tudor ceiling and a large bay window set with antique
mouth-blown glass, the room serves as a space for board meetings or breakout
sessions during a conference. There are few boardrooms in the city with
such a fantastic combination of character and capability.
Dining Room
The formal dining room sees many special events and celebrations.
With mahogany paneled walls and cabinets and a rare herringbone-patterned
floor of exotic hardwoods, it is a fitting site for formal dinners. The
room's limestone fireplace serves as a focal point. A beautiful baccarat crystal chandelier provides lighting and adds the finishing touches needed to make
guests feel relaxed and ready for conversation.
Grand Staircase
One of the most impressive features of the building is the magnificent
three-story carved walnut staircase. Anchoring the lobby and joining
the formal areas on the first floor with the ballroom on the third, it
is complimented with walls of leaded windows, reflecting Shakespearean
and Arthurian legend.
Kitchen
The kitchen has plenty of stainless
counter space and cabinets offer room for food preparation. The attached
serving pantry is perfect for serving and plating dishes prior to being
served.
Music Room
The music room serves as a display area for a baby grand piano
and several exceptional Victorian pieces of furniture. The room also includes unique
wood floors, decorative plaster moldings and an intricately carved fireplace.
Solarium
Marked by a magnificent marble floor, the room is ringed on three
sides by large windows, accented by limestone columns and cornice work
and anchored by a large limestone fireplace on the fourth wall. Offering
a view of the grounds, the solarium is by far, the brightest room in
the building.
Foundation Wing
The Foundation offices inhabit the space adjacent to the Music
Room, Lilly Conference Center and Board Room. The offices accommodate
the Foundation staff members.
Originally a tiled loggia open to the elements, the space takes advantage
of three walls of glass, capped by beautiful arched windows. Brick and limestone walls encircle the room,
which display artwork and antiques.
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