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3. Solarium (Sun Room) connected to the Banquet Hall



4. Italian Banquet Hall

Figure 8 The Italian Banquet Hall
In the original plan for "Belcourt" the central large room on the first floor was a huge space seating up to 250 guests.

Unusual for the 1890s, the architect Hunt created a 40' span using steel I-beams. Italian 17th century stained glass windows depict 12 saints.

There is a huge Russian crystal chandelier with 13,000 prisms in the center of the room surrounded by 8 smaller Czechoslovakian crystal chandeliers, which give the room its luminous sparkle.

5. Coach Room
The "coach room" opens to the Italian banquet Hall. This area was the exit passageway from the stable to the north courtyard. Mrs. Belmont created a kitchen in this area, which was removed in 1940.

Between 1966 and 1970 the Tinney family used the so-called "old Kitchen", as a workshop where they constructed the replica of the Golden Coronation Coach.