Hollywood Inn Hollywood Inn was started by a small body of men of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church. Its first reading and smoking rooms were opened at No. 18 Main Street on January 23, 1894. The experiment was commenced with the object of providing young men with a place where they could meet in the evening, read the magazines, enjoy a quiet game of cards, and promote sociability and good fellowship. So successful was the undertaking that the late William F. Cochran, a noted citizen and philanthropist of this city, erected for the workingmen of Yonkers the present clubhouse, which is the most complete of its kind in the world. The main floor contains the library, 32x35 feet, which has accommodations for 10,000 volumes; the superintendent’s office, coat room, shuffleboard room, also a smoking room which is supplied with the leading newspapers and periodicals. On the street floor is the gymnasium; dressing room, containing lockers for 400 members; also a large and splendidly appointed bath room with shower and needle sprays. On this floor are four regulation bowling alleys, where a nominal charge of eight cents is made for each game. On the second floor is a pool and billiard room, containing eight pool and two billiard tables, two cents per cue being charged for the former and thirty cents per hour for the latter. Here also are to be found bath rooms, which are free to members. In this department soft drinks, tobacco, coffee, and sandwiches are on sale. On the next floor is the assembly hall seating nearly five hundred persons, where, during the winter, various entertainments are given for the entertainment of members and their families. On most evenings a glance at the pleasant reading room shows that its brightness attracts to it many members who enjoy a quiet hour or more with the leading magazines of the day. During the winter season regular classes in calisthenics are held in the gymnasium both afternoons and evenings. Any member is entitled to enter these classes without additional cost. So phenomenal has been the success of Hollywood Inn that its founder contributed the sum necessary for a very material addition to the building, which has just been completed, on the south side of the structure. It is in the nature of a lyceum, with a great gymnasium, swimming pool, lodge and lecture rooms. It is connected with the main building, the basement of which has been remodeled, and contains a swimming pool 16x41 feet. It is believed that the feature will prove to be one of the most desirable in the building. By the introduction of coils of steam pipe the water will be kept at a normal temperature of about 70 degrees. The addition is 37 feet wide and 94 feet deep. The new gymnasium contains a running track, and offers facilities for such sports as hand ball and basket ball. It is entirely free from columns and takes in the space of two floors. A commodious dark room has been fitted up for amateur photographers. The Hollywood Inn Country Club, situated on Dunwoodie Heights, consists of a five–acre field and club house. This is one of the finest spots around Yonkers, and from the porch of the club house a most beautiful view is to be had. The house has lockers and shower baths. The baseball nine of the Hollywood Inn has become one of the finest around New York. It last year took first place in the county. After a game of ball or a sprint around the track—then a fine shower bath. The track is accessible by trolley or bicycle.