Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-02
THE EWSTATE HOUSE at COLUM.
BUS.

OOOs
This Building which is the most magni-
fcient of the kind in the United States, is
rapidly approaching completion. Itmay
take two or three years more before it
may be pronounced finished in every
part but it will be gradually prepared
for the use Of the different apartments of
the State Department. 1t is expected
the two halls will be ready for The ac-
comodation of the two branches of the
Legislature during the session commenc-
ing on the first Monday of January next.
The area of the ground covered by
the building is three hundred and four
feet in length by one hundred and eighty
four in breath. The lot on which it
stands, is in central and elevated por
ton of the city. II is six hundred feet
square. Architectually speaking the
style Of the building is of the Grecian
Doric order, and presents an entablature
extending the whole length of the front,
three hundred and four feet, without a
single break.
The Hall of the House and the Senate
Hall are eighty three feet in length, and
fifty FIVE feet and four inches in breath,
and twenty-eiyht fee. in height to the first
floor. We cannot enter into particulars
as 10 the different apartments in this
spacious building. The following is a
list of different rooms.
Two rooms for Governor Of State;
Four rooms for Secre tary of State;
Two rooms for Board Of Public Works;
Three rooms for Auditor of State;
One room for Attorney General.
One room for Adjutant and Quarter
Master General;
One room for School Commissioner;
Two rooms for Clerks oil the House OF
Representatives;
Two rooms for Clerks of the Senate;
One room for Serjeant-at Arms of
the House ofRepresentatives;
One room for SeTeant-at-Arms of the
Senate;
One room for the Hall of the House of
Representatives;
One room for the Senate Chamber;
One room for the Supreme Court;
One room for the Clerk of Supreme
Court;
One room for the State Library;
Twenty two rooms for Committees Of
Senate and House of Representatives;
Five rooms for Water and Wash Rooms;
Twelve rooms for Water Closets.
Here We have seventy one different
apartments, exclusive fthe rotunda, the
vestibules, corridors. and passages. Be-
sides, the list does not embrace the diyis.
ions of the basement, which contains all
the apparatus for heating and ventilating
the entire building. For this system of
heating and venii.ating, which is said to
be almost perfect in lis kind. the public
are indebted to the skill and assiduity of
Major N. B. Kelly, the architect at pre-
sent in charge of the building. Several
other important after actions and i'm
provements have been made by Major
Kelly, who will add greatly to the unity
and beauty of the several parts of the edi-
fee.
The steam works and heating appa.
ratus which are already in part complet-
ed, and will be in full operation by The
lst of January next. This system for
warming every part of the huge struc
ture is so complicated and extensive.
thai it can only be comprehended by
personal inspection. TLere are four
large boilers thirty feet long and four feet
in diameter, with four fues to each boiler.
There are eighteen hot air chambers,
with the necessary passages for the ad-
mission of cold air. Each o. three cham
bers contain $4,000 feet of pipe, and the
number of feet in the whole heating ap-
paratus is sixty thousand.
As we ascend from the basement, we
are struck with the beauty and solidity |
of the floors, which are inlaid with black
and white marble. The base around
the room is of white marble.
The durable iron net work for ceiling
and brackets on which the plaster work
is placed is manufactured by the Column
bus Machine Manufacturing Company.
This iron work forming kind Of lalhing
almost as lasting as time itself, is as Gu
rious as it is useful. The ornamental
plastering is under contract with Dale
d Son, of Cincinnati. Some beautiful
specimens may be seen already fixed in
the Senate Hall. Mr. Charles Bullet, an
eminent sculptor of Cincinnati, is engag-
ed on the centre pieces and other Orna.
ments, aud Mr.. Markes. plasterer, and
of Cincinnati, is assisting Mr..
Dale.
Mr.. Fry, of Cincinnati. is also engag'
ed in making models for much of the
work, of a highly ornamental character.
The beautiful designs for the interior de-
corations are due to the skill ofthe arch