Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-06-03
ebec, JAS g. BLAINE,
The New Hall.

description Of the Hall now just about
completed because all the facts were not
accessible, or not fully known. We
now give some of the particulars
AT the annual March meeting last year
an article WAS inserted in the Warrant
which read thus: To see If the town
will vote to build = town Hall: and also
will vote TO raise money to pay the ex-
pense &C. The town elected the follow
ing committee: Arno wi.wel, Eugene
Hale, Esqs. John d. Hopkins, Monroe
Young. Henry Whiting, Robert Gerry,
Jr and Levi Weber; and passed the
following vote. Voted that the Commit
tee be authorized TO purchase site and
build thereon At the expense of the town.
3 town Hall building and that the town
Treasurer be authorized TO hire money
for the town for such purchase and
pledge a. security for the same. the
claim Of the town under the late act of
the Legislature for the assumption Of
municipal war debts"
This was the last Of March. The COM
mittee set themselves At work 10 make
the selection Of = site. and finally,
uses the lower part of the hall shall be
put TO, selected the lot on the corner of
Maine and school streets, on which WA
large two story building. The build
ing and lot costs $500. In MAY there
being some Dissatisfaction with the
result of the labors of the Committee in
the selection of the site" and some
doubt a. 10 the authority Of the Treas
urer TO issue notes. &c. new meeting
was called of the citizens TO postpone
further action of the Committee AT
this meeting those in favor Of hall and
of the Committee, were in large ma
jority SO nothing was done but 10 ad-
journ. After this the Committee went
TO work in good earnest to prosecute
the work with which II was charged.
and We had the promise of . completed
hall by the first Of the winter, then bv
the 4th of March, and at this date it is
about finished.
The plans and specifications were
made by Mr.. Coombs Of Bangor Mr..
Levi Weber one Of the best mechanics
of the Country had charge Of the mason
work, and had the general srperintend-
ency of the building, also, in virtue of
being one Of the Committee
The building is Of brick, and IL 100
KS feet, two stories high. The walls
are As feet high and % inches thick.
The lower hall, on first floor. is 5Ox5s
feet, Il feet high. Concert Hall, second
story, IL 50xsS feet, 20 feet high. There
are two front rooms on lower floor Tx
IS feet, two rooms in the rear of lower
hall, l2xl4 feet. On the gallery door
two rooms l2xi4, and on second floor.
one room in front Of the hall. l4xSS, aud
two rooms in the rear l2xl4. The base
ment has lock up, strong and ample,
has two wood furnaces, and . well
There is no such basement cellar to be
found in the state, hardly, but what
uses can we put il to!
The halls, and also all the smaller
rooms are finished in black walnut and
black ash. The upper hall floor is hard
pine. Every thing about the building
looks solid. and substantial. There
does not seem to be a single particular
about the building that is not done upon
honor, and which does not reflect credit
upon the vorkmen
The large hall has just been painted
in fresco by Mr.. c. j. Schumacher of
Portland in the best style Of the art.
There are galleries in this hall with
seats. The hall is to be supplied with
settees, and it is supposed a thousand
persons can easily be seated. and thir-
teen or fourteen hundred BY . little
crowding.
The main entrance il on Main St. but
there is q large double side door on
Hancock St. The entrance WAYS and
stair ways are wide and ample.
The cost, it il said, win be, al fur
nished, between 10 and 45 thousand dol
lars. The next question 70 be decided
is, who owns the hall? OF this question
we have nothing to say. 1t Is noble
building, . credit to the City and to
the workmen whose skillfal hands have
erected it. 1t has not yet been turned
over to the City authorities, and If the
Building COMMITTEES should undertake
to do it, they might not accept. Town
notes have been issued to The amount Of |
~, 200. !