New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-18
THE NEW POST-OFFICE.
ITS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-FULL TECHNICA
DESCRIPTION.

ITS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-FULL TECHNICAL
DESCRIPTION.
Mr. Mullett, Supervising Architect, has per-
fected the plans for the United states Postoice
building In the Park and we give fuu description u s
archite ctursl features:
Tho building occupies the triangular lot at the south
ern end Of the Park the intersection of Broadway and
Parkrow The southwest end apex Of this lot trun-
Gated so at TO give front Of IA feet facing down Broad
way On the north that IL In the rear the Government
has reserved street. rather incosed court "a feet
wide between the Postolee and the Park This street
will give access TO the United States Courts which are
placed on the north Park front Of the building and
will DO used for the receipt and delivery or the mails,
and at the same time protect the government agalns,
any future difficulties should the PARK be sOlo OF oeVote0
20 other uses.
The building thus has extended front Of 279 feet
toward the Park two equal lateral taGades OF o9 ee on
ay and ParkrOw, aud front OF ia feet at the
south western extremity tachg the batteIy 't , %
The main cOrnioe 50 feet above the Sidewalk The
etye OF the building Renaissance the treatment OF the
roofs French. II Will be three stories hlg N the walls
with fourth story the roof The center Oi each iaftde
massive roof and the obGue angles at the corners are
masked by smaller payoDs poiygohai ID Plan whose
tbe angles The walls will be Of Maine granite from the
0uarries at Dix Island near Roekand
Tho exterior ordinance consists OF three pOo orueLs
sunerposed treated with increasing richness from the
ground the corDce The lower order IS supply rustl
supported high plain pedestas Above the nIht ssoy
the orders continued IN the pav9n out 9nteu on
enriched with dentl course and the browning entabla
tUre with both mutnles ana dens uetopes, esIryinE
rich paters The windows throughout are semlgcular
headed the atehivolts ornamented VITA keystones are
carried on projecting pasers whose impCsts are CON
tDued across tine piers sytObae IA carried rOuhd tue
building al each story broken by bausrades uhder INC
Windows. ,,.. -
The central payilions on Broadway aud PaIkTow are
o6 feet broad and ornamented by atwostosd ooonaue
OF eight detached columns The upper order carries
souptura& ptdiuent from which rises high pyfamdaI
roof crowned by salustrade 1856 feet above the pave
ent The of this roof is relieved by large 'front.'
ispece OF Luoerne ornamented with columns ana scroll
buttresses and carrying double arched widow sur
mounted BY clock, which bends arched cOrniee
crowned by theAmereas arms The roofs OF the lateral
wings or and Of the corner pavlOns broken
ty smaller dormers with pedmeDtal caps those on the
snViions being enriched with an order
The facade the north Park front 10 appropriated
N the United States Courts The central pavilion OF this
'front.' IA 81 feet six inches bread containing I'VE bays
or interoolumniatOns, from the troe middle ones of
hioh proects cOlonnade similar TO that on broadway,
mt carrying pediment surmOunted by group OF en-
IemAtca sculpture lateral pedestals, crowned by
esnes Above the principal cOfnlee on attic stOfy en-
Ticbed with Cornsan plasters rises 10 INC mgnt OF tne
main roof carrying plain pedment and granu Lu'
rsrne ike those Broadway and ParkT0w fronts 30
bind ts springs d0ms 10 feet In diameter and reaching
Z so test above the pavement Tue dome IL souAfo ~