Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-04-24
Report of Building Committee
On new Courthouse, April
term, 1878.

Report of Building Committee
On new Courthouse, April
term, 1873.
To the WorshiRfuI County Court Of
Lincoln county.
The undersigned committee
appointed at the January term
of the Court,
''TO make contract forthe erect
ion ola new Courthouse, accord
ing to the plan showing to the
Court, which plan is, that
all the county Offices shall be
on the bas; ment story, and a
Circuit Court room and three
jury rooms on the second floor"
beg leave respectfully to re-
port, that they have carefully
examined the plans above re-
ferred to, (there being three of
them, and that they have been
governed in their actions by the
resolution of the Court, obey
ing it implicitly, placing all the
county offices on the ground
floor, and Circuit Court room
and three jury rooms ON the
second floor. There having
been three different plans sub
mitted to the Court, your
building committee were at a
loss to decide which one of the
three to adopt. But in Difference
to the expressed opinion of
the committee offering them,
they adopted some slight modi-
fications of the plans presented,
feeling themselves fully warran-
ted in so doing, from the follow
ing clause in the report of said
committee. to-wit:
at is believed that either one
of the plans here submitted will
answer the exigencies of the
case, or they can be easily mod
flied to amend any deficiency
in either" The building COM
mittee, after mature consider
alton, being animated with de-
sire to combine strength, dura-
! bility, convenience and COM
fort, with beauty and economy,
decided that the walls Of the
structure should be built of
hard-burnt brick, in size 60 by
80 feet; height Of first, or low
er story IA feet; height of
second, or upper story Is feet.
The building will have four
main entrances, one placed in
each end and one in each side.
A vestibule of solid masonry
running up to the roof with
neatly embellished archways,
for the protection Of the floors
and outside doors, was thought
eXpedient to be placed at each
main entrance. The building
will be compact, yetroomy, light,
airy and accessible. The floors
and outside doors will be made
of hard durable timber, and
well protected from the wealth
er, the windows Hastily capped
with imperishable materials,
the roof covered with painted
tin, with a dome combining the
strength, symmetry and ele-
gance of the mechanic art. A
contract was made on the 22nd
of March, and closed with the
proper writings on the 25th of
the same month, with three
worthy citizens Of Lincoln
county, to have the walls built
and covered by the LIST day of
December next, and the county
offices so far advanced as to adj
nit Of occupation on the LIST
day of January next; the
whole building to be fully COM
Melted on or before the last day
of June, 1874. Said contrac-
tors, namely, William L. Moy-
ers, James a. Albright and
William E. Turley, have agreed
and bound themselves in IA bond
of $4,000, with good security,
to. complete the whole work for
the sum of $4,000, which be-
ing the lowest and best bid, the
contract was awarded to them.
A resolution of the worship
full County Court, to place the
new Courthouse in. or near
the centre of the courthouse
yard, having been passed here
tofore, your building commit
tee would respectfully recon-
mend, that the old courthouse
be sold and removed, together
with therubbish and foundations
thereof, and that your worship
full Court pass such resolutions
as will secure an early removal
of the same. The committee !