Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-26
CAMBRIDGE,
The New Court House-An Interesting
sketch of the Structure-other Items Of
Interest.
CAMBRIDGE, o., Aug. 18th.

Interest.
CAMBRIDGE, o., Aug. 10Th.
Your COZ respondent reached here this
morning and spent few hours IN this
pleasant old capital of Guernsey county.
During that time We hunted up Mr.. ).
w. Yost, OF Bellaire, who is the efficient
architect OF the handsome court house
in course Of erection here, and in short
conversation We cleaned the following
facts from him concerning the work:
The building is to be about 100 feet
square. All of the exterior walls are TO
be OF stone. The superstructure is OF
small, greenish colored, rock faced stone
from Cumberland, and is to be trimmed
heavily with white sandstone from
GAINESVILLE. The cornice work
is to be OF galvanized
iron, painted and sanded in imitation OF
stone trimmings. The basement, which
rises ten feet above ground, is 10 con.
tain steam heating apparatus, gas ma
chine, fuel rooms, &c. The first floor
proper is to have four outside entrances
five handsome stone approaches. This
floor is to contain the offices Of Treasurer.
Recorder, Auditor, Commissioners, Pro
bate Judge and Prosecuting Attorney.
In the main carridor, which is twtn y
feet wide, two fine double pairs OF iron
steps lead to the second floor, which
contains the court room, sheriti's and
clerks offices. and rooms for the jury,
Judge, witnesses, library, &c, and IL
the center, where the corridors cross
them, is to be a rotunda extend
ing up under the dome, and it will be
rooted with a ceiling oil stained glass.
The building to the square is TO be 30
feet high, fsnked at the corners with
pavilions, the crossings OF which rise to
a heighth of IS feet. The main front is
to be carried up in the centre above the
balance of the building and will end in
a broken pediment surmounted by a
large figure of Justice. Then rising from
the centre of the building IS the main
dome, which will be $50 ieet above the
sidewalk. The style OF architecture is
of modern renaissance, and in construc
ton the building will be tireproof, all OF
the corridor doors being OF encaustiC
tile underlaid with brick arches and by
draulic concretes supported upon rolled
iron beams. The floors in the various
rooms are to be OF wood. OVERLAPPING the
tireproof work, so that 1t will be !mpos.
sibe for fire to get from one room to an
other. The roof, cornices, dome, &c,
are to be constructed entirely Of brick,
stone, slate and iron, so that fire will
be an impossibility.
T. B. Townsend, OF GAINESVILLE, does
the stone work; W. w. Mccoy, OF Ma
rietta, the brick work and painting, and
James Fitton, of Bellaire, does the
plumbing, gas fitting and steam heating
The structure, when completed, will
cost SIS, 900, and it will be a work to
which the citizens OF this county can
always point with pride.
The corner stone OF the building was
laid the 4th OF this month, on which &C.
casion it was estimated that $1,000 per.
sons were present
The c. & NJ. railroad shops are being
removed to this place from Marietta
Cambridge issued bonds for Sl2,0OO to
pay for the building OF the shops, and
thus snstched away paying industry
from her sister city.
On the whole this little city seems to
be thriving, and il she continues in the
upward course, We may expect to hear
great things from her in the future.