The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-14
THE Stafford MEMORIAL.

liams, architects, OF Chicago, and was
selected by Mrs. Stafford from among O
number prepared by different architects in
several large cities east aud north.
This plan presents building Of an i'm.
posing appearance of beautiful design and
finish, which would not fail to attract at.
tention and create favorable comment in
any of the large cities in the country; and
here it will stand forth prominently as by
far the most beautiful of the public build
ings.
AS has already been stated, the ground
upon which it is to be erected lies on the
westerly side of Washington ave, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and
comprises Il square of sixteen lots twenty
five by one hundred feet each, or total of
two hundred feet square. This ground
now eight feet below the level of Wash
ington avenue, will be raised to level
with that street as the work Of building
the foundation shall progress.
The building will be of modern archi-
lecture, will be about seventy feet long by
fifty wide, two stories, or, from foundation
to crest sixty feet high, will stand in the
centre of the square, fronting on Washing.
ton avenue
The basement of the building, which
will be ten feet high, will be divided INTO
different compartments for the machinery,
heating apparatus, fuel, etc.
Its Washington avenue front will be
seventy feet, and will have two entrances,
one on either side of seven foot projoc-
ton, forming vestibule within. The en-
frances will lead into the vestibule, and
from thence into a hall sixteen feet wide
and extending back about thirty feet.
From the rear end of this hall entrance is
gained to the library room in the south
wing fronting on Sixteenth street, This
room is thirteen feet high in the clear and
twenty-eight by forty feet in dimensions.
1t will be furnished with handsome, pol
ished. wood bookcases all around the
sides, and others of ornamental designs
will be placed IN several rows through
the centre of the room. The library room
will not be open to the general public, but
will be connected with the hall by large
delivery at which patrons will make APP
plication Tor books, etc, and will be
served by the Librarian and assistants
From the north side of the
hall there will be an entrance to the reading
room, which will be twenty feet square and
will be furnished with all necessary conve-
niences IN the form Of closets, desks, chairs,
etc. Back of this room will be a smaller
room, a sort OF consultation, or reference
room where people may gather in social
way and engage in conversation.
From the hall also broad ornamental
stair case will lead to the second floor, the
south side and greater portion Of which
will comprise a lecture hall; and the re-
naming north side will be divided into
two rooms, one, the larger, for museum,
and the other for club.room or directory,
where the directors of the institution and
the Womsn's Club and Library Association
will hold their meetings.
Every part of the building will combine
substance and beauty in such manner as to
produce durability and fine effect. It's
walls will be OF brick. Its foundation will
be six feet at the base; its basement wall
twenty inches, and the remainder Of the
walls sixteen inches thick. The front and
side walls will be Of pressed brick, with the
cornices of doors and windows and walls Of
terra Gotta, or coored brick. The roof will
be slate and with an ironcrest. The windows
and doors will be large and will be set in
ornamental castings; the former will be of
double sashes, each filed with single
pane of Ftcnch.pate glass, and will Re
crowned with an arch of stained glass
There will be two great windows, one
above the other, in the projection or vesti-
bule, and over the lower one will be the
inscription in terra Gotta, "a, B, Stafford
Memorial Library"
Internally everything will be finished with
like taste. The hall will be wainscotted
with woods OF different colors beautiful
inches will be formed in the vestibule
and in the hall, in which appro.
pirate paintings and statuary will be placed.
The lecture hall, which will be directly
over the library room, will be the finest in
in the city. The ceiling will be in the
form Of dome and nineteen feet high at
the centre. The trimmings aud dnishings
aud fixtures and furniture, will be Of the
most tasty and everything necessary to
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