The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
THE ADVANCE BUILDING.
Completed at Last-Dcscription Of tn

THE ADVANCE BUILDING.
Completed at Last-Dcscription Of the
Building-1he Gem of the Ioun. 4
The finishing touches have at last
been given to the ADVANCE building
by putting the neatest awning in town
around the semi-hexagonal frsnt and
painting the building in a style which
draws from the public renewed excla-
nations Of admiration. ....
1t has been a long pull and a strong
pull to draw such a splendid little block
out of country newspaper, but the
work is at last completed aud bills
nearly all paid. Work began on the
cellar early in May. 1882, and from
the time the first scraper full of
earth WAS drawn out till the beautiful
pink brick walls arose, the people
"couldn't believe their eyes" No
friend expected that anything half so
handsome and cemmodious was to be
or could be done, and as for the rest,
the ADVANCE haters, they look with
open -mouthed wonder still and almost
swear 1T haint there,'' and besides, if
it is, Miller didn't do it no how.
But there it is, beauty and a glory,
and while there may be many larger
and costlier buildings erected in the
next few years, the ADVANCE block is
likely to remain the gem of the town
for long while.
AS before said, excavation for the
cellar began early in May, 1882. Early
in June the foundation OF the building
was laid, and in July the ADVANCE
office was removed to the lower room.
The upper room having been fitted up
for editorial and printing offices, the
ADVANCE moved up stairs into perma-
nent quarters in August. In October
the brick ovsrcoat was put on, that is,
the building WAS veneered with beau
tiful pink -colored brick from the brick
manufactory of Willard & Polchow, of
MankatO.
The ADVANCE building is not large,
being 25x4S feet outside, with 81 feet
posts and rising about 80 feet above the
pavement on 4th-av. The ceilings in
the lower room are II feet and in the
upper rooms 10 feet. The building is
situated OH the corner of 10th-st. and
4th.av., fronting on The latter and also
fronting toward the park. The front
on 4th-av. is glass, the paneS being
40x72 inches in size, with a row of
curved panes above and across the
whole front. This front is II feet III
width. The corner entrance, fronting
toward the park is 10 feet in width,
with double doors and large side lights
and. transoms. The "return - or glass
front on Tenth-st. is about 8 feet in
width, and has two large panes of glass
40x72 inches, with curved lights above.
A handsome cornice ornaments the
4th-av. and Tenth-st. fronts, with an
arch rising over the corner or park
front. The lower story has but one
room witch is now occupied 10y Geo.
N. Plnmb's grocery store.
The upper story is divided into three
rooms, the rear room 24x3O being used
70: printing office and the two front
rooms for editorial and newspaper
apartments. The EDITORS room proper
is the corner one fronting on 4th-av.,
on the park, on the lake and in fact on
all upper Tenth street, for when stand
ing at the front windows, one seems to
be in the street, and has good view of
Tenth-st., the depot and the park. The
editorial rooms have blue, self-coiling
curtains, and the legends, "Tie Ad-
vance, and Advance Editorial
Rooms" appear OIL the windows front
ing toward the park, in golden letters.
The composing room has seven large
windows and the editorial rooms liye,
two in the park front, two in the 4th-av.
front, and one on the Tenth-st. side
fronting the lake. The building has
All iron roof, the iron being from the
Garry Iron Roofing Co., of Cleveland,
Ohio. Having streets on two sides,
alley in the rear and a vacant space on
one side, the structure is isolated, and
being covered with brick and iron, it is
safe from outside fires. A white mar
ble date stone under the arched cornice
at the top of the park front gives th5
name and date of the block
The architect and builder of this
handsome building is W. II. Bigelow
who has built many of the largest and
finest hotels, churches, residences and
other buildings in Southwestern Mimi.
esota. The plastering and mason work
was done by NJ. L. Twitchell, and tht
painting by O. G. Grundsien and S
Kindlund. The brick work was done
by p. Wysong, of Mankato, who also
has the contract for the new Masoni,
block.
| The building being now about COM
pleted, we deem this the proper tim,
for detailed description. We have
mentioned the building before, severa
times in fact, but this is the first full
description, full only as to main points
In short, 1t "beggars " description "ant
must "be seen to be appreciated" Il
is on daily exhibition, admittance free
Program and testimonials can be hat
at the door:
NEW CONCEPTION OF HAMLET.
When the melancholy Dane exclaim
ed, IS have that within me which pass
eth show" he was undoubtedly suffer
ing from 4 severe attack of Rheumatism
or Neuralgia. He sand: s. 1t passetl
show,' because it could not be seen
but had he been aware Of the we'll
known remedy for these troubles, h