The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-18

spring. It is q o-story building, or
three stories high with basement. The
dimensions are 3Ox8O feet. The height
of the basement is u feet, the first sto-
~ is 14t feet and the upper story is II
feet. 1t is an all-brick structure, the
10th. st. front and the 3d-av. side being
of St. Louis pressed brick. The door
and window caps and sills and the wat.
er tables, as we'll as the tablet or date
stone, are all of Kasota stone, prOjec-
tion or front undressed, after the mod
ern city style. The foundation Of the
building or the stone wall of the base.
ment is of Luverne stone. The cor
nices are metal; roof, tin.
The basement is divided into three
rooms, the front one 20x30 feet, being
fitted up for barber shop. The next
is the boiler room for steam heating
and the third is the coal and lumber
room and contains the basement of the
impregnable bank vault.
The first story is divided into two
rooms, unconnected, AS the rear room,
2Gx3O feet, is fitted up for the Wor.
Ellington postof1ice, the entrance being
on 3iav. Postmaster Bennett has fit
ted this out with most Of the modern
improvements and presides over one of
the handsomest postotfices in the new
west.
The front or bank room is 3OX60 feet.
The entrance is Il "corner entrance"
from both streets ut once, where there
is a recess front with ample doors nine
feet high. with large half circle tram
SONS. To this room there are three large
triple windows, with curved tops ard
transoms. One of these is in the 10th
st. end and two in the 3d-av. side.
These windows are about II feet in
height and about IL feet 5 inches in
width, and each window is composed
virtually, of three windows, all of
heavy plate glass. These panes are
about 43x75 inches.
The wainscottinR around this room
is 81 inches high, finished in walnut,
in fact, all the finishing in this room is
of walnut, done in the best style of the
art.
The counters are in the modern city
style, topped with four windows or
openings, and nine panels or windows
Of ground glass.
In the southeast corner of this room
is the huge vault opening into the sa-
cred enclosure within the counters.
This vault is 9xl6 feet with two feet
walls of brick all around. The inside
is 5xl2 feet and the foundation is built
up of solid masonry 9x16 feet and 8
feet deep. In this vault is the burglar
proof safe, with one OF the infallible
time locks, and we learn there are no
others in the state outside of st. Paul
and Msnkato.
The floors Of this fine, light and
beautiful room are carpeted with a
fabric called corticene, said to be com.
posed mainly Of ground cork.
In the rear portion Of this room Real
Estate Agent J. P. Moulton has his
Office, which he is fitting up with new
and elegant Office furniture, and where
he will be pleased to see all who want
lands or who take an interest in devel.
eping the county.
The upper or third story is reached
by an ample stairway on 1Oth-st. open
ing into a hall 10 feet wide and 20 feet
In length. On the left of this hall are
ample closets for storing various arti-
cles. This story is divided into fou,
rooms besides hall room at the 10th st
front. The front corner room and the
hall room are occupied by the U. S
Land Office. There are eleven plate
glass windows to these rooms, nine o1
them in the corner room. making il
one of the iightest and airi.st of rooms
All the windows and doors in th'
building have transoms.
The next room il occupied by attor
ney J. A. Town, the third by Judg'
Wilson, and the fourth is still unoccu:
pied. Each of these rooms are vel
lighted and ventilated, with plate glass
windows 18x72. inches and 22x72 inches
The entire building is steam heatet
and the total cost of the whole is from
$l5 900 to $4,000.
The architects are Maybury 4 Son. o
WinOna, and the architecture 10 of
light, airy and graceful style, com
bined with solidity.
The contractor is J. J. Headley, re
Gently of Minneapolis, now of Luverne
The building has not been rushed to
gether, but ample time has been takel
and the work is thorough.