St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-01

-tEf to their uses. There
s4~ are now in the pro-
cess of construction three build
ings in the city that are especially
magnificent i'll structure. two of them.
the Masonic temple and new court
house being of massive construction.
the other, the public library, is of
more classic mold and very beautiful.
The new government
PoSToFFICE BUILDING
is just completed, needing but little
work on the interior to make it ready
for occupancy, and as it now stands, at
the corner of First avenue south and
Third street, it Is the finest government
building west of Chicago.
The style of architecture is Corin-
THAN, bnilded up of a gray sandstone.
avenue south the building has a front
of IA. and extends along Third street
for 14S feet. A high tower. Dr0fusely
ornamented. rises on the Third street
side, and the corners of the building
bear smaller towers. Broad entrances
lead into the building both off the street
and avenue.
The inside arrangement accords with
the outer proportions. The ceilings are
lofty: broad corridors lead through the
building. which, with the great windows
and wide doors, make the building light
and open. aud makes the interior. with
the handsome finishings, beautiful and
airy.
The first floor and one-third of the
basement will he used for postOtbce pur-
poses. Every portion of this depart
ment will be perfectly equipped. The
second and third floors will contain the
Offices for the various federal officials,
including the United States revenue
| assessor and collector, United States
court officers, railway postal clerks,
postoffice inspectors and the local board
of civil service examiners. These floors
are connected by broad marble stair
ways. The building Is one perfectly
fitted throughout, having cost some
S650000. 1t is expected to be ready for
occupancy by July 1.
The court house now standing at
Eighth avenue south and Fourth street.
once considered as a very imposing
structure, has seemed to grow dingy
and old and small by the rapid growth
of the city, and is really very much
crowded. And so Minneapolis is to
have one of the grandest of buildings
for a new
COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL.
Bonds 10 the amount of 81 500. 900 have
been issued. and this is the least esti-
mate on the amount expected to be -
expended. The building will cover the
whole block between Fourth and Fifth
streets south and Third and Fourth av-
enues. with the main fronts on the
streets. The structure is TO be 29O feet
square, built about court A tower
800 feet in height will rise from the
Fourth street side. and a lower tower
will finish the Fifth street Side.> The
main walls are to be of granite. rising
four stories above the basement on the
outer side and five stories on the court,
allowing Tor a roof of beautiful design.
The inner arrangements have for one
great promise OF beauty splendid
closed court. The work on the eXcava-
ton for the foundation was completed
last summer. and now the foundation of
the great tower is being laid. commence
ing on the solid rock. forty feet below
the surface The structure will be COM
pleted at as early a date as possible, and
will be a grand and imposing pile.
Minneapolis will, by the beginning of
the winter season. be fitted with one of
the finest libraries aud library build
ingS in the United States.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING,
now almost completed. stands at the
bend in Hennepin avenue, looking down
over eleven blocks of one of the princi-
pal business thOrOughfareS. 1t is in
the best location possible for easy access
to all the city. The building is three.
stories high above the basement. and
has frontage of 11G feet on Hennepin
and extends along the Tenthstrect side
for 14O feet. The brown sandstone of
which it is constructed is perfectly
adapted to this STYLE of architecture.
The main entrance on Hennepin av-
enue is a massive and extremely beauti-
fnl portion of the building, the lintels,
supported on great columns of polished
granite, weighing twelve tons each.
This opens Immediately into the stair
case hallway, thirty feet square, reach
ing to the top of the structure. Three
reading rooms of forty feet feet square,
occupy considerable room. The
two Shelf rooms are seventy feet long
and TWENTY-FIVE feet wide and will ac-
comodate i5O. 900 volumes. A room will
be devoted TO the use of the Minneapolis
Academy of Science and one to the