The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-10
IT IS FINISHED.
TBE NEW COURT HOUSE ACCEPTED
BY THE COUNTY


On Last Monday Morning--A Description
OF the Handsome Buidling--Ofaeers
Getting Ready to Move Into 1t.
i The new court house has been formal
ly transferred, and is now the property
of Terrell county.
It's undoubtedly the prettiest court
house buildings in the state, and the
gentlemen who have beeninterestedi in the
work Of its erection deserve mucl credit
and praise for the manner in which they
have discharged their duties. These
gentlemen are W. B. Cheatham, W. B.
Oxford and ]. NJ. Griggs, court house
commissioners; ". H. Turner, S. R.
Christie, A. j. Lee, Geo. O. Hill, G. F..
Oxford, county commissioners; J. W,
Roberts, secretary of the commissioners /;
W. H. Parkins, architect; J. B. Sample
contractor, and T. w. Smith, superinten-
dent
On Monday morning the county ard
court house commissioners, togethar
with Architect Pmkin~. met an aIreg
examing the different portions Of che
new court house. accepted the building,
and IL is now ready for The county's use.
To say that we have a splendid build
ing win lie the verdict Of all who have
seen it. The style Of architecture is lm-
posing and effective, beautiful in design,
without loud or coarse features. Pain
full and monotonous lines are not observ-
able. Our architect says that for the
money, it is by far the best court house
he has ever had erected under his super
vision.
The construction of the building has
been under the supervision of Mr.. Thos.
W. Smith, and is built subs .antially Of
stone and brick, with trimmings of gal
yanized iron and terra Gotta, the stone
work being done by the Georgia Quincy
Granite Co., from their quaTries at
Sparta The brick was manufactured at
Columbus, using one and quarter mil
lion in its construction. The walls are
broken in surface view, here and there,
with broken ashlar and pointed in red
mortar. That which gives great effect to
the tout ensemble, is the great arches at
TIE front porch entrance and the heavy
stone arches over the belfry windows.
At any point in street perspective the
court house shows happy combination
Of broken outline with artistic effect.
The clock tower, as it rises from the
ground I40 feet, forms an imposing feat
ure and indicates it's use as feature to
designate what the building is intended
for, and telling the people the time of
day from the brilliant clock dial, which
can be seen from any part OF the city.
The different turrets, bay window pro-
iections, the rising up in different parts
of the building, gables over open porches
and figured terra Gotta work, break the
sky lines in such pleasing effect that no
hard lines are observable. Eyey side of the
building is differently designed, add yet
altogether forming one magnificent
whole. The plan of the building is SIM
DIV perfect and should be seen to thor
oughly understand it
One Of the most pleasing features IS
the main entrance corridor, some 30 feet
wide by 40 long. From this we enter the
different county offices, such as ordinary,
clerk of the court, sheriff, school com
missioner. tax collector and receiver,
comfy court room and county judges
Office. Then fire proof rooms adJoin the
Offices of ordinary and clerk, in which
arc danosited the records and deeds and
other valuable court and county papers
All these rooms are on the first floor
The court room, with jury rooms, judges
private office, solicitor generals office,
witness room, lawyers consultation
room. ETC.. are on the second floor.
From the lobby in front of court room,
we enter the stairs leading to the tower
rooms above. from which most mag
nificent view Of the surrounding country
can be had. The court room is seated with
"assembly chairs, with revolving sealS'
placed in circular form upon declining
floor to the bar.
The pubic stairway is entered from
the tile floored porch at front, which Is
so situated as not to disturb the court by
the passing in and outof the court lobby
during session.
The building is heated and ventilated
upon the "Smead system" so much USED
in public buildings throughout the eoun-
try, The furnaces, cold air rooms, and
fnel rooms are located in the basement.