Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-02
COMPLETION ID
 MARK EPOCH
Calumet & Arizona's New 0f- flee Building Almost
 Finished '
Contains Many Novel Features And is Described As
 "Home Like"

Completion of the general offices
 of the Calumet & Arizona and Super for & Pittsburg mining companies al Warren will mark an epoch in the architecture of this regions business edifices. Its artistic excellence con sists in a harmonious blending of massive structure With tone that is best described as home-like. ulbeit
 the almost severe simplicity of its decorative or artistic features is the dominating characteristic of the whole fabric. It is built of concrete
 " careful mixing made as even and durable as the native limestones of Nhe Warren district and reinforced by net work of iron around which the concrete was made. Although it is described ir the architects specified. tions as "two-story and basement building. it is virtually of three stories the cement floor of it's commodious basement being only five feet lower than the base of the steps that lead to the first story. Its style of archi. tcture may be comprehensiyely de- scribed as Renaissance. with a tone of Spanish or mission, its heavy pro portions suggesting the Byzantine. while the ponderous bastions that sird it's corners are the modification of Egyptian art introduced into the Renaissance by Vignola. The cor nices and the arrangement of piers lends to the whole the color of the Spanish. Architecture is distinguish. ed from mere building by the pres ence of the artistic element, yet the acme of artistic culture is marked by the quality of repression. a voidance of aught suggestive of over-deoDra- tion. Warren's new building conforms with these demands and without ex- aggeration may be called beautiful.
 The building is 90 by 60 feet in ground area and about 40 feet in height. Its main entrance faces to the west and consists of board flight O fsteps broken at half theinr height by wide plat. the whole oyerhung by a broad, flat arch. With the ex- ception of metal cornices the exterior is finished with pebble dash broken courses and window sills. There are but two places of egress to the struc
 ture-the main entrance and a door in the basement reached by flignt of stairs leading from an area-way at the northern end of the building
 Like the walls. the roof is of natural finish covered with pebbles em. bedded in a tar composition. A series of skyl'ghts admit from their north
 ern elevation a subdued and com. fortable working light for the draw. ing boards of the draughtsmen. The office rooms are lighted by many windows. The roof over hangs in the form of metal cornices and a large c-ri Ca r- rHe same material caps the arch above the entrance in latter cornice is a trough extending its full length and overiooked by three windows In this depression will be planted flowers. one of the features that convey the impression of departure from the cold type of office buildings and impart a semi
 homelike attractiveness too uT.en lacking in modern business structures
 Along the northern end of the building a. wide corridor is inset int the first story of the edifice, it's end! open and it's northern side flankeC by heavy piers that upport the struc ture above. The corridor communi
 cates with the interior by row C.
 windows some of which will be useS as are the tellers' windows in banl buildings, this being the departmen
 where the employees of the abOvc mentioned mining companies will re ceive their pas Wis r.a,A |
 reached by flights Of steps te eacl of it's ends The interior is finishel