The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-02-11
PUBLIC DUILDINGSO OF
FAIR COLUMBIA ARE
VERY HANDSOME
NEW PosToFFIcE ADDS VERY
MUCH TO THE cITYs
CLAIMS.
ONE OF THE MANY OTHtRS
Depot One OF The Finest in State.
School Buildings Source Of Great
Pride-court House Modern And
Convenient.


handsome structures that make Co
lumbia one of the prettiest and most
modern towns of it's size in the entire
South. This building, which stands
on West Seventh street, just out OF
the business section, was erected az
cost Of $4,000. 1t is OF fre-pTooR
construction, composed of steel
beams, reinforced concrete floors,
terra Gotta partitions and Turing.
with all laths of metal
Architecturally, the building is I'm.
usually handsome, regardless Of the
sacrifice of beauty for the sake Of util-
ity. 1t is of brick, with the front laid
in Flemish bond, the number of brick
used being about 100000. The foot
ings are of concrete. From the top
of the building the flag of the United
States floats from flag pole, twenty
five feet in height.
The postof1ce building was secured
through the efforts of Congressman
L. P. Padgett, and to Postmaster John
w. Jackson fell the honor of being th@
first postmaster to occupy the struc-
ture. 1t compares favorably with any
/ federal building in the South for q
many towns OF equal size have no fed.
eral building at all.
i Another building of which the city
1 is justly proud is the Louisville &
Nashville depot or in reality the Un-
ion depot, as it is used by the network
of roads converging at Columbia. This
building was erected at a cost of $780,
600, and is of stone and of handsome
design. 1t is the most pretentious
depot on the main line of the L. & Y.
from Nashville to Birmingham dis
lance of 206 miles. This depot is con-
stantly crowded, and the ticket sales
for the year are very large :.
The building and grounds of the
Columbia Military Academy rival
those of the majority of universities
in the South and are far more costly
and handsome than any used by other
preparatory schools. The buildings
were erected by the United States
Government for use as an arsenal, at
cost of one-third of million dol
lars, and were afterwards turned over
to board of trustees to be used aE
a military school, In addition to DOR
and other adequate buildings
for school purposes there are two eIe-
giant stone residences on the campus.
which are occupied by the faculty.
The tracks of the L. & N. extend
along the edge of the campus, and all
through passengers on that magnifl-
cent system admire the beauty of the
Another building of which Columbia
and Maury county is proud is the new
court house, erected of stone and at a
cost of $125,000. This building is
new, and is admittedly one
IF the handsomest and most conven-
ent temples of justice owned by any
county in Tennessee.
For picturesqueness and beauty, the
main building of Columbia Institute
S one that hardly has an equal south
If Masons and Dixon's line. This
building is very old, and of a quaint
tyle of architecture. It's front is
covered with ivy that has climbed to
he very top of the towers giving the
tructure in many respects the aspect
i a baronial castle So striking is
he architecture, that the famous hui
lorist, Mark Twain, his immortalized
/ with his trenchant pen. No visitor
0 the city ever fails to notice this
magnificent building the home of the
ixty pupils Of the school, and to praise
IS beauty
There are other public buildings OF
ote, especially the public school
and notably the Athenaeum,
hich has been converted into a joint
Ity and county high school. The
uilding is famous as having at one
me been the home OF Capt Smiths
reat school.
There are many elegant church
in the city, all Of the denom-
ations being well housed. or these
lie First Methodist church is the lar
est, but there are a number Of others
great beauty and convenience.
Outside the public and quasi-public
llldings Columbia is town OF hand
me and costly structures, and con-
lns many homes, hotels and store
lildings that would reflect credit
ION cities making far greater claims
decentralization