Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-03-22
The Court House Annex.

The new annex to the Jefferson county
court house-plans for which have beer
adopted, and work upon which will be
commenced in a few days-will be
erected directly back of the present court
house und joined to it. 1t will be fifty
one feet square and the height less by
several feet then the old building. TIC
clear the site for it. pnt Of the Law Ii
brary Building, including the Offices OF
Attorney Geo n. Belizhoover IT.. Mai.
A. w. Mcdonald and Attorney James
NJ. Mason, Jr., will be removed. The
old cistern originally made for ga, O.
meter will be filed up and abandoned -
A cellar, IS feet in width and running
under the entire north end OF the struc.
ture, the only excavation, viii be used
t. install heating plant and for storage
of coal. 1t is proabe that this heating
plant will be usod to furnish hea, for the
entire court house building, making il
independent of the jail plant now furn.
ishing heat for both the Jail and the
present court house. Through the mid
die of the first floor hallway will be ex.
tended from the present hall in the old
building. On the east side OF the hall
will be large fireproof vault Of steel
| and concrete for protection of the county
records. Is is proposed to move the
| County Clerks Office into the room now
| occupied by the Circuit Clerk, SO as to
have 1t adjacent to the new vault ! he
present County Clerk Office will be con
verted into two Offices, one for the county
roads engineer and the other for the as
SCISSOR. The Circuit Clerks office will
occupy room on the left of the hall in
the aunex Connected with it will be a
fire proof vault smaller than the one pro
vided for the county records. A door at
the extreme north end of the hall will
open into library room IS feet wide.
and extending from one side of the build
ing to the other. In it will be kept the
law library of the Supreme Court. The
only outside entrance to the first floor
will be through door at the southwest
corner of the annex. on George street
side, where the annex CONNECTS with the
old building. A small hall inside this
door connects with the main hall, and
furnishes stairway to the second floor
The second floor plans provide for hall
way running north and south, entrances
to it being through two doors, each to be
made where windows are now 10 the
right and left of the judges desk in the
present Circuit Court room. The first
apartment on the right of the hallway
will be an elegantly fitted up toilet room.
Next on the same side. will be a room
for the Judges of the Circuit ard Su-
preme courts, Beyond 1t will be another
Office room. aud in the northeast corner
OF the annex will be a jury room. Al
the end of the hallway viii be second
toilet room. Adjoining 1t and in the
northwest corner will be another Jury
room. Adj to this will be two
rooms for witnesses or prisoners, one for
men and the other for women. The cost
of the building will be approximately from
$40. 900 to $4,000. The improvement
will be paid for out of the county levy,
the greter part Of the expense to be
covered from the levy of the current
year. Messrs. A. B. Mullett & Co. the
Washington architects who have planned
a number of buildings for Charles Town
people in recent years. furnished the
plans. and will superintend the construc-
ton of the work.