Arizona republican., 1913-02-11
TT IS NOT THE LARGEST
 THE FINEST FEDERAL BUILDING
The Third Unit of the City's Civic Center is the Most Expensively Built Federal Building of It's Size in the Country.

The new federal building is so near ly completed that the quarters belong ing to the pOstoffice will be occupied by March 1. The present occupants are the surveyor general. United States Judge Sloan and Clerk Jaynes of the federal court and Deputy United States Marshal Anderson. All of the officers might now move in if the fur niture. which has been especially built for them, had arrived. The desks and some parts of the furniture are on hand. but the specially built features have not vet come.
 The building. which is one Of a group of three on the block bounded by Mon roe. Van Buren and Second avenues. completing a civic centre, is said by the constructors to be the most ex- pensively built in the United States. considering the size of it. The metal work in it cost three times as much as the same material in the govern ment building at Seattle, which cost three times as much as the Phoenix building, whose outlines. those of building. It was necessary to spend a great deal of money on the. Phoenix rectangular box, do not lend them selves to architectural beauty. But out of this rough exterior a handsome building has been made.
 This building had been under con- structiOn for about six years, but the initial appropriation was not made by congress till about three years ago. The actual work of construction was begun December 15, 1911. Completion in little more than a years time is considered a good record for the builder ". H Maxwell, who was de- layed materially by changes made in the plans and by the lack of material for which he had contracted Con- structiOn work has been supervised by Lee NJ. Ullery. of the force of the sup | ervising architect of the treasury de- 1 partment.
 Congressional appropriations for the 1 local building have aggregated $170,- 1 0O0 of which $155,OOO will be spent 1 upon the structure alone. It has three l full stories, with basement, and occu 1 pies a ground space of 134x60 feet or a lot 210X150 feet, at the corner ol North First avenue and West Va. Buren street. The ground was pur- chased from the Y. M. c. A. whicf J has a handsome home on the diagona 1 corner of the block. The northWes
 corner is occupied by a modern build l ing erected by the Salt River Valle! i Water Users association. and a plot O ] 70X150 feet, south of the governmen l hos, q tn o|
 a city park. thus rounding out q blocl expected to be one of the citys beaut. fspots
 The new building is of brick, facet
 on the first story with beautiful Bed
 ford limestone and on the upper stor
 ies with stuccO. The roof is of Span
 ish red tile, with copper cornices. Tn
 general trimming is of terra cotta. Tn structure has been fire -proofed, eXcep
 on the upper story Interior finishin is in oak for the main floor, with red
 wood in natural color above. The low
 CT lobby is in marble and tile. In ever ', respect it has been made modern an
 sanitary
 The first floor of the building is t
 be occupied solely by the postoffic, f Wntre every ldteSl feature ol poS' e office construction has been or is be
 ing installed. The number of boXe , will. be double those at present in us , and will be of more modern patterl
 There is ample space for the depart
 ments for which provision for the fat
 ure has been made. There Will he for
 general delivery windows. three regis , | try windows. vaults for the registf l (Continued on Page Five)