Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-16
BIG FRANKLIN SQUARE BUILDING
Judge John M Thayer Lets Contract For Four Story Fire Proof Structure on Bath Street Corner-To Have Four Stores and About 60 Of6ces-Wl Require About 10 Months to Build.

The contracts for g big new four story building for Judge John M Thayer, to be built on the lot at the corner of Franklin and Bath streets were signed Monday afternoon Tn the office of c H. Preston, architect the Connecticut Engineering and Contract ing company of Norwich being the contractor, through l.. M. Young, man ager> The building fronts 100 feet on Franklin square and runs back 1SS rect deep The floors and roofs ana rear of the building will all be structurai reinforced concretes the fronts on Franklin and Bath streets will be the same. bat covered with press brick
 There win be a basement 10 feet deep; that under the front to be rent ed. Part of the rear will be used for heating plant and balance at rear used for store cellars There will be four large stores on the hrst hoor' these having plate glass Tor fronts and sides. the store heights being IA feet. In the center of the main noor front will be a corridor 12 feet in width and having plate glass ooorS and qusrtered oak finish, terrazzo floors, with terrazzo wainScot four Feet in height.
 The stairs in the front corridor and in the side corridor will be wrought steel including stringers, treads, risers and decorative rail, capped with moulded quartered oak. These stars run from the basement to each floor ending at the fourth.
 On the three upper floors will De of- fees. single or in suite, as wanted, there being communicating doors be- tween all. There will be total or about SO offices. Each floor has sanl- tary accommodations for men ana women, each office and store having wash bowls and all fixtures being or latest up-to-date patterns. While the floors will be reinforced concrete, there will be a topping of cinder concrete having chestnut screedS imbedded Tn best quality narrow maple noorlng, machine scraped and finished This applies to all floors in the building except in lavatories, these being fin ished in the concrete. in color.
 In all offices the ceilings will be free from concrete timberings. flat slab be- ing used. The roof will be of the same material covered with five ply roofing paper and siag, all fashings being l4- ounce copper.
 The two building fronts and returns are to be pilastered in press brick. and between these there will be copper bay windows, the whole height of three upper stories There will be heavy copper cornices around all fronts and returns. with heavy brackets and frieze- The bays will be 15 inches in relief, and each will have three win dows on each floor, the center sash being about 5 feet wide by feet high, swung with Geisey trim, on centers. The side windows will be weighted and all will be of plate glass.
 All interior partitions are to be four inch hollow tile for main or first floor and three inch hollow tile for base ment and all of the upper floors, all corridor partitions having figured roll ed glass and sash between offices and corridors. The heating is to be done By two sectional boilers of eight sec Hons each. with direct radiation in all Darts. The plant is arranged to use each as a separate unit in the early or late parts of the seasons. or Jointly when needed.
 The building will be built or placed on 300 oak pillars. 25 feet each in length, with 12 inch heads and S-inch points, the center postings demanding a nest of 10 billings each As each piling is estimated for 20 tons capaci- ty. the ten in the cluster have strength of 200 tons The foundations on and around these billings are to be 1n concrete, from 24 inches below