Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-24
TWO STORY FRANKLIN STREET BLOCK
Work Already Underway For New Brick Structure on Coskery Property-Four Stores on Ground Floor Other Work About City,

Contractors Stetson and Young have
 been awarded the general contract for 1 the erection of modern two story brick building for Charles. D. Moves and William H. Oat on what is known as the old Corkery property on Frank | lin street. The lot has already been cleaned up and the pouring of the foundation has been started.
 The lot has a frontage on Franklin street of about 70 feet and it's depth at the deepest point is about 70 feet. There is right of way 31-2 feet in width at the lower end of the lot. 1 The plans, which were drawn by Architect Charles H. Preston, provide accommodations. on the ground floor for four stores. Three of the stores
 are to have large plate glass windows on either side of the entrance, and l the fourth store, which will be some what smaller than the others, will have a plate glass window at the left | of the entrance. The entrance to the
 second floor is to be located at the | north end of the building. The store H entrances will be on a level with the A sidewalk, and the flooring of the ves- tibules will be of terrazzo. The plate glass is to be abutted together no | frames being required as the building is to be set on steel girders. The entire front of the building is to be hand
 somely finished off in. gray colored
 wire-cut brick. All other brick used | in the construction work are to be dark colored. and the red brick is to be set in mortar to match.
 The second floor will have plenty of | lighting facilities, as there are to be | twelve windows on the front side, each window 36 inches wide and 42 l inches high, with a like number of I windows on the rear side. There will | also be windows on both south and north elevations. The window ledges
 are to be of granite, and above the
 windows there are to be four brick
 panels 12 feet long and one foot in
 height The building will also have | handsome brick cornices.
 | The contract has not yet been | awarded for the finishing off of the second floor, as this floor will be done
 according to the taste of the tenant or tenants. This floor will be suitable
 for light manufacturing, tailor estab- | lishments, ladies' dressmaking estab- | lishments, lodge rooms, club rooms or | offices.
 | The basement story will be water | tight and will be nearly as light as the l stores themselves, as there are to be windows on both the front and rear
 elevations. The basement will be sub
 divided, providing separate accommo- dations for each store, and this will
 practically double the floor space of | the stores.
 I Three of the stores will average 55 | feet in depth and the fourth and smallest store will be 36 feet in depth. The stores, which will be lighted from l the rear as well as the front will equal any of their size in the >city. Each tenant will have an outside en- trance to his basement by means of
 the right of way There will also be a
 staircase leading to the basement from the interior of each store. Toilets
 and modern plumbing will be installed ina he cfFa
 electrically lighted.
 The steam heating system, which will be located in the basement, will be sufficient to provide ample heating
 facilities for each tenant. The build ing will be so located that it will re- ceive sun on three sides In the morning the sun will shine on the front side at noon will creep around