Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
ARCHITECT MAKES
CITY HALL PLANS

"A good hope is better than bad
possession
That's the declaration of some high
brow while in a deep psychological
mood. --.--.~--<- -,S~--> -S~-->,s.--s
Hendersonville is in the position OF
having both-the good hope "a most
excellent one), and bad possession
q badly dilapidated one).
That lis, it has a practically useless,
dilapidated eye-sore in the shape OF
what was once a new town hall. But
the latest development is a good hope
ment to remodel the municipal build
ing. IL
The City Hall Problem
individuals and public officials have
for years considered the advisability
of making some disposition of the city
hall, but at last the city has a board
with the courage to seriously tackle
the situation, which means that it is
highly probable that Hendersonville
will have at an early date an attrac-
tive and highly useful public building.
The city commissioners have out
lined to Architect Er1 G. StillweIl their
needs with respect to a municipal
building and he has put them on pa
per in real architectural style. Mr.
Stillwell was before the board of com
missioners Thursday night He in
formed them that he had completed
the plans which they could inspect at
any time. 1t was decided to go over
the plans Thursday night of this week.
While this action does not guarantee
az alteration of the city hall, it is
taken to mean that the officials are Sc
rious about the matter and it is conf
IDENTIFY believed that important con-
clusions will be reached Thursday
night concerning the future of the
city's building.
Description of Plans.
Not wishing to be premature in the
publication of the tentative plans the
Democrat inquired if publicity would
affect the purposes of the commits
sioners, to which they replied that
publicity at this time would be highly
desirable since they were ready to
take the public into confidence. They
will be glad to receive any sugge5-
tion of a helpful nature. The Dem
ocrat has given considerable publicity
from time to time to the city hal,
question soon the strength of the state
ment Of the officials it persuaded
Architect Stillwell to depart from his
customary course and give consent to
the publication of some OF the details
of the tentative plans.
Plans Provide for City's Necessities.
The plans as drawn by Mr.. Stillwell
provide for the much needed facilities
of Hendersonville, most important
among them being an auditorium or
public hall, a larger court and council
chamber, city prison ad ditional city
Offices for the different departments
of the government fire department
station, and public toilets.
The plans call for the alteration of
the front part of the building so as to
destroy the belfry and make much
more attractive the exterior of the
building. Upon entering through the
revolving door with two swing doors
On either side to be used during large
public gatherings, one is in the main
hall with steps on either side leading
to the upper floor and set of stepc |
leading to the right and downward 30 |
the public toilet rooms To the LEFT
on the main floor would be the box
ofice be used in connection with the !