Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-03
BOARD APPROVES
CITY HALL PLANS
Architects Are Instructed to
Complete Detail Drawings
of New Building.
TO BE MODERN STRUCTURE
Civic Organizations Will Oc-
- cupy Top Floor Of Struc-
ture; to Rush Work.

The board of city commissioners
yesterday morning unanimously
adopted resolution which orders
the firm Of Rush Endacott X Rush, a
Tulsa firm of architects. to proceed
with the drawing of plans and specifi-
cations for the new city hall building
to be erected on the recently pur-
chased site at the intersection OF
Fourth and Cincinnati, directly across
the street to the south Of the Y. NJ.
{. \. building.
The tentative plans. prepared by
Architects Rush. Endacott and Rush.
call for "A four-story building of steel
and concrete, approximately 100 feet
in length and 60 feet in depth. Tho
facings. both to the Fourth street
front and on Cincinnati will be OF
white stone. probably from the Bed
ford quarrics, and of the same ma
tcrial as that used in the construc-
tion of the new federal building,
which IS being completed at the cor
ncr of Third and Boulder.
Classic in Design.
The front will be of classic design
ana viii make use of ten large
columns of white stone extending
from the main floor upward to the
fourth floor
An entirely new design in municipal
building construction has been in
corpOrated in the designing of the
interior OF the building and nowhere
In the south or west viii be found a
city building of as modern style. In
many particulars it follows closely the
design of the annex municipal build
ing of greater New York I'm the ar
rauGcmcnt of the more frequented
offices.
The principal or first floor will he
allotted To the offices of the city treas.
urcr the water works Department. the
department of finance and the city
auditor. Instead of using separate
iooms for each Of these several Offices
they Will be arranged around a cor
ridor and will he placed behind g.
wicket or grille work greatly like that
ol banks In this way. it is expected.
n great deal OF time ana difficulty
~ patrons finding the proper offices
on this floor will bc eliminated.
Good Elevators.
Tho building will bc served with
two elevators. operated thru different
parts of the building Every feature
lending toward making the structure
fircp-oof has been incorporated in the
tects and especial attention has been
given 10 the facilities for the storage
OF records I'm iircprOof vaults
Beneath the main floor, which IS
reached from the fronts by wide stone
stairways. and in which might rightly
lie termed the basement floor. VIII he
the offices OF the city engineer, the
health department with connecting
laboratory, the offices of the buildinn,
electrical and plumbing Inspector aud
ample storage space for materials and
an inCtrument room for the engineer
ing department.
Mayors Reception Room.
on the second floor. or that directly
above the offices OF the waterworks
auditoE. department Of finance and
treasurer, will he located the offices pi
the mayor and commissioners. Espe-
Cial care has been given to the ar
ranging Of the offices Of the mayol
aud large reception room, 2l feet
by S6 feet, is set aside as public
waiting room for those wishing t.
confer with the city's chief executive
Adjoining this, and communicative
too. with the mayors private Office
Will nc Il large, well-lghted busincs,
office. on the same floor will be The
offices of the commissioner of street
and public property and the commls
SlOner or IRE ana police.
- Here, too, Will be situated the Of
fices of the attorney and his assist
ants, connecting with both the mayor
office and that of the City attorney
the general council chambers. Thi
room will he q hy A feet and vii
afford ample room for the public re
ception at council meetings of tn,
usual delegations of citizens. Tn,
school board will be given offic,
/, IA
meeting room.
For Civic Clubs.
ON the top floor will be located Of
= ficcs of the several civic organization
4 of the city. The greater portion o
the upper story will be devoted to
civic auditorium capable of seatin'
$50 persons. In one end of this room
will be erected small stage. or plat
form. properly fitted for speakers VIII,
are presented before the organization
holding their meetings here.
The Chamber of Commerce vii
Also occupy office rooms on thl
floor, easily accessible to the elevator
and by stairs. Adjoining the office
of the Chamber of Commerce will b
the offices of the Tulsa Retail Mer
chants association, the Tulsa Credi
Mems association, the Tulsa Traffi
association and the highway depart
ment of the Allied Interests.
Neatly Finished.
The tentatively approved plans a
presented by the architects to tn
mayor and commissioners, and whic
have been adopted by them, call 70
the use of "A great deal of architeC
tural work within the building an
every effort will be made to get ava
from the use of the regular plaste
interior finishings.
Special attention has been given t
the designing of the offices Of tn
mayor and commissioners, and Will
they will not be elaborate, they wi
compare favcrably with the privat
offices of high officials of large ii
stitutions.
The bonds for this building hay
been voted and approved and in
mediate work on the erection of III
building will be begun just as 500
as the plans are completed and ca
be placed In the hands of the success!
full bidder.
The building probably will be con
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