Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-01-31
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COUNTY LUMBER COM
PANY OCCUPIES FINE BUILD
NG-FARhdERS REST ROOM

The new Morrison County Lumber
Company's building on First street
northeast, which has been under way
Of construction since last spring, is suf-
ficiently completed to allow the com
pany to move their equipment from
their former Offices in the yards in the
north part of the city to the. offices in
the new building. A large stock Of
lumber and other building material
have been moved to the building.
The building is constructed Of sand
mould red brick; hollow tile and CON
crete andsis so by $50 feet in dimen-
sions, sufficiently large enough to house
the whole stock Of lumber and building
material without its being exposed to
the weather.
There are two driveways extending
the whole length Of the building with
doors at either end, thus making the
loading or unloading Of lumber wagons
an easy matter as the lumber is held in
racks which extend down the center Of
the building and down the north and
south side. :.
There is large display room across
the front of the building, between the
two driveways, in which building ma
terial will be displayed. This room is
provided with large plate glass display
windows and a display ledge.
The retail Office Of the company is sit
uated in the northeast corner of the
building. The office is furnished with
a panelled wainscoting of golden oak
finished with fir. Above the wainscot-
ing the office is finished with cream
colored beaver board. Opening off from
the retail office is the Office of the sup.
erintendent of the company, T. N.
Barnes. His office is finished in the
same manner as that Of the retail Of
fee. The furniture of both offices are
Of golden oak, matching tie furnish.
ings Of the Offices.
Back Of Mr.. Barnes office and across
a small vestibule is situated large
rest room which will be used by farm.
ers and their wives when in the city
to do their shopping The room, al
though not yet finished. will be Hastily
decorated and provided with loungine
chairs. A door opening on to First
avenue will allow people to use the rest
room without having to go through the
offices. From this door is stairway
leading to the second floor.
The second floor Of the building is 50
feet wide extending across the front OF
the building and is 20 feet. wide ex
tending along the north side.
Across the front large auditorium
and work room has been built. The
auditorium is provided with a stage. II
by Is feet which will be used for diff.
ferent entertainments put on in the city
10y the different women's organiza,
tions. There are several dressing rooms
at the rear of the stage. A stairway
running from a vestibule in the south
east corner Of the building, leads :, the
auditorium. The walls and ceiling OF
the auditorium will be decorated with
ornamental plaster Of paris beams and
will be tinted. A maple floor is being
laid which will be used for private
dancing parties. There is store room
of the auditorium in which the chair.
and other furnishings of the auditori
UNI can be moved when dance is civ
en-.
The work room, separated from thu
auditorium by folding doors, will be us
ed for Red Cross work and work of thu
other women $ organizations.
Along the north side on the uppe,
floor are five office rooms, each Is by q
feet. They will be used by the officer
of the firm.
"A large basement is located across
the front of the building in which ar,
located two furnaces, one of the hot al
type, furnishing heat to the Offices OF
the lower floor and the other, of the no
water type, furnishing heat to tn
rooms on the upper floor. Toilet room
are conveniently located on both floors
The building, as whole, is one o
the largest and most richly constructe
lumber buildings in the northwest.
VIM. Hodson. director of the Chi
dren's Bureau in the department of tn
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