Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-04
List giving names Of
New Building Committee, etc.
Architects

ANtW tpih1lilltt. tlts
Architects
Contractor
superintendent OF construction
Photograph of drawing OF new
building.
Order of exercises Of cornerstone
laying.
Photograph of historical Society
Building.
Lists of members of City Council and
various city departments.
Morning News. March 4, 1922
Evening Journal. March 4, 1899.
Every Evening, March 4, 1899.
Sunday star February 20. 1899.
Address of Howard NJ. Ward. Pres,
of city Council.
| Fine New Building.
The new sb00,00o building is already
showing sufficient progress To convey
an actual idea of what its dimensions
| i'm length and width will he. The put.
;ing in place of the lower sections OF
;he engaged columns on the eastern
end of the Tenth street facade like
wise make it possible 20 form an csti-
mate of the scale of the structure,
when finished, by reference tn the ac.
companying reproduction of the ar
Chitccts' final revision of the elevation
on Tenth street.
The chief change 10 the elimination
of the mentor" skylieht which was
n prominent feature i'm the preCcdine
study, The skylisht feature will not
I've done away with. but will follow the
roof line more closely, and will not
I've seen behind the crcsting which
finishes the cornice line
Other changes of detail Involve tn,
doorway and the windows I'm the zen
trail bay. but the reduction from tn,
original is too great to show these dis
; tinctly.
Tie end elevations. ON Market an,
en- King street are duplicates Of tn,
. fronts of the side bays: that on Kin,
street gaining the height of the drol
IN grade.
The plans are 10y Il. l.. Tilton and y
NJ Citizens of New York. The dmcn
sions ON ground plan are 1873 feet.
i inches by - feet. 6 inches. and tn
height TO the cornicc line is as Zee
above grade. at the center of the front
The basement on the King stree
y side is occupied by the children
room. with a special entrance fror
that street.
> Below the main structure and tn
= Market street end, there is STAG
: storage, receiving and unrackin
space. locker rooms and machinery
y From the main hall. reached by N
exterior steps. through Ncstirul
stairways rise on each side of N
) screen which cuts off the deliver
desk. on the eft Is the referenC
DOM, directly over the children
o. room. about 45x7O feet in plan.
II mezzanine gallery surrounds ihi
Shelves back of the delivery desk cal
e ry the fiction classification.
=! The magazine roam, the office Of II
librarian and the cataloguing room
; are en- the Market street front.
L An open well over the central spac
above the delivery desk, carries II
," skylight Illumination down. Corrido
= on the four sides give access To fl
u" arts gallery. with two smaller room
adjoining on the left. or King sire
side. and to a lecture room. with ant,
- rooms on the Market street end. TT
art and lecture rooms are. each abo
20 feet square.
The material above the grant
y base course. is Indiana limestone. ~
column cans are of modelled terra &C
y ia, as are the antefiXes OF the seCol
story window lintels. cresting a.
frieze, the latter in three colors und
glaze. forming distinctive feature
IL the structure.
The constructor is tireprC
throughout: cork floor coverings "
III deaden sound. and the equipment W
be thoroughly modern I'm design a
IL material.
Very satisfactory progress has be
n made by the contractors. the du Pr
Engineering Company, since the !
. ginning of operations last fall, a
The prospect is bright for prompt col
pletion and occupation OF the n,
=. structure. so urgently needed by {
. growing demands on the pTese
at Facilities.
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