The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-05
Architects Work on Final
Sketches for Great New
County Center.
TO Be READY SOON
New Building Declared to Be,
Acme Of Modern Ideals for
Court House Use.

courthouse are now being maze Dy AT
chitect Joseph Lindl and his associates
and 1t Is reported that the plans will
be ready for the consideration of the
members Of the county board the early
part of November and while it is not
expected that work on the building
will be started this year, it Is certain
that all difficulties in connection with
the plans will be ironed out during the
winter so that the contractors may go
ahead with the building just as soon
as the spring building season opens.
It is expected that all of the con-
tracts will have been let by the first Of
the year. The work of securing the
site is going forward rapidly and it is
said that the agents of the city are
making excellent progress in closing
contracts for land needed at fair
figure. Architect Joseph Lindl has
prepared the following statement in
regard TO the new building and its ne
commodations for the business of the
county. fn
To Be Modern Courthouse.
The final plan arrangement for the
new courthouse is the result of a pro-
cess of elimination, after intensive
studies, on the part Of the architects
and the new courthouse building com
mittee, from data in their joint posses
sion and obtained in part from various
county department heads, on the basis
of which the final disposition of floor
area for each department was made.
The architects take great pride and
pleasure in working with a committee
at once SO interested and thoroughly
painstaking.
The final plan provides for three dis
tinct horizontal divisions in the build
ing, the first floor being assigned en-
tirely to the big departments which are
in continuous operation the year
around. The second floor is assigned
to courts, court clerks, district attor-
ney's department. and law library. The
third floor to the smaller county de-
partments and spaces that operate
only on part time. This floor also con-
tains in the neighborhood of 1000 So.
fit. of unassigned floor area which is
set aside for future, expansion. In adj
dition, each department. is over-design-
ed for size for the same reason.
Detailed Floor Plans.
First, foor-County clerk, treasurer,
register of deeds, highway departm ent,
agricultural agent, assessor of incomes,
surveyor, memorial hall, historical rec
ords room.
Second fioor-Circuit court, munich
pal court, probation officer, probate
court, hearing rooms and judges cham
bers, the various court clerks, court
reporter, bailif and consultation rooms,
law library and district attorneys de-
partment.
Third floor-Jury quarters for mixed
juries for each court, county nurse,
coroner, county superintendent of
schools, drainage board, county board,
committee rooms, jury commissioners,
and unassigned space. Rest and toilet
rooms occur on each floor.
The basement is divided on the Sher-
idan road end for rest and comfort
rooms. The balance of basement is as
signed as storing space for different
departments, and liberal space is pro-
vided for future morgue equipment.
The courthouse design is not pri-
marily monumental in character, al
though design and impressiveness are
not overlooked The original design is
practically unchanged, with a clear
standing row Of IS columns across the
south facade, facing the esplanade to
be created by the planning commission
in tho block south of the courthouse
site. The sides are treated with pilas-
ters and themhole surmounted with an
appropriate cornice. When the draw
ings near completion it is the inten-
tions of'the architects to furnish for
publication a perspective view of the
compteted building
Useful and Ornamental.
Is$iskthe aim Of the architects and
building Committee to create build.
ing which will be useful as we'll as
good }ooking,eand, also, to build OF
true materials. Thus, an entire inter.
~)r coionAede of columns was elm.
mated aud i marble plaster treatment
adopted Instead, because marble col.
unns are prohibitive in cost and the
architects declined to use imitation
MARBLE. Wood floors were rejected or
account ofthe high cost of upkeep and
battleship liholeum used instead.
AS now designed, all entrance hal
walls and corridor walls will have {
marble wainscot of Botticino marble
Vuarried in northern Italy and notet
Cor its beautiful texture and hardness
All corridor floors and principal stairs
will be Tennessee marble, rubbed fin
ish, while the partitions in toilets ant
comfort station will be Carthage, Mis-
souri, marble. The court room floor.
viii be cork, and Office floor linoleum
Doors and trim will be metal prae
tically throughout, with six-coat baket
finish. Windows will be metal, tn,
Browne easement type, with plate glass
The working spaces throughout viii
be treated with Spartan simplicity bu
p-to-the-minute for comfort and work
ing conveniences, like any modern ottict
building
Court Rooms Attractive.
A definite architectural treatment i
accorded to the court rooms and &C
cessorya spaces, as follows:
III the circuit court classic treat
ment in the Corinthian order, above
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