1880 History of Blair County - Johnstown, PA

—HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. 29niissioiKTs' room, 19 feet 5 inches hy 24 fret, witli a connecting- iM'ivatcroom 12 feet liy 1:> feet 4 inches; TreasurerV office, 25 feet l)y 19feet 5 inches; Sheriff's ottice, 14 feet by 19 feet 5 inches; Protlionotary'soffice (divided into two parts), is inchuled in a space of 20 feetby 50 feet; Recorder's office, 20 feet by 21 feet, etc. Tlie last twooffices mentioned are fire proof, so that the records he safe. All officesare neatly fitted up with necessary furniture and conveniences. Inaddition to the offices there is an arbitration room on the first floor19 by 35 feet. The stairways an- all iron except the hand railThe court room is in the second story, approached throujih threevestibules, two front and one rear. Access to the court room is hadl)y four i)airs of larue foldin,i>- doors. The Judg^es' bench is placed ina recess f(n-med under the inain tower. This recess has a pannelledGothic arched ceilin,u- twenty-five feet high and finely finished. Theceiling of the court room is pannelled, executed in ash and yellowpine. The benches for the audience, the bar railing, the Judges'chairs and bench. Clerk's desk, the jury and witness boxes, the tablesand other furniture of the court room, also the fittings of the variousoffices, are all nuide of ash, designed to correspond with the architectureof the 1)uilding. The acoustic properties of the courtroom areexcellent.In the rear l)uilding on the second floor are a conversation room15^ by 29 feet;and petit juries;a retiring room for the Judges; rooms for the grandand separate rooms for male and female witnessesall of good size and fifteen feet high in the clear. The third story istwelve feet high in the clear and contains several large rooms, to beused for storage, etc. Rooms containing water closets are convenientlylocated in several parts of the building. The drainage is excellent.The walls of all the halls and rooms are wainscotted. Thecarpenter work was well executed Idv Mr. George A. Cochran, ofPittsburg. Mr. G. A. Gibson, of Philadelphia, did the glazing of thewindows with stained glass of pleasing design, in cathedral tints, andset in lead work.The walls of all vestibules, halls, corridors and rooms, and all plasteredceilings throughout, are painted in colors. Although highcolors are employed, the general effect is that of a (piiet and pcjrfectharmony. Messrs. Carlisle