Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1905 — NEWTON’S NEW COURT HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

NEWTON’S NEW COURT HOUSE.

Plans Adopted for $25,000 Structure and Contract To be Let at April Term.

J. T. Hutton, the architect heretofore appointed by the Board of Commissioners to prepare plans for the new Court House, was present Monday with the completed plans and specifications. Mr. Hutton has worked out a plain, unpretentious building, apparently utilizing every inch of space to some good purpose. His plans call for a building complete for the sum of $25,000, the amount appropriated. All frills and ornamentation are of course denied a building which calls for an expenditure of but $25,000, yet everything will be substantial and pleasing to the eye. The first floor will house

the Auditor, Clerk, Treasurer and Recorder. The Auditor’s office will have a floor space 23x31 feet, Treasurer’s office 20x24 feet, Recorder’s office 20x24 feet, and Clerk’B office 23x31 feet, eaoh office amply provided with vaults. On the second floor the court room will be an imposing chamber 58x35 feet, Sheriff’s office 21x24 feet, with private office, witness room 15x11, jury room 15x20 Judge’s room 15x20, Library 10x12 and an unassigned room the same size as the Sheriff’s office. The contract will be let April 3rd, the first day of the regular April term of Commissioner’s Court,— Newton County Enterprise.