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 HISTOKY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 307 brick, harmonious in color. The ornamentation is quite elabo- rate The frame work is of steel. The roof is tin. The basement story, which is 10 feet 8 inches high, contains: a store room, 13 by 15 feet ; a fuel room, 15 by 16 feet; a swing room f<»r the use of the carriers between trips, 14 by 18 feet; a toilet room, 13 by 11 feet, besides the general basement, in which is located the heating plant. The floor is cement, and the ceiling, which forms the floor of the main story, is iron frame work and reinforced concrete. The steps leading to the basement story are all either stone or concrete, making that story wholly fire- proof. The main floor has a height of 15 feet 4 inches in the work room and departments and 20 feet in the main lobby. The main lobby, 12 feet wide, extends along the West avenue side a dis- tance of 63 feet, with a wing near the south end extending back 12 feet. At the north end of the lobby are the money order and regis- try departments combined, 15 by 19 feet in size, leading off from which is a vault of reinforced concrete surmounted by a storage vault of the same material. The postmaster's room is at the southwest corner of the building, 13 by 14% feet in size, leading off from the lobby wing. In this wing are also stairways to the basement and attic. At the northwest corner of the building is the mailing vestibule, 13 by 14 feet, for the reception and dis- patch of mail. The remainder of the space is taken up with the main work room, 30 by 47 feet. A vault for stamp supplies is located here and there is also a stairway to the basement. Pass- ing directly through the work room, suspended from the ceiling, is the look-out from which can be watched the work of employees, unbeknown to them. Look-outs also extend into the money order and registry sections, the mailing vestibule and the basement. The public lobby has a revolving door entrance, terrazzo floor, marble border and wainscote. The general delivery and stamp windows are directly in front of the main entrance, the carrier windows to the right and the post-office boxes to the left. The money order and registry department has wood floor and cove cornice, as has also the main work room and mailing lobby. The postmaster's room has wood floor, base, chair rail, picture moulding and plaster cornice. A granite curb faces the walk on Third street and West ave- nue, a concrete gutter extends along the west side and a concrete curb on the north side. The sidewalk is granolithic. On West avenue it is 14 feet wide and on Third street 12 feet wide. At the inside border is a cement coping 3 inches high. A vitrified orick driveway, 12 feet wide, with granolithic coping, leads from Third street across the lot to the north side of the building. On