Chapter XV: Appendix: D

CLERK'S OFFICE

Excerpt from the _Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser_ July 15, 1853.

NOTICE TO BUILDERS--Sealed proposals will be received by the
undersigned, Commissioners, until Saturday, the 16th day of July
next, at 12 o'clock M, for taking down the present Clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and rebuilding it on the
same ground, with the materials and of the size and description,
following, to wit: The foundation wall to be 2 feet below the
surface, and 15 inches thick, of good stone, laid in mortar--the
walls above the ground to be laid on the stone foundation, of
brick, fourteen inches thick, and laid in good mortar,--the
building to be 36 feet long by 24 feet wide including the walls,
two stories high, and of the height of the present building, with
a passage of entry 12 feet wide, adjoining the County Court
office; the passage wall also resting on a stone foundation and
running from bottom to top--doors at each end of the entry, and
one door to each of the rooms--each room to have four windows,
twenty lights and 8 × 10 glass. The outer doors and window frames
to be of cast iron, with stone sills, and the doors and window
shutters to be covered with sheet iron, so as to be fire proof.
The joists to be 2 × 10 inches, 16 inches apart on the lowest
floor, resting upon a girder 6 × 12 inches; on the upper, without
a girder, but properly braced, and the flooring of the rooms to be
of the best North Carolina boards, planed, tongued and grooved,
and one and a quarter inches thick. The entry floor of best
flagging brick, and the stairway of stone. The roofing to be of
slate, of good quality, and the rafters to be substantially
framed, and suitable for slate roof. To each of the rooms there is
to be a fireplace. The woodwork is to be of the best material and
workmanship, and corresponding with the other work. The house is
to be guttered, and the iron, wood, and guttering to have two
coats of paint on it. Each door to be provided with suitable
locks, the house walls plastered, and the whole completed on or
before the last day of January 1854, at which time the work if
approved by the Commissioners, and also by the Court, will be paid
for. The proposals will state what the entire work will be done
for, including the furnishing of all materials and labor, and,
also, including the taking down of the old building and the use of
such of the old materials as can be used for rebuilding; also for
what the work will be done without regard to the old building,
either in taking down or the use of old materials. Notice to the
successful bidder will be given within five days after opening the
bids, and bond with security required from the person to whom the
contract may be awarded, but the Commissioners reserve the right
to reject all. For further information, apply to either of the
undersigned at Fairfax Court House.

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NEWMAN BURKE )
GEO. W. HUNTER, JR. ) Comm'rs
ALFRED MOSS )