Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I COMMUNITY ROOM — The Com munity Room at the new City Hall ia primarily for use of government-re lated organizations. It features kitchen at the far end of the room. a COUNCIL CHAMBERS—This attractive room is used for City Council and Clinton Planning Commission meetings. Interior Features Orange, Green Theme Orange, gold, rust, green, scheme for the interior and Mackform the general color new Clinton City Hall. TO THE CITIZENS Q OF CLINTON: Business Interiors of Green ville was the interior designer for the City Hall. Located at 135 Cleveland Street, the firm is owned and operated by Wil liam Moore Willis III. The firm does custom interiors for bus- institutions and modern homes. The color scheme selected by Business Interiors includes olive tweed carpet throughout the building; walnut tables and desks; upholstery fabrics in gold,, orange, green and black; ^eer/ casement draperies in olive/gold/rush; sorias to match. and acces- Business Interiors used ap proximately 15 franchise fur nishing manufacturers to com plete the interiors. These manufacturers ranged from the western states of California and Texas across to Connecticut. Mr. Willis said the color scheme was chosen “for a re laxing atmosphere and pleasant working conditions.* As a final incentive before giving up a difficult task, try to imagine it successfully ac complished by someone you violently dislike.—K. Zeniosin The American Legion Magatine KITCHEN — The Community Room kitchen features modern conveni ences and is well-situated for serving suppers to groups. City Clerk Brooks Owens is in charge of reservations for use of the community room. The reservation policy is induded in an article on the front page of this sec tion. Extend CONGRATULATIONS New CITY HALL W« were happy to have boon selected as PLUMBING CONTRACTORS for this fine now city facility SWYGERT City Hall Talk Started Back In '25 It was a pleasure for us at C&L CONCRETE to have had a part in the construction of Clinton’s new CITY HALL Most Clintonians are ex tremely pleased that the city government is now housed in a beautiful new building on North Broad Street. This has been in the planning stage for a long time, and it took a great deal of work by some extremely dedicated people. However, who would think that the plans would go all the way back to 1925? But, according to the September 5, 1925 edition of The Chronicle, the Clinton City Council bought a lot on Broadway(BroadStreet for you youngsters) and final plans were being made to begin the construction. According to the article in The Chronicle, the lot (where Young's Gulf Station is now lo cated) was 63 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The Council had pro posed that a City Hall be con structed with a large auditorium that 'could be rented for thea tricals and other public pur poses.’ The building would also house a modern police station and a fire department equipped to meet the needs of a rapidly growing Clinton. The article then lists the pro blems encountered in the old city hall. The clerk’s office, the recorder’s court, and the police station were all too small and too outdated to meet the needs of the town. The writer of the article further states, * The present prison is a disgrace to the town.* The new building was to be fireproof, with steam beat and hot and cold water, modern sanitation and adequate light ing. The Council had apparently had estimates made on the con struction cost because the arti cle states that the building would not cost under $30,000 or over $75,000. The Council had decided to postpone further action until some public reaction could be obtained. The Council had made plans to finance the building by long term building and loan pay ments. The writer of the article pointed out that the town would save between $12,000 and $15,000 a year in fire insurance if new fire fighting equipment was purchased. Clinton would also save $400 or $500 a year in rentals for places to store the equipment already owned by the city. Clinton could also be in a position to ear $2,000 a year from the rental of the audi torium in the City Hall. The Chronicle pointed out the importance of having a new City Hall. The writer urged that the public express their support for the project He wrote, "If public opinion crystalizes in favor of the city hall, council will no doubt order its erection. It took over a quarter of a century and it’s on a different site but Clinton citizens now have the new city hall folks started talking about back in 1925. -X ■ • 1 We extend ratulatulations and I subscribe To ••v.v.v.w.v.v.v.w.v.w.v.v •••••••••••■•••••••••••••••a best wishes to the people of Clinton on this fine achievement C&L CONCRETE DIVISON , S.C Carolina Avo. Clinton, S.C. - Jr . r • '. Sfje Clinton Chronicle For News About People You Know ■ Jf