. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . s were provided on the second floor, and the supervisors were fur-nished with large quarters at the west end of the upper floor. But thecourt house of 1857-96 at length passed into history It was burnedDecember 28, 1896, at a time when the county and city were least pre-pared for such a disaster. The Firemens hall had been recently con-demned as unsafe, and the city clerk and common council, by favor ofthe supervisors, were furnished with office in the court house; but theflames spared little of
. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . s were provided on the second floor, and the supervisors were fur-nished with large quarters at the west end of the upper floor. But thecourt house of 1857-96 at length passed into history It was burnedDecember 28, 1896, at a time when the county and city were least pre-pared for such a disaster. The Firemens hall had been recently con-demned as unsafe, and the city clerk and common council, by favor ofthe supervisors, were furnished with office in the court house; but theflames spared little of the property of either city or county, and manyvaluable records were destroyed. The Supreme court library, compris- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 53 ing one of the finest collections of law works in the state, was seriouslydamaged. While the loss of the court house and a portion of its contents wasindeed serious, the heaviest burden of the event fell upon the countrymembers of the board of supervisors. They had recently (after muchpleading and begging by the city; after condemnation by several grand. Court House, 1897- juries, and after intercession by several Supreme court and countyjudges) unloosed the knotty county purse strings to the extent of about$50,000 for a new jail, hence the enforced expenditure of a still greatersum for a new modern and perhaps costly court house wellnigh drovea few of them to distraction; but the majority manfully responded tothe requirements of the occasion and voted for a new building. The fourth and present Broome county court house was erected in1897-98 by contractor Miles Leonard, of Binghamton, at a total cost,including furnishing and ground improvements, of about $130,000. It 54 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTLEMENT, Stands upon the lines and in part upon the foundation of its predecessor,but in appearance and finish is materiall} different. The building is ofOhio sandstone, with bluestone trimmings, while the dome is of entire structure, both in
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