Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ematter as a committee of the whole. On July 6, Giles Orcutt, Paul Perkins and Frederick A. Morgan weredirected to procure plans and specifications for a brick engine Orcutt and Perkins were well qualified to pass uponthe quality of material proposed to be used in the work of construction,while Mr. Morgan was chosen to particularly look to the interiorarrangement of the building for its intended use. His experience infire department affairs and his thorough understanding of its require-ments especially fitted him for this
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ematter as a committee of the whole. On July 6, Giles Orcutt, Paul Perkins and Frederick A. Morgan weredirected to procure plans and specifications for a brick engine Orcutt and Perkins were well qualified to pass uponthe quality of material proposed to be used in the work of construction,while Mr. Morgan was chosen to particularly look to the interiorarrangement of the building for its intended use. His experience infire department affairs and his thorough understanding of its require-ments especially fitted him for this work. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 157 In the meantime the trustees were castinj^ about for a favorable siteand on July 20 the committee reported an offer from Barzilla Marvinto sell to the village a lot of land 75 x 75 feet in size, on Collier street,for the sum of $2,750. Among the several sites offered this appearedthe most satisfactory, and on October 0 the trustees directed its pur-chase, the price having in the meantime fallen to $2,084. The com-. Firemens Hall, 1857-189.). mittee on plans had also completed its work, and on the same day theboard directed its president (George Park) and clerk (Vincent Graves)to enter inter a contract with Allen Perkins for the erection of Fire-mens Hall, according to plans drawn by architect A. R. Cole. Thecontract price was $7,916, thus exhausting the appropriation to a math-ematical nicety. Firemens hall was one of the conspicuous publicbuildings of Binghamton for a period of forty years. It was of brick,with stone trimmings, three stories high, well built, and was an honorto its builder and the committee and architect who supervised its ground floor was divided into five compartments for fire companyoccupancy; the second story was occupied in part for company businessrooms and parlors, and also for many years as board of education and 158 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTLEMENT, common council rooms, and also as police headquarters and city r
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