entrance to the basement was
located. This is corroborated by markings on the inside of the
basement wall which show that a doorway in the north end of the
basement has been bricked up, and also that a second window similar to
the existing one has been closed up with bricks, leaving the sill slab
in place. From the basement, galvanized steel ducts covered with
insulating material are run through the crawl spaces beneath the
courtroom floor to outlets and intakes for circulation of air. These
openings are located in the sills of the recessed windows of the
courtroom and in the bases of the benches for spectators and jurors,
and are covered with steel grilles painted to blend with the fixtures
in which they are set.

3. RESTORATION OF THE ORIGINAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE, 1967

[161] Other members of the Special Committee were Edward D. Gasson,
James Keith, John T. Hazel, Jr.; W. Franklin Gooding, Assistant Clerk
of the Courts; Senior Circuit Judge Paul E. Brown; and Bayard Evans,
Chairman of the Fairfax Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission.

[162] The cost of restoration was originally estimated at $74,488,
exclusive of architect's fee, which was to be 12 per cent of the total
cost. Ultimately, the cost of the work was slightly in excess of
$84,500, including the architect's fee, according to the architect's
records; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Minute Book #45, pp. 192,
301, 406; Cost Sheet, Walter M. Macomber.

[163] The building contractor for this work was E. L. Daniels.

[164] Interview with Thomas Chapman, former Clerk of the Circuit
Court.

[165] The frieze was disregarded because it was not considered part of
the original courtroom interior, and no drawings, photographs or
descriptions of it were preserved.

[166] The sloping floor which was replaced was not dated, but probably
was installed when the courthouse was renovated following the Civil
War.

[167] On this matter the following statement in the _Northern Virginia
Sun_, January 8, 1966, 1, is of interest: "Anyone familiar with the
old courthouse will have noticed that it has five chimneys. The two
closest to the bench are resting on wood above the ceiling, Macomber
discovered. This, he said 'confused' him. He thinks that they probably
were connected by long pipes to stoves in the courtroom. Yet he is not
sure. It appears to Macomber that they were added at some later time,
but he will not know until he examines them more closely d