The first floor with a 16-foot ceiling consisted of a public lobby (south side), spacious workroom (north side) and money order and registry room (west side). The lobby was illuminated with ornamental bronze electric fixtures. A postmaster’s office and stairway to the basement were located on the east side. The basement had a “swing room” for clerks and carriers and rooms for the postoffice inspector, civil service, internal revenue collector, janitor, a coal-fired boiler for steam heat and public toilets.