The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-07-12
THE TOP NOTCH
Bs the Interpri>inx Towa Of Nia~ton
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WINSTON. July 9--The Winston Traded
School building has properly hccn .alls~i
w niSton ; Growing Glory II was
planned ~ Superintendent j l.. TomlAn-
son. who has given considerable attention
To tie construction OF school buildings
As tins i considered handsome strnc-
ture. and one especially adapted 10 II.
purpose. = biicf description may IL inter
c>tin. and Instructive 10 TiE CHRONICLES
readers.
II is OF brick. consisting of two story
main building, with East. West aud North
wings y capactous hallway runs from
the main south entrance north. and opens
into transverse hallway connecting 10 the
main building the north wing. which con
stltu'es the chapel, with its self support
ing roof, and capable Of seating .5n pupils
y slmi.ar east and west hallway ntersccts
the former IN the centre Of the building
and opens 1T each end into other trans
verse halls connecting the east and west
Wings 10 the main building The entire
length Is 100 feet. and the depth. includ-
ing chapel, is ITO feet The handsome
and capaciou, Chapel or Assembly Room.
Is not shown in the engraving. since i,
runs back a. the stem of the I from the
rear OF main building.
Ihe main building Is crowned bya large
ventllator whose windows are manipulated
by cords from the second floor. and which
serve not only to admit an abundance of
fresh air into the halls and rooms below
but to tighten up both floors, a circular
''wel hole " at the intersection of the
halls on tho second floor, giving an open
way from the first floor to the top of ven
tilatOr
In the central part of the front wall
and projecting from it, is constructed an
imposing tower, IA feet square whose low
cr part with Its handsome archway forms
a fitting vestibule To the lower hallway.
The tower runs up four stories, and with
its additional belfry and spire attains n
height of 112 feet. The upper story of
tower has i'll its four sides four large cir
cular windows which are soon to serve AS
the faces of a large clock to be construct
ed inside.
The building is heated by furnaces in
the basement, which supply through reg
listers, hot air both to the halls and rooms.
In each room Is also an open coal CRATE.
which serves both for ventilation and
heating. The Office, library, chapel and
school rooms are elegantly furnished. the
desks being of the celebrated Triumph"
pattern, and III the upper rooms, being
single, with folding seats and lids. The
teachers desks are handsomely made of
ash, the wainscotlng around the rooms
and halls is of alternate dark and light
strips and SO corresponds with the style of
furniture. The black boards, which ex-
tend entirely around the rooms, excepting
window and door spaces, and which ex-
tend from the top of wainscotng upward
in width five feet, are made of dark green
stating, thus presenting an elegant sur
face for the crayon, and most pleasing
color for the eye.
The office especially is handsomely fitted
and reflects great credit upon the taste of
the Superintendent. 1t is handsomely
wanscoted and elegantly carpeted. The
walls are hung with large portraits Of
Rev. G. II. Wiley, ID. D., the first Super
intendent of Public instruction for North
Carolina and present Chairman of the
Winston School Board, Rev. Dr. A. D..
Mayo, Hon. T. w. Bicknell, President Ma
tional Educational Association, General
Eaton, Z. S. Commissioner of Education,
Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Lowell and
Emerson. The Parian busts of Virgil,
Homer, Socrates, Demosthenes, Minerva,
Diana, Apollo and Venus give the room
| quite an atmosphere of classic culture.
Among other equipments the office con
1''iiAo "Ii"o - pIoolDly tHc ldiScSI anu
best selected pedagogical library in the
State, being part of Prof. Tomlinson's
private library. ''thing of beauty" is
the large roller-top desk Of black walnut,
| which, with its numerous conveniences
and appurtenances, gives the room a rich
and luxurious appearance.
Altogether, both inside and out, the
| building is handsomely designed and
| equipped, and as it is approached from
| the street in front it presents particular
| ly fine appearance. Well has it been call
ed the Growing Glory of the magic
City" The building as it now stands
could not be replaced for $26, 900, and is
| considered the largest, handsomest, best
arranged and best fitted public school
building ever erected in the State, and, a.
| Maj. Robt. Bingham declared on visiting
the school few weeks ago and has since
publicly declared in other places, ''consti-
tutes the grandest forward educational
move ever witnessed in North Carolina >