St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-05
PUBLIC BUILDING s

Besides churches and educational build
ings Mankato City has very fine city hall
building three stories high, a county jail and
Office buildings and the usual number OF
hotels of which the Mankato house, City
hotel, Clifton house, Washington hotel,
American house, Minnesota house and
Union house are the principal.
OPERA HOUSE.
On the night of January II, 1882, the fine
brick structure known as the Mankato Opera
house, building so by 1876 feet took fire
and was entirely Quilted. The walls which
were OF very substantial nature were unin-
iured and withstood the fierce wind storm of
last summer without single brace or sup
port in their entire length. Just prior to the
late session of the Northwestern Dairymen's
convention the owners, Messrs.
Manderfeld, Berbauer IL Griebel,
proposed to the board of trade, who were pro-
posing to erect wigwam for the accommo-
dation of the dairymen to put the Opera
house in shape and allow them to use it,
which was accordingly done through the lib
crafty Of the citizens, whose contributions
for the wigwam were very wisely applied for
this purpose. The owners now propose to re-
model the interior upon the plan Of the Grand
Opera house at st. Paul, seating with opera
chairs and with stage, drop curtain, scenery
and all Of the appurtcnances OF a first class
Opera house. The arrangements already I'M
der way give stage 45x60 feet and an audi
forum 60X90 and 80 feet high. The Par
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700 upholstered opera chairs while the gallery
will contain 800 perforated opera chairs. To
the right and left Of the stage are two pro-
seenium boxes one above the other which viii
be tastefully arranged and draped.
At each stage entrance will be small dress
ing room while at the rear Of the stage are
several more. There are two rear stage exits
within the auditorium, is an exit, each with
the door fastened with hook that any child
could open, to be used in case of any emery
ency, while the gallery is alsoto be supplied
with one fire escape stir, besides
the usual front exits. The box
Office will be at the main entrance
on Second street with cloak rooms on either
the scenery, and if the local aid expected, is
furnished, the house will be completed in
two months ready for use. The completion
Of an opera house ut this time with q seating
capacity of 1900, with all that appertains to
an institution of this character, and which
completed upon the plans and specifications
adopted will make it one Of the finest houses
! n or
in advance of the present status of the CITY,
and will not at once be remunerative in
vestment for its owners. To accomplish so
desirable an end, and one which will contri-
butte so largely to the advancement of the in
terests of the city, the liberality of each pub
lc-spirited citizen will be appealed to, and
the response should and will meet the expec-
tations of the owners, and the early compile
ton of this structure result The basement
of the building has been fitted up as an i'm
mense roller skating rink and
is now open to the public.
UNION HALL.
This structure, a handsome brick building
with basement 42xS2 feet in extent and
furnished with stage and scenery, is well
adapted for dance parties and general enter
tainments. 1t has 525 chairs which when
removed furnish a magnificent dancing floor.
The main entrance is flanked by boz Offices.
cloak rooms, ETC., while the basement has
kitchen and dining rooms where suppers are
served oparties of any number desired.
ITS CHURCHES.
Mankato has twelve, the thirteenth, a
Welch church having been recently destroy
ed by fire, and they are as follows Sweed-
ish Lutheran two, Norsk lutheran one,
Christian, Episcopal, Congregational, Metho-
dist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, German
Lutheran and WEIGH. Some of the buildings
are elegant structures and all are well sup
ported.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Mankato is one of the finest educational
cities in Minnesota not only as regards the
number and variety of its schools and col
leges, but in the degree of their excellence.
The Second Normal, Catholic College, City
High school-city ward schools and German
parochical school afford educational advan-
tages unsurpassed by any other locality
SECOND NORMAL SCHOOL.
One of the most important institutions
which Mankato possesses of any name or ma
ture is her normal school. This is state
institution established upon the same general
plan as the one at Winona and at st. Cloud
but by virtue of its location becomes at
once an institution of the city
and of when the city feels proud.
til under the following faculty:
EDWARD Soaring, president, mental science,
school economy ard Latin.
JAS. T. MCCLEARY, institute conductor, penman-
ship and accounts.
ADoLPH F. BEeHDoLT, physical science
HELEN NJ. PHILLIPS, mathematics and English
| literature
DEFgANsA A. SWAMI, drawing theory and prac-
tice of teaching and geography.
ANNA McCUTcHEoN, English language and his
| tory.
| MARY E. HUTCHINSON, vocal music, elocution.
reading and calisthenics.
ELIZA A. CHENEY, director of the model school
and critic teacher.
| CHARITY n. GREEN, assistant, grammar depart
ment, model school
NJ ADA HoLToN, assistant, intermediate depart
ment, model school.
NELLIE NJ. LEWIS, assistant, primary department
model school.
The objects of this school, like its COM
peers, is "a course of special instruction in
the science and art of teaching.'' It con-
sists OF two departments, the normal andthe
model departments. In the normal depart
ment there are two courses, one of three
years, known as the elementary course, and
one OF four years, or the
advanced course. The model de-
| partnent consists of three orndas, Primarv