The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-11-07

THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
a Full Description.
lnasmuch a. the new Worthingtor
School Building has been completed
and the schools, eight in number, art
hencefor,h to find within its walls
their educational home, it is proper tt
note this new epoch In the history ol
the village by journalistic reco,d o
the facts associated with its erection
aud u description of the beautiful
structure which is now its most con.
spicuous architectural adjournment.
The reason for it's erection was that
the growth IF the population in ant
about Worthington required larger
accommodations than the l,exagona
stl ucture in use could be made to fur
nish. The old building was u good ont
in its time, and well f0lfilled its lur.
pose. Within its wallis -ma,iy IT ff--ou,
active citiZ:.ns. and many who have
gone to other places, received THEN
mental equipment for the battle If life,
The people Of the district, with c"ln'
me,,.lable unanimity, voted to issue
bonds sufficient in amount to erect 4
suitable building upon " plan and scale
sufficient for the wants Of the cunInlu-
nifty for years to come. The Board OF
Education, consisting Of u. l.. Kenyon
q. Z. Shepard, c. II. Smith, Geo. D.
Dayton, B. f. rhurber und Daniel
Shell, after careful delib+ration, ap.
proved plans and specifications pre-
pared by Architect 4. D. Allen. Of
Minneapolis, and committed to him
tho general superintendence of its CON
strnction. This they did with all the
more confidence because of the known
skill and success Of Mr.. Allen in de-
signing and experimenting the con
struction of several very handsome
and complete public edifices, notably
the court houses in Mankato and Lu
verne, in this State, and one in Richland
county, Wisconsin. In the work OF
superintendent Mr.. Allen was ably
assisted by his sou, MIR. G.. II. Allen
who was constantly on the ground
performing his duty vigilantIy and
faithfully.
The contract was let to Hackett s
Son. Of Faulkton, South Dakota, who
did their work in \ mastery way, and
to the satisfaction OF all concerned
Their contrac pricet was SIS, $50.
The Heating and Ventilating con.
tract was let TO- the Ruttan Warming
and Ventilating Company of Chicago
their part of the work being under the
very competent direction of theil
agent, MIR. +. NJ. Gibbs. Their contract
price was $1,000.
AS We approach the building from th'
southeast, which is the view shown i1
the cut, we are impressed at once will
its picturesque beauty. In sight ar,
thearched entrances, we'll proportional
to the size Of the structure; the square
tower eighty feet in height, flanked b!
two half round two story bays, which
are finished with conical roofs at tn
right, and the large tower standing
guard beside the arched entrances a
the left. The basement walls are O
massive stone, with beautiful ,buf
stone trimmings, set in fine Menomine'
brick. The stone trimmings are ele
gantly carved The circular minarets
the carved finals that flank and adorl
the pediments, dormers and gables
the metal covered roof, with its hsr
monious crestings and adornments
are all combined in tasteful symmetry
Passing around to the north ant
east our admiration is again drawn up
on. On the northwest is anothe
finely arched entrance, leading up t,
the FIRST floor. Above is astylish clus
tor of windows flsnked by circular
miMarets each crowned with pedi
ment. The carved stone trimming.
here also attract the artistic eye 81 tn
beholder. The arches At all entrances
are trimmed with buff stone voussoir'
and keys.
The east side is also attractive
though there is no entrance on it
Here wide circular cornered bay pro
jects from the main line of the build
ing, which is surmounted by four dor
mer windows, each having carvet
fan pediment, nanksd by the conica
roofs Of the rcund corners OF the bay