Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-17
Building Notes.

Contractors are rushing things for all
they are worth in order to get theii
buildings finished before cold weather,
and bricklayers and carpenters are IL
great demand at high wages in both
Fargo and Moorhead. Several import
ant buildings started this year are nov
finished or rapidly approaching com
pletion.
THE DOUGLASS TERRACE SCHOOL.
The finishing touches are now being
put on the fifth ward schoolhouse, and
the board hopes it will be ready for oc-
cupancy Monday. The building is 8
plain but handsome structure of yellow
brick, and reflects much credit on the
architect, Mr.. w. B. Hancock Of this
city. It is two stories and basement
surmounttd by handsome belfry, the
main entrance being on the south.
Facing the door is the main
staircase of cherry. with a
handsome balustrade, while on either
side are recitation rooms % feet by %
feet. each room being intended for forty
eight scholars. The rooms are Highland
airy and present nice appearance, the
pine fittings being finished in the
natural wood. There are cloakrooms
for boys and girls for each room, with a
small closet for the teacher behind the
dais. The schoolroom floors are of
pine, but the lobbies are finished in
hard maple. The two upstairs rooms
are the same as those below, except that
the ceilings are fourteen instead OF
twelve feet high. The building is fitted
throughout with double sashes, fol-
greater warmth and convenience in
ventilation in winter. It will be heated
throughout by steam. the furnace occu.
plying the central portion of the base.
ment, with playrooms for the boys and
girls beneath the schoolrooms on either
side Waterclosets of the mostapproved
pattern are in each playroom. It was
the intention to only seat the
two lower rooms at present, as
only two teachers have been engaged,
but on account of the crowded condi-
ton of the high school building the
board resolved at its last meeting to
seat one of the upstairs rooms as we'll.
The grounds surrounding the school
are being graded up and will be sown to
glass. The old schoolhouse, which was
fought by Mr.. Bowers, has been hauled
off and remodeled into two convenient
6ouses on the corner opposite the
schooIhouse.
THE NEW CATHEDRAL.
The complete plans have now been
received from the architects, Bassford &
Co., of st. Paul, for the new Catholic
cathedral to be built on the block be.
longing to the parish, at the junction of
Roberts Street and Broadway. The
building will be of stone. with spire
about $50 feet high, and is estimated to
cost about $50, 600, half of which will be
borne by tie parishes throughout the
diocese. The foundation and basement
will be built this fall.
The main audience room will be 1903
feet long by 50 feet wide, being divided
by pillars into 80 foot nave, and two
aisles ID 6 feet wide There are two
large entrances leading into vestibule
so feet by 10 underneath the organ loft
and gallery. There are six windows in
each side with ground roof. At the
end of the church beyond the COM
munion rail is an upse containing the
sanctuary 12x59 feet, with q
door in the left hand leading
into the sacristy 20x2O feet.
Behind the high altar is passage lead