The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-26

Several months ago site was pur.
chased from the Crystal Spring Land
Company by Rev. w. A. Harris, d. d.,
OF Stanton, for the erection OF a col.
lego for young ladies. Tho amount pur-
chased was ten acres, beautifully stu
ated on high hill overlooking this city
and commanding a Wow excelled by no
place except Mill Mountain. DIR. Har-
ris is now and has been for the past 2s
years president of the Wesleyan Female
Institute ut Staunton, one Of tho Oldest
and best established institute ons in the
State. Yesterday at noon the contracts
were all signed for the erection OF tho
new building, and the required bond
given by tho contractor, George G.
Ware Tho building will be known as
the Virginia College for Young Ladies,
and will bring at the lowest estimate
S40,0 annually into this city.
The building will have front of 22s
feet, with wing on each end running
back LOG feet. The total distance around
the building will be Sol feet. 1t will
be four stories high and made with
pressed brick and covered with slate.
The first floor will have porch in front
1O4x50 feet, and at one end will be q
porte cochere. a large hall twenty. five
feet wide will cross the centre OF tho
floor from front to back, and another
smaller one, eight feet wide, will cross
tho centre from end to end.
There will also DO on tho frat floor
two largo Offices, eight lecture rooms, a
large study hall, chemical laboratory,
16x35 feet, sixteen music rooms, one
fnr tn ~,
5ox4o. buffers pantry, likes; two
smaller pantry rooms, one store room,
kitchen, private dining room nd pan
try connected. The basement will have
4 large refrigerator, kitchen cellar. two
largo cave cellars and heating room.
There will DO broad veranda clear
across tho rear of the building. The
main staircase will to nino rect wide
and will be situated in the rear of tho
main hall, directly opposite the front
door.
At each oud Of the cross hall there
will be another flight of stairs loading
to tho second story. The stairway used
by servants will 6e on tho back voranda
from the study hall.
On the second floor the halls will be
the same as on the first. The rooms on
this floor are as follows: Two large
spacious parlors, nine large bed rooms
and private bath room. These rooms
arc all en- suite and will be occupied
by the family of DR.. Harris. In addi-
ton there will be eleven rooms used as
dormitories, and trunk, linen and toilet
room, a large chapel, 4Ox66 feet, with
stage IL feet wide, with two retiring
rooms on the side.
On the front of the second floor will
be covered balcony, 16x2O feet, and on
the rear Of the building broad veranda,
the whole length of the structure. The
staircase on this floor is the Same as on
tho first, which is continued to the
third floor. On this floor there are
twenty five dor nitories with trunk,
linen and toilet rooms; broad open
balcony in front and a veranda in the
rear the same as on the second floor
In the fourth story will be the art de-
partment, comprising three rooms, tho
main one OF which is 2OX4S feet. The
1nf1rmary, which is completely separ-
a:ed from the art department., will con.
slst of a main ward 14xi0, with three
rooms for contagious diseases, nurses
room, dispcnsary aud toilet room. Each
bedroom throughout tho building will
have large closet.
domo will be erected on the top
OF the building, which will be los feet
iACih ohV SiOCHu W Iu0 UOp. no uOm0
will be surrounded by . balcony, which
will afford magnificent view. There
will also be tower at each end OF the
building. Tho interior finish will be
first class in every particular. The
walls Will be plastered by tho first Of
June, so as to give them ample time to
thoroughly dry out by the first OF Sep
tember. All modern sanitary arrange.
ments will BIO used, with hot and co d
water on every floor.
Tho house will DO heated throughout,
both rooms and halls, with either steam
or hot water. The building will be
lighted by electricity and will contain
800 lights. The building when com
pleted will cost 5000. Messrs. Wilson
&c Higgins, the architects, have just
completed the plans. The contractor
will begin work at once and will have
the building completed by July LIST.
DR.. Harris with an official corps OF
twenty teachers and officers will open
the school on the first of September
Mr.. Scott's Condition.