The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-05-01
OUR GIRLS COLLEGE.
Its Walls Rapidly tising-Some Idea
of What ft Will Be.

of What It Will BE.
Rock HILL, April 21.-The busiest
place in Rock Hill now is the site Of
the Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College. For time after it was set
tied that the college was to be located
at Rock Hill not much attention was
attracted there, as the work consisted
solely In excavation preparatory to
laying the foundation. Then, too
when the work of building was begun,
the progress seemed very SLOW, as il
consisted entirely of work with granite,
but about month since the walls oi
the basement story were completed.
Since then the work seems to have
been done in q rush. Now the walls
are completed to the top of the second
story. All the walls of the basement
inner and outer, are of granite. The
ceiling in the rooms is twelve feet
high. This carries the granite work
about eight feet above the level of the
ground on the front. In tho rear the
basement floor will be above the level
of the ground this, with the fine ar.
rangement of the building, will allow
ample light from the sun.
Just above the granite, in the right
placed the cornerstone. This is a
block of gray sandstone, the larger
base being Al by 81 1-2 inches. the
smaller 20 by 80, and 3 feet thick. Two
faces of this will be exposed. On one
of these will be the following inscrip-
tion:
Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col
lege.
1894.
Bruce & Morgan, Architects.
Thompson & Decker Construction Com
pany, Builders.
A. D. 1894.
On the other face this will appear
S. p. Dendy, G. M.
Board of Trustees
Is. Il. Tillman, Governor, Chairman.
70. S. Joynes, w. d. Mayfield,
II. Is. Buist, Z. A. Crawford,
w. J. Roddey, r. r. Hemphill,
w. N. Elder, d. w. McLaurin,
a. =. Fuller, A. III. Patterson,
e. b. Gary, j. e. Breazeale.
w. b. Dunlap, secretary and treasurer.
w. ii. Stewart, superintendent.
The granite work is finished off with
strip Of sandstone six inches wide
and extending all around the building.
Four feet above is another strip of the
same stone, which forms q pleasing
contrast with the dark red color of the
brick work, and which serves as q
basis for all window frames.
All exposed portions of the wall are
finished with smooth pressed brick of q
deep red color. The front entrance
will be by flight of at least ten stone
steps twenty-one feet long. These lead
directly into an enclosed portico having
two large arch openings, each arch
being strengthened by very largo
Keystone of sandstone three feet in
length and two feet in thickness, both
being handsomely carved. The main
building will be three stories abovo
the basement, the tower being l6S feet
a commanding view of the city and of
the mountains. Most of the windows
on the front side will be placed above
elegant carvings in sandstone of tho
Corinthian order. Many OF these are
six feet in length.
The main building will have front
OF ZOO feet and an extension in tho
rear OF 1913 feet, the whole being in tho
shape of CT" The dormitories
will be on each side of the main building
and connected with it by covered ways
lao feet long. Each dormitory will be
OF the 4" l." shape, three stories high
and 226 feet each way.
The entire building will present O
iioHO VI tOOuI OOO lccU anu tufnlSl an
enclosed courtyard in the rear 700 feet
long. The floors of the basement rooms
will be cemented all rooms will be
finished in plaster.
The heating and ventilating ap-
partus will be of the most perfect kind.
Tho contract for the work has just
been awarded to Messrs. Hunnicut g.
Bellengrath of Atlanta. The building
will be furnished throughout with
water works.
There are present one hundred con-
victs at work on the grounds. The
brick yard, under the management of
Messrs: Mills & Holler, is turning out
about thirty thousand brick daily. Dur
ing the next week they will begin with
another machine and the output of the
yard will be doubled.
AS to the cost of the building the
usual story is to be told. After specific
directions to the architect and assur-
ances on his part as to the price, it
can now be seen that the cost of the
main building will not be far from 1885,
600. 1t appears, however, to be worth
every cent Of this and will be an orna-
ment of which South Carolina may well
be proud.
Rock Hill has good reason to be con-
tent with the great effort put forth to
gain this prize and to be Justly proud
OF her success.