The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-08
new DORMITORY.
Brown Students Will Have
More Room.
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Well Equipped and Convenient Ediiice
Back OF Wilson Hall.
building VIII BE Ready at the Be-
ginning of Next College Year.


| mitory at last. IL is an assured fact.
This was announced several months ago,
| but as there had been rumors OF such O
building floating around for the last five
years, Brown men have grown TO regard
| any statements q bout new dormitories in
the light OF huge joke. For several
| years the present accommodations have
| been too small TO shelter the men coming
| from out of town, and TO overcome the dif-
| ficulty several residents near the campus
have been held by the corporation and
sublet to students. But even these addi-
| tions have proved inadequate TO supply
the increased demand for rooms, and the
corporation has been forced to more Wig
orous action. resulting in an
appropriation from the general fund
for the erection OF n new structure.
The new dormitory is to be handsome
structure in the colonial style. The loca-
tion is directly back of Wilson Hall,
the front of the building to be on line
with the north wall of Wilson. Red
brick is TO be the material with trim
mings OF whito, in general appearance
much the same as Hope College.
| specifications call for structure OF five
stories, including the basement, the upper
for recitation purposes, and the basement
! for the use OF the botanical department..
| External measurements of the building
are: Length 64l feet; width so feet, and
| from foundation to roof, So feet.
| Entrances are from the front, or north,
| and from the east sides. AT the front
entrance Is q handsome porch with granite
steps, and four square brick pillars based
aud capped with granite. The exterior of
the basement is laid off in brick
quoins With foundations OF granite,
snd '0pFgss pFrSm by this g granite the ~r5ef soe
is plain brick laid in Flemish bond with
| black heads for all headers. The three
/ upper stories will have bay windows
for every window except at the corners.
These, as well as the cornices of the porch
and OF the roof, will be OF galvanized
iron, with cutters and conductors of cop
per. The window stills are OF granite, and
the window arches are round for the first
| fioor-fiat on the other three.
There will be hip-roof turned in the
| old colonial style, covered with tin and
| surrounded with wooden balustrade.
The interior arrangement is skillfully
| planned, utilizing all ava BILE space.
The basement is divided into Q herbari-
um and three experiment rooms besides
the usual lGvatories, closets and heating
| rooms. The horbarium is designed to be
absolutely fire proof, as the surrounding
waits are of bricks and the ceiling of steel
| girders with spans of brick arches. Il is,
| moreover, q spacious apartment, measur-
ing 36xi6. The three experiment rooms
areto be used in connection with the
1
are 24x2S, 1890, and 12x1S respectively.
| On the hrst floor corridor, SIT. wide,
| runs from the north entrance through the
length OF the building connecting with
the east entrance by fly doors. From the
corridor open four recitation rooms OF
| two sets, OF the same dimensions but In
oisgonaIly opposite parts OF the building.
| The first two rooms are 1Sx3d; tho second
| pair are tho same, lSx34, but each
divided by folding doors into two smaller
| rooms.
| The staircase runs from basement to
roof, Is Oft. wide,and is placed on the GEN.
tire OF the east side by the east entrance.
| Ii opens into tho corridors on all the
landings through fly doors.
The three upper floors are exactly the
same, and designed as dormitory rooms, IL
on floor. Each isl2x16 exclusive of a dress
ing room 5xS. All the rooms on the sides
| have bay window, and the corner rooDs
| have three common windows. The dress
| ing rooms are lighted from the main
room by two small windows. On every
| floor on the center of the west side are
located lavatories, bath tubs and bowls.
The rooms in the basement have a
] height OF feet; the recitation rooms are
IL feet high, and the sleeping rooms 9h
| feet high. The attic is large enough for
storage, but can be used for not hing else.
Ample provision has been made TO pro-
tect the building from fire. The walls OF
the staircase and those Of the corridor arc
| fireproof, while fire-escapes are placed so
thai every room commands one.
The inequality OF the ground exposes
one side OF no basement TO tho light and
| would darken the other but for an area
| that Will be left around the north and
west sides. Tbis will give a clear space OF
| five feet and will bo protected by wrought
iron railing on granite coping.
| The contract for all except he heating
| apparatus has been let out 10 W. A. Chap
man * Company OF ms city and must
be carried out ~ August l. Thirty-seven
! thousand dollars Is the estimated cost.
/ Hoppln Read q liopyin are The architects.
The D1ilding Will be ready for the stu
| dents by the beginning OF the newt college
4 year, and as IL Is planned TO put
| Two In room IL Will accommo-
date 72 within its walls, besides
many day roomers. II is proposed to
make the rents very reasonable, about $50
a room on ne average. In regard 10 the
inethcd OF their citing IL viii donbt-
lees To nc usual system OF competitive
| bidding. Toe rooms overlooking Linz
cJln Field are very desirabls aud every
one Is anxious TO get one, SO that
| 10 IL Improbable 10 dispose of them ty
acknowledging priority OF application.
IL Is hoped TO DO awsy with the auction
| system Of disposing of tho dormitory
rooms, but a substitute method has not
! yet been found