The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
IN ENDURING MONUMENT

To One of Montpelier's Honored Citizens
to BE Erected by Himself-Hon. Homer
w. Heaton to Build Cottage Hospital
and Present 1t to Montpelier - The
Work Already Begun-The Plans in De-
tail
Montpelier during the past week, that Hon.
Homer w. Heaton Is to build a hospital
and present it to Montpelier, are happily
well founded, and by the first OF January
next one OF the pressing needs of our new
city will be met through the munificence of
Mr.. Heaton, and the hospital will be ready
for occupancy by that time.
Last February, Mr.. Heaton purchased OF
the p. p. Pitkin estate the broa plateau,
comprising ten acres, situated between
residences Of A. o. Cummins and e. N.
Wright, and here the hospital is to be
erected. From any point on this broad sur
face magnificent view is obtained, either
to the north, west or south. 1t is an ideal
location for an institution of this kind
The contract has been let to Thomas W.
Rogers Of Brandon, the contractor who
erected the main buildings OF the Vermont
state asylum at Waterbury. 1t is the pur-
pose OF the donor to make 1t a hospital for
the reception and treatment of persons who
may need medical or surgical attendance
during temporary sickness or injury. 1t Is
to be what is commonly known as a cottage
hospital, built in the colonial style. 1t is
designed under the general class known as
pavilion-that is, separate pavilions are ar
ranged for each class of patients. The in
sttution, as planned, comprises three build
ings connected by corridors in the basement
and first story. The three buildings and
connections cover an area about 162 feet in
total length and about seventy-five feet to-
tai width and will front nearly south, 80 as
to take advantay ye Of the sun and air-agents
80 extremely essential to the success Of such
an institution.
The portions now contracted for are about
three-fourths of the complete institution,
viz, the administration building, the west
pavilion, and the connecting corridor, and
these portions will, in the judgment Of ex-
perts, be amply sufficient for the needs OF
Montpelier for years to come. Although
this is comparatively small institution, 1t
will be up to date and as complete in every
essential detail as any metropolitan hospital.
The architects of this institution are
Messrs. Rand & Taylor of Boston, who have
for years made special study Of this class
of work and have done some Of the best
work in the country. They designed the
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital at Han
over, n. H., which is called the finest hos
pital of its class in America, and have just
completed the Watts Hospital, at Durham,
N. G.
The affairs of this institution will be ad-
ministered in a similar manner to that in
vogue in hospitals of like character through
out New England. An opportunity will be
given to all who wish, to endow free beds,
and patients who are able and willing to
pay for treatment or for special care will be
expected to do so, but no persons will be
denied admittance because they are poor.
The total cost of the completed structure
will be between $4,000 and $4,000. 1t
will be an institution worthy the name it
bears, and, in thus remembering the city
that has so long been his home and where
he is held in such high esteem, Mr.. Heaton
is erecting for himself monument that will
make his name to be gratefully remembered
generations after his life. work shall have
been completed.