The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-08
THE SISTERS ACADEMY
The Corner Stone Will Be Laid
November IL.
WORK is PROGRESSING
The Institution Win Be Perfectly
Equipped When Completed-An
Important Addition to
the City.

envy will be laid at 9 O'Clock Sunday al
ternoon, November u, with appropri
ate ceremony The stone is on the
ground and Architect Gibson is getting
the derrick into position so that there
will be nothing to prevent the carrying
out of the programme as announced.
The stone will be laid at the right Of
the main entrance, and is of granite,
properly inscribed. The work on the
academy building is progressing favor
ably and the structure will be an i'm
portant addition to the city's buildings.
1t will afford much needed accommoda-
tons for. the increasing number of stu
dents at the Sisters school and will
give that institution the most perfect
equipment of any similar school in the
state. Architect Gibson has designed a
modern structure that is handsome in
appearance and complete in it's APP
pointments and is giving personal at
tention to the superintendency of the
construction.
The building occupies the front of the
plot where the old academy building
has stood and has frontage of 1913
feet, with a depth of 81 feet eight
inches. 1t is of the same height as the
main hall at the state university, two
and half stories and large base
ment. The half story is practically a
full story, as is the basement so that
for all purposes the building may be
considered as four stories in height. 1t
is Romanesque in design, brick We
neered, with handsome and massive
granite portal. The entrance arch is
surmounted by a figure of Christ, eight
feet high, carved from granite. All of
the steps and outside entrances are Of
granite and the whole building is sub
to =
The main entrance opens into beau
tiful entry, which has paneled walls
and ceiling and a tiled floor. From The
right of the entry opens pleasant re-
ception parlor, which is furnished with
a fireplace and mantel. From this par
lor in the north wing, opens the COM
munity room, as it is called, the home
of the sisters. This room is 30X36 feet
and is pleasantly lighted From the
community room open the private
rooms of the sister superior and the
bath room for the sisters use Back
of the entry is the main hall, from
which open. in the rear. six music
rooms, so arranged that they can be
thrown into one large room or shut off
separately. This hall also opens upon
wide veranda in the rear of the build
ing, from which entrance is obtained TO
the old academy building. The south
wing of the first floor is occupied by
what is termed the recreation room,
30X60 feet, for the use of students dur
ing leisure hours. In the basement arc
two large lavatories and toilet rooms,
one for boys and one for girls. These
are in the center of the basement, and
the four corners are occupied by four
school rooms, well lighted from two
sides, "a feet by 30 in dimensions. The
rest of the basement space is devoted to
cloak rooms, lunch rooms and large
storage room for trunks. In the rear
of the basement is long covered way,
which is beneath the first floor veranla.
This has a cement floor and will be used
as playground in stormy weather. The
second floor is devoted to school pur-
poses almost exclusively. In the south
wing is large study hall, and next to
it large school room. which are so ar
ranged that they can be thrown into
one large assembly room, 30X60 feet,
entertainments and convocations. In
the main part of the building in front
are four private rooms for students and
the library, pleasantly arranged and
we'll lighted apartment. In the rear CT
the second floor hall, opposite the IL
brary. is the infrmary, which has its
own bath and toilet rooms.
The top floor is devoted entirely to
dormitories. There are three of these
large rooms in the wings and the front
of the central part of the building.
Back of the hall are the lavatories,
which have been made as complete and
nearly perfect as modern hygienic sci
ence can accomplish In the center of
the lavatory room are two lines OF wash
basins, 40 in all, of marble, each with
a marble partition wall separating 1T
from it's neighbor and each supplied
with mirror and toilet articles. The
water closets that are in another part
of this room are modern and construct
ed on sanitary plans.
The whole building is a model in its
class, and when completed will be one
of the finest school buildings in the
West In exterior design it is one CT
the handsomest of Missoula's many
fine buildings, and in arrangements 1t
is admitted to be nearly perfect
Work on the Coleman terraces is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as possible. Mr..
Coleman has named these two buildings
Crescent Terrace" and Virginia Ter
race" respectively. The former is on
the corner of Cedar and Pattee streets
and the latter on the corner of Main
finest of their kind to be built in the
city. Each tenement or fiat will be of
six rooms, with a, large cellar. The
first floor will contain a parlor, dining
room and kitchen. with large pantries
and closets. The Kitchens are fitted
with ranges, water heaters and sinks.
On the second floors are three bed
rooms, bath room and large closets.
The cellars are large and will be so con-
structed that they will be light and
dry. In the two terraces there Will be
90 flats.
Z. l.. Bonner is preparing to build
fine business block ON his property at
the corner of Higgins avenue and Cedar
street. Architect A J. Gibson is now
al work on the plans and the block
will probably be under construction at
least in the early spring This block
will be a handsome addition to the fine
buildings on Higgins avenue.
Harry Shapard is preparing to build
a large hotel on the corner of Stephens
street and Railroad avenue. This build
ing will be 80 feet long and Sc feet wide
Mr.. Shapard expects to have the foun-
dation completed this fall.
In South Missoula carpenters are
rushing to completion three fine cot
tages on South Fourth street. These
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