The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-28
PLANS FOR THE
PROPOSED ARM0RY
BROUGHT TO THE cry BY
ARCHITECT HOLDEN.
They Cover Fifteen Great, Large
Sheets of Paper and the specifica-
tions Consist of seventy-six Type
written Pages-Plans Show q
Building That Is Complete in
Every Detail-Plans Will Prob
ably Be Accepted Saturday and
Work May Soon Begin.

Architect l.. c. Holden came from
New York yesterday. bringing with
him the general plans Of the proposed
armory for the Thirteenth regiment
at Adams avenue and Myrtle street.
There are fifteen sheets of the plans,
each three and one-haf by five feet
in size, and the specifications which
accompany the plans cover seventy
five closely typewriter pages. These
specifications do not include the
plumbing, steam fitting, gas fitting or
electric wiring.
The plans were examined at an In
formal meeting held at the office of
Colonel L. A. Watres, but owing to the
absence of quorum of the trustees
an adjournment was had until Satur-
day, when it Is probable that the
| plans will be accepted and bids asked
| for. BY Aug. 1 the trustees expect that
work on the armory will be in prog
ress.
The plans show a building that was
| laid out in an almost perfect manner
| for the purposes for which II Is to be
| used. The great structure will have
front of 100 feet on Adams avenue
and be four stories in height. The
style of architecture is one we'll suited
to the character of the building. The
front is massive in appearance and is
broken by towers at either end and on
each side of the main entrance to the
building. The towers have a battle
ment effect that add greatly to the
martial appearance of the building.
THE BUILDING.
What will be known as the admins
tration portion of the building will
have, as stated above, a frontage of
16C feet on Adams avenue, running
north from the corner of Myrtle street.
1t will be four stories high and sixty
feet deep Back of this will be the
great drill room, 146x256 feet, with
high arched ceiling, the pinnacle of
which will be as high as the top of the
administration building.
The building will be constructed of
stone, brick and steel, and will be as
nearly fire e-proof as possible.
| on Adams avenue the front will be
of dressed stone up to the water table,
and from that point up of red brick,
ornamented with stone
In it's entirety the building will be
3l6 feet in length. running back along
Myrtle street to Jefferson avenue. The
grade at Adams and Myrtle is thirty
feet lower than at jefferson, and while
the drill room floor will be fifteen feet
above the level of Adams it will be
fifteen feet below the grade of Jeffer-
son avenue. This will necessitate the
construction of a passage along the
side for haf the block and also along
the back of the building. There will
be ten feet from the retaining wall to
the building and it will be protected
on the top by an iron railing.
Midway in the block on Myrtle street
the drill room floor is exactly at grade
and there will be a great gateway
fourteen feet wide through which the
regiment can pass in formation into
the street whenever it is necessary to
5 do go. This gateway is also flanked
with towers with battlemented tops
and similar tower is at jefferson and
Myrtle.
ARE FOR USE.
These towers are for utility as wei
as ornaments. The side walls of the
building project about three feet above
i the point where the roof meets then
f, and alongside of this wall is a walk
where soldiers can patrol from one
tower to the other. The towers fur.
nsh greater protection and will have
loops for pointing guns through
Should it ever become necessary to de-
| fend the armory it can be done very
successfully.
The feature of the Adams avenue
r front is the main entrance. Entering
the lobby you can proceed up broaC
flights of stairs to the drill room foo
or go right ahead. We will take tn,
latter course. On this floor will be tn,
gymnasium, 56X24 feet, swimming tank
shower baths, toilet rooms locke
rooms. These are on the Myrtle stree
side of the building. On the other sid
will be the rifle range of 100 yards
t with waiting room for marksmen. Th
targets will be at the jefferson ave
nue. end of the building, below ground
On this floor, also, will be a fiel'
e equipment room for each of the eigh
S companies and regmental headquar
ters. There will also be rooms for tn
u non commissioned staff. regimenta
e quartermaster, armourer, janitor an
e inspector of rife practice
= Two wide stairways of iron and slat
q will lead to the second or drill roor
$ floor. They open onto corridor eigh
feet eight inches wide, and across tn
q corridor Is an entrance seventeen fee
n wide, leading to the great drill room
5 which will be 146X256 in the clear.
e In the administration portion of tn
II building on this floor will be eigh
y company rooms and eight equipmen
e rooms, which open directly into tn
drill room. The equipment rooms wi
! be 17XlS.