Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-27
ACCEPT NEW SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS INSPECT THE
LUDLOW BUILDING.
Is Equipped With Many Modern Con-
veniences and Sanitary Appliances
TO Be Used Soon.

The District Commissioners, accompanied
by A. NJ. Poynton. acting inspector of build
ines late yesterday afternoon, visited the
new William Ludlow school building at 9th
and G streets northeast and after thor
ough inspection, accepted the building from
the contractor.
This building was designed by ]. l..
Smithmeyer, who was the architect for the
Congressional Library building The Lud-
low school is two stories and basement,
with high pitched roof, broken by DOR
ner windows. The main fronts show a very
pleasing design executed in handmade red
brick, with embellishments in dark blue
headers The belt courses and fan pattern
above the windows are of sandstone. The
roof is of slate with galvanized iron cor
noes and crown mold.
The interior arrangement of four class
rooms and four cloak rooms on each floor
is after the standard design planned by the
Inspector of buildings. Under this design
the cloak rooms are so arranged to the left
Of each class room that the teacher in an
opposite room, standing at her desk, has a
clear view of some one cloak room
AS this building will be used by Prof Pat
terson as the headquarters of the super
vising principal for the sixth division Ar
chitect Smthmeyer arranged for several
additional rooms. The teachers have
large assembly room on the first floor. On
tie H1tZZdnlne lanUlng or the stairway
one side is teachers toilet and on the cor
responding side is book storage room On
the second floor is the library and the prin-
cipals office. From the principals private
hahway Is stairway to the roof chamber,
where a finished room is provided for the
1anltor. The rooms are, trimmed in chest
nut with a cream finish-sand on the walls
and hard white ceilings
In the basement play rooms and toj,ots
are provided on either side for hovs ara
girls. separated by the three furnaces and
the engine, coal. ash and janitor's rooms.
The Heating System.
For the heating system air is introduced
through large duct from rear window
and forced into the furnaces at the rate
or 1900 cubic feet per minute. BY a series
or campers the heating of this volume of
air Is controlled absolutely, and 1t is pos
sible Tor the engineer to change the atmos-
phere in any class room within a few min
utes. In each class room is located a sneak
ing tube. which keeps the teacher in direct
communication with the janitor and enpi-
neer.
Through device located in the roof
chamber and controlled in the basement it
Is possible to close the exterior ventiators
after school sessions and thus recirculate
the warm air during cold nights. In lieu
of the usual unsightly ventilators above the
roof the architect has designed a crown
NOAiSlsAiHS Ol a ntdNy mOiulnB
AT The deck roof line, in which are a num-
per OF openings The vent ducts are gather
ca together in the roof chamber and dis
charged through this
Ohe OF the unique features in which the
commissioners were interested was the two
main stalrways at each side of the building.
These stairs are built entirely of stone
the walls each side being faced with inner,
ylous cream-colored brick that can be readi
ly washed ~ ie
The usual construction for school houses
Is an iron stairway with pIastered walls
Mr.. Poynton assured the Commissioners
that he had gone into the relative cost os
this feature of the construction and had
found that the stone steps could be intro
tuced at slightly lower expenditure than
the iron ones, and 1t Is therefore very prob