The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-04
ADD BEAUTY TO ANNAPOLIS
Description of Buildings Now IN
Course of Erection.


Work on the new buildings at An
napolis, which has been in progress
for four years and which Will take
probably another four years TO com
plete, has advanced to point WHERE
what has been accomplished CONVEYS
a good impression of the ultimate out
come of the big undertaking.
OF the buildings which already SHOW
to advantage the principal one Is tnat
to be devoted to the use OF the mla.
shipmen as quarters, picture ol
which is given herewith. This struc-
ture is to the right of what Will pc
the main entrance opposite the water
front.
The entrance to the midshipmen's
quarters will be through Court OF
Honor. The front will be marked by
a highly ornamental fence in ornate
design, all of hand wrought iron WORK.
The posts of the entrance gates Will
support electric lights, and line OF
arc LIGHTS at intervals of sixteen Feet
will surround the building. From the
center of the Court of Honor drlVlhSs
and ramps will lead to left and rlght'
| forming ample roadways to the main
or first floor level, which is elevated
a full story in height above the Court
of Honor On the exterior OF the
| building, between the ramps, are
broad and ample steps leading up TO
| the higher level.
Leading from the Court OF Honor
are broad terraces which extend all
around the building fifty feet in width,
which. especially on the southeast or
parade ground front, command an ex-
tended view Of Annapolis Harbor and
Chesapeake Bay.
The fact that there will be parade
ground of 1 600 1eet in length between
the front of the building and the sea
wall will afford the midshipmen ample
space for drills and sports. From the
parade ground, leading up to the ter
race. are ample granite stairways, and
at various points along the esplanade
will be fountains with fresh water
snouting from the mouths of sport
ing dolphins.
The building as originally designed
called for the ground-foor story OF
granite. with granite-belt courses and
cornice above, the major portion OF
the walls of the first, second and third
stories faced with brick. Before the
ground story was completed, however
! granite was substituted for all-brlcf
facines giving a more massive anC
:. substantial effect.
!; The story of the level with the pa
= rade ground on the southeast front /:
e what is called the basement. Here
t are located the kitchen, bakery, laun
v. drv commissary, general stores ant
y storage.
n At the entrance of the building OF
l. the first floor is vestibule built o
II Indiana limestone, four full stories il
- height. Limestone columns with OF
- namental carvings lighted by man
n electric lights, adorn this vestibule
a. The floor is laid in mosaic, and an
tc ple stairways right and left lead Of
r. To the rooms of executive officers an
IT. beycnd to the rooms of the midshiI
men.
Directly ahead one comes to tn
is Grand stairway of Indiana limestone
I'D with elaborate newell columns an
o. broad. easy steps leading up to M'
mortal Hail. At the head of thes
stairs is a pair of bronze doors whic
- cost $4,000. the gift of Col. R. n
le Thompson OF New York, president
d, the Jersey Central Railroad. Co
e. Thompson was formerly cadet an
Is takes a lively interest in his Aim
i, Mater.
50 The purpose of Memorial Hall
- for the storage of trophies of we
which arc kept at the Naval Academ
l. and which date from the Revolutio
ID to the time OF Dewey and the bait
N m of Manila. The room will be used fC
6. class reunions, and the annual NEE
ings of the Naval Alumni will be he
~ there. 1t will also be a recreation ar
~ reading room for mjdshipmen whe
not at study.
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