The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-07
IT is A MODEL.
New Quincy School Building Now
Almost Ready.
Recognized as the Finest Ward
Building In Topeka.
is BUILT TO STAY.
Lower Floor Above the Flood
Water Mark.
Everything Constructed With
View to PeFmanence.

The new Quincy school building, in
North Topeka, is completed all but
the last finishing touches and it is UNI
doubtedly the best built school house
IN Topeka.
When it is completed the building
will represent an investment, in round
numbers, of 100000. North Topekans
can feel proud of the building for Mr..
Kitchen, the Kansas City contractor
who installed the automatic heating
and ventilating system, says 1t is the
best school building west of the Mis-
souri, river and building experts agree
with him.
The new Quincy, at the corner Of
Quincy and Fairchild streets, was
built to Withstand a food equal to that
of 1903. The foundation walls are
eight feet four inches below grade and
are built on Is inches Of concrete. The
first floor is q foot above the highest
mark of the big food. The wallis to
the first floor are all laid in Portland
cement and are cemented inside ana
out. The entire basement is covered
with deep concrete and cement It is
intended that no water shall get into
the building unless it runs in at the
windows
The new Quincy is the handsomest
ward school in the city and even the
Manual Training building, although
larger, does not surDass it in arrange
ment nor design.
1t was a year ago that the board Of
education let the contract for the
building to Yankee Morse. who
when he took the contract informed
the board that he intended to build the
best schOO house in Topeka. He lives
sn North Topeka and he took more
than the usual interest in the build
ing.
one of the most pleasing features of
the new Quincy is the arrangement of
the halls. The big hall on the first
aOor, and the double stairway leading
20 the second story, are Of a modified
old colonial design and the plan is a
most pleasing arrangement. The
floors are all Of hard maple and the
woodwork in natural finished pine
The outside basement walls of the
building are two feet thick and the in
terror basement walls p inches. The
foundation is so solid that the walls
have not settled and there Is not a
check crack to be found in the plaster
or brick work.
The school rooms are unusually
pleasant When L. NJ. Wood planned
the building he arranged for the desks
10 be placed in every room so that the
light from the windows will be from
the left and rear.
Every school room is provided with
q large wardrobe closet for the pupils
wraps. These wardrobe rooms are
reached only by an archway in the
school room and there is no access to
them from the halls.
There are o rooms in the building,
counting the manual training and play
rooms in the basement. There are u
school rooms, an assembly room a
principals Office and two rooms for
teachers.
There are three entrances to the
buildings, on the north and south and
the main entrance on the east All the
entrances are Vestibuled and provided
with inside and outside doors of plate
glass. The doors from the rooms into
4he halls are all fitted with glass and
The result is that contrary to the usual
condition. the halls are as well lighted