The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20
ODD FELLOWS TO
BUILD new HOME
PLANS FOR oRPHANAGE ARE Ac-
CEPTED BY TRUSTEES.
Institution at Mason City, Iowa, Will
Replace Building Burned Recently
and Will Be Practically Fireproof, No
Wood Being Used in Construction Elk
cept in One Ward.
Special to Tho Journal.

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+ Mason City, Iowa, Jan. 2O.-The plans for the
now Odd Fellows Orphans home, to replace the
one burned few months ago, submitted by
Architect Rush Of Grand Rapids, Mich. have
been accepted by the board of trustees. The
plans provide for freproof building or as near
so as human genius can make it. It will be
built of pressed brick and on the site Of the old
one, with slightly enlarged dimensions, making
an increase Of twelve rooms. The architecture
will be Grecian-Iontc, which was the prevailing
style at the time oddfellowship was born in
America.
Not bit Of wood excepting for the floor Of
the ward department will be used in the con-
struction. The strips the windows. the stair
cases and ratings will be Of metal. The floors
Of the main halls and first floor will be Of ce-
ment, oyerlaid with Venetian tile. The roof
will be first reinforcement Of cement, then a
layer Of asbestos, then slate. The wiring Of the
building will be carefully done and the conduit
system used thruout.
The building is so planned that it will be IN
| three departments. The basement will be the
service department for the kitchen and all apart
ments connected with that part of the institu-
ton. This department will have q person In
charge who will be responsible to the matron.
The first floor will be called the administrative
department, where rooms Will be fitted fos the
executive officer and the meeting place Of the
board OF directors. the wings to be used for
rooms for inmates The second story will be
known as the ward department. Here will be
the nursery and the hospital and the supervisors
office. .essss
.. old Appearance Changed.
The outside appearance Of the building will be
changed. Instead Of the deep entrance as in the
old buildin. the doors will be nearly square
! with the walls. Over the entrance will be in
| mosaic, "Orphans Home" Inside the entrance,
inlaid In the thing of the reception hall and at
convenient points turnout the building, espe'
cially on the panels, will be the different EN-
| blems of the order. -. &
The heating Of the building will be furnished
from a. separate building, in the basement OF
which will be the boilers and engines and storage
places for coal. The upper floors will be uset
for the schoolroom, with a seating capacity fol
100. The heat will be carried thru a oondut
large enough to allow man to walk upright
some eighty feet to the main building. Pipe
will be arranged that will connect with pumps
in the powerhouse to pump back all the impur'
air collected from the various departments O.
the building to the center Of the structure. Il
this way it is expected that the ventilatin.
service will be almost perfect and will be de
4 cided improvement over the old building.
Already some OF the contracts have beel
| awarded for the material that can be furnishe
here. This will be hauled at once to the sit
and as soon; as spring opens work will begin. .