The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-19
PLANS FOR
NURSES HOME
They Call for a Building 40
by 20 Feet.
COST MAY NEAR $4,000


Stevens Who Drew Plans for Other
Hospital Buildings the Home
viii Be Arranged.
When the plans and specifications
which have been prepared by the aren't
tectural firm of Kendall, Taylor y
Stevens of Boston shall be worked out
the Memorial Hospital will have n
home for its nurses that will leave
nothing to be desired. 1t will contain
room enough for the staff and will be
especially well equipped for the pur-
pose for which it is designed. 1t Will
also be an important addition to the
buildings at present comprising the
hospital eauimpent, and in design and
workmanship will compare favorably
with any of the present buildings. II
will be situated on the present site Of
the nurses home which will be torn
down to allow the new building to be
built. The dimensions will be 40 by
20 feet and it will be three stories in
height, the top story comprising
dormitory of four rooms to be used as
bed rooms for the nurses. The building
material as called for in the specitica-
tions. will be of best selected brick
and the lodges and corner pieces viii
be of granite and marble. The inte-
rior of the building will be finished in
cyprus. The entire building will be
piped for gas and electricity and will
be heated by a large hot.air furnace.
The foundation will be firmly laid
in stone and concrete work to height
of about eight feet from the ground.
at which height the first floor will be
placed The first story of the build
ing will be / feet and inches in
height. the second nine feet and eight
inches, and the third, or garnet, eight
feet in height, making the entire
height between the basement floor and
the garrett ceiling SO feet and six
inches.
The basement, in addition to large
open room and a room for the fur
mace. will contain a trunk room,
store room and a nurses work room.
Entrance to the first floor is gained
either through the front entrance, by
the back door or through the door
which enters the left end of the build
ing. 1t will be divided through the
center from the back to the front by
hall with doors at either end. The
front door at the top of flight OF
marble steps is to be of plate glass
and gives ingress to the long hall
which will be handsomely designed
and wainscotted Along the left end
of the building will be a veranda.
Along the front there are six win
dows. three on each side of the door,
The interior of this story will contain
on the left side of the hall, first a re-
ception room which will be handsome
" appointed. The dimensions of the
reception room are l6 feet and II
inches by 10 feet. 6 inches. Passing
through this room at the rear entrance
will be gained to a parlor which Will
be one of the handsomest rooms in
the building. 1t will occupy the left
hand corner on the front Of the build
ing and will be II feet and II inches
in length and l6 feet IL inches IN
width. The rear corner of the build
ing on the left hand side of Inc bi-
scctinp hall will be occupied by the
lecture room which will be q feet and
} inches wide and % feet and inches
in length. This room will be where all
the classes for instruction are held
and will be equipped with a black
board lecturer S platform and desks
for taking notes. On the right hand
side of the hall way as one enters Will
be the staircase leading up to the see
ond story. Next will be corridor
which divides the right hand side of
the building and on the right hand
side of this will be a bath room and
private parlor II feet and II inches
wide and 16 feet II inches long. Next
to the parlor is the study room 10
feet and 6 inches wide by l3 feet and
5 inches in length. On the other side
of the corridor are to be two bed
rooms each one Is feet and 8 inches
in length and one is eight feet and
six inches wide while the other is
nine feet and five inches in width.
The next floor of the building has
seven windows along the front and
three on the ends. Over the front en-
trance is large double window of or
namental design. On the left end an
overhead veranda IA feet wide will
extend all along the building. The en-
tire floor will be divided longitudinally
by a hall and on each side of the hall
are to be six bed rooms. There are
also two linen closets and two bath
rooms. The top floor which is the
attic will contain four large bedrooms
lighted by ornamental dormer windows
The building is designed by the
same firm of architects which designed
the other buildings of the hospital and
will be built on a scale of workman
ship and finish to harmonize with the
other buildings 1t is understood that
between $4,000 and $4,000 will be
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