Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-14
INTEND TO HAVE
FINEST SCHOOL
FILLMORE TRUSTEES SELECT
ARCHITECT
CLAIM BUILDING WILL BE BEST
EQUIPPED IN STATE
Ten-Acre Tract Is Chosen for Site
for Structure Covering Ground
Space of 154x114
Feet

Members of the school board intend
to make the proposed high school
building for Fillmore, Ventura county,
the finest and most complete school
building in the state. They have de-
voted much time to examining the
school buildings in Southern Califor-
MIA and have considered many plans
submitted by leading architects. and
after careful consideration accepted
the plans of Architect A {. smith OF
3O7 South Broadway, Los Angeles.
The building will be erected on a
beautiful tract of ten acres Of ground
which has a gentle slope to'the west.
The main structure with its projecting
wings covers a ground space of lo4
feet front by ia feet in depth.
There will be wide steps and ter
races leading up to the front of the
building and to the large open porch
which is fourteen feet wide and sixty
two feet long, from which there are
five separate entrances into the build
ing. There are also two side en-
frances and one rear entrance into
the main floor, and six entrances to
the basement
The building will have concrete
foundation and either reinforced con-
crete or brick walls above the foun-
dation. The walls will be finished
with cement mortar, dash finish.
The roof viii be covered with either
Spanish clay tile or galvanized iron
tile. Figures Will be taken for both
reinforced concrete and brick strue-
ture and for clay tile and metal tile
roof.
Large Basement Planned
The height of the basement ceilings
will be twelve feet. with fifteen-foot
ceilings in the gymnasium, and the
main floor will have thirteen-foot cell
ings with tWenty-foot ceilings in As
sembly hail.
The main floor will contain an as
sembly room 44X5S feet, with large
stage and two dressing rooms, which
are accessible from the halls.
There is a lecture room 24X33 feet at
the rear of the assembly with a large
door full width of the room. which
slides up, thus combining the two
rooms if desired. There is physical
laboratory with private teachers room
on one side of the lecture room and
a physical laboratory with private
teachers room on the other side.
There is a commercial department
30X34 feet, with typewrting room Tx
"a feet attached, with the necessary
closets and store rooms. The drawing
room is 25x33 feet. and is provided with
racks for drawing boards and supply
closets.
There are two large recitation rooms,
with teachers closets, also a teachers
rest room 14x19 feet at side of main
entrance with two closets. The prin-
Cipals offices are at the other side OF
the main entrance, and are provided
with tireproof vault for records, air.
tight closet for apparatus, and teach
ers' closet. Individual lockers will be
placed in all available spaces in the
halls. There will be foot warmers
placed in the halls, and also sanitary
drinking fountains.
Manual Training Room
The basement will contain a man
ual training room 39X46 feet and a
store room adjoining l0x24 feet, also
tool rooms and closets.
There will be a domestic science de-
partment, kitchen 24X34 feet and a
dining room 1924 feet, with all nee
essary cupboard arrangements. There
are also two large recitation rooms on
this floor The gymnasium is 44x40
feet. The jauitor's room and general
store room are of ample size. There
are two large bicycle rooms. The two
large toilet rooms will be fitted up in
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fixtures TO be installed will be the
very best obtainable. The divisions
and walls will be of Vitrolite structural
glass, and the rooms viii be ventilated
by a system invented by the architect,
and which has proved perfect sue
cess.
The building VIII be heated and ven
tilated throughout by the forced draft
system, the blowers to bc driven by
electricity.
There viii be an air washer installed
in connection with the heating and
Ventilating plant which is new and
novel and is the invention of ]. NJ
Horton, principal of the school, and of
Architect Smith.
Vacuum Cleaning System
The building will be provided with
an up-to-date vacuum cleaning sys-
TEN. There VIII also be installed an
air compressor i'm the basement for
supplying compressed air to the labo-
ratories ana for cooling the drinking
water.
There Will also be installed a small
elevator to run from the basement up
TO the attic. And i'm the attic a 5000
gallon water tank viii bee placed.
The arrangement of this building is
a model of convenience, and with a
remarkably small amount of hall
space.
The architect. principal and board of
trustees are giving every detail due
thought and are striving to make this
the most complete new model high
school building in the state.
The plans are now being prepared
and will soon be placed in the hands of
the contractors for their estimates.
The cost of the completed structure
viii be about $4,000.