The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-02-24
ARCHITECTS INFORMATION
Information Relative to the
Normal School Buildings for
the State of Tennessee


The state board of education in reg
ular session voted to adopt plans and
specifications for normal school build
ings by open competition, and instruct
ed the secretary to furnish the same
data to all architects desiring to COM
pete.
The board does not offer any pre-
MUM for plans submitted unless the
same should be accepted. The success
full competitor will receive the usual
architects fee, or such amount as the
board and the architect may agree
upon. The plan of each architect
must be accompanied with approx
innate cost of construction, and any
contract made with the architect will
be conditioned on the actual cost of
the building, as shown by the success
full bid of the contractor, not exceeding
the architects estimate more than ten
per cent.
Give both the cost of fireproof and
ordinary construction. Consider moth
ing but good material in estimating
the cost. Stone or concrete will most
likely be used for foundation. Brick
will be used as material for buildings.
MuPfFeesbOrO and Johnson City NOrmals
Main school building S180,00O, Wo-
mans dormitory $4,000
The main building should contain a
chapel with seating capacity of 500 to
1000; a study hall that will seat 500 or
600; rooms for domestic science; rooms
for the manual arts; laboratories, with a
lecture room adjacent 10 each; five
recitation rooms, to be occupied by
pupils of observation and practice
school; library room; twelve to six
teen class rooms; two or three rooms
to be used for offices until administers
ton building can be obtained.
1t is the purpose of the board to erect
separate science building as soon as
funds can be obtained. For that rea-
son it might be we'll to provide for the
manual arts, domestic science, labra-
tories, ETC., in the basement, as they
would be transferred TO the science
building when erected. Arrange study
hall, if possible, so that in the future
il may be divided upinto lecture rooms
desired.
Woman's dormitory should be fire.
proof construction and so arranged as
TO accommodate rs large number OF
occupants as possible, consistent with
hygienic laws.
Owing TO the fact that the expendi-
ture for the Johnson City and Muir
freesboro NoImals will be about the
same, the above data applies to each
place.
Memphis Normal
Main building 100000, woman's
dormitory 100000, model school $780,
600, central heating plant
The main building should not con-
tam the TOOHlS IOE oDSSINdtloH anu
practice school, otherwise the require
ments will differ little from the main
building described for Murfreesboro
and Johnson City, The dormitory
will be larger.
The model school should have at
least eight rooms. The building need
not he large, but should combine max
imum of comfort and attractiveness.
There will probably be 800 to 500
student teachers in attendance at each
normal school.
Heating System
The buildings will most likely be
heated by steam, and perhaps a CEN
trail heating plant will be installed,
The board reserves the right, II they
deem it necessary, to employan expert
architect, who is not in the COMPETE
flun, 10 assist them in selecting a plan.
All plans must be submitted to the
beard on or before March IL, 1910