The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-22
BOARD PICKS PLANS
CHANDLER & PARKS ARE ARCHI-
TECTS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
Special Committee Makes a Careful
Examination of All Those Submit
ted and Then Decide That the Ra-
cine Men Should Be Engaged;
What the New Structure Will Be
Like; Description CT Building.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The special committee OF the school
board on plans for new nigh school
building met all day Saturday and lis
tened while number of architects eX-
plained their plans. Those who sub
mitted plans m competition were Cham
der & Parks of Racine, Wis, Alban
& Fischer of St Paul. f. +. Holden of
Minneapolis, Kenney & .Jogerst of Min
neapolis. George Pass and Henry Ger
lach of this city.
w. L. Edwins OF Minneapolis arrived
Saturday night with II set of plans
that he desired TO enter and Messrs.
Dunnell and Ortr of Minneapolis ar
rived yesterday, but all were TOO late
10 have their plans enter the competi-
ton.
Accept Chandler & Clark Plans.
Each of the competing architects
presented elevations, floor plans, etc.
After going over the plans carefully,
the committee arrived at the rmani
nous decision that those of Chandler
4 Parks were the most acceptable. and
they could return home Mr. Chandler
was asked TO remain over and meet
with the full board ut Il special meet
ing to be held tonight. He has Il con
tract prepared, and if the board de
cide- 10 accept his plans the contract
can be signed mp. He will then visse
the state trcasurcr's office ut st. Paul
tomorrow and learn whether the loan
asked for by the school district is as
sured. Ii it is. he will proceed ut once
To prepare plans and specifications. He
requires four per cent OF the con
tract price for the plans and specified
ton, and for supervising the construc-
ton work. The boarG may decide to-
night to advertise for bids for crectin.
the building.
Make Specially of School Buildings.
Chandler & Parks make specially
of school buildings it is said. and the
school board at Albert Lea adopted
their plans for erecting the new 800.
600 high school building there this
season. The firm also furnished the
plans for crectin" the new high school
estimates that the Mankato high school
building will cost $SO,00O when cont
pletcd.
The plans of Chandler & Parks call
for two and a half story bnildmg,
with high basement. and the style
of architecture will coincide with that
of the present high school II will be
erected some twenty feet south of
the present binding, set back the same
distance from the Fifth street side
walk and extend to the alley. 1t will
be connected with the present build
ing, and the space between the build'
ings will be fully utilized. as well as
that from the present building to the
alley. so that there will be little waste
space.
Slow Burning Construction
The building is to be OF the slow
burning construction. The basement,
stairs and Railways will be fire proof.
and all walls will rise from the ground.
50 that any fire starting above the
basement would be confined to one
room Particular attention has been
paid to the lighting and ventilation.
The plans provide for an auditorium
on the third floor. to hold 1000 peo-
pie. but not to be finished off at pres
cnt. There will be an assembly room
on each Of the other floors. to hold