The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
FARMINGToN's NEW
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
A Splendid Modern Structure that
Speaks Much for Our city's
Progressive Spirit.

tion aud will be ready for occupancy
within the next thirty or sixty days.
1t ia a building which, when
equipped, will be q credit to the
community and will compare most
favorably with any similar building
In Southeast Missouri. Writing in
superlatives is often dangerous, but
IL Is within the bounds OF propriety
to say that II It is not the finest high
school building and the best adapted
to its purposes between St. Louis
and the southern line Of the State,
there is none other that will sur
pass Il.
The building alone when com
, pleted will heye cost something like
S36 900 which, with the purchase
price OF the grounds, will bring the
total up to about $4,000. To this
must be added the cost Of properly
/ furnishing the various rooms.
The building itself is an imposing
/ three-story one with basement ad-
/ ditional. In the basement are stu
ated the boiler room, heating and
vcntilating plants. The equipment
. for these consists Of two boilers Of
| sufficient capacity TO heat not only
, the new but also the old building
/ now occupied by the high school,
large yeutilating fans and "A hot air
room. Throughout the building the
air will be changed completely ev-
cry seven minutes. On this floor
are also located large gymnasium,
domestic science room, manual
training, toilet rooms and one reel
tation room.
On the first floor there are six
class rooms, on" recitation room,
an office for the Superintendent of
schools and teachers rest room.
Three stairways lead to the three en-.
frances to the building, the main en-
trance facing south, the two others
east and west.
On the second floor are four rooms
for recitation purposes, one class
room, library, Office Of the princi.
pal Of the High School and two dark
rooms for the use OF the science
branches. Here is also large aud
itorium or assembly room capable
Of seating about as many as, If not
more than, the Opera House. II j.
equipped with stage aad dressing
rooms, and in the rear is an inclined
balcony which Is reached from the
third floor. Two stairways lead
from this to the first floor.
The third or attic floor provides
two laboratories and the balcony for
the assembly room. 1t is reached
by "A single stairway.
The building is Of such excellence
that much credit Is reflected upon
all who had any partin its construc-
ton, the public spirit of the com
munity that voted the bonds for its
erection and the school board that
had the supervision Of this eXpcndi.
ture. That board consists of the
following: w. Is. Rariden, Charles
Guessing, Ed Klein, Il. =. Taylor,
John Murrill and f.. J. Mckinney,
with j =. Cayce as secretary. The
architect who drew the plans II J.
l.. Heckenlively, and George Ware
has represented the board as super
| intendent. 1t was erected by the
Mccarthy Construction Co. Of
Pennington. In giving credit for
the building and its erection the
Superintendent OF Schools, Prof. O.
G. Lynch, should not be overlooked.
There are several points Of excel
lence that can be mentioned without
going into detail:
Primarily, the building is well
adapted to its purpose of high school
instruction.
The system Of heating and venti-
latiOn II one that cannot be sur
passed and means much for the
health as well as the comfort of the
pupils.
In case OF fire, the stairways are
80 arranged and are SO accessible
that the school can be vacated in
the shortest possible time, minimiz-
ing the danger that comes from
such.
The location of tine building is a
central one, accessible from. every
part of the town. 1t is already an
attractive feature of the central
part Of the community, facing rs 1t
does on College Avenue and being
at the end of Jackson street.
The building is constructed along
such lines that it will not only ac.
comodate the high school work OF
the present but provides for the ex.
pansion of that work in the future
The light distribution of the va.
rious class rooms also deserves
special mention.
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