The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-28

, contract was placed N good hands
, 1t seems that a few words Of tn
building, which for years viii b
the pride of the good people OF thi
city, will not be out of place here
so we give herewith a brief de
scripton of the building as it vii
be when completed.
The building site has a frontage
of two hundred and thirty-two fee
on Washington street and runs bach
to depth of two hundred and fifty
eight feet on First avenue. The
building itself has a total frontage
of one hundred and seventy feet
and nine inches over all, on Wash
neton street. 1t will have a depth
; of one hundred and twenty-eight feet
through the auditorium, inclusive OF
the rotunda The depth through the
wings will be eighty-one feet six
/ inches and the greatest height will
| be fOrty-nine feet nine and one
| half inches. The steps leading to
| the main entrance are to be sixteen
feet wide the main entrance itself
| will be sixteen feet wide; entrance
will be through three pairs OF double
doors which in turn will be guarded
by like number of storm doors.
The broad and spacious entrance
/ will be thanked with pillars of the
Greek-lonic style. Directly over this
entrance a councillors balcony has
been arranged upon which will open
the main floor corridor and the SUI
perintendent's office
The general construction is to be Of
Bromide stone and vitrified brick
All inside partitions will be of brick
and the ground and main floors will
be fire-proofed as will all entrances,
corridors and stairways.
The heating plant will be placed in
the basement, which s to De twelve
feet under ground and fifty-eight feet
! by one hundred feet in size. The au-
ditorium is to De fifty-four by sixty
feet, equipped with a stage twenty
three by thirty-three feet and will
have a seating capacity OF from
ei1ht hundred to one thousand
There will be eighteen class rooms
that will have total seating capacity
OF seven hundred and fifty-Six pupils.
The teachers and the superintendents
VIII have executive offices on the
main floor end a large and commodi-
Gus library mas been provided on
the top floor The gymnasium has
been provided for in the basement.
Five entrances have been arranged
for as follows: The main entrance
on the east side OF the building and
one on the north and south ends and
Two in the rear This will afford. not
only means OF entrance but of
'gress as well and will be inyalu.
able in case of fire.
There are to be three stairTays
one main stairway which leads
from the main entrance to the main
fIoor ana one on each side of the
auditorium leading from the ground
Floor to the top floor. All these
StaIrWays are to be constructed OF
steel and reinforced concrete. and
thoroughly fire-proofed.
This beautiful and seryiceable build
ing viii be ready for occupancy By
the first Of January. Everything is
to be complete, the furniture Installed
and the keys in the hands of the
board of directors ready for the
High School boys and girls
10 walk in and take up the higher
studies with the coming of the new
year Nothing Will be left undone
to hustle this work through from
start to finish and at the end Of
seven months the people of Ardmore
VIII have one more building to show
TO the stranger that will be the very
finest of its kind in the state.
Ardmore now has the distinction
OF having the finest school building
IN the state of Oklahoma and in adj.
dltlon to this it can he said with.
out fear of successcut contradiction
that Carter county has within her
borders more high grade schools
than has any other in the state. with
one or two possible exceptions A
careful canvass Of the schools Of
this county shows that we have over
SeNenty-five school buildings. irclu3-
I've of Hargrove College. and that
these schools employ approximately
from one hundred ard sixty to one