The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-12-26
THREE ARCHITECTS COMPETE
Board Will Seek to Secure Erection of
Record Building Some Time During
Coming Year Total Cost to be in
the Neighborhood of S125,oOO

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| iourned session on Friday evening and
accepted the plans Of Howard H. Hahn
Of Kenosha for the proposed 100000
school building TO be erected on the
| Collins street site. The selection of
the plans was made only after a long
consideration of three sets of plans
submitted to the board. The other
competing architects were Hugh B.
| Dunning and Joseph Lindl, both Ke-
nosha men. It was declared that the
competition was the best ever seen in
connection with the selection of plans
| for a Kenosha school building. The
cost of the building as estimated by
the successful architect will be in the
neighborhood of 100000 with partial
fire proofng and $4,000 if the build
ing is made absolutely fire proof. 1t
| is estimated that the furniture and
fixtures for the building will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000 and there
must be added to this Che fee of the
architect for drawing plans and super
vising erection which will be close to
S., 1000.
The plans submitted by Architect
Hahn provide for the erection of a
building 246x1O0 feet. 1t is to be en-
tirely of brick with trimmings of Bed
ford stone or sandstone. The two
plans provide for either the fire proof
ing Of the entire building or the fire
proofng Of simply the halls and CORR
doris and the difference in the two
plans is estimated at $4,000. The
building will contain twenty class
rooms, ar auditorium, and rooms for
Use for play rooms and manual train
| ing. The sketch is d decidedly pleasing
one and the building as planned is the
last word in school building construc-
ton. The halls and corridors are wide
and roomy and so arranged as to make
possible an easy and speedy emptying
of the building in case Of fire or panic.
One Of the special features IF the
Hahn plan was the fact that the au-
ditorium of the building which will
fhave a seating capacity Of seven
Hundred people is located on the
ground floor of the building and it is
easy of access without passing through
any Of the rooms or corridors Of the
building. The auditorium and five
class rooms are located on the first
floor Of the building. On the second
floor the class rooms are so arranged
as to offer special facilities for the
teaching of the domestic arts. The
basement is arranged so as to permit
large rooms for the department. Of
manual training, big play room and
shower baths and sanitary closets.
The heating plant will be some form Of
a fan system and the cost Of heating
and plumbing for the building is in
cluded in the general estimate.
/ Now that the plans for the build
ing have been accepted the members
Of the board will open negotiations
for bond issue to provide for the
building and equipment and it is prob
able that the council will order a. bond
issue of at least $4,000 to pay the
cost of building and equipping the new
school ss1 "
The selection of the plans for the
building was the only thing of public
interest to come before the board.
Come discussion of the students pay
ing for materials in the manual train
ing department. was brought up, but
this matter was laid over until the
next meeting of the board.