Evening star., 1913-12-06
LOCAT ON Of WARDS
FEATURE OF STRUCTURE
Light and Airy Rooms to Be
Provided in New Columbia
Hospital.
To Occupy Center of Large Lot and
Have Southern Ex-
posure.

mum Of light and air for all wards and
private rooms and yet will be so arranged
that exceptional economy of service Will
be possible is called for in the plans
which Nathan c. Wyeth. architect, has
prepared for the new Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-in Asylum to be
erected in the center of the large plot of
ground between 2ith and 25th streets
northwest. facing L street In appropriate
ing the money for the erection of the
structure Congress has provided that FL
Hott Woods. superintendent of the Capt.
tol, shall have supervision of its con-
struction.
To Have Three Sections.
The structure is to be in the nature OF
three buildings connected by two short
corridors The ground plan shows two
Y-shaped buildings of equal size which
lie parallel to each other and are con-
nected at the rear by a third unit, which
Is to be used for administrative purposes,
The Y-shaped portions are to be used for
the wards and private rooms. Inc struc-
ture will be five stories high.
The Y-shaped portions viii face l.
street and will have southern exposure.
By this arrangement two SIDES Oh each
portion
hours of the day. The main entrance for
visitors and doctors will be in the center
OF the administrative portion OF the
structure and within the court formed by
the Y-shaped wings.
Occupies Large Lot.
The three-unit plan was adopted rather
than the one-unit plan on account OF the
size OF the plot on which II is to be built.
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and air without building vertically. The
arrangement provides good driveway
entrance from oath street. overcoming the
difficulty In the matter of grades.
The location of the structure in the
center of the plot also provides for future
extensions such as additional wards. The
grade of the ground on which the hos
pital is to be erected, which Is about
eleven feet above the street level, offers
an additional opportunity for light and
air and thereby makes the lot advan-
tageous for a hospital site
The extremities OF the Y-shaped por-
tions of the structure are to have wide
Dorches on the level of each floor. Above
the administrative portion of the struc-
ture there will be a roof garden.
Entrances at Rear.
The ambulance entrance viii be from
2ith street and at the rear of the admin
istrative portion OF the structure and
away from the main entrance, in order
10 expedite the reception of emergency
patients. The dispensary entrance will
be at the side, and service entrances VII.
Dc In the rear and in the basement of the
administrative building.
The exterior is TO be of a modified form
Of the Italian renaissance type of archi-
lecture 1t will be quite simple in design
and yet will be attractive. Gray tapestry
brick Is TO be used in the construction
IL covered with red tile. The structure
viii be thoroughly fireproof, being bull
throughout with brick and steel protected
ypth terra Gotta, and the staircases anc
lain corridors will have cutoff stee
doors
Information Booth Provided.
One Of the most notable features OF til,
Interior arrangement will be an informa
..Ol booth In the center of the entranc'
iobby. At this booth visitors will be abl
~ obtain information concerning patients
a3d here a record will be kept OF th
whereabouts OF physicians who are in tn
institution attending to cases
Another novel feature will be a nurses
lookout room in connection with eacl
ward The room will be located in tin
center of the intersection of the ward
which form the Y-shaped portions of tn
structure. On either side of the Iookou
room will be large windows which viii
conmand view of both wards b. thi
arrangement one nurse can keep watc
over two wards at the same time and We
be In a separate room. which may u
sept at different temperature, and Ii
which record cabinets and desk and teIe
phone facilities can be provided.
Two Board Rooms.
On the first floor reception and waitn