Arizona republican., 1913-07-20
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According to Lescher & Kibbey, Architects, This County Does Not Hold Back When It Comes to Building School Houses

schools and the vast amount of money
 that is being expended for public
 schools, is shown in the office of
 architects. Lescher and Kibbey of Phoenix. The work that this one of
 flee alone is doing in the way of
 architectural work on Arizona school i buildings, is indicated by the follow
 ing details
 Bids will be opened next Tuesday
 for the contract to construct the
 Alhambra school building This new
 building is for a combination of the
 Alhambra and Jefferson school dis
 tricts, and the building is to be To-
 cated on Grand avenue about one
 mile northwest of the old Alhambra
 postOffice. As is the case in all the
 country school districts now being
 planned or constructed, this build
 ing provides for all modern equip
 ments and includes rooms for manual
 training and domestic science work.
 The Alhambra school will be one
 story and basement the basement
 being for the new departments above mentioned On the upper floor will be, besides the library and principals room six class rooms. The plans show mission finish and a feature l of the building will be two large covered arcadcs, one on each side.
 and these will furnish shade or pro- lection from rain for the children
 during or rain. The approx ! innate cost of this building is esti- mated at SIP, 800. | This firm of architects are just finishing plans for a beautiful pub l
 lie school addition at the town of
 Peoria. This will be of the same | design as the tWO-room building | 1 constructed there three years ago. i and to which it will be an addition. |
 It was little thought at that time l
 that soon it's capacity would have | ! to be quadrupled, but such is the l case and at as an early date as l possible this building will be com | pleted with an addition of seven ! rooms. A basement will be built and l
 modern plumbing installed, as well as i departments for manual training and | domestic science. The building will | also contain a big auditorium. The | 1 plans show plastered brick and a roof 1 of the new cement tile The con
 struction of this building will soon be started and the estimated cost will be $16,0O0.
 Plans also are being finished now for the new school building to be erected at Alma. which district is just west of Mesa. It will be built adjacent to the present school build ing of this district. It will be one 1 story and basement, constructed of cement brick with a tile roof. This school building will cost approxim- ately $16,0O0. It will contain four class rooms and library and a prin- cipaFs room and departments for manual training and domestic science. Like the other country schools that are now being built throughout the if aIS 10 plumbing equipment with it's water plant
 This firm has just finished plans and will be ready to call for bids very soon for a new school at Ar lington. This building is to be built of cement brick and will consist of two rooms. It will contain the modern plumbing ideas and will be fireproof.
 charge of the construction of the new Gilbert school building which is located in the Gcrmania tract adja- cent to Phoenix. Clinton Campbell is the contractor and this building which is to cost $30.OO0, will be faced with Tucson pressed brick. In de- sign the building is classical and is said to be the most modern type building of all the graded school in PnOGnlX. Iney also report WOrk nicely upon the Gilbert school house southeast of Mesa. M. Tun, of Phoenix, is the contractor on this building, which is ot be built at a cost of $12,OO0 by September first.
 The firm is also supervising the of an $1S,000 girls dor mitory at the Tempe Normal school. This is being erected on the recently cleared ground which is east of the Normal campus, and is the first of a group which will finally consist of seven units, all facing a central court. This building is classical in design with a pressed brick exterior. One of the most interesting features m connection with this building is he unique construction of screen sleeping pOrches so that to a large extent the rooms of the building which will accommodate thirty stu Ients will be largely study rooms. The contractors in charge of this uilding are the Arizona Engineering nd Construction company of Msa. = The building of the $30,OOO Flor nee school house will be completed, Ne s originally planned, by September be rst. fol Lescher & Kibbey have started lans for one of the handsomest and Ina lOSt completely constructed school co1 uildings in the state fo Arizona. It fol
 the new Globe High school, which Tn ill cost approximately $65,000 with am Il it's furnishings. It will contain str ght class rooms, and an auditorium be ith a seating capacity of 800 It wit ill be equipped with a splendid ymnasium and with chemical phys eig al and biological laboratories. There is ill be special departments for man Ro Il training domestic science and cha courses. It will contain No ckers and shower baths. The lildiny will be of classical design. Ed