The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-17

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LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
READY FOR OCCUPANCY NEXT
YEAR.
The new building soon to be added
to the equipment of St. Joseph's Col.
lege, Dubuque, Ia, will be erected on
hill overlooking the city on what is
considered one of the finest sites in
Dubuque. The bids for it's construc.
ton were opened on May s, and the
general contract was awarded to An.
ton Zwack of Dubuque, for $133,344,
exclusive of heating and plumbing.
The building must be completed by
June /, 1914
According to the plans of the arch.
itect, Mr.. e. L. Masqueray, who de
signed the new Cathedral of st. Paul
and the Pro-Cathedral of Minneapolis
the building will face Alta Vista street
on the southwest corner of the College
campus. 1t will be of reinforced con.
crete construction and built of red
brick with Bedford stone trimmings
and slate roof. The foundation will
be of limestone. The plan of the
building, which rises five stories above
the basement, is that of the letter H
with an extreme length of $50 feet
and width of ST.
The main entrance is from Alta
Vista street at the center of the front
of the building which is separated
from the avenue by plot of ground
go feet in width. Two rear entrances
one at each end of the main section
of the building, lead to the College
campus.
In the basement of the north wing
which is eighty-seven feet in length
by thirty-one in width, is located the
gymnasium; and the bath rooms anC
toilets connected with it are in The
central portion, which also contain!
the students lockers, bowling alleys
trunk room, and smoking room II
the basement of the south wing arr
the billiard rooms and a Temporal!
chapel.
The first floor is reached from thu
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steps which lead into a wide, well
lighted corridor extending Throughout
the main building and opening int
the cross corridors of the wings. TIL,
main Office, guest rooms, and recer
ton room occupy the front of tn
building. Opposite these are tw,
class rooms. Four additional elias
rooms are located in the north win
! while the south wing is occupied by
large study hall
, With the exception of seven privat
rooms for students on the first fool
J all the students rooms are on the SCI
ond, third and fourth floors. Fac
| consists of single room, Is by 1:
well-lighted and ventilated, finished i
oak and provided with a metal ware
robe and lavatory. The privat
. apartments for the professors are i
the right wing of the second fool
Each consists of two rooms-a stud
and a sleeping room. The spaciou
: library takes up all the fourth an
: fifth floors of the south wing.
On the top floor of the north win
is the music department, and the r,
mainder Of the floor is occupied by
} large dormitory with space suficier
for hundred beds.
In connection with the new stru,
! ture a separate service building wi
/ be erected later on. In it will b
} located the heating plant, kitchen an
) dining rooms, together with the apar
, ments for the Sisters who will hav
} charge of the domestic service. Thi
r building will also house the ne
! physical laboratory.
: The space provided by this additio
' to the equipment of st. Joseph's Co
: lege is needed to accommodate the il
:. creasing number of students whic
: already overcrowds the present bull,
/ ings.