The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-30
CHATTANOOGA MAN
ARCHITECT FOR
new Y.M.C.A. HOME
SPLENDID DESIGN OF r. II. HUNT
WILL BE FOLLOWED IN
$4,000 BUILDING.
CONSTRUCTION OF BRICK,
STONE and TERRA Gotta
Swimming Pool, Gymnasium And 9th
er Features of Modern Christian
Club Worked Out in Fine Detail
Structure Will Present Command
ing Appearance.

k. H. Hunt, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
was last night selected designing and
supervising architect of Hattiesburgs
$4,000 Y. M. C. A. building, by the
building committee, composed of H.
a. Camp, V. NJ. Scanlan, E. L. Robins,
{. c. Hightower and w. J. Haynan.
! The committee deliberated for sew.
eral hours over the various plans sub.
mitted, and when they finally reached
their decision to accept Mr.. Hunts
plans, they announced that they felt
.Aey had arranged for building ideal
in every detail-one which when COM
pleted, will become the pride of Hat
tiesburg.
Three Stories High.
The structure is to have three
stories and a basement. 1t is to be
of pure colonial architecture. It's
three-story elevation with four large
columns reaching to the floor Of the
third story, a wide porch in front and
a porch on either side, all entered by
broad stone stairways, will give the
proposed building most imposing ap-
pearance.
The main entrance is to be through
vide porch into the social center on
the FIRST floor. To the left of the so
cial center will be a reading and
writing room; also large porch al
the end of the building. To the right
Of the social center will be the boys
Nobby and game room, and beyond
lhese a porch on the end.
Gymnasium Feature.
The building will be in the shape o.
the letter Ct" with a large gym
nasium located at the rear of thu
social center. Here will be provided
an Office Tor the director, special exer
else and apparatus room, togethe
with hand ball and basket ball court
and indoor baseball.
A swimming pool, with arrange
mants for spectators galleries to b
used at swimming matches or exhib
tions, will be built in the basement
Lockers shower baths and dryin
rooms are all to be located In thl
section of the building These latte
will be duplicate, so as to provide sci
arately for boys and men. The toile
rooms also will be in the basemen
as will be the boiler and fuel room
All stores are to be dellvere
through the basement and carried b
dumb.waiter to the kitchen on the Sc
ond floor. The game room Will Q
Q,ocated at the center of the buildin
{ in the basement.
For One Man Supervision.
Arrangement for the first floor an
basement are especially designed II
efficiency, and one-man SUPERVISE
Arrangement is sucn tnae 'ae ,s, sc
can command a view and nav
Gu supervision over the first fio'
A., cea on in close touch with the bas
jud rom his position behind u
hls y he located in the middle
Rod eial center.
sNboys' department is so
for both the first and secol
hn1 d the basement, that while
VIII Neparated entirely from Z
has x,artment. If occasion
victed Nv be thrown together.
t.e, second floor will be locat
class rooms and an au
n ekth a seating capacity
" elected with these Will
kAors' gallery leading into
IFn1 of the gymnasium. I
lthis floor will be ample
Huipment for handling lal
/ IWide second-foor porcl
7th these on each end OF
e} Emltories For % Men.
4 third floor will be sleep
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