Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09
Designed by G. F. Wood.

The buildings were designed by Charles
Francis Wood. "a consulting engineer Of
Washington, who, with Miss Mary Airline
Zurhorst, the founder Of the school, is a
joint owner in the new project. The school
now occupies six or seven remodeled resi-
dences in the neighborhood Of Rhode Is
land and Connecticut avenues, the admin
istration building Of which is now at 1853
Rhode Island avenue. Miss Zurhorst
started the school twelve years ago in two
rooms. She remarked today that since
then the school has grown SO that last
year the institution had an enrolment of
205 pupils and sixteen instructors Mr.
Wood is widely known in government
circles. He built the West Point cadet
barracks, some Of the barracks and the
officers quarters at the Naval Academy,
and has designed and built forts. power
plants, reclamation projects, lighthouses.
etc, all over the United States.
The old Barber estate has been kept
out Of the real estate market for years,
brokers today said, because Of the high
bluffs at points of the property. and
the fact that much of 1t Is q big, slop-
ing hill. which would have necessitated
much expensive grading before it could
have been sold in building lots. 1t
faces Massachusetts, Avenue Heights at
Davis street, just above where the old
Tenleytown car barn stood. There is q
total of 100000 square feet in the tract,
with a frontage Of 325 feet on Wiscon-
sin avenue, running back 500 feet to
the Tunlaw road.
A Beautiful Site.
There is said to be no more beautiful
site for a group of buildings in Wash
ington than the estate. which Is two
blocks from the National Episcopal
Cathedral Foundation at Massachusetts
avenue, where there are already estab-
lished the National Cathedral School
for Girls and the National Cathedral
School for Boys. which. bring young
people to the National Capital from all
over the country.
The School of Domestic Arts and Sci
ence also expects to bring a great many
additional pupils to Washington.
The new buildings just designed will
first, but Mr.. Wood said today that the
full development Of the structures and
the site will allow accommodations for
no less than 5000 pupils.
The main building. fronting on Wis
consin avenue, is to be 129 feet by 40
over with glass below the. first floor
level, covering an indoor swimming
pool. In addition to this building and
the six dormitories there are to be an
y q
power house Quilt in the side of the
hill on the Tunlaw road), and a tea
house with a stage in front of 1t and
an open-air amphitheater where plays
and school commandments may be
held.
Besides this teahouse. otherwise
known as a rest house." there will be
eight tennis courts. work on which
was begun today. so that they may be
finished this fall and the pupils Of the
school given the benefit Of outdoor ex-
ercise while the other buildings are
occupied.
To Have Auditorium.
Other exercise facilities. In addition
to the swimming pool. are to be pro-
vided in the main building, which is to
have bowling alleys and a gymnasium
continuing through two stories. In
this building also there is to be an au-
ditorium seating 600 persons. This
building will also contain laboratories.
recitation rooms, etc.
The dormitories have been designed
to contain suites, SO that each two
girls will have a study and a sitting
and a sleeping porch and private bath
modate eighteen pupils and two teach
ers. There will be teaching star OF
forty.
Ali the buildings will be connected by
tunnel. SO that they may be reached
underground In bad weather. The
powerhouse will be in four or ave
| stories, the upper stories containing
| apartments for gardeners. engineers
etc. As the point at which the power
house ID to be situated is beside blum
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