El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27
ARCHITECTURE
FITS THE SITE
Texas Mine School Build
ings Look as If They Grew
U From the Desert.

] ~ nel the IeAaS cclOOl OF Mines
moves into It's new buildings this
week, it viii occupy some Of the most
/ artistIcauy designed and well made
buildings in the west. frost and
/ frost, the architects Of the buildings.
made them to fit the wild scenery of
the site on which they are erected.
With their soft-colored. dull walls, re
lieved with dun red brick work, or
namentation and roof, tile work re-
liefs and the touch or green under
the OyerhansIng roofs, the buildings
show how well the architecture Of
the BhutaneSe Indian type fits into
the Texas desert country. The build
inEs look as If they grew there, and
were indeed a part OF the desert
itself
The chemistry building is practi-
caLy completed, and is most attract
i've in the interior, as wei as the eN-
terror The rooms are being tinted
in white, buff. and some may be done
in soft green The woodwork is OF
plain lines and is finished in Elem
ish oak stain The doors add a pic
turesQue touch, with their panels Of
Has Two Floors.
This building contains TWO floors;
on the first floor are the general lab I
oratory and balance rooms, and on
room an Office. private laboratory T
and balance rooms
The main building is well on the
way toward completion. Il has three
room. laVatOries and Easements, which
are just eNcayated- On the second
floor is physics laboratory, two lee
ture rooms. stOreroOm, library, wom- +
ems room. book store. two offices. T
apparatus room. deans and registrar 81
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tory are not vet near completion.
Realty Demand Steady.
The real estate movement has been
as good. il not better, within the last
two months than in any time in the
past two years. is the optimistic re-
mark Of one Of the hustling real es-
tate men Of the city This seems TO
be the growing feeling about the Z
values in the city and the demand for
realty is steady and persistent.
New Hotel for DeminE.
BrauntOn and LieDert, architects,
are making plans for IS room hotel
IN Deming, y M-l which IS 10 be Two
stories in height and viii cost from
$4,000 up II is being made for a
new company OF Deming men who
have not as yet announced the name
Of their firm A church building is
also being planned by these archi-
tects for the First Baptist church at
GLOBE, AriZ-. which viii cost $4,000,
seat 500 people and viii be built Of
tufa stone.
POstOffice stone Coming.
". II. Maxwell. contractor for the
government in charge Of the new
$500. 600 pOstOffice building here, left
for Columbia, $. c.. Wednesday even
ing AIr. Maxwell said that although
the work is slowed uQ now on account
Of the delay on stone, II is expected
any day The stone is from Indiana
and is for the exterior OF the edifice-
The first floor is poured" and the
plumbers are putting the pipes in the.
Dick Warehouse Contracted.
J. julius Wallwork. architect. has.
just let a contract to J. F. GOebel for
the erection Of a brick and concrete
at Deming, y II, for Jas.
100 by 40 feet in dimension and a
portion Of Il VIII have a second story
The DICK company viii use the en-
tire building for the storage Of their !
Deming stock and portion OF the .
second floor viii be used for the Of. ]
fices Of the firm Construction work
was begun during the latter part OF
last week
Nebeker Home Finished.
Mr. WallWOrk also announced that /
be has just finished the c. II Neoe- ,
zeT residence on Mckinley avenue. ,
This is OF English cottage design and !
s different from any residence here =
.Of0re built in Fl PasO. and presents !
/ unique appearance with IT'S English
,himneys and immense roof The
English bond is used in the bricks.
The interior Of the house is very at
ractively arranged and is finished IN
lark grays, taupe and lavender. The
lining room is finished in jet black,
md the color scheme is carried out E
n the black and yellow painted furni-
ure. The house comprises eight
'Ooms and q sleeping porch
Payne Building Finished.
". F. Payne announces that the
warehouse on the corner Of Wyoming
md Ange streets was finished by him
n September and is now occupied by
he Fisher transfer company This
building is 90 by so feet and made OF
lrick and cement Mr.. Payne, il is Z
understood. has sold over 1000 acres
4 the lower valley land recently, but
he details have not yet been made
public
Becker Building Ready.
The Becker-McDOugal building. on
Texas street. is completed, and one OF
he two stores Is being occupied by 5
he Becker-McDougau Hardware com !
any This is an attractive brick :
uilding, next TO the Texas Grand ,
heater, is flTeDroof throughout Each
tore IS 40 by 25 feet and is finished
n dark oak stained wood and buff