Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-01-07
Newport Convent Additions


The largest sum of money spent
the past season for improvement of |
property in the city of Newport was
through the Sisters of the Sacred !
Heart convent, in the building of the !
addition to the parochial school build |
ing. The handling of the financial
end of this big outlay has been done |
i by Mother Superior of the convent. |
The work of excavating for the
cellar was begun August l and the
work of removing 5000 cubic yards
of earth was done in 81 days. The
greatest depth of the excavation was
81 feet and the average depth of the
excavation was AT feet The building
is 54X74 feet, three stories above the
basement.
The main entrance is on the west
side leading from the play grounds.
At the right of the main entrance
in the basement is the boys rec
reation room, which is 44x32 feet
and II feet high The room is pro-
vided with two lavatories and with
sanitary drinking fountains. The
room is well lighted and makes
fine place for the boys to play in bad
weather. At the left of the main
entrance is the boys toilet which is
thoroughly up to date.
On the east side of the basement is
the girls play room which is 44x22
feet with IL foet posts. This room
is also fitted with two lavatories,
and off this room is the girls toilet.
The basement is all cement
Following up the wide hall and
winding stairway leads one to the
first floor, which has a corridor eight
feet and six inches wide running
through the center of the building
with two class rooms on each side.
These class rooms are 23x27 feet and
are II feet. six inches high. Each
room is provided with four windows,
AXIS feet, which gives an abundance
of light. Each room is also to be
electric lights. The finish is all hard
pine with hardwood floors throughout.
There are two doors leading from
the corridors to each class room.
Generous space for wall blackboards
is provided in each room. In the cor
riders is a lavatory with drinking
fountain attachment.
The entrance to the second floor is
on the north end with the same wide
stair and corridor. There are two
class rooms on the second floor. AT
the south end the corridor leads into
the chapel which is 27X54 feet and
the same height as the class rooms.
Lea ling from the chapel is vestry
z,adjoining the chapel The corridor
has lavatory and the second floor is
finished the SAME as the first floor.
The third floor is finished into one
Elarge dormitory for the girls. This
dormitory is provided with four large
lavatories and at the right of the
corridor is the toilet room which is
equipped with four tubs and two
4 toilets.
The building is equipped with iron
! fire escapes on the south end, also fire
n escapes extend out from the west side
4 and every precaution Is taken to care
7 for the children in case of fire.
Each hallway is connected with the
! old convent and has been thoroughly
4 built, and with the idea of convent
ence for the Sisters in handling the
$50 or more children
The outlay in building this SPLEEN
did addition to the parochial school
has been over $4,000. Those who
have had the oversight of the build
ing speak words of praise for the
contractor, Fl. o. Smith, in the
thorough workmanship, that he mas
put into the structure and the pleas
ant relations that have existed dur
ing its erection. The firm of True &
Blanchard Co., did thorough job in
the plumbing and heating. Fred E.
Beaulieu, electrician, had the con-
tract for the electric wiring and
lights which are a credit to Mr.
Beaulieu. The work of decorating
was in the skilled hands of Burbanl
& Slice.
The entire structure is provided
with double windows which are
equipped with weights. The building
is equipped with ventilators from eel
lar to roof.
Through the kindness of the con
tractor we are able to give some ides
of what it requires in material t.
build such a building. The founda
ton wall contains 1872 cubic yards o.
concrete and there are 433 square
yards of concrete in the basement
floor. There are 100000 feet of lum
Der in the frame and boarding ant
1880 feet of hardwood flooring
Material for the roof required tw'
tons of felt roofing, three tons O
pitch and ten tons of gravel. Fort,
steel was used in the construction
all of which was drilled and frame,
on the job, taking 500 bolts and riv
cts. Nails used, COCO pounds; win
dow weights, $500 pounds; glas
used, 1000 pounds. Other figures an
$4,000 square feet of building paper
500 square yards of burlap. 440
square yards or lath and plaster
ESQ bags of cement.
Audet & Charbonneau of Sher
brooke and Montreal were the archi
tects.
The Rev. ]. M. III. Bsstien has
good rerascn to be very proud of tn
new addition to the school building
over which he has spent many hour
of hard labor, and the building whic