The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-05
HIGH SCHp'. I TO
BF 5l[Y'S PRIDE
r A. MARK GIVES VIVID PICTURE
OF STRUCTURE WHEN
COMPLETED
NAY Be READY FOR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR
Everv Detail of Structure is Best
Skill Can Produce and Best
Money Can Buy.

money Sdn ouy.
To watch the growth of a few ideas
and plans set upon paper to their con-
crete elimination in the form OF
large and impressive building is one
of the most fascinating pastimeS
known. Citizens of Brookings have
watched closely the steps in the
progress of the erection of the new
$3.50, 900 high school building this sum
mer, which when completed will be
the finest and most modern of any
school building in the state, and COM
parable with any school building in
the United States of similar size. Due
to the extremely wet spring and many
other unavoidable circumstances, the
early progress in the excavation and
construction of the basement has been
slow, but now with the foundation
nearly complete and the aoor joists
laid the contractors, the A. M. Void
Mark Construction company, are about
to start the brick work. 1t is then
that the public curiosity reaches its
highest pitch as to what the new
building is going to look like.
With a vast roll Of blue prints
spread before him, r. A. Mark of the
A. M. Wold-Mark Construction COM
pany, gave II vivid picture of the new
building as it will look when COM
pleted to the Register reporter. The
building will be constructed of va
riegated color face brick, trimmed
with white Bedford stone, having its
l76-foot front facing south. 1t will
be 152 feet deep and the main walls
will be "a feet high. The entire ex-
terror of the building will be made
of the same fine material and the
back side will look nearly as orna-
mental as the front. In the center
of the building, the walls of the audi
torium> will tower Is feet above the
rest of the roof. The main entrance
at the center Of the front side of
the building is simply and artistically
designed; supported by four large
white stone columns. Upon entering
this portal, one stands in what is
called the loggia, just within which is
the vestibule, both large and spacious
Passing through the vestibule one ar
rives in the main corridor of the first
floor which runs around square
space 104 feet wide and rs deep IN
the center of the building. Inside Of
this enclosed space on the first floor
is the gymnasium, 45x70, with gal
leries on each side about IA feet wide.
The floor of the gymnasium is in the
basement and the room extends clear
I'D to the ceiling of the first floor.
Daylight is introduced into the gym
by means of large light courts on
either side. Attached to the gym
nasium on the first floor are toilet
rooms, storage rooms and rooms for
the nurse and physical instructors.
On the outside of the large square
corridor on the first floor are Offices
and recitation rooms, and the rooms
for the manual training department.
On the north side of the gymnasium
in the basement are a large number
of toilet and locker rooms. In the
northwest corner of the basement is
the pump room. There are also wood
working and finishing rooms in the
basement.
The center space on the second floor
will be occupied by the large audi
torium, 73x46, with a large gallery
with dimensions of 46X20 the height
of which makes it necessary to eX
tend the auditorium roof considerably
above the roof Of the second story
On each side of the auditorium are
the light courts which furnish the
light for the gymnasium below. The
main stairs to the first floor are or
down to the corridors below. The cor
ridor on the second floor is similar II
shape to the lower one, running en-
tirely around the building Bounding
the corridor on the outside are reel
tation rooms. study rooms and the
laboratories of the chemistry depart
ment., The large steel framework
that is now so plainly visible, vii
support the floor and roof of the audi
torium
The brick walls of the building vii
be made of brick and tile, the outside
walls varying from 13 to II inches il
thickness. The brick will be laid il
style known as the Flemish bond
samples of which may be seen at pres
ent at the front of the building. Th'
majority of the interior brick wall
will be laid up Of brick tiles of vari
Gus sizes, the walls averaging l.
inches in thickness.
The interior Of the building will b.
finished with birch. Floors in tn
class rooms will be maple. The COZ
ridors will have a noiseless compost
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