Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-05-10
Ground Broken for the New Hospital


A crew of worlmen broke ground
on the morning Of Monday, May 1,
and the building of our long hoped
for institution known as the Orleans
County Memorial hospital is at last
actually under way. The baters Of
the building are already standing in
place and the sewerage and drainage
systems are commenced. Twelve men
and four teams are at work On the
lot and a certain amount of lumber
and other materials have been deliv,
cred A large store house 24x30
and IL feet high is being built for the
building supplies.
The grounds selected for the build
ing. consisting of about six acres. are
situated on the high land on the west
side Of the village. This was pur-
chased by the trustees from the hos
pital fund. The main entrance of the
building is to face Longview avenue
street St tns it s0u looks off upon the b,
lake affording an Incompatible
view. The location is per-
fectly adapted for the purpose, being
sufficiently secluded and at some dis
tance from the business section and
at the same time easily accessible.
The structure will be of brick and
hollow tile with stucco for the gables.
The plan is of what is known
as cottage architecture with rounding
roof. The main building will have a
frontage measuring LOT feet along
Longview avenue and 40.6 # in depth
three stories in height. At the rear
center an annex measuring 31x40.6
feet extends toward the northwest,
standing two stories in height.
There will be large porch 41x14
feet running across the front with
entrance at the center. a side en-
trance with small porch at the south
west side and entrance at the rear
of the annex.
On the main or ground floor wide
corridor will run from main entrance
to annex and through the entire
Main building from. end to end. On
the right of the entrance are placed
the main office 12x12 feet and the
office of the. superintendent 12x16.
At the left will be the big reception
room which will be 15x16 feet. On
this floor too are several private
rooms with adjoining baths, linen
closets, supply room. and elevator
with it's power room. The second
floor has a corresponding corridor in
it and running in both di-
rections. Here will be six private
rooms with adjoining closets, mems
public ward with six beds, wonen's
public ward with six beds, nursery,
room, operating room with
a large skylight. sterilizing room,
diet kitchen. nurses rest and chart
room. doctors room and sun parlor
over the large front porch.
The third story covering the main
building is planned in such way as
to supply more private rooms, supply
the floors below, but until these are
needed this entire floor will be used
for nurses headquarters and will
rooms and baths, store and trunk
rooms and linen closets.
The basement, which runs under
the entire building is intersected with
similar corridors as those above.
Here will be the X-ray room, examin-
ing room. laboratory, rooms for help,
elevator and power room, ianitors
room, bath, supply room, laundry and
furnace room with two furnaces,
ideal boilers, hotwater heater and a
300-gallon tank. Also there are coal
rooms and vegetable cellars.
In the annex basement will be the
big kitchen 31x16 feet fully provided
with two sinks, two ranges, pastry
'oom, cold storage, refrigerators and
! dumb waiter running to all floors.
Here too is the nurses dining room
22x16 feet in size.
Some idea of the actual size of the
may be had by comparison
If it with the armory as its cubic area
S only little less. It is intended to
fill the needs of the entire county, the
separate towns of which have come
forward and assisted so generously
n its erection.
The building is being erected I'M
der the direction of III. o. Smith as
who drew the plans assisted
oy the suggestions of Mrs. Walter
Hinman and the advice of G. w. Will
Jams of Boston, acting engineer for
Ill the Methodist hospitals in the
United States. The building COM
nittee consists of Josiah H. Grout,
Frank Sabourin and George L.. Mac
}iarmid who will ur1tirir1o pive of