The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
Plans Drawn for Home of Capt.
toll b. and L Association.
Bids on Construction Asked
From Topeka Contractors.
BUILDING ORIGINAL IN DESIGN
Five Story Structure at Sixth
and Kansas Avenues.
Granite, Brick and Terra Gotta
Are Materials To Be Used.

fIdQS 1OT an WHICH
in point of originality has but one or
, two counterparts in the United States,
have been received by the Capitol
Building & Loan association, and bids
on the contract for the erection of
the building have been asked for from
contractors in Topeka by the associa-
ton.
F. C. Squires, supervising architect
for the association. has been entrusted
with the plans. Bids for the erection
of the building will be received up to
November 5. c. S. Elliott, president of
the association, said today.
The new building. which is to stand
at the northeast corner of Sixth and
Kansas avenues, is thoroly original in
| design. Above it's five stories will rise
/ a gable, with an ornamental clock
face in the gable. The sloping sides
of the roof will rise thirty-four feet
above the upper story of the building,
and will be topped by a weather vane.
Granite, brick. and terra-cotta are
the materials which are to be used
in the construction of the building.
Up to the floor line of the main floor.
from the foundation. the sides of the
building will be of granite. Thence
to the top of the building, buff brick,
Roman style, one and one-half inches
by twelve inches. will be used, with
terra Gotta trimmings and ornamental
panels.
To Face Kansas Avenue.
The front of the building, which
will be on the west side, facing Kansas
avenue. will be ornamented with the
terra Gotta, as we'll as the south side,
fronting on Sixth avenue.
The new home of the association
, will stand 104 feet above the side
walk line. and will be rs feet on Sixth
avenue and forty feet on Kansas
avenue.
The main entrance, on Kansas ave-
nue., will be surmounted by an orna-
mental window which will cover wall
space twelve feet high and twenty
! four feet wide. On the south side,
there will be a tremendous window,
twenty-four feet high and forty feet
! long. The entrance on the ground line
on the south ide9will be located at
the east end of the building, and will
| lead into a lobby alongside the ele-
vator shaft.
Capitol Firm on Ground Floor.
The main floor, which Will be occu-
pied entirely by the Capitol Building
| & Loan association, will have mez-
canine floors at the east and west
ends. Offices for the company Off
GERS will be located on the main floor,
as well as general working space for
the office force. In the northeast cor
ner there will be a three-story vault,
| of the most modern plan.
|
there runs a public lobby fourteen
| feet wide and more than sixty feet
! long, with fountain, pool, and terra
! Gotta figure.
The four floors above the main
! floor and the basement, will constitute
company. The basement will be fin
| ished equally as well as the remainder
of the building.
Huge Clock In Gable.
On the south side of the building.
lanking the huge window, there are
to be placed in inches provided for
them, pieces of terra Gotta sculpture
which will be emblematic of the his
tory and work of the association. Be-
meath the great window there will be
clock face. The huge clock which
will be placed in the gable on the
west end of the building will be very
heavily ornamented with terra Gotta.
Beneath the larger clock face in the
western gable, there is to be a terra
Gotta name slab, extending the greater
part of the width of the building,
which will carry the name of the as
name slab Will be electrically nlumi-
mated.
A History of Kansas.
On the main floor, extending over
the north wall, a tremendous mural
painting twelve feet high and forty
LttI lOHS lS " OS pldSSQ HE AACIiC
of the painting is to be the history of
Kansas. and especially the local his
tory of this section of the state. The
details of the picture have not yet
been worked out, and I'VE are looking
for some one with an unusually good
picture of the Kaw river, to be used
in the paining." Elliott said today.
Construction work on the building,
of which the excavating and founda-
ton work are already well under
way. will commence as soon as pos
sibIe, Elliott said Materials-brick,
granite and reinforcement for the
concrete-have already been ordered
and is on its way to Topeka now.
The total cost of the building Ell
lott did not care to estimate until the
bids of the contractors on the erec-
ton of the structure have been re-