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THE new High School-house will be on State street, next east of the Church of the Unity, and fronting on a line with the latter edifice. The lot for it is 115 feet wide and 269 deep. Samuel J. F. Thayer, of Boston, is the architect. The plans were made after careful consultation with the school authorities and principal of the High School, as to the needs of the city, and admirably embody their wishes. Indeed, for convenience of arrangement, utilization of room and adaptation for the purposes intended, it is not easy to see how the designs could be improved. The building will be raised this season and com- pleted next year. It will be 80 by 127 feet, with projections in front and rear 2 by 40 feet, and the center of each side recessed 6 by 65 feet. It will be three stories high, besides a finished basement. The walls and principal partitions are to be of brick, the former faced with pressed bricks, and with granite and Ohio stone trimmings. In the front part of the basement will be an industrial drawing school-room, 28 by 76 1-2 feet, and 11 1-2 feet high, the grade of the lot permitting full length windows and an excellent light for this room. Back of this will be two separate recreation rooms, each 76 1-2 feet by 30, and still further back will be a laboratory about 30 feet square, where pupils may study practical chemistry under direction of the teacher. The arrange- ment is such that those who attend the drawing school will not need to go into any other part of the building. The public entrance to the first floor and the floors above is through a portico and vestibule. On one side of the latter is the principal's business room, 17 feet by 11, and on the other a reception room, 22 by 11. The vestibule leads into a hall, 27 by 26 feet, which is also approached from side entrances to the building, which are specially designed for the pupils. This hall opens through two doors into the general study room, but the pupils will pass through the clothes rooms, one on each side, and thence into the study room, thus avoiding all crowding or confusion. The study room is 63 1-2 feet by 45 1-2; on this floor, also, are six commodious recitation rooms. The second floor is very similar, having a study room of the same size, but with seven recitation rooms instead of six, besides a room, 22 feet by 11, for a museum. In the third story is an exhibition hall, 84 1-2 feet by 64, at one end of which are three recitation-rooms, which may also be used as ante-rooms, as they are convenient to the platform; while at the other end are chemical and philosophical lecture-rooms, and between them, rooms for keeping chemi- cal and philosophical apparatus. These latter are so arranged, by means of doors sliding upwards, that the apparatus can be made easily available to classes in the lecture-rooms, or to larger audiences in the hall, as may be de- sired. Ample arrangements are made for ventilation and abundant light. The boiler and coal-rooms are in a separate brick building, 24 by 40 feet in the rear. Accommodations will be provided for 350 scholars, and the cost of buildings and ground will be nearly $100,000.
A new house of worship for the North Church will be completed the coming year, on Salem street, nearly opposite Elliott. It is designed by H. H. Rich- ardson of New York, architect of the Church of the Unity and the new court- house ; and, like the former, it is of brownstone, but of the Norman style of architecture. The building takes the form of a cross, having the tower and spire on the side towards Elliott street, and a chancel, pastor's study and class- room in the rear. Outside, the extreme length of the nave, including chancel, will be 123 feet, the width nearly 50 feet, and the width of the transept 88 feet. The height from floor to ridge-pole will be about 50 feet. The tower will be 22 feet square, and the spire above it, which will be stone throughout, will rise to a height of nearly 150 feet. The audience room will seat 1,000 persons on the
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ground floor; the galleries will not be put in at present, but when they are added the house will accommodate 1,300 people. The parish have also voted to purchase additional land, on which to build a temporary chapel, to be replaced hereafter by a stone chapel, in the same style of architecture as the church. The entire cost of land, church and furnishing, will be nearly $100,000. Nor- cross Brothers, of Worcester, are the builders.
The new house of worship on the corner of State and Myrtle streets, to be erected for the Union street Methodist Church, is to be ready for occupancy May 1, 1873, and in style of architecture like the City Library. It will be built mainly of brick, with trimmings of Ohio and Portland stone, and will be 110 feet long by 60 wide, fronting on State street, with the tower in the center on the north end. The spire surmounting the tower will rise to a height of 150 feet from the ground. There will be two entrances, the main one on State street and the side one on Myrtle. The interior will be finished in black wal- nut and ash, and furnish sittings for 1200 people. The organ and choir are to be in the rear of the pulpit, which will be placed in the south end of the church, fronting the State street entrance. The cost will be about $75,000, and S. J. F. Thayer, of Boston, is the architect, and Amaziah Mayo the builder.
At the south end of the city, a handsome chapel will soon be completed, on the north side of the " X " road, a little east of Long Hill. It will front to the south, with entrance on the east side, through a tower 10 feet square, above which the spire rises to a height of 75 feet. The audience room is 46 by 28 feet, with chancel projecting in the rear 8 by 17. On the west side is a room for prayer meetings, 15 by 20 feet, which may form part of the audience room when the latter is too full. The Long Hill Sunday-school and other persons desiring regular preaching in that vicinity, are accommodated by the new chapel. Members of the South Church contribute liberally for it, and Joyce & Burnham are the builders.
The new Court-house for Hampden county is rising above its foundations, and will probably be roofed over this season, and completed in 1873. The designs are by H. H. Richardson of New York ; and Norcross Brothers, of Worcester, are the builders. It fronts on Elm street, but is set back 48 feet on that side, and 43 from State street, and will be an effective but unpretending building of granite, simple in mass and grave in design as befits its purpose. The Town Hall of Belgium and the Broletto of Italy-the models for the municipal build- ings of modern times-were always characterized by a similar simplicity of general form, though always enriched with an elaboration of detail which would be inadmissible in granite, inconsistent with the sober tastes of New England, and incompatible with the limits of economy imposed by the price of labor in our day. The characteristic features of these buildings are here reproduced with such modifications as difference of climate and customs demands-as the open loggia for general gatherings,-the balcony whence the people may be addressed, the tower to give dignity, and the belfry to announce the signals of public danger or rejoicings. The treatment of the front of this building makes its purpose conspicuous ; the tower, with its belfry and clock-face, the hospita- ble vestibule, and the disposition of the windows marking it as a place of as- semblage for public purposes. The general surface of the front is of rockfaced granite, relieved by cut and hammered " dressings," and a trifling amount of decorative carving, confined to a few conspicuous points. Durability is insured by the material, and by the solid construction which is to pervade the work throughout, and while the exterior will afford no point of vantage for the attack of fire from neighboring buildings, as at Chicago, (the cornices and dor- mer windows being all of granite in this building)-those parts of the interior which inclose valuable contents will be built entirely fire-proof. The general plan of the building is in the form of the capital letter I, 89 feet 4 inches by 158 feet 4 inches in extreme dimensions, with a hall running longitudinally through the center. There are two high stories above the low basement, giving an elevation of 49 feet 8 inches to the eaves from the pavement ; and a third story in the lofty roof, the ridge of which is 78 feet 8 inches from the pavement. The tower, to the top of the belfry, is 126 feet 8 inches high. The basement is appropriated to purposes of general storage and heating, and is mostly above ground, so that the first floor is at a level of 6 feet from the sidewalk. On the first floor, the front space, exclusive of the vestibule (13 feet by 54), is to be
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occupied by the rooms of the Register of Deeds and Probate, on the right and left of the entrance-in the front transverse arm. The portion of the longitu- dinal arm first approached contains wide public staircases on either side, and beyond will be the Treasurer's, grand jury, witness and spare rooms,-the remote transverse arm being occupied by the rooms of the Clerk of the Courts and County Commissioners, with their dependent lavatories, etc., and the pri- vate stairs and entrance hall for judges, lawyers and officers. The front part of the second floor will contain witness and other rooms subservient to the grand court-room-a spacious hall 60 feet square and 31 feet high, which will occupy the whole of the middle space (exclusive of the stair-ways.) The pub- lic will be accommodated by galleries on the sides, while under the galleries are lobbies for consultations and retiring, and the passage-ways giving access on this floor, from the front to the rear of the building. The rear arm of this floor has the library and lawyers' rooms-each 22 feet 6 inches by 35 feet 8 inches, with lobbies, private consultation rooms, lavatories, etc., attached. The rooms in the roof will be appropriated as future necessity shall require. The finish of the interior is to be marked by the same simplicity as the exterior, the halls being laid with encaustic tiles, and the wood-work throughout con- structed of ash. Every room, passage and staircase will be lighted directly from the exterior, excepting a short part of the central hall in the first story, which will nevertheless be amply supplied by secondary light without resorting to wells. The cost of the building and ground will be about $200,000.
On Lyman street, a little east of the Agawam Bank, a block of five stores is soon to be erected, from original designs by George E. Potter, for William Mattoon. It will be one of the most substantial buildings in the city, and will be of granite, 117 1-2 by 81 feet, five stories ligh, with arched windows sur- mounted by heavy keystone projections, and fronting north on the railroad and south on Lyman street. The cost will be $60,000.
At 309 Main street, James Abbe & Son are erecting a stove and tin store and shop, from designs by J. M. Currier. It is of the Romanesque style of archi- tecture, fronts 24 feet on Main street, and is 128 deep, and four stories high, besides having a finished basement. The front is of Philadelphia pressed brick, with heavy marble caps and sills for the windows, both front and side, and gal- vanized iron cornice. All the windows are of plate glass ; and the three large ones in front of the first story, will be each a single pane, 5 1-2 by 11 feet. The building will cost $20,000; Currier & Richards, builders; Spooner & Top- liff, masons.
On the north-east corner of Main and Worthington streets, Emerson Wight is building a four story brick block, with mansard roof, fronting 57 feet on Main street and 200 on Worthington. The front on the former street is of pressed brick, and the whole is trimmed with galvanized iron, finished in imitation of Portland stone. The cost is about $40,000. George E. Potter, architect; Amaziah Mayo, builder.
At 83 to 91 Worthington street, Dickinson & Mayo have recently com- pleted a brick block of three stores, largely for wholesale business. It is 75 by 100 feet, and four stories high, besides having a mansard roof. The front is of Philadelphia pressed brick, with granite and Cleveland stone trimmings. The cost was about $50,000. Near the rear of this block are a new brick barn and sheds for the same firm, costing $4,000.
At 206 to 226 Main street, a new block is soon to be commenced for W. H. Allis, which will add materially to accommodations needed for trade and busi- ness in Ward One. Thomas R. Jackson of New York is the architect. The part to be first erected is 130 feet long on Main street, 135 deep, and five stories high in front and six stories high in the rear. It will be of brick, with granite and Ohio stone facings ; and a new and similar ornamental front will be put upon the present Allis block, next south, so that the whole will form one structure, 216 feet long on Main street, of uniform design, attractive and imposing in its appearance, and somewhat different in style of architecture from other blocks in the city. The first floor will be chiefly occupied by stores of ample size. Above, at the south end, will be a hotel, with a wide main entrance in the new part, taking in the rooms of the present Allis House, and increasing their number to 175 or 200. An open area, 12 by 40 feet, above the central portion of the first south story in the new part, will admit light to the interior
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of the hotel. North of this, 58 feet of the middle of the block projects some- what in front, and in its centre will be a grand entrance, through an open granite porch, to a large public hall on the second floor. The latter will be 85 by 140 feet, and will seat 2,500 persons. It will be surmounted by a dome 50 feet high in the clear, through which light will be admitted. Four stairways will connect this hall with the street on three sides, affording quick and abun- dant egress. A real estate exchange, insurance and law offices, and possibly on the first floor at the north corner a bank, are to be provided for. The por- tion built this year will probably cost $75,000, and the entire block will involve an expenditure of $200,000.
J. C. & E. A. Alden are building on Mill River, between Main and Fort Pleasant streets, a brick woolen factory, 50 by 80 feet, three stories high, be- sides a basement. It will be a four set mill, and will probably be completed, stocked with machinery, and commence running in October, and then employ nearly sixty operatives. A separate building, also of brick, is to be erected for the drying and picker room, and will be 25 by 40 feet, and two stories high. The whole will involve an expenditure of $60,000 to $70,000. J. M. Currier is the architect. The fine doeskin goods made here rank high in the market, and like many other Springfield productions, are widely known and quickly purchased.
On Mill River another woolen mill will be erected this season, above that of the Messrs. Alden, by Howard & Brothers. It will be of brick and stone, 56 by 100 feet, and four stories high.
On Hanover street, D. L. Swan builds this season a three-story brick shop, 40 by 104 feet, with finished basement, and costing about $7,000.
On the corner of Worthington street and Fairbanks avenue, a block of five stores, with tenements above, is going up for Patrick Fitzgerald and George E. Page. It is of brick, with free-stone trimmings, and 100 feet front by 50 deep, three stories high, with mansard roof. The cost will be $30,000, besides the lot.
On the north-east corner of Bridge and Water streets, a block of five stores is to be erected this season by Patrick Fitzgerald and George E. Page. The building will be of brick, with Portland stone trimmings, 60 by 100 feet, three stories high, with mansard roof, and cost $40,000, without the ground.
On the north-east corner of Harrison avenue and Dwight street, C. C. Moul- ton is putting up a three-story brick block, trimmed with free-stone, which, when fully completed next year, will be 44 by 60 feet, and occupied by stores below and shops above. The cost will be $15,000.
On the west corner of Walnut and Cedar streets, a brick block has been erected for A. Bumstead. It is 40 by 48 feet, two stories high, with French roof, and occupied for stores on the first floor and tenements above. The cost was about $6,000, without the land. S. W. Pratt, builder.
The H., N. H. & R. R. Co. have built on the east side of the Connecticut River, a wall of granite and cement, 12 feet thick at base and 30 high, and extending above 150 feet south from the bridge of the B. & A. R. R., and it may be con- tinued to the toll bridge. Back of the north part of this wall, the land is filled up, and on it the former corporation will erect a brick round-house for engines, this season, containing 15 pits, and of handsome appearance.
At the corner of Water and Elm streets, the Springfield Gas Light Company are building a new retort-house, of brick and iron, 126 by 60 feet, and 22 feet high.
At Brightwood, north of Memorial Church and on the Connecticut River Railroad, the Wason Manufacturing Company are building new shops, which will have a capacity at least one-third larger than those of any similar estab- lishment in the country, and will probably cost over a quarter of a million dollars. The paint shop, just completed, is 500 feet long and 75 wide, the roof being an acre and a quarter in extent, and the windows containing 7,518 square feet of glass. The foundry, 170 by 62 feet, is also up, and will have a cupola building in its rear. East of the foundry and next to the Connecticut River Railroad track, will be a building, 150 by 32 feet, for pitting wheels ; and next west of the foundry, a machine shop, 45 by 96 and two stories high, in the rear of which will be the blacksmith shop, 150 by 45 feet, with a deck roof. In con- nection with this will be a room, 30 by 40, for storing iron. Next west will be the body-erecting shop, 117 by 75 feet, with a deck roof; and in connection
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with this will be a building, 200 by 62 feet, and two stories high, for a wood- working shop. The last named building will also have an ell, 60 by 40 feet. Besides these there will be an office building, 40 by 80 feet, a large dry-house, and an engine-house. The office will be one story high with a French roof, and will contain comfortable sleeping apartments for a fire brigade, to be formed from the unmarried workmen. The engine-house will be supplied with a new 125 horse power engine and three new boilers, it being the purpose of the company to begin operations in the new shops within a year, and without loss of time in moving from the old. All of the many buildings named will be con- nected by means of numerous railroad tracks, and all of them, except the paint shop, already built, the office building and the lumber sheds and barns, will be constructed of brick. The entire shops and lumber yard are north of Wason street and west of the railroad, and will occupy sixteen and a half acres of ground. C. McClallan & Son, of Chicopee, are contractors for the mason- work, and in doing it will lay over two millions of brick. Upwards of 400 skilled workmen, most of them heads of families, find steady employment in the shops of the Wason Manufacturing Company, and for lack of room, work much over-time. In the new establishment the force can be increased to 800 men. Of course, a good deal of house-building must be done also at Brighit- wood the coming year, to accommodate so many people. Two passenger cars, and from eighteen to twenty freight cars are now finished weekly by the com- pany, besides the founding of two to three hundred car wheels, and from sixty to seventy tons of castings.
At Brightwood, Currier & Richards are building a forge-shop for N. W. Talcott, west of C. R. R. track and 1,000 feet south of Wason street. The building is 75 by 103 feet, with truss roof, and 53 feet high in the clear inside. The cost is about $5,000. When complete and in full running order, this forge will be the largest axle factory in New England.
A new school-house will this season replace a smaller one on Union street. It is 32 by 72 feet, two stories high, and the rooms will be 13 feet high in the clear. Joyce & Burnham do the work, and the cost will be only about $6,500.
Mr. O. H. Greenleaf's mansion on Crescent hill has now been about a year building, and althoughi another year will be taken to complete the work, it al- ready shows what a charming place it is to be. Mr. Greenleaf had at the out- set the advantage of one of the most sightly and pleasant locations in the Con- necticut valley. On the brow of Crescent Hill, it looks down, as from a tower, upon the city at its base, with a view of the Connecticut for miles, while the prospect stretches to the Blandford, Granville and Hartland (Ct.) mountains, and the spires of Suffield are plainly visible. To the east the view is circum- scribed by Wilbraham mountain. A site so rare demanded a house of befit- ting beauty and elegance, and it is such a one that Mr. Greenleaf is building. His architect is Mr. George Hathorne of New York, whose plans in this case are carried out to the letter. The house is an English cottage of large di- mensions, the extreme length being 82 feet and the width: 54, but its lines are so skillfully and gracefully broken, that the impression is not that of a large structure, but of a delightful home. The outside material is the best quality of Philadelphia pressed brick, which is relieved by Ohio sandstone, and at the base of Fitzwilliam granite; the inside partitions are also brick, and the mnode of construction is, in every detail, of the most substantial character. An arched entrance looks invitingly toward the street, while on either side are broad ver- andas, and above a handsome tower, all of which add to the comeliness of the exterior. From entrance, verandas, tower, and in fact from almost every win- dow in the house, views can be obtained finer than many that people climb mountains to see; and the house being on the eastern side of the street, the whole western sweep is seen from the front and side windows. The rooms are ample in number and models in arrangement. The barn is also a beauty in its way, and will include a cozy tenement, neatly fitted up for the " hired man " and his wife. Without aiming at ostentatious display, Mr. Greenleaf has spared no money to secure a thoroughly good house in the best modern style, and when it is completed we will have to go far to find a better. C. S. Ferry,
superintendent; Howe & Whittemore, masons.
On Crescent Hill, nearly opposite Mr. Greenleaf's, another elegant house has been commenced for J. G. Chase. It is from designs by Vaux, Withers & Co., of
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New York, and somewhat similar in design to that of Mr. Greenleaf. Its sit- uation is very fine, commanding views as beautiful and extended as may be seen in the city. It is of brick, with Cleveland stone trimmings, 40 by 60 feet, and two stories. The barn, north-west of the house, will be a handsome build- ing of corresponding style and material and will contain the coachman's residence, and be well-appointed and conveniently arranged throughout. C. S. Ferry is superintendent, and the cost will probably not be less than $30,000 for both buildings, exclusive of ground.
On Madison avenue, a brick cottage is nearly completed for Rufus Chase. It attracts the eye of a tasteful observer at once, on entering Central street from Maple. It is of large size and handsome exterior, finely finished and conven- iently arranged, and the prospect from its tower is rarely equalled. The cost is over $16,000. Perkins, & Gardner, architects ; J. H. Marien, builder.
On the south side of Carew street, opposite Massasoit, a two-story house with mansard roof is being built for W. H. Allis, from designs by Perkins & Gardner. It will cost over $30,000, and is an ornament to this portion of the city, and at once noticed from Main street, in passing northward from Hooker school-house. It is of brick with granite foundations and Ohio stone trimmings, the main part being 46 by 40 feet, and the ell 46 by 32. The entrance is through an open porch of Fitzwilliam granite, above which a tower rises 65 feet, from the top of which the prospect is very fine and far-reaching in every direction. An octagon projection, 5 by 14 feet, on the north side, is crowned by a pinnacle eight feet higher than the adjoining roof, and matching the tower. There are piazzas, balconies, bay window and driving porch on the outer sides; while within the arrangement of the rooms is tasteful and pleasing, securing also great convenience ; the principal ones are finished in natural woods; and the play room would make young eyes water with pleasure. Currier & Richards, builders ; Spooner & Topliff, masons.
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