Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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a np n li OYPDHI . M r 1 II 'D OO ? 1:0000 S sf UQ C it C 4 3. 5 Q- . E 7 'S- ? 2. 'O ,P J gn! , Q.: F . . N GXJQID For many years the faculty of Elm Vocational High School, with the members of the Board of Education, Mr. Henry F. Jerge, Presi' dent, Mrs. Hamilton Ward, Mr. Harry Roblin, Mrf Stanislaus Czaster, Mr. Henry Steul, and Dr. E. C. Hartwell, Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. F. H. Wing, Deputy Superintendent in charge of Vocational Education, have dreamed and planned a new school building-a structure in keeping with the highest ideals and traditions of the skilled crafts and vocations which are to be taught therein. Now their ambitions, coupled with those of many hun' dreds of representative men from labor and industry, are about to be realized. Ground was broken for the new Burgard Vocational High School, which is to take the place of Old Elm, on Tuesday, May seventh, nineteen hundred twentyfnine. Mr. Henry P. Burgard, members of the School Board, and about fifteen representatives of industry took part in the ceremony. The Architects' Plans Working hand in hand with the faculty, the school board architects, Mr. Emest Crimi and his assistants, have successfully engineered the difficult plan' ning of this unique school-from the first idea to the present completed blue' prints and specifications. Now the builders are engaged in the construction of what we believe will be one of the best, most practical and complete vo- cational school plants in the United States. Early in 1925, preliminary floor plans for shops, laboratories and class- rooms, were prepared by the instructors of the school. These drawings were revised and improved during the next two years. In April, 1928, Mr. Crimi and his force of engineers, architects, and draftsmen, began active work. They soon discovered that our early preliminary floor layouts were for a building very much larger than could be built for a million dollars, so it was necessary to curtail each department's requirements in order to keep the total cost within the sum appropriated. Bids Opened February 28, 1929 After different arrangements of the various rooms were tried, and conferences between the architects and the faculty were held, the final plan was evolved. Mr. Crimi, Mr. Gill, Mr. Schefler, and Mr. Dempsey, with the forces of their respective oilices, then completed the final working drawings and specifications for the architectural and structural work as well as the mechanical equipment of the building. Estimates were received on January 10, 1929, but were rejected because they exceeded the appropriation. Modifications were then made in the plans and specifications. New bids were received on February 28, 1929. On April 25th, Mr. Henry jerge, Chairman of the Board of Education, announced the awards of contracts to the following contractors: General Contract, Mosier and Summersg Heating and Ventilating, Lawrence Cating Plumbing, Batt Companyg Electrical work, Buffalo Electric Company. n Y ' . l F 5' P vs, '95 -l 4 flivffa- ' . 1.7 I 5 jsJg,x..1-i A 5 I ILL - 7 E l

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K 0000 5 A Two of the six acres of land donated to the city by Mr. Henry P. Burgard, well known Buffalonian and philanthropist, will be occupied by the school builing. A new street, paved twenty'four feet in width, will be cut through at the west end of the property. It will intersect and provide an outlet to Kensington Avenue for Kenova and Van Gorder Avenues. The Architectural Style The design is a combination of modern factory and school architecture in the bold and heavier type of Gothic. The building will be constructed of buif'orange brick trimmed with artificial cast stone and Queenston limestone. It is set back 90 feet from the Kensington curb line permitting an extensive lawn and planting area. The walk approaches are interrupted by two groups of terraced steps which gradually rise from the street to the level of the second or main floor. ' , The structure is 290 feet long on the Kensington frontage with two extensions on the east, one of 24 feet for the gymnasium and another of 46 feet for the boiler room, thus making a total over'all length of 361 feet. The width is 188 feet for the building proper with 33 feet additional in the boiler room section. The south or front elevation appears to be three stories in height, sur' mounted by a tower, but actually, the building contains four floors, the iirst or basement floor showing only on the east, north and west elevations. The building is of brick, stone, concrete and steel construction and rests on 312 cylindrical concrete caissons sunk 12 to 20 feet to bed rock. Test borings were taken to determine the true soil condition before advertising for bids. The Floor Plans The first or basement floor with main shop entrances in the rear, contains the central receiving rooms, locker rooms, boiler and fan rooms, space for swim' ming pool, showers, transformers and switchboard rooms, central store room No. 1, bicycle room, automobile ramp entrance, and the following shops: Oxyacetylene and Electric Arc Welding, Bus, Truck and Tractor Repair, Ad' vanced Automobile Mechanical Repair, Avanced Automobile Electrical Repair, Storgae Battery Construction and Repair, and Tire Repair. Leading to the second floor are the main approaches to the build' ing. Three large and commodious doorways open upon a vestibule and lobby directly in front of the Auditorium. This floor contains the auditorium proper, the large double gymnasium, size 92 by 60 feet, with bleacher accom' modations for a thousand spectators, the Principal's and other offices, faculty conference room, library, clinic, sound proof music room, central store room No. 2, and the following classrooms and shops: Printing Job Presswork, Cyl' inder and Automatic Presswork, Advanced Engine and Chassis Testing, Auto' mobile Ignition, Automobile Starting and Lighting, Radiator and Collision Service, Automobile Engine and Carburetor Repair, Two Trade Mathematics rooms, Trade Science Mechanical Laboratory and Lecture room. The third floor houses the auditorium balcony, upper part of the gym' nasium, central store room No. 3, trade theory lecture rooms and the following shops and classrooms: Printing Hand Composition, Linotype Operation and Maintenance, Advanced Automobile Engine Repair, Advanced 'Automobile -22- I II llll A '-3 ll ll Ill ll lid! T , IIQIIIF I'-if f h l!:v lr Y 'TPI ,. 'N U F l 1 1 i r l lu ,r .. - L s' Y ' fl ll I I N I I im A A L 7 A .Lg X. pl