VOLUME CXXXIIAUGUST 5, 1927NUMBER 2526
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
THE GROUP IS LOCATED ON A 39-ACRE SITE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY’S RESIDENTIAL SECTION. THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILL OCCUPY THE CENTRAL UNIT, TEIE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE WING BUILD INGS. MR. R. A. LONG, PRESIDENT OF THE LONG-BELL-LUMBER COMPANY, HAS PRESENTED THIS SCHOOL GROUP TO
LONGVIEW
THREE-BUILDING SCHOOL GROUP, LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON
By William B. Ittner, F.A.I.A.
LoNGVIEW, Washington, is the new home of the Long-Bell Lumber Company. It is located in the heart of the rich Douglas fir region in the Pacific Northwest. The city was laid out by the la te George E. Kessler of Kansas City in association with Hare and Hare. Its streets are broad, its boulevards well planned, its open spaces assured and its public utilities developed at the outset to care for substantial and continuous population increases. Its school population totaling 4,000 repre
sents a 300 per cent increase during the city’s four years’ existence.
The school building policy of Longview favors centralization, or planning for a restricted number of complete schools, rather than for a larger number of segregated schools. The complete school accommodates children from the kindergarten through the high school, and thereby represents a concentration of educational facilities so that children in all grades may enjoy enriched educational opportuni
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural S’ Building Press, Inc.)
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
THE GROUP IS LOCATED ON A 39-ACRE SITE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY’S RESIDENTIAL SECTION. THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILL OCCUPY THE CENTRAL UNIT, TEIE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE WING BUILD INGS. MR. R. A. LONG, PRESIDENT OF THE LONG-BELL-LUMBER COMPANY, HAS PRESENTED THIS SCHOOL GROUP TO
LONGVIEW
THREE-BUILDING SCHOOL GROUP, LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON
By William B. Ittner, F.A.I.A.
LoNGVIEW, Washington, is the new home of the Long-Bell Lumber Company. It is located in the heart of the rich Douglas fir region in the Pacific Northwest. The city was laid out by the la te George E. Kessler of Kansas City in association with Hare and Hare. Its streets are broad, its boulevards well planned, its open spaces assured and its public utilities developed at the outset to care for substantial and continuous population increases. Its school population totaling 4,000 repre
sents a 300 per cent increase during the city’s four years’ existence.
The school building policy of Longview favors centralization, or planning for a restricted number of complete schools, rather than for a larger number of segregated schools. The complete school accommodates children from the kindergarten through the high school, and thereby represents a concentration of educational facilities so that children in all grades may enjoy enriched educational opportuni
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural S’ Building Press, Inc.)