Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926 Page: 21
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HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE
walk from the College. A large grandstand provides ample
seats for spectators. The Park contains a baseball diamond,
football gridiron and one of the best tracks in the State.
BUILDINGS
Main College Building. The Main Building is a stone
structure, three stories high, of modern architecture, and
classic appearance. The class rooms are large, well lighted
and ventilated, and equipped with modern, well kept school
furniture. The building contains library, laboratories, and
class rooms for all college work. This building is heated
with steam.
Howard Payne Hall. This elegant and stately building
has three stories and a basement. In the basement are provided
the kitchen, pantry, store and servant rooms, with a
dining-room large enough to seat with comfort two hundred
and fifty persons. The first story contains apartments for
the Superintendent of the dormitory, hall, parlors, and
twelve rooms for young ladies. The second and third floors
have twenty rooms, respectively, each room arranged conveniently
for two young ladies. There are four modern bath
rooms on each floor. Every bedroom is supplied with hot
and cold water. The building is heated with steam throughout.Cottage Home. This is a two-story frame building situated
on Fisk Avenue, opposite the campus. Hot and cold
baths are conveniently arranged. The building is lighted
with electricity and heated by natural gas. It will accomodate
forty young ladies.
Heating Plant. This brick structure contains the largest
steam heating boiler in the city. The permanent college
buildings are heated with steam from this central plant.
Boys' Dormitory. During the war, the City of Brownwood
contributed funds for the construction of two barracks,21
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Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.). Catalogue of Howard Payne College, 1925-1926, book, June 1926; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46540/m1/23/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.