Plans for new American School for the Deaf building approved

The school had a contract with Hollis S. Candee to serve as landscape architect.

There a several issues with this article, not the least of which was that it reported that the school had sold its Hartford campus before buying its West Hartford property, but the most interesting issue has to do with the fact that the board had approved the plans before sending them to the State for approval.  Corson had previously told the Courant that the State would have to approve the plans before the school could make its final decision.

The appropriations bill signed on March 12, 1919 called for the school to submit its plans to the governor for approval.

The article reported that construction of Hartford Fire’s new building would start within the next few months.

Henry A. Perkins, as quoted in the article:  “We are very pleased, indeed, with the plans for the new school building.  The lines of the new building are suggestive of the old home of the school, which was completed in 1821, although the new building will be of fireproof brick construction, with facilities for 200 people, and the maximum of light and convenience.”

1. W. R. C. Corson was secretary, board of directors, ASD. He also served as chair of the school’s building committee.
2. The architects for the school’s new building were Isaac A. Allen, Jr. and William A. Boring.
3. Henry A. Perkins was principal, ASD.

Unattributed, “Deaf school plans ready for governor,” Hartford Courant, October 9, 1919, page 22.