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Show Work Started On Copperton L. D. S. Ward Chapel Architect's Drawing Of Copperton L. D. S. Ward Chapel Now Under Construction. Salt Lake Tnb. ; for eight classrooms. Other rooms are: the bishop's office; Relief society room of liberal dimensions, dimen-sions, about 26 feet by 14 feet; a large social hall and a Boy Scout room, the latter in the basement. Utility rooms include space for the heating plant, storage, toilets toil-ets and closets. Negotiations for building the church began in 1938, and approval ap-proval of the plans was given May 14, 1940. Of the cost, $27,390 ' is structural and an estimated 10 per cent of that amount added for furnishings, bringing the whole to the neighborhood of $30,000. R. K. McCollough is the contractor. con-tractor. Bishop George M. Nix has lead the ward in working to make the chapel possible. Meetings Meet-ings at the present time are conducted con-ducted in the Copperton grade schooL superstructure, stuccoed in pale terra cotta, an off white, and have a concrete foundation. Composition Compo-sition stone will be used on the exterior and a trim of sheet copper. cop-per. The center spire will be '5Q, or 60 feet high and copper used in its decoration. Grounds will be landscaped, Mr. Poll says. The setting of the church is lovely, and the gulch at the back may be planted and landscaped to lend itself to many purposes. Throughout the interior, walls will be colorfully decorated and finished in enamel. Modern lighting light-ing equipment, a combination of direct-indirect lighting and semi-air semi-air conditioning are specified in the plans. Rugs and linoleum are to be laid in all rooms and corridors. cor-ridors. The chapel will seat 460 people. peo-ple. Accommodations are provided Copperton will have a valuable community center with completion comple-tion next spring of the new $30,-000 $30,-000 Copperton L. D. S. ward chapel chap-el on Hillcrest street. The general gen-eral church and Copperton ward are sharing equally cost of construction. con-struction. "Our hope and intention is to make a nice addition to the beautiful beau-tiful little community of Copperton", Cop-perton", says Architect Harry P. Poll cf Salt Lake City, who drew the plans subject to the approval of Arthur Price of Salt Lake City, supervising architect of the L. D. S. church. "No building has more uses or is subject to more severe wear than a ward chapel", Mr. Pol av-s "and for this reason first class building materials are specified spe-cified in the contract. Of modernistic design, the church will be built with a brick |