Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-16

In accordance With the vote Of the elecs
tors Of tnis School District, instsusting the
School Beard = boiA . 0sannas School
Building ats wsss usssnpsss. ~ ssheol
Bosrd I'm oessAaesd' 8 saIsGels paees Of
psspuey, s1tnDs1 % - ssssA side Of
1Ais1 e1ssst, tstwsss AIsswssth 81 Divi
dss ssssla Asstng hsas q 49, Aet on
Third street, and 9sS fees deep. The en-
tire cost to the School Board ell Be about
$500.
Upon this they propose to build fine
and imposing school sdifics. that will be .
great credit to the city ss we'll as 10 fully
meet the wants Of the schools. II will oc>
cupy slightly elevated position In the cen.
tire of the property, and rising three stories
high, with front and side ornamental pro-
jections, surmounted BY tower in the cen
ire. will make fine appearance. and be, in
fact, che finest school building In the State.
The internal arrangements viii be on the
plan Of The celebrated Haven School Build
ing Of Chicago. modified by the mod
crn improvements made in the st.
Louis School Buildings. The build
ing will face Third street, having
a rs feet front and . depth Of ss feet.
Through double archsd doorway on Third
street. you can enter the main hail. l2 fees
wide, having a school room 30x30 on each
side. This hall meets . hall ~ feet wide
running the other way through the build>
ing. forming . large clear central ball from
which there 10 an sntnses to each Of the
four rooms on the 6rst noss. aad each oi
the four clothes slessts. oas - each room
betwssn the cross hall and each Of the
rsons. On the east and vest side Of the
bsildisg. there viii b an entrance into the
hail running sast aad west. From this
central hall you can pass up thelstairs either
70 the right o. lefs-both leading to The
second story. The second aed third stories
have 'hs same general plan, with che escsp
tien thst ovss the maia hall thsrs will be .
teachsrs' Office in The sssssd story and .
rscitatioa room In The third stsry-thsss
rooms being 9sxi9 feet. In starting from
the central hall, the stairs rise 70 platform
within three or fous feet Of the csiliog and
then turn and make the landing on the
main floor, the second. Get Of stairs being
the same IS the first. .rs
The two back rooms on each Hoof on the
south side Of the building, will be so ar
ranged as TO open into each other by fold
Ing doors. thus making one large room u
by % on each floor. which may be used -
occasion may require.
This building, when completed, will furn-
ish accommoda tions fos twelve schools, and
will fully meet the wants of that part Of the
city, and We can say, not bosstingly, but
with the facts to bear Us out in the asssr
ton, that it will be BY far the finest and
best arranged school building west Of Chi
cago. Tho School Board are greatly indebt.
ed to Mr.. w. d. Clark, City Ensiuser, and
the valuable suggestions Of Superintendent
Bsmis, obtained on bis late toor Of inspsc,
tion to Chicago end st. Louis, fer the per-
fsotion Of the plan. Work will be COM
menced In very short time. and the build.
ing completed - soon - possible in order
- supply The pressing demand for more
school house room. There are at present
hundreds Of children in our city who weuld
be In school il there Was room for tbeo.
As il ;s, there arc from two to three hun.
dred more children in tho Warren Street
and West Davenport school houses than
the rooms ought to accommodate. We
shall hail this new building as ono Of the
needful improvements Of the city, too long
neglected but certain to be.