Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-09

The New school House.

Ils LOCATION -sURRoUNDINGs- BUu.DERs-aE
ERAL OUTLINE.
Wilmington, noted not only for the excellence
Of her public schools, but for the generally sub
stnitial, well built, and handsome architectural
designs and finish of her school buildings, has
another building finished, of which she may be
u-tly prond
This new acquisition to the educational de-
paitment of our city has been finished and hand
ed over TO tile building committee for their M
Apechon and reception, for winch purpose the
committee which II composed of Lewis Iebley.
Lewis +. Lynch and John Palmer, wall inspect it
this evening.
The new school house is located at the cor
ner of Third and Harrison street, in the fast
growing western part of the city, and fronts "
feet on Third and 81 feet on Harrison street.
The building is of brick the front and two sides
being faced with pressed brick, and the base
ment walls, which rise feet above the ground,
are of Brandywine granite. The corners of the
building are builB with bonded brick blocks,
which are very handsome, and give the building
an appearance of superior strength. The base
nent cellar extends under the whole building,
AlTordng ample room for furnaces and the stor-
age of coal and other fuel
The first story, which is 10 feet high in the
clear, is divided into four principal apartments A
ha II foet wide, extends through the whole
length of the building, from the front to the
rear door. Each of tile rooms ID 80 by u feet,
side is clothes closet five feet vide, with doors
opening from the hallway. These rooms, as
all the other parts of the building, are vain
scotied all around with cypress, and all the other
inishngs are grained to initiate oak.
Ine second and last story of the building
n reached by Il foot wide stairway from the
rear end of the main hall, with II landing about
half way up to prevent children from falling all
the way from the top to the bottom OF the stairs.
The stairs are built of hard seasoned ash, with
walnut newell most and hand rail,
Tho second story is divided into three prnci-
pal apartments, two of which are of the same
rlHe as the corresponding rear rooms on the first
floor, with closets corresponding. The front
part IL laid Off into one recitation room. 81 by 40
feet, and private room for the principal, IL by
lS feet, with glass partition between the two
In addition there ID water closet and toilet
room. The hall way of this story extends from
the rear to the front room. The height of this
story s II feet.
The first story has % four light windows,
each light of double thick American glass 20 b,
IS inches. The second story has "a windows o
four lights 20 by "A inches. The house Is com
lletely ventilated having four hot air fues eX
tending from the cellar and III cold air yentilat
Ing tlues extending from the first story Il
the square Of the building. The ilue
are all lined with terra Gotta pipe
A handsome cornice of two and q half feet il
width projects all around the building, with
heavy crown moulding.
A board fence feet high encloses the build
lnss eXeept,n front which is finished with pal
fence and all painted The building was let un
der contract to j. Il. ID. Seeds IN the early pai
Of November, for Sl6, 45O, and was to have bee
finished by the first of February, but owing t
the financial panic and the failure of the Cit
Council TO have the bonds authorized for tl
purpose sold, the work has been prolonged b,
you'd the time fixed for its completion. Til
bub-c0ntractors under Seeds were az follows:
Mason work and brickaying, f. O. Simpson
plasterng Robert Campbell; painting, Care
nell Il Wall; roofing, James @. johnson; sta
building, Henry Evans plumbers and gas filter
Speakman u Bro.