The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-29
sHAILBR SCHOOL.
A Full Description of the Building.

The Smaller school house is completed, and
will be dedicated Saturday and occupied Mon
day next.
The school house is located on North street,
on high bluff and is an object of prominence
from any point in the vicinity of Portland.
The building is faced brick with granite trim
mings, is nearly square, So 60 feet in size,
two stories, with hip roof SO constructed that
at any time fine hall can be afforded in the
the third story. One end of the building faces
North street, and there are two entrances to
the school, one on eli Their side, for the boys and
girls respectively. Upon entering the building
the visitor ascends two steps and then short
half flight of stairs, six feet wide, to the main
corridor. The corridor is IS 20 feet in size
and IA feet in height. From this corridor are
entrances to four school rooms, each q x q
feet in size and IA feet in height. Each school
room is provided with spacious cloak room,
also teachers closet. Each room is lighted
by four double windows and the rooms are SO
arranged as to admit the light over the left
shoulder of each pupil, something that will
commend itself to every one.
From the corridor of the first floor we as
cend to the second story by means of grand
stairway, six feet wide, provided with land
ings half way up, and arrive at a corridor in
the second story corresponding with that in
the first. From this corridor also four school
rooms may be entered, each 27 27 feet and IA
feet high, provided with the same arrange
ments as in the first story, and equally well
lighted.
From the second floor corridor flight Of
boxed stairs, with landing half way up, leads
the visitor to the third story. This story, at
present, is unfinished. The architect, foress e.
ing the probability that fine exhibition hall
would be needed here at some time in the fn-
ture, has SO arrans ed his plans that that can
be done when the hall shall be needed with
comparatively slight expense Such hall,
for about ten feet from the walls, would be
ten feet high, and all the rest of the Space
owing to the monitor shape of the roof, twenty
feet high. 1t is contemplated to make this
hall one half the size of the building. The
other half of the upper story can be made into
two school rooms, possessing all the advantages
and of eqaal size with those on the floor be-
low excepting height, thus obtaining ten feet
altitude.
From the vestibuIe of the building the vis-
tor descends to the basement by flight of
stairs on either side, one landing in the boys
play room and the other in the girls. Each
room contains eight closets, constructed on the
tank principle, the same as in the other city
schools, and each room has sink for water
The boys room also contains urinal. The
boys and girls departments are separated by
brick walls. These two rooms occupy one half
the building
The other half of the basement is used for
steam boiler, coal bins, etc. The boiler is IL
feet long and AZ inches in diameter, and con-
tains AZ tubes, ten feet long and three inches
in diameter. The boiler was constructed by
the Portland Company. The cellar is we'll
drained.
The school rooms are provided with the
Peerless desk, furnished by the Novelty Manu-
featuring Co. of Sterling Eli. No gas is re-
CURED in the building, but Sebago water is
supplied in abundance. A nice iron fence
runs in front of the bGilding The school will
accommodate 400 pupils. On the exterior of
the building, on the north side, is tablet in
scribed "Shailer School,"
The building was erected under the SUPER
vision of the Committee on Public Buildings
of the years 1880 and 1S80-Sl, consisting of
Mayor Senter, Alderman G. j. Chapman,
Councilmen J. H. Hall, R. x. Galley and E.
A. Jordan, and the Mayor, Alderman c. j.
Chapman, Councilmen w. G. Soule, James
Talbot and Thomas Shaw, and they have done
their work well. The architect, who has given
us the excellent plans, was Mr.. @. II. Kimball.
The masonry was done by Greene & Jordan,
the carpentering by Spencer Rogers, painting
by William Gray, plastering by Kelly, Devlne
& Ward, plumbing by James Miller, granite
by John D. Mannix, slating by Sylvanus
Bourne, galvanized iron w. ID. Ames, steam
Portland Company, all of whom have done
good Job