The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-02-07
THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
An Accurate Description Of the Finest senoo'
House in the Territory.

We called at architect Vreeland's ONCE
few DAYS since and found him engaged
in completing the plans OF the new
school house to be built in East Boze-
man as early in the spring as it VIII be
practicable.
The outline ON the ground is irregular,
to bring the arrangement OF rooms to
conform as far as possible to the most
approved manner Of bringing the light to
the scholars, which gives good effect to
the appearance of the exterior by break
ing up the sky line and giving the roof
all the opportunity for grotesque and art
istic effect, which opportunity has been
well taken advantage Of in working up
the design. In capacity, the house as or
iginally designed, contemplated. the
school rooms are Of 43 and AZ sittings,
and one of 20 sittings in the second story.
The vestibule is 9xlS; corridor 10 feet 2
inches, BY 80 feet, with library SKIS.
Each school room is provided with two
cloak rooms, one for boys and one for
girls. This arrangement, by suggestion
of the trustees was modified by running
partitions and throwing the small class
room and the large school room to the
left Of the corridor into an assembly
room, making the rooms % and % feet
respectively by 81 feet, with dressing
room 4x12, the assembly room connect
ing with corridor, divided by two large
doors. ga
This plan possesses one feature that it
seems to us should be required OF every
school house, and that is separate ingress
and egress for the pupils OCCUPYING the
different stories, which in this instance
is well and amply provided for, as the
scholars from the second story enter and
pass out separately, and without coming
in contact with first story scholars, or
even entering the the first story corridor
as they enter separate vestibule and
pass dividedly to the second story c0rri-
dor by two large flights Of stairs. This
space in the second story being immedi-
ately over, the stairs is utilized by re-
turned fight of stairs to reach the library,
which raises the floor of the library so
as to give good head room for the two
main stairways The library is 9xlS feet
with 10 foot ceiling, and lighted by a
large double window. The ceiling in the
corridors, and assembly room is II feet
and inches and of the second story
vestibule Is feet inches. The first
story has vestibule Skis, corridor 10x
80. One school room has 46 sittings,
one of IL sittings, and recitation room Is
feet four inches by 25 feet. The school
rooms have each separate cloak room
for girls and boys, entered in each inst
ance to the right and left of the teachers.
These rooms are well lighted and venti-
lated.
III. aaf:a of ~, - l,o.% ~,f ~, Lid stand.
ing seams and the down spouts for gut
tors of patent letagnal seam, exhaustive
seam four inch pipe. The interior finish
throughout is of hard wood-oak, ash
and black walnut on all of the corridors,
stair ways, wainscoted Axe it., high in ash
oak and turned with shoe and cap. The
corridor, school rooms and recitation
rooms are twelve feet high. Besides
main entrance to first story there is also
communication to rear of building from
rear of corridor by high double doors,
which gives three large double entrances
for the school house, all supplied with
double doors, furnished and swung with
spiral spring hinges, allowing the doors
to open both in and out. An interior
stairway allowing scholars or classes and
teachers to pass to recitation is also pro-
vided separate from the stair ways by
which scholars or the public can pass to
the second story, connecting the first and
second story corridors, and Immediately
under these again are flight of stairs,
leading to furnace and fuel room in the
basement. The plans and specifications
require the material of the best founda-
ton carved stone with quarry faced Ash
lar pitch joints, water table and Windsor
ornaments of cut sand stone rock with
faced clusel margins. The building is to
be of brick and the design, shows now
building, which, when completed, will
complete building of its kind in the Ter
r.tory.