New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04
NEW BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

No normal college nor college Of the city has yet
evolved in the process Of increasing the educa
tional facilities OF the city. For number Of yeass
the Central Grammar School was established at Court
and Livingston-sts In building rented for 5000
year 1t was attended by both girls and boys.
In 1885 plans were adopted for new building at
Nostrand-ave. and Halsey-st 1t was supposed that
seating capacity OF 900 would be ample for the whole
school, which had about GOO pupils at the down.
town quarters But when the building was COM
peted in 1886 1t found that so many girl grad
yates from the grammar schools Of the city appheA
for admission that there would DO no room for boys
and It became to retain the rooms in Court
ST. for Them The new building became the Girls
High School, 1t proved too small for the classes
and some OF them taught in grammar schooi
bu,ldngs last year. The building has just been
enlarged to double It's former size and Is expected 10
be ample in capacity for n number OF years.
The Boys High School is much handsomer struct-
IRE than the building occupied BY the girls from which
Il Is distant half dozen blocks. IL occupies site
200 by 175 feet which cost the city $4,000 1t was
the property OF John II. Atwater at one time super
visor Of the Twentythd Ward. whose detached house
stood in the Of it, surrounded by lawn garden
and many fruit trees There of these In the
plot OF ground the OF the school, properly smut
or by high board fence the fruit will be tantaliz-
Ing to the boys who will attend the school. Inc
building occupies the centre OF the plot WIN IrVoase
Of 1873 feet in Marcy-ave, and depth OF To- leet'
while the rear width Is SO feet The buihing CONTAINS
three floors with basement and an attic 1t Is OF tho
Romanesque o.der OF architecture and Is constructor
Of pressed brick and terra Gotta which harmonic IN
color with a water table Of brown stone. The main
front In Marcyaye. is adorned with tail lowers Dc
tween which is a pavilion front set WITH quadrupie
muloend windows the second and third floors ana
broad bay on the first floor, and terra Gotta gaoN
extending from the attic floor over broad brown stone
arch At the rghthand corner Of the front is bfty
lila feet nd
l5o feet in the air, crowned with pyramidA rooi,
supported by columns above an open arcade ain
adorned with an entablature and an ornamental nieze'
Tho corners Of the campanle have rounded butresses
OF stone and 1t Is pierced with rows OF long, narrow
windows on each side for seven stories In heisnS.
From the top q commanding View OF the city can -
secured.
ON the lefthand corner of the front is q round
tower which rises a height OF 104 feet, and has
conical roof Of slate. 1t Is surrounded with muloned
windows on each floor, and furnishes handsome
tay window projection for the class rooms in THAI
part OF the structure. Adjoining the round tower on
the Putnam-ave. side, Is pavilion front Sixty fees
wide terminating In a small round turret which sup
ports a flagstaff The whole outside Of the building y
ornamental.
There are three entrances, each bearing the inscnp
ton: " Boys High School. 1891 What may De
regarded as the main entrance is beneath rounded
arch in the base Of the campanile In Marcy-ave Inc
Others are opposite each other the Punamave and
Madisonst. sides OF the building The corridors are
T-shaped, with class rooms each side, all amply
lighted with outside windows. The starcases are oi
Iron and slate and the woodwork Is OF pine grained
to initiate oak. From the entrances few steps lead
up TO the main floor. on the left-hand side OF the
corridor on the Marcyave side of the building the
rooms OF the principal, connected by folding doors
with a reception The class rooms NUMBER
twenty and each will contain forty-fye seats and
ample blackboard space. They are almost ex'
actly similar, that some have TIVE
doors for entrance and exit, and others have
only one. The tower have additional
space, In one instance forming an alcove and In
another shut of by door a separate room. -Four
saircases lead up 10 the second floor and the rear
part OF this is occupied by an immense hall or assem-
bly, room extending up to the third hoor where An
ample gallery is provided. The seating capacity OF the
hall is 1000, and II Is handsomely furnished with
oak opera folding chairs. A lecture-room and
library room are features OF the first door, We'll
as "A studio or art gallery to occupy a part OF the
front of the building. The basement is to be de-
voted TO use playground for the pupils, and con-
tans $3.50 square of surface between the rounded
arches and brick walls which sustain the interior
OF the structure. The attic Is not finished of, but
may be used for art work manual training classes.
The building Is wholly heated with steam, and there
are ample means for ventating each room with y
shaft an open transom and the windows. There are
"A score OF ventatlng shafts which come together
beneath the centre cupola into which they open aud
where fan serves to exhaust the impure air from
the class
The BOYS High School has had about 500 pupils In
the Courtst. quarters. but 1t is expected that fully
600 will be enrolled In the new building and thai
large class will be graduated next year. With the
growth OF the city it will only be few years when
the building will prove small for the pupils seek
Ing the most advanced education provided at the pubic
expense The structure Is the finest IN ths
city devoted TO educational purposes, although thS
Polytc hnic Institute erected handsome structure
last year in Livingstonst. and the Adelphi Academy
put up a line building In ST. James place a year OF
two ago. 1t will attract the attention OF all why
see it as q noteworthy addition to the citys puoh'
buildings.
On the opposite side of Marcy-ave from it is the
Marcy Avenue Baptist Church, which with the ao'
Joining SUNDAY -schooroom occupies the whole Soon'
Il ws built few years ago az cost about Su the same
stan q sa Of Ss ssso Absrs C. Hns
H. + Towie William Doggett, +. W. CRUDE nermSe
raper Paul Martin SanrsS " Lyon rD ousass
Thomas Flint Oliver D. Ers1s Pame Tsv vln
ASridEe " F. Ja anS e A. H. H,m Ms
Three new public school buildings VIII ,, be ts rSWo
open s,day Gssdsi rl ee hsS SCHOOL, he latter
viii Increase the accommodations IN that 1naing 70
$500 and new assembly, ts roo Of t the building There
win be stan Of fifty teachers under rrns %s' in
Patterson There t WsrS ct 4o st yer The number
will be 90 600 OF 1900 this MONTH ana II y pIohu ss
that it will nearly reach looooo ready og "s for mse next
boys girls na%Ssgs Sysr 9 ABOUT fss
prominent iD educator who travelled extensively ~
This country and hrn !" E@ao Z Ss finest structure
Kind no has and that all Its arransements d de-
Voted as rart Of the educational system OF the Guy;
There will be formal exercises III the oPe"'s