The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-09-10
The New school Building.

The new west side school building is
nearly completed and will be in readi-
ness for the opening of the public
schools one week from next Monday.
The extension of time given to Contract
or Orr was in consideration of the rail-
road accident which destroyed the win
dow and door frames while en- route from
Missoula, which caused a delay incident
to doing this part of the work a second
time. The building as completed pre-
sents handsome appearance and fur
nlshes ample room IN connection with
the east and north side structures 10 fully
accommodate all the pupils Of the city.
The general dimensions OF the
building are 62x9O feet, with base
ment feet in clear first story 13 feet
in clear second story 13 feet in clear,
and second story hail Is feet in clear.
The materials are hard burned brick, re-
lieved with native sandstone trimmings,
with shingled roof The floors are lined
and deadened with concrete, and all
walls built hollow, with two-inch air
space from bottom to top. The rooms
are we'll ventilated and easy of access by
reason of their close proximity to eacn
other, while at the same time they are
| divided by brick partition walls, etfectu-
ally preventing the transmission Of
sound from one room to another. The
main entrance is from Calendar street
frorsng south, with rear entrance to the
north. The front entrance consists of a
spacious arch, opening into hail l6 fee,
in width, extending the entire width OF
the building, intersected 10y an eight
| foot hall extending to the east end OF
the building. The basement, which il
utilized for heating, ventilation anc
| playrOom purposes, Is reached by stairs
under the main stairway, which leads
from the rear of the large hallway to tine
second story. The first story contains
four school rooms, each supplied witt
cloak and Washrooms. Two Of thes,
rooms, located in the west end and hav
ing capacity for 60 to 40 scholars, re
spectively. open into the large hallway
while the other two rooms, with capac
ity of - and ID pupils, are reached frop
the side hallway. The sides of th,
schoolrooms are wainscoted to heights
of windowsills. above which ale placed
Portland cement backboards. On tn,
second floor, which is reached by tn,
spacious stairway at the rear of tn,
main hall, contains two large schoo
rooms on the east, with seating capacity
! Ior 30 ana oo pupllS- Wnlle 10 tne rlgn
of entrance hall is the assembly hall fo
teachers meetings and exhibitions with
a seating capacity for 300 persons. Thi
room is furnished with a movable par
tition through the center to permit 0
dividing it into two rooms at any time
additional room may be required to ac
commodate the pupils of the schools. Ii
the front end of the hallway is librar,
and principals Office, connected with tn,
hall and principals room. Surmount
ing the structure is bell tower, abov,
which has been erected a flagstaff, which
gives additional prominence to tn,
structure. The heating and ventilatin,
is accomplished by indirect radiation
The building is thoroughly plumbee
throughout, and supplied with the con
duit system of wires for electric lights
making it complete and modern in ever.
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