The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-03
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
A Description of the New Dormitory on
Spring ST.


The legislature appropriated SIG, 000
for dormitory for the School for the
Deaf in Portland, and the house OH
Spring street, next to the sohoolhouse
was bought and a large addition and
Improvements made. The building is
now completed and.will be open to inspec-
ton Saturday from 10 a. m. to 4 D. m.
The prope rty represents about $50, COO in
value.
The front hall has been carpeted in
Brussels and finished in oak. On the left
is the reception room, with a carpet like
that i'll the hall and pretty wicker furni-
ture. Adjoining the reception room is
the Office of the principal. carpeted and
containing an oak roll top desk and
book case with glass doors. On the other
side of the hall is the reading and sitting
room for the boys. This is furnished
with a number of large tables and chairs
and the floor is covered with linoleum.
In the rear of this room are two other
smaller rooms, also for the use of the
boys, One of them contains lockers, where
the larger pupils will Keep their coats
and hats, each having key and separate
| locker.
| All these rooms are in the old part of
the house. Passing in the new portion,
the visitor will find himself in the hall
which extends across the building, with
door in each end. Here are marble set
bowls. The kitchen and dining room
occupy the rest of the new part. The
Kitchen is fitted with a large, substan-
tial French range. There are racks for
the cooking utensils, a sink arranged for
washing dishes. large patry and store
room, also rear door, where groceries
can be delivered. The kitchen ware is
bright and new. The dining room is fur
nished with tables of moderate length
and will easily accommodate rs pupils.
There is also teachers dining room
across the corridor, in which are plain
but pretty oak dining set, tables, side
board and chairs On the second floor,
in the front, will be found Miss Taylor's
room and in the rear good-sized sewing
roo m. In the other side of the corridor,
the girls have a sitting room and back
OF that Is the matron's room, comforts
ably furnished. Adjoining the matron's
room is little apartment containing
cot bed, where any one Of the small
| children, who may be taken sick at night
may be placed directly, under the care of
tn matron.
5 The sleeping room for the smaller girls
and the smaller boys are on this floor,
and on the third floor exactly similar
rooms, to be occupied respectively by the
larger boys and larger girls. The boys
side is at night entirely separate form
| the girls side. the four sleeping apart
ments are each furnished with IA small
iron bedsteads, with new mattresses,
sheets and blankets, of excellent quality.
Each bedstead is placed in little al
cove by itself, having hooks and shells,
SO that each pupil has in effect separate
room. Adjoining each of the four large
sleeping looms Is a smaller room to be
occupied by a superior, who will have
charge of the children at night. Connect
ed with each of the four sleeping rooms
there are wash bowls, closets and two
pooii ooDos giving PIE duu
satisfactory sanitary accommodations.
On the third floor, in the old part, are
moro sleeping room, three of them for
the use of the teachers and others to be
occupied by the help. On this floor too,
will be seen a good sized room to be used
as hospital, in case of prolonged sick
ness of any of the children. A large and
comfortable room, containing seven beds
is called the nursery. for here the young
er boys will sleep, little fellows five or
six years old.
The building is heated by steam from
boiler in the basement and lighted by
gas. The basement also contains laun-
dry, where the washing for the whole
school will be done.
The teachers who will live in the DOR
mitory are Miss Taylor, the principal,
Miss Plympton, Miss Devine and Miss
Draper The other teachers, Miss Harris,
Miss Estabrook, Miss Armstrong and
Miss Patrick, also the two young ladies
in training, Miss Robinson and Miss
Farley, will live at their homes The
matron is Mrs. Julia g. Lawton. There
will DO cook, laundress, maid and two
supervisors, also man to take care of
the dormitory and schoolhouse, run the
boiler. etc.
The dormitory has been built and
furnished under the supervision of Hon.
e. Dudley Freemn of the Governors
Council, and great credit is due him for
the excellent taste and Judgment he has
shown.