The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-04
SCHOOL NO |.
ANNEX
Board Of Education Decides
to Purchase Flem-
ming House.
TWENTY THREE ROOMS
Decorations Are in Keeping
With Educational
Methods.


The Board Of Education held special
meeting yesterday afternoon. at which il
discussed only proposition to purchase
the property known as No. 81 Grand
street as an annex tosNo. School,
The Board was recently served with a
notice to the effect that It must vacate
by November / the building at present
occupied as an annex to No. School
on the southwest corner of Grand and
Green streets. 1t was formerly occupied
by the New Jersey Club. william Hogen-
camp, the owner of the building, declared
he wanted to sell it for $4,000.
At its special meeting yesterday after
noon the Board of Education adopted the
following resolution:
Whereas, Notice has been served
upon the city to vacate and surrender
possession of the premises now occu-
pied BY Annex School No. /, on or be-
fore November l. 1901; and
Whereas. The property, No. 50 Grand
street. is adaptable to school purposes
and suitable for an annex to No.
School and can be purchased by the
eityi Wbsrads and a. ~. 8, J. ,ua
ful that it has heretofore repeatedly
requested appropriation for the erec-
ton Of new No. 2 School and has de-
eiared its purpose to build new No.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
be hereby requested to purchase the
premises known as No. 50 Grand street
School No. l.
Provided. however, that such pur-
chase shall not prevent or retard the
construction of new No. School.
No. 50 Grand street is the old Flemmins
homestead AS the home of the late
James Flemming, counselor at law, it was
and it still is regarded as mansion
Though it fronts on Grand street, the
western side of it overlooks the northeast
ern section of the four public parks al
the intersection of Grand and Washington
streets. 1t is the beginning of almost a
block of fine old brown stone residences
fronting on the northern side of Grand
street, between Washington and Greene
streets. Its entrance is more pretentious
than any other one in the block. 1t was
erected originally as the residence of a
Mr.. Terio, as the residence of rich mar
who had his home built with view tc
solidity and luxurious comfort, regardless
of expense. The architect was James
Flemming, Sr., grandfather of the present
incumbent. Counselor Robert Flemming
The building is admirably adapted te
school purposes. 1t has twenty-thret
rooms, twelve of which would furnish
accommodate ations for forty pupils each. OF
four hundred and eighty pupils. Some oi
these. through the aid of sliding doors
can be thrown into assembly rooms. and
I these sliding doors are mainly of stained
glass of artistic design and the work OF
well known European artists. One OF
them contains portraits of Shakespeare
and Schiller.
The frieze of every room Is of elaborate
design and the balustrade of the main
staircase, from bottom to top. is exquis-
itely carved walnut. Marble pillars, with
beautifully carved capitals. are numerous
on the first floor, and the main parlor has
a parquet floor, that is, inlaid polished
hardwood with diamond shaped blocks OF
quartered oak outlined with black walnut
strips.
Should the building be purchased foI
school purposes. it is proposed to use the
main floor as kindergarten and to cut
an entrance from the park side of the
building.
1t is understood that the owners of the
property wanted $1,000 for it, but dropped
to $4,000.