St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-04-08
A Fine SchooIhouSe.
What a st. Johnsbury Contractor Has
Built fer Newport.

What a st. JOhnsbury Contractor HAS
Built fer Newport.
The school district of the village OF
Newport has reason to be proud OF the
fact that it has just completed a school
building, which with the land, cost
$50, 500. And St. Johnsbury takes pride
in the fact that in A. L. Bragg it fur
nished the man to build this schoolhouse.
The building was dedicated Wednesday
evening. March 25, and is now in use by
the scholars of that village by the lake.
The architect of the building was Will
liam H. Butterfeld of Manchester, N. H.,
and the building is three story struc-
ture and occupies slightly position on
School street not far from the lake. 1t is
built of faced brick with granite founda-
ton and red sandstone trimmings. The
| granite came from the Carrick quarry at
Derby and the sandstone from Long
meadow, Mass. The ground dimensions
of the building are 81 by "a feet and its
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scholars and provide for all grades from
the kindergarten through the high
school. AS seen from School street it has
an imposing front with just enough or
namentation to break the monotony of
the solid brick work.
The interior is finished throughout in
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Kindred Michigan maple. The average
size of the rooms are "a by "a feet and
there are four rooms on each floor, IN
addition to Principal Colburn's Office, a
small recitation room and the chemical
and physical laboratory. The rooms are
splendidly lighted on two sides with
double windows and the doors are
handsomely finished and veneered
PENNSYLVANIA slate is used for the
blackboards and each room is equipped
with Chandler adjustable desks. The
building can also be well lighted by cleo
tricity and there are handsome electro
liers in every room.
The Fuller & Warren Heating ane
Ventiating Co. OF Boston furnished the
necessary heat and is the same system
| III use III t1t tliiS In
plumbing was put in by well known
St. Johnsbury firm, Farnham & Albee.
The building is roomy and the spacious
halls are almost as attractive as thu
schoolrooms. The walls of the building
are finished in asbestic plaster, whicl
will be tinted in the schoorooms, blu
lett white in the halls. Broad stairway
lead from each floor at either end OF tn
hall and there is an entrance from tn
outside, at the front of the building, t.
both the girls and boys basement. Eacl
of the rooms has cupboard for book
and supplies, and Venetian blinds ar
| used instead of curtains. The first tw
floors are to be used for the grade
schools and the upper floor for the wor
, of the high school. AS in the Summer
vile schoolhouse, on the upper floor
partition is left out and the two room
are to be used for an assembly hall unit
: the growth of the village demands add
G tional school facilities.
The new building is unquestionabl
one of the finest public school building
in Vermont, and the building committee
! E. A. Cook, c. M. Storrs and {. F. Raj
8 ney, as well as all the Newport citizen
= are delighted with it and have onl
words OF highest praise for the taithf'
'. manner in which Contractor Bragg pc
" formed his work.