The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
NEW SCHOOLS WILL
COST $5OO,OOO
Plans Recently Prepared by City
Architect for Four Modern
Educational Buildings

More than 100000 is involved in the
cost of construction of four school
buildings. for which plans were pre-
pared by the city architects Office.
The four schools are the New
ton J. Tharp commercial school, the
Bryant cosmopolitan primary school,
the Jean Parker grammar school and
the West End primary school A de-
scription of each of these school build
ings in detail follows.
NEWTON }. THARP SCHOOL
The Newton J. Tharp commercial
school is a class A building, three
stories high above the basement. 1t is
situated in Grove street between Lar
kin and Polk, on lot 230 feet by 12o
feet. The main entrance is from Grove
street There are two side entrances
leading into the yard AT either side, and
two rear entrances IN Birch avenue.
These entrances connect with the four
stairways.
On the first floor are the principal 5
soffice and reception room. the night
principals Office, teachers room and
seven classrOoms and the gymnasium,
50x54 feet in size. The second and third
stories each contain eight classrooms
and two teachers rooms. A large ac-
countants room and library are sltu-
ated on the second floor, and teach
ers' lunchroom and assembly hall are
on the third floor.
All classrooms are provided with
spacious coatrOoms. In the basement
are located women's and mems recrea-
tion and lunch rooms. two large special
c3assrooms, storage rooms, Womens and
mems showers. and the heating and
ventilating plant A large elevator is
centrally situated. The exterior of the
building viii be constructed with
pressed bricks and terra Gotta trim
mings.
The building will be equipped with
the most modern electric appliances as
regards light, bells, telephones, clocks.
etc A separate water system VIII
supply the drinking fountains with fill
tered water The building viii be
heated and ventilated by the Plenum
system and viii be equipped with a
vacuum cleaning plant. The cost of the
building is $3.50, 600.
JEAN PARKER SCHOOL
The Jean Parker grammar school is
situated in Broadway between Powell
and Mason streets. The ground floor
viii contain the assembly hall. toilet
rooms, manual training and domestic
science rooms and the heating and
ventilating apparatus. Each of the
two upper floors viii contain eight
classrooms. as well as teachers and
principals rooms. The two stairways
are located at each end of central
corridor. The roof viii be utilized as
play yard.
The building viii be of class A con
structiOn. having a steel frame and be
ing finished outside with pressed bricks
and terra Gotta trimmings. IT viii
house about 700 pupils
There VIII be two inside standpipes
and hose reels on each floor. A sep
arste water system viii supply the
drinking fountains with. filtered water.
The Appropriation for the building is
s16e o00
BRYANT PRIMARY
The Bryant cosmopolitan primary
school is situated on a lot running
from Bryant to york street, between
Twenty-second and Twenty third. The
building is Of special construction,
having the ground story and the first
aoor built OF reinforced concrete The
construction of the two upper stories
is Of wooden joists and studs, being
finished both inside and outside with
metal lath and plastering. The two
stairvravs. situated at either end OF the
main corridor. are entirely enclosed
with freproof partitions The stairs
are built of reinforced concrete and the
entrance doors at the head Of the
stairs are Of metal and wire glass,
making the stairways absolutely fire
proof.
The building contains 16 classrooms.
eight on each floor besides principals
room. teachers lunch and retiring
rooms. In the basement are located
-the assembly han and two special
-c.lassrooms in the front. All the win
do1vs and outside doors arc of metal.
The roof is of red tile. The whole of
The exterior walls will be finished in
stucco. The yard contains an orna-
mental flag pole. handball courts. etc.
From the second story an IRON stair
way leads from the center Of the build
ing TO this yard, thus giving each story
three distinct exits. The building will
house about 20 pupils
WEST END SCHOOL
The West End primary school is 10
be built at the corner of Morse and
Lowell streets on a site 267 by 213
feet This building is also of the spe-
cial construction type. having the
ground story built 0 reinforced con-
crete.
The building contains u classrooms,
six on each floor, besides principals
room teachers lunch and retiring
rooms. In the basement are the assem-
bly, hall. special classrooms, etc The
roof is of tile. The whole Of the ex-
terror walls will be finished IN stucco.
The building win house about $40
pupils.