Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-03
GRANT SCHOOL BUILDING
Now Completed and viii Be Opened to
Pupils Next Monday.
COST $4,000.
COST $4,000.

The new Sixth ward school will be
completed the latter part of this week
and will be ready for occupancy the
following Monday. 1t is an imposing
edifice of uniform red Ringle brick,
situated in a beautiful grove of white
pine, five and one-half acres in extent,
at the corner of 4th Ave. and Oak
street. The building ranks among the
best of our schools in size and beauty
and has the most modern equipment
of the city schools. 1t is built diagon-
ally across the park and faces south
east and is great addition to the ap-
pearance and value of the north
western part of the city.
At present only the eight rooms on
the lower floor are finished and they
will accommodate 400 pupils, which,
with the additional capacity of the
rooms on the second floor, of 300, will
make 100 pupils that the building will
accommodate. 1t is finished in birch
with natural finish and the floors are
of maple. All of the rooms are
equipped with solid slate black boards,
with the additional feature of the re-
movable dust trough, which is fitted
with gratings to allow the fine chalk
dust to sift through and which can be
removed and the dust taken out.
This does away with good share of
that dust which is always floating
about school room. Each room is
wired for four separate Tungsten
lights, and the wiring in the whole
building is very complete. The cleo
trical work was done by w. R. John
son. The building is also piped for a
vacuum cleaning system.
A good sized gymnasium is included
in the building. This will be fitted
with all the modern apparatus, and is
equipped with running track. Two
large dressing rooms open onto this
and the shower bath and toilet rooms
adjoin it, opening from both the hall
and the dressing room.
The building is heated by seven
large furnaces, installed by the Ameri-
can Foundry and Furnace Co. of Mil
waukee, and regulated by automatic
heat regulators, installed by the john
sch Service Co., also of Milwaukee.
A large 81 foot fan driven by II
horse power motor, forces the fresh
air through the building. The
~lumbing in the entire building was
done by Danielson.
One of the features of the building
is the Kindergarten room. This is
fitted with all the modern improve
ments and presents very attractive
room for the little tots. A large fire.
place at one end gives a cozy appear
ance to the room, and the large bay
window is encircled by a window seat.
A sand pit in the floor which, when
not in use, is covered by trap door,
takes the place of the old sand table,
and gives the youngsters chance to
play in the sand pile although the
ground is covered with snow.
The manual training room and the
domestic science rooms are in the
and are as fine and well
equipped as any in the city.
Under the blackboard behind each
teachers desk is row of cupboards
which, will do away with the cluttered
bookcases and tables.
The building was designed by the
firm of VanRyn & DeGellike, archi- |
tects, of Milwaukee, and built by
Miller & Krause, contractors, of this
city. In its present unfinished condi-
tion its cost will be about S54 900, but |
the finishing of the upstairs rooms
will raise this amount.
This is the first entirely new school
building built in this city since the
high school was erected, but since
that time large addition was put on
the Lincoln, and the Franklin was
remodeled and added to at a cost of |
$50, 600.
The name of the new school will in |
all probability be the Grant" after |
the small school which will not be |
used after the opening of the new |
The teachers who will teach in the |
new building are: Principal, Edgar
Runkle, Misses Josie Voshmik, Emma |
Wendorf, Emily Chubbuck, Ora Be
dell and Name Myers.