The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-03
North b : Structure Is to
mSccupied Next
~ Monday
.
MODERN LINES
ARE DOMINANT
1t Is Capable of Accommo-
dating 300 Chill
dren

Three hundred North Barre school chill
dren will be housed for the first time
Monday in the new and attractive school
structure that has been reared the past
summer and fall on commanding emf
nence north of Beckley street and just
to the east of North Main street. For
the first time, too, in many years, the
old ward four schoolhouse at the June
tion OF Third and Beckley streets will
be vacant on morning when all of the
other city school buildings are occupied.
Carpenters and finish men were engaged
to-day in completing the final touches
to the newest of Barre's educational
structures, the North Barre School: for
such is the name inserted in large ce-
| ment letters over the main entrance to
the building.
| The demand for a new schoolhouse at
the north end seemed imperative early in
the year, when it became apparent that
the old Beckley street school was no
/ longer adequate, either in size or APP
/ pointments, to meet the growing needs
OF a constantly increasing school popu-
lation in ward four Provisions for
erecting a $4,000 structure were made
at a special city meeting in the late
days of the winter. An ideal site for
public school was soon obtained by
the school commissioners. II was located
on a knoll that overlooks most of the
north end, and satisfactory negotiations
were soon completed with the owners,
Sortwell & Morse. Plans for a com
modious building were early submitted
by f. A. Walker, an architect, and ac-
cepted by the commission After num-
Der of bids for erecting the structure
had been considered, the contract was
awarded to w. f. Jackson, Montpelier
builder
Ground for the excavation was broken
June | and work on the superstructure
was started July l5. Until recently the
knoll has been "a scene OF animation. for
carpenters, brick masons, painters, and
plumbers have been busy on the building,
while a gang of men from the street
department has been engaged in grading
the grounds about the building. Side
walks leading from North Main, Third
and Second streets terminate in attrac-
tive porehes, forming entrances on three
sides of the building. In the spring the
grass plot surrounding the school is to
be seeded down.
In its architectural lines, the structure
conforms to the style adopted in erect
ing the most modern schoolhouses in the
country. 1t is two stories high with
wall dimensions of 62 by 90 feet and
basement u feet high. The walls are
of solid brick WITH lining of hollow tile
on which the plaster for the inside walls
is laid. Porches at the front and rear
entrances are supported each by two
columns of hammered Barre granite. En-
trance to the basement from Third street
is effected through porch which rests
on brick pillars. There are four school
rooms. p by 30 feet, ON the first floor
and four of the same dimension on the
second floor. Two school rooms similar
in size have been provided at the south
end of the basement. They are separat
ed by a feXifold partition. Toilet fa
cilities in separate compartments for
boys and girls are located in the base
ment and are accessible from different
stairways leading to the first floor,
One-half of the basement is devoted
to the boiler room, coal repository and
ianitor's room. The building is heated
by steam system with an Ideal boiler
supplied by the American Radiator Co.
The heating and ventilating system was
by the Huey company of Bos-
ton on plans submitted by Mr.. Kellogg.
, Massachusetts heating engineer. Brick
stacks are used in the ventilating sys-
tenn and no better ventilating facilities
could be desired The boiler room is
model of convenience and safety. All
steam pipes as well as the boiler are
protected BY asbestos sheeting. A small
land elevator enables the fireman to lift
he loaded ash receptacles to one of the
basement windows, whence it may be
,arted away
No finer school rooms in Vermont may
le found than those on the first and
second floors of the new building. They
IRE bordered by spacious halls with hard
wood flooring over every foot of each
tory Light in the school rooms is
Omitted over the students's left shoul-
Ter and back, in conformance with the
of the state board oi
iealth. Each room has a clothes press
With rubber racks, hooks and an individ-
al clothes closet for the teachers. Each
Dom is also fitted with book cupboard
uilt into the wall. Slate black boards
order two sides of every school room
nd both main halls are fitted with wa
er bubblers. Sanitary drinking foun
aims are also found in the basement.
Double action doors leading from n
chool room to clothes closet are in
eneral use and all outside doors swing
4 and out Two staircases lead TO the
asement and stairways at both the east
nd west ends of both halls connect the
wo main floors Windows are fitted
18th metal weather strips that seal the
Doms from any semblanee OF draft
l winter. Window shades of a patent
ction may be operated to shade any
esired section of the window. Each
pom has - seats and desks, the fur
it1re, including the teachers desks, be-
lg supplied through A. w. Badger &
o. A seven-inch corniee in all OF the
.hool rooms lends attractivesness to the
lteriOr.
Throughout the building the wood
ork Is in red cherry with natural fin
d Plaster WA lls have bepu tri.ar tl,,a