WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



First Floor Plan 



Second Floor Plan 



Indiana. 



Floor Plans of Teacher's Cottage, Consolidated School, Putnam County, Illinois 

 Remodeled from Old Schoolhouse 



At present the Principal is a married man, and lives in another 

 house, formerly used by the janitor. This year 113 pupils are accom- 

 modated; 55 of these are in the High School. (Walter A. Paxson, County 

 Superintendent, Hennepin, 111.) 



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Our teachers' cottage is a two-story frame building with a finished 

 attic. On the first floor there is a large hall, a parlor, library, dining 

 room and kitchen. On the second floor there are five bed rooms and the 

 bathroom. The attic is well finished, making one large well lighted and 

 well heated room. There is a basement under the whole house. We 

 have all modern conveniences, such as furnace heat, hot and cold water 

 and gas light. The building cost $10,000. 



The janitor's wife is the landlady. The janitor, his wife, and their 

 two daughters make the teachers' cottage their home. The janitor 

 pays $25 per month for use of the house and charges the teachers $5 per 

 week for board and room. All of the eight teachers get their meals at 

 the cottage, and all but one room there. An illustration of the cottage 

 is shown on page 30. (Alfred Tate, Principal, Consolidated School, 

 Hollo, 111.) 



Several one-room school buildings have been remodeled into dwell- 

 ings in which janitors of consolidated schools live and board the teachers. 

 (Chas. A. Greathouse, State Superintendent, Indianapolis.) 



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