WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



the district to bond for such purposes, some one else had to come to the 

 rescue, so eight of the patrons signed a joint note for nearly $1,000 and 

 asked me to draft a plan, which they accepted. The house is only partly 

 finished and won't be completed before next summer. I succeeded in 

 getting our Senator to put a bill through permitting the district to bond 

 for such purposes, but they stopped too soon as they did not authorize 

 the State Investment Board to loan state money for that purpose, so we 

 had to levy $1,100 to buy the house as it stands and next year we will 

 levy again the same amount, and then can complete the house without 

 bonding. 



It makes a pretty stiff tax but after two years it will be paid for. 

 It will cost about $2,200 as near as we can tell. It may be a trifle less 

 according to a contractor's estimate on the completion of the house. 



The house is 26x30, and will be two stories high, with a plain roof 

 and a deck 8x10. It will have a porch in front 9x22, and a woodshed and 

 enclosed porch in the rear, and the enclosed part of the porch will cover 

 the outside entrance for the teachers to go upstairs, as that will be for 

 them. We have four rooms downstairs with dimensions as follows, as 

 near as I can remember: Front room, 14x16. Dining room, 14x14. 

 Bedroom, 12x14. Kitchen, 14x14, with the exception of cellar way and 

 stairs on part of one side. (See floor plans, page 36.) 



CLOAK ROOM 



CLASS AOOM 



Floor Plan, Combination School House and Teacher's Residence, 

 St. Louis County, Minnesota 



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