1853. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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PLAN AND DESCRIPTION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL HOUSE IN EXETER, N. H. 



FRONT ELE^^ATION. 



The school-house, of which the foregoing cut 

 presents a somewhat incomplete view, was built 

 under the direction of H. F. French, Orix Head, 

 and J. G. Hoyt, after designs drawn by the latter 

 gentleman. It stands back about 60 feet from the 

 street in the midst of a half-acre lot, and is sur- 

 rounded and ornamented with trees. In respect 

 to style, construction, convenience of internal ar- 

 rangement, elegance of finish, furniture, means of 



lime, cement and lamp-black, with an outside 

 coat of stucco as hard as marble, and as black as 

 the three bad boys that St. Nicholas dipped in his 

 ink-stand. Over the teacher's platform there is a 

 ventilating trap-door, opening by cord and pulleys 

 into the attic. The attic is relieved of the vitiated 

 air, thus constantly rising into it, by means of a 

 copper ventilator on the roof. 

 The abbreviation marks on the plan may be ex- 



ventilation, as well as amplitude of grounds, it plained as follows 

 maybe pointed to as a model. It is 2G feet by J., School-room, 25 feet by 25, besides the re- 

 34, and 13 feet high in the clear. The pitch of the cess near the chimney, containing 62 arm-chairs, 

 roof is 20 degrees. The windows are hung with with book and slate-racks attached. The chairs 



weights and shaded with Venetian blinds. The 

 walls are beautifully papered and ornamented 

 with busts and casts. As a substitute for a rick- 

 ety, rattling black-board, the end wall by the 

 teacher's platform is plastered with a mortar of 



PLAN OF FLOOR. 



are made for comfort, and are fine specimens of 

 workmanship from the manufactory of TV". G. 

 Shattuck, Boston. 



B, Recess back of the stove, G feet by 2^, fin- 

 ished at the top with a Gothic arch. 



C, Broad steps under the porches, defended by 

 balustrades. 



D, Entry for boys, about 12 feet by 71, furnished 

 with hooks for hats and coats. 



E, Entry for girls, about 12 feet by 7|, furnished 

 with hooks for bonnets and cloaks. 



F, Flue, 12 inches square, plastered smooth in- 

 side. 



G, Additional flue of the same size, built in case 

 it should^ver be deemed advisable to "annex'' an- 

 other school-room. 



P, Platform for teacher, 10 feet by 5, elevated 

 8 inches, and provided with one of Shattuck's 

 desks. 



R, Register for the admission of pure air. 



The building is raised about 5 feet, and windows 

 are left in the underpinning under the porches, so 

 that the air, which ascends through the register 

 into the school-room, comes fresh from the out- 

 door world. The stove stands over the register; 



