LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 029 448 944 7 Hollinger Corp. pH 8.5 7^, .--' '^^ PRACTICAL PLANS - .-/■ FOR District School Houses, FOR THE USE AND GUIDANCE OF School Boards and Officers. ■l^';i1""atTaiff ^^0 _^ W^[l}^Ahm School Architect and Engineer of Heating and Ventilating. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by J. A. 'Bancroft & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. PUBLISHED BT J. -A.. Bj^ISrCROFT & CO., ^ Educational Publishers and Booksellers, 512 Arch Street, } *"" i^i3:xxjAi3EXi:pi3:i^, LOAG, PR., Philad'> J. A. BANCEOPT & CO-SCHOOL FUENITUEE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A, J. A. BANCROFT. J. A. BANCROFT & CO., Nos. 512 ARCH & 511 NORTH STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. ^-^ Publishers, Booksellers, AND GENEEAL SCHOOL FTJENI8HEE8. MANUFACTURERS OF 4. LIQUID SLATING, NATURAL SLATE, Black Boards, Easels, &o., &g. GLOBES, -W-AXjIj ^S^JLIPS, IIL.XjTJSTI?.A.TIVE A.IPI'-AK.A.TXJS, verg Article faf the ^chool ^aamJ SEND FOR I)ESC&]FTIV£ AND ILLU5TSATED CATALOQUES 07 AFFABATUS, UAFS, leo. J. A. BANCEOFT & CO.-SCHOOL FUENITUEE, MAPS, aLOBES, &c., 512 AECH ST., PHILAD'A. General Specifications. MASON'S -WORK. Cellar, 2 feet deep, to be dug under the entire building; trenches for foundations and piers, 6 inches deeper; earth to be graded around the outside of wall, one foot high, and sloping from building on all sides. Foundation walls, and piers for centre girders, to be of rubble stone, laid up solidly in mortar; to be one foot thick and 6 feet high, from cellar bottom to under side of sills. Stone piers, 3 feet deep, to be built to support posts of outside steps. Chimney flues to be of brick, 12 inches square on inside, built on strong brackets. Inside walls to be plastered — two coats, and whitewashed. Carpenter's VTork. Timber. — Sills and Girder, 4X8; Floor-beams, 3X^5 Posts, 6X6; Window Studs and Plates, 4X6; Filling-in- Studs, 2X6; Inside Partition Studding, 2 X 4 — doubled around doors ; Ceiling Joists, 2X8; Rafters, 3X^5 Floor-bridging, 2X3. Rafters and ceiling joists to be strongly trussed with plank The outside of walls and roof to be sheathed with hem- lock boards Corner boards and siding to be of pine. Roofs covered with A 1 sawed shingles ; Valleys, &c., flushed with tin. Roofs to project 3 feet, ceiled with narrow boards to under side of rafter ; brackets to be 4 inches thick — solid. Cornice to be moulded, and tin or zinc gutters and leaders put up. Outside steps I ', inch thick, enclosed with 1 inch narrow worked beaded pine, finished with 6 inch pine posts and 3X4 hand rails. Sashes iJ inch thick, hung with cords and weights in ik inch pine box frames. Porches and ventilating belfries to be built as shown in the drawings. Floors to be of Norway pine, 1 1 inch. Window and door casings to be 4J inches wide, with 2* in. back moulding. Doors to be i o inch thick, 4 panels, hung with loose butts and strong rim locks, and opening outwards. School-room windows to have plain insitie rolling blinds; wardrobe windows to have the glass frosted or painted on inside. Wardrobes to be wainscoted with narrow pine beaded boards, 6 feet SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ANY THING WANTED IN SCHOOL FURNISHING LINE. J. A. BANCROFT & CO.-SCHOOL rURNITURB, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. high. The School-room to be wainscoted 3 feet high, and the Vestibules 4 feet high. Ventilating shafts to be made of worked boards, started from the floor, continued up through the attic into the belfry. Each shaft to have two openings, one near floor and one near ceiling, each closed with small shutters, hung at the lower edge, opening into the shaft, and worked with cords. A plain corner, iron enamelled wash basin to be put in, with waste pipe of lead or tin. Teacher's closets and libraries to be fitted up with all necessary shelving. Build a trap-door and stairs to cellar, in boys' ward- robe. Two water-closets to be built, each 4X6 feet ; vaults to be 5 feet deep, laid up with dry stone wall, to be circular, 4 feet inside diameter : hemlock frame, pine siding, shingle roof, battened doors — each with lock ; inside to be divided, with two seats in each division. All materials to be of good quality, and the work done in the strongest and most substantial manner. Ziocation <&, General Hezxxarks. The ground selected should be high and dry, easy of access, and, if possible, should not be less than one acre. The building should be placed in the centre, the cellar dirt thrown up around it, and the lot graded from the building to the edges ot the lot ; no surface hollows should be left for water to lay in. The lot should be enclosed in a neat, substantial fence, and divided at the rear by a division fence, to keep the boys and girls separate. The water-closets should be placed in the rear angles of the lot. A number of shade trees should be planted in the front of the lot, and also in the play-grounds. Every School-house should have a cellar under it. The building will last almost twice as long, as the timber will keep dry. A place must be provided for wood and coal, and a cellar costs no more than a wood-shed, and requires no repairs. Wardrobes should always open into the School-room, and not into halls or vestibules, as is generally the case. Where they open into the room, the clothing is under the supervision of, and it cannot be taken or injured without the Teacher being aware of it. In regard to the estimates of cost accompanying these plans, any of them can be modified so as to reduce the cost from 10 to 25 per cent, below the estimates given. Should none of these plans suit, the Architect has a large assortment of others, all of which are at our service. We have also arranged with him to furnish any of our customers with all necessary information in regard to the best and newest methods of School building, heating, lighting, ventilation, furnishing, &c. All correspondence on these subjects will be referred to him, and answered as promptly as the nature of the questions will permit. A popular error exists in the method of arranging seats in a School-room. They are generally placed the largest in the rear of the room, ranging to the smallest, which occupy the front. A much more desirable plan, and one which of late has been adopted by our best schools, is that of having only one size of desk in each row. For example, let the two outside rows be of a size for largest pupils, the centre row for smaller, or reverse, and place the smaller on the outside, &c. 1 SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES OF APPARATUS, MAPS, &o. 4 J. A. BANCROFT & CO-SCHOOL FUENITUEE, MAPS. GLOBES, &o., 512 ABCH ST., PHILAD'A. t j BOYS LiJ ^£.s„_ l-J C//}LS I o XwAROROBE. I BULE. I WARDHOBE. I Side Elevation. DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE "A. Floor Plan. DESCRIPTION OF DESIGN "A." This is designed for a cheap style of building, everything superfluous being omitted Its capacity can be changed by adding or taking oft' two feet in length for every six pupils, more or less, as may be required. The building has no cellar, but is to be built on cedar posts, or piers of wood or stone, and the space below the building boarded up. Floor plan 20 X ^8. It is 2j feet above the ground. Girders and Sills, 4X8 inches; Floor Beams, 2X8; Posts, iz feet high The Rafters are 2 X 6—16 feet long, and are tied 14 feet from the floor with ceiling joists l] X 6 inches, supported and stiffened in the centre by stay lath from the rafters The window glass is 10 X 18— sashes hung; Vestibule doors, 30X70; Closet door, 2.2X7 ° The Wardrobes form arched recesses, without doors. The exterior is not sheathed; the weather boarding, I inch thick, is nailed directly to the frame Bins for fuel are made under the building The cost of a building to seat 40 pupils, put up in this style, should not exceed $700.00. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ANY THINS WANTED IN SCHOOL FURNISHING LINE. J. A. BANCROPT & CO.— SCHOOL FUENITUEB, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. A. N. DABB, Arch'i. J. A. BANCROFT <& CO., PhilaoCa. DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE No. i. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES OF APPARATUS, MAPS, &o. , 6 J. A. BANCEOFT & CO.-SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. General Description. Design 1. This building is 26 X 32 feet, and is a very conveniently arranged building. The ceiling is designed to be 14 feet high 5 12 feet would, however, make a good height, but the former is the best. The principal entrances are at the rear, the front entrance being designed for visitors, or for the public when meet- ings are required to be held in the building. The Teacher's platform is at the rear, against a blank wall, which affords space for maps, black board surface, &c. On each side of the platform is a Teacher's closet and book closet — these should be in every schjol. The wardrobes are large, fitted up with iron clothes hooks ; they and the front vestibule are lighted by a head-light over each door. Black boards, 3^ feet high, extend all around the room, above the wainscoting. The outside is neat and tasteful. The roof projects 4 feet, supported by frame brackets; the porch over front door is built to correspond. The ventilating belfry is large and strong enough for a 200 lb. bell. The room will seat 56 pupils, in double seats, as follows, each size in separate row or rows : — 16 Primary, 28 Secondary, 12 Grammar. Wall aisles 3 feet, middle aisles nearly 2 feet wide. This build- ing will cost between Si, 100. 00 and $1,300.00, according to locality. In some parts of Pennsylvania it might cost less than the first named sum. This building could easily be enlarged to double its si2e, and make a double School. O/srff/cT {jcHooi- /Vs 1 Fcooff P/./^N. £^y3Z— SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOSUE OP ANY THIHa WANTED IN SCHOOL PURNISHINO LINE. 7 J. A. BANCROFT & CO.-SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &o., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. A. N. DABB, Arch't. J. A. BANCROFT & CO., Bhilada DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE No. 2. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED OATALOSUES OF APPARATUS, MAPS, &o. J. A. BANCEOFT & CO.-SCHOCL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. General Description. ■ 3Z /P/ST/p/cr iScHooL A'P 2 . f^ooff /^l/in. Design 2. This building covers more ground than No. i, and is a large and very convenient building. The main building is 26 X 32 feet, and the front projection, in which are the wardrobes and vesti- bules, is 6 X 20 feet. The wardrobes are roomy, and open into the School-room immediately ad- joining the vestibules. The wardrobes and vesti- bules are well lighted through the double front windows. The School-room ceiling is 13 feet high, and the room is well lighted from six large windows; the glass in them is 12X15 inches. The long blank wall behind the Teacher's plat- form affords fine space for maps and black boards. The angles of the room are cut off for Teacher's closet and book closet. The wardrobes will be fitted up with clothes hooks Black boards, 3] feet high, will extend all around the School-room, above the wainscoting. The outside presents a good appearance, the three gables making it very attractive. The roof will project 3 feet on all sides, and the cornice will be fitted up with brackets and mouldings. The belfry is similar to the preceding plan, but a little more ornamental. The room will seat 62 pupils, in gothic double desks, each size in separate row or rows, as fol- lows : — 14 Primary, 28 Secondary, 20 Grammar. Aisles 2 and 3 feet wide. This building will cost from $1,400.00 to $1,600.00, according to locality. SENS FOE SESCKIFTIVE CATALOQUE OF ANY THINS WANTED IN SCHOOL FUBNISHINGl LINE. J. A. BANCROFT & CO.— SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. A. N. DABB, Areh't. J. A. BANCROFT & CO., Fhilad'c DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE ^o. 3. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOCrg...^ OF APPARATUS, MAPS, Sec. J. A. BANCEOPT & CO.-SCHOCL FUENITUEE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 AECH ST., PHILAD'A. General Description. Design 3. This building is 26 X 32 feet, ceiling 14 feet high, and is a very commanding building in external appearance. The entrances are at the front, and immediately adjoining them are the wardrobes, properly fitted up with clothes hooks. The two wardrobes are separated by a closet for the Teacher's use, for books, &c. In this plan the Teacher's platform is placed in the front, near the doors. This arrangement is preferred by many Teachers. If otherwise, the platform could be placed against the rear wall, where there would be more blank wall for black boards, &c. Black boards extend all around the room, as in the previous plans. A wash-stand is also placed in one of the rear corners. The wardrobes and closet are well lighted. The vestibules are lighted by fan-lights over the front doors. The windows have I2X IS glass. The roof projects three feet on all sides, supported by sawn brackets. The belfry is large and imposing, but is easily built. The doors are well protected by the porches, supported on brackets. This building will seat 56 pupils, each size desk in separate row or rows, as follows : — 16 Primary, 28 Secondary, 12 Grammar. By adding two feet to its length it will seat 64. This building would also look well if built long enough for two rooms. The cost of this building, as shown, will be from §1,400.00 to $1,600.00. D/sr/f/CT School /K° 3 , /'^oo/f Pz./\f/ . JS(> x 3Ji SEND FOE DESCKIPTIVE CATALOt . OF ANT THINa WANTED IN SCHOOL FURNISHINS LINE. 1! J. A. BANCROFT & CO.— SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. A. N. DABB, Areh't. J. A. BANCROFT * CO., Philad'a. DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE No. 4. SEND FOE DESCEIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATES CATALOGUES OP APPARATUS, MAPS, &ic. 12 ■ J. A. BANCEOFT & CO. -SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. D/STK/CT SCHOOL A"? 4. FLOOftPLA/i. £2 X 3 ^ /^ei . General Description. Design 4. This building is 22 X 34 *eet, and the projections on the sides give variety to its appearance. It is not so stifFor formal in its style. This building could be enlarged sufficiently for two rooms, and make a very handsome building. The ceiling of this School-room is 14 feet high. The vestibules are light and roomy, and are convenient of access to the wardrobes ; these are fitted up the same as the preceding plans. Be- tween the two wardrobes is the teacher's closet. The School-room is lighted by six windows — glass, 12 y 15. Black boards extend all around the School-room. A wash-bowl is placed in the rear corner. The roof projects 3 feet on all sides ; the gables are ornamented with open timber work. The roof of vestibules extends forward a sufficient distance to form a porch over front steps. This building will seat 52 pupils, as follows, each size desk in a row : — 20 primary, 18 secondary, 14 grammar. This num- ber could be enlarged by lengthening the building. This building will cost from §1,350.00 to $1,575.00, according to locality. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ANY THING WANTED IN SCHOOL FURNISHING LINE, 13 J. A. BANCEOPT & CO.— SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. Public School at Ml Joy P —Elected I 7 DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE, No. 12. A. N. DABB, Arch't. SEND FOE DESCSIPTIVB AND ILLUSTRATED OATALOaUES OP APPARATUS, MAPS, &c. 14 J. A. BANCROFT & CO. -SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. No. 12. 2o.e,- xZS.^~ WfiROROBE 'Secouo rLoo/f FiffsT Floor. General Description. The building is of brick, and is strongly and substantially built. It is two and a half stories in height, and is covered with a slate roof. The belfry or tower is seventy-five feet high, and contains a very rich, fine-toned bell, weigh- ing eleven hundred pounds. The basement or half story is all above ground, and is divided into three sections, one of which is used by the girls, and another by the boys, as a play-ground iu cold or stormy weather. The third section contains fuel rooms and two furnaces, which heat the building very thoroughly. The basement story is nine feet high, and is well lighted. The first floor con- tains four good school-rooms, each seating fifty-four pupils, and the second floor has two large rooms, each seating ninety-six pupils, and in connection with these two rooms are two large recitation rooms, each capable of seating thirty- six pupils. All the school-rooms have large wardrobes attached to them ; by this arrangement the putting on or oflf of clothing is under the direct supervision of the teacher, and the destruction of clothing and confusion of a general cloak- room avoided. In each wardrobe is a cast-iron wash-bowl and water-cooler, thus supplying each room with good drinking water, and also with the means of cleanliness. There are two large stairways in the building, and with the three outside doors opening from the hall, and the four doors in the basement, the building could be emptied without confusion in three or four minutes, in case of a panic All outside doors open outward. The rooms are wainscoted three feet high, and black-boards occupy every available space on the walls of each room The room ceilings are 14 and 15 feet high, and great pains have been taken to ensure thorough ventilation Each room is lighted from the sides and rear, and no pupil sits facing the light, (which, by the way, is a common source of short sightedness.) The building, exclusive of heating apparatus and furniture, costs about $14,800.00, and is designed to accommodate four hundred pupils It is furnished throughout with the im- proved and popular Gothic Furniture of J A. Bancroft & Co., Philadelphia. For beauty, comfort and durability, in this respect, it is unsurpassed by any school building in the country. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOSUE OF ANY THINO WANTED IN SCHOOL FTONISHIN& LINE. 16 J. A. BANCROFT & CO.— SCHOOL FURNITURE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 ARCH ST., PHILAD'A. OF Which will repay careful consideration. The Gothic Curved -Back Desk, TTITH FOUJINO SEAT AND FOOT REST. iBt,— This Desk is admitted to be tlie most comfortable of any. The Ctirved Back and Seat were designed by Prof. Cutter, the eminent physiologist, and are true to anatomical principles: the inclination of the former and the curve of the latter are so correct that they conform ex- actly to the person of the occu- pant, and force the pupil to an easy, upright and healthy position. 2d, — A valuable improvement makes this Desk the Most Re- cent and perfect in the market. 3d,— The Desk is provided with an Adjustable Foot Rest, shown iu the engraving, which affords a most enjoyable relief from the fatigue of sitting. The pupils being more comfortable when their feet are on the Rest, keep them there, thus preventing the noise from constant scrap- ing on the floor. These Foot Rests contribute as much to the ease of the pupils as the Foot Rests in Railway Gars contribute to the comfort to the traveler. They are found in ow Desks alone, and are a feature with us. 4th,— A perfect noiseless seat hinge is used, with Tliree Stops, and no strain on the bolt, [which for actual use could be dispensed with entirely.] This IS the case with no other Desk, wherein a bolt is used in the seat joint, and is a peculiar feature of extreme importance. 5th, — The seat, when folded, almost meets the back of the Desk, but never touches it, and allows the spaces between each desk to form almost as free passage way as in the aisles, and en- tirely unimpeded by Any Projection WTiat- 6th, — In folding or opening the Seat, it is im- possible to catch the clothing, pinch theflngers, or otherwise cause discomfort. 7th,— The Iron in the Castings is so distributed, as to secure the greatest possible strength where the most pressure comes, while the proportions of the Desk and ornamented Gothic Castings are tasteful and elegant. In addi- tion. We Guarantee every cast- ing we send out. By actual test, they have sustained a weight of over 1600 pounds, without injury. 8th,— The Castings have a very wide, continuous flange, for the better attachment of the wood- broad base, — and a greater num- ber of screw boles for the floor. The patent Non-corrosive Ink Well and Cover is supplied, and is the best known. 9th,— An extra wide Book Shelf will be noticed in the engraving. The Desls: is the Best Finished in the U. S., while the sizes will be found larger than the corresponding grades of others. 10th,— By special points of merit, partially given here, we have endeavored to make this Desk of More Talue to our customer, at the same time making our list prices less than others. TH£ GOTHIC DESK has been adopted annually, for Four successive Years, iu the Philadelphia Public Schools, and over 20,000 Seats are now in use. Scores of thousands are now in use throughout the middle States, and the demand is constantly increasing. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOSUES OF APPARATUS, MAPS, &c. 16 J. A. BANCEOFT & CO.-SCEOCL rUENHUEE, MAPS, GLOBES, &c., 512 AECH ST., PEILAD'A. Which tvill repay careful consideration. The Gothic Inclined -Back Desk, TTITH FOLDIIVG SEAT. This Desk, in appearance, com- fortand strength resembles closely, and Is similar to the Gothic Curved Back Deslt, as before. Quality and sizes are the same. The back is not so decided In curvature, but is Inclined at an angle wliich, with the curved seat, conforms to the shape of the body, and is extremely comfortable. The Foot Rest is The Patent Standard Desk, WITH CTJRVEr> SEAT. This handsome Desk has been constructed with spe- cial reference to providing a substantial, comfortable and compact Desk for District Schools, at or near the cost of the ordinary "Home-made" or Pine Furniture, but far superior In durability, com- fort and appearance. It has all the advantages in Curved Seat, Inclined Back, Wide omitted, as well as the Patent Sli- vered Ink Well and Cover, an orna- mented iron one being furnished in its place. The handsome and strong castings, with compact fold- ing curved seat and wide shelves, will be specially noticed. For a medium priced Patent Desk this is unsurpassed, and is fully guaran- teed. Shelf, and Handsome Cast- ings, that are incorporated in the Gothic Patent Desks as before. The sizes are pre- cisely the same. In cases where the funds are limited, this will be found to be spe- cially adapted, and is poH- tiveiy the Strongest Desk in the market. The Iron Frames can be readily Ke- wooded, and will last for generations. For full description, sizes, &e., of our Furniture and Apparatus, please send for our descriptive Catalogues of same. For the opinions of those, of whom you know, as to actual School Room Test of our Desks, send for " A Few Appropriate Words," &c. J. ^. BA-iN^OHOFT & CO., JVos. 512 Arch and 511 North Street, PHILADELPHIA. SEND FOE SESCBIFTIVE CATALOaiTE OF AI77 THIITa WANTED m SCHOOL FUBKISHIlTa LIITE. iiniSSl*"^ °'' CONGRESS 029 448 944 7 A REVOLUTION IN SABBATH SOHOOL SEATING!! ~^C Tke Bancroft Improved Reversible Settee, FOR SUNDAY SOHOOL, LECTUSE AND ASSEMBLY, ROOMS. new, novel and complete Settee ia constructed on purely physiological principles. The back and seat form a continuous e, which fits the body exactly. In reTersuif:. the back swings under instead of over, and in turn becomes the seat; valuable are thus secured that are nvknown in amj other Settee, with an entire absence of complicated mechanism. full descriptive catalogue before deciding on other styles. SI2 Arch Street, Philad'a, ■} ^^tlwol, gitU & fflhutcli gmni^tx^. ALBERT N. DABB, A-rcMtect and Engineer of Heating and "Ventilation. PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK A SPECIALTY. Plans and Specifications for School Buildings prepared at short notice — a variety on hand. Plans prepared for the Heating and Ventilation of Houses now built or in progress. Plans also prepared for the re-modelling or re-construction of Old Buildings. TERMS MODERATE. Teachers, School Officers and Committees famished with information in regard to the newest and best methods of School Building. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Address P. O. Box, No. 2609, PhiladelpMa.