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School funds and school laws of Michigan: with notes and forms . Frout of the Monroe Union SoLoolhouse. Figure 1 represents the Front Elevation of the UnionSchoolhouse, recently erected in the city of Monroe. Aside elevation of this Schoolhouse is given on the nextpage. The ground plans of the several stories of thisbuilding, are represented on the 361st and 362d pages. This Schoolhouse has been erected by W^ H. Beaman,Esq., under contract, for something less than ten thousanddollars. He has kindly furnished the plans from which theseengravings have been prepared. The plans, origina
School funds and school laws of Michigan: with notes and forms . Frout of the Monroe Union SoLoolhouse. Figure 1 represents the Front Elevation of the UnionSchoolhouse, recently erected in the city of Monroe. Aside elevation of this Schoolhouse is given on the nextpage. The ground plans of the several stories of thisbuilding, are represented on the 361st and 362d pages. This Schoolhouse has been erected by W^ H. Beaman,Esq., under contract, for something less than ten thousanddollars. He has kindly furnished the plans from which theseengravings have been prepared. The plans, originated and matured by John L. Stevens,Bsq., of Monroe, have been well carried out by the con-tractor. The Schoolhouse, completed, is a credit to theeducational enterprise of the city, and appears in strikingcontrast with its condition fifteen jears ago, when the wri-ter first entered upon the discharge of the duties of Su- 360 SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE. Plan No. ij Fig. 2.—Side Side Elevation of the Monroe Union SchooUionse. perintendeut. At that time there was not a public Sclioolbuilding of any kind in the city. Now there are three orfour other respectable Schoolhouses in the city beside this. A like improvement has been made within this time, inthe Schoolhouses of Ann Arbor, Tecumseh, Jackson andNiles, and in those of other cities and villages of the State. On pnges 3G3 to 365 are plans of the Bishop UnionSchoolbouse of Detroit, which is the last Schoolhonse erec-ted, and the best building occupied by the public Schoolsof that city. This Schoolhouse has been named in honorof the late President of the Board of Education of thatcity, as was tho Barstow Schoolhouse, erected a few yearsago, in honor of the late, lamented President of the Board. SCHOOL No. 4, Fig. 3.—^Basement. 301
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