. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . and remodelthe house, that it might be made suitable for a soldiers orphan lessee occupied a part of the property till the 1st of April, whichretarded the work, and was a source of great inconvenience. Butas occasion required and opportunity offered, very important addi-tions were made. In 1870 a new dwelling was erected and furnished,and dedicated February 18, 1872. This building is large, wellarranged, and every part well adapted to the
. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . and remodelthe house, that it might be made suitable for a soldiers orphan lessee occupied a part of the property till the 1st of April, whichretarded the work, and was a source of great inconvenience. Butas occasion required and opportunity offered, very important addi-tions were made. In 1870 a new dwelling was erected and furnished,and dedicated February 18, 1872. This building is large, wellarranged, and every part well adapted to the use designed. Thiswas followed by another structure, containing a large, well-lightedschool-room, a large sitting-room for boys, and a neat and handsomelyfurnished chapel, which was followed by two bath-rooms and wash-rooms for boys and girls, a work-shop, a farm-house, and a store-house, all of which were completed in 1873. A farm of forty-oneacres was purchased soon after the school opened. In 1870 the farmand garden lands were increased to one hundred acres, and in 1873these were again increased to two hundred and ten acres, with fine 304.
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