History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . the last apartment was adapted for use by a resolutionof the board passed on the 19th of July, 1871. At the present time thereare nine school rooms and tour class rooms in this building; the high school,two grammar schools, three intermediate, and two primary schools are con-ducted here. The Penrose building is a brick .structure on the east side of Franklinstreet south of Chestnut. One grammar school, two intermediate, and fourprimarv schools are conducted here. The ground was purchased in 1857,when Pemberton Bird. William H. Cherington, Dr. J.
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . the last apartment was adapted for use by a resolutionof the board passed on the 19th of July, 1871. At the present time thereare nine school rooms and tour class rooms in this building; the high school,two grammar schools, three intermediate, and two primary schools are con-ducted here. The Penrose building is a brick .structure on the east side of Franklinstreet south of Chestnut. One grammar school, two intermediate, and fourprimarv schools are conducted here. The ground was purchased in 1857,when Pemberton Bird. William H. Cherington, Dr. J. J. John, W. P. With-ington, F. A. Clark, and John Shipp composed the board. An additiontwenty-five by forty feet in dimensions was authorized by the board, June 12,1874, and the contract [was awarded, August 4, 1874, to Daniel Yost attwenty-three hundred ninety dollars. Messrs. Aucker, John, and Schwartzconstituted the buikiing committee. A further addition was made in 1887. The Stevens building received its present name, January 10, 1876, by. ^^^^^6^^ SHAMOKIN. 651 resolution of the board, in honor of the great defender of the commonschool system, Thaddeus Stevens. Prior to that date it was known as theNewtown school. On the 5th of May, , the township school board decidedto purchase lots No. 3 and 4 in block No. 61 from C. P. and K. C. Helfen-stein, and on the 19th of June it was resolved to build. A building tax ofsixteen hundred dollars was levied, June 26th; the contract was awarded,July 13, 1857, to Benjamin McClow at his bid of eighteen hundred twenty-five dollars, and the work was prosecuted under the direction of Messrs. Johnand Shipp, building committee. For various reasons this location was notfoimd to be entirely suitable, and on the 5th of June, 1869, the building andgrounds were sold to Henry Morgan for five hvmdred dollars. Frederick , Withington Lake, and M. Ernes, a committee of the board, reported infavor of a new location, June 4th; on the 1st of J
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