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��female college building, for the purpose, but since the erection of the ward schoolhouses, all parties seem well satisfied. The first of these buildings was erected on Bloom street, in the Second Ward, in 1868, and was ready for the reception of pupils in Januar}-, 1869. The same year, the frame schoolhouse in Johns Addition was erected, and also the Third Ward Schoolhouse. which occupies a square, extend- ing from Third to Fourth streets, in the easteni part of the city. These houses, together with

��houses in the First and Fourth Wards was agi- tated ; and resulted in the erection of the First Ward School building, or high school, in 1870. This beautiful edifice was opened, with appro- priate ceremonies, January- 2, 1871. It occu- pies the lot on First street, which is on the southwest corner of the original plat of the city, and was donated by Gen. Hedges, to the Pres- ])yterians, for a graveyai'd. The total cost of this I)uilding, furniture, etc.. was $.31,297, and with few exceptions, the labor was performed

���the old brick on Southeast Diamond, and the brick on the corner of Mulberry and First, now owned and occupied b^- the Catholic School. constituted the schoolhouses of the city for several years — the house on the corner of ^lul- berry and First being used for high-school pur- poses, while the primary school of the First Ward occupied the upper rooms of the market house. At this time, the number of teachers, including superintendent, was seventeen. Tt was soon found that the existing buildings were not adequate to the increasing demands upon them, and in 1 867-68 the question of new school-

��and materials furnished b}' mechanics and bus- iness men of the city ; the stone, with the ex- ception of the window sills, being taken from quarries near the city. It is of brick, two stories, besides baSement and attic ; mansard roof; conveniently planned and nicely furn- ished, and is occupied by primary, intermedi- ate, several grammar and a high school.

In the following year, 1871, the Fourth Ward building was erected. It was built on the same plan and of the same size as the First Ward building, costing about $100 less. Its location, in the eastern part of the city, is commanding

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