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 110 CHARLES E. LEWIS 1 $11,203, which provided rooms for thirty boarders. The next year the chapel, known as St. Stephen's Chapel, was moved and raised, and an entire story constructed under it, at a cost of $3,385. This made an addition of five school rooms. Again, in 1871, an additional building was constructed in the rear of the original dormitory building, at a cost of $4,609. This provided a laundry, gymnasium, and twenty additional dormitory rooms. A further ad- dition, in 1872, costing $2,358, increased the capacity to fifty boarders and provided room for the Bishop's family and teachers. This made the total original cost of the ground and buildings amount to $28,555. In addition to this, $5,000 was spent from time to time for paint, furni- ture, etc., another $5,000 for sewer and sidewalk assess- ments, etc., and $8,000 more for insurance making (1890) a total investment of $46,000. Of this amount, citizens of Portland contributed only $3,440 or thereabouts, exclu- sive of scholarships. Scholarships and endowments se- cured by 1890 amounted to about $19,000, most of which had also come from the East. The school was usually self-supporting. When Bishop Scott bought the property upon which the school was located it was considered rather distant from the main part of town. The school, however, had not been in operation long when it was recognized that it would soon be too noisy a location for such an institution. Accordingly, in 1882, a large block of ground was pur- chased in Johnson's Addition, at St. Claire Street, Park Avenue, Vista Avenue and Main Street, largely through the influence of Miss Rodney. As the old location became more unsuited for school purposes, plans were made for the erection of new buildings on this site. The old loca- tion was sold to the city of Portland for $100,000 cash and on June 9, 1890, the cornerstone was laid for the new structure. This was a brick building overlooking the city, which cost $100,000 and which had a capacity of 100 boarders and a like number of day students. There was an indebtedness of $20,000 on this building, which it was w