PLAN OF GRADED SCHOOL IN WHITINSVILLE (NORTHBRIDGE).

This building is constructed of wood; exterior dimensions being fortyfive feet by thirty-five feet, finished in two stories; the first arranged with school-room receiving its light from three large double windows on either side; measures thirty-two feet by thirty-four feet, and has seventy single desks for primary department; this story has also a separate entrance for pupils on either side of main vestibule, with conveniently arranged staircases to cellar-room.

The second story is reached by means of a wide double-staircase, and has accommodations for fifty-six pupils, the school-room being of same dimensions as the one below, with convenient clothing-rooms or entries and also teacher's private room, with book-closets directly in the rear of platform.

PLAN OF UNGRADED SCHOOL IN NORTHBRIDGE CENTER.

This school-house is thirty-five feet by forty-five feet, located on a commanding lot of land, one hundred feet by one hundred and fifty feet, which is laid out with creditable skill. The building is of wood, with slated roof, finished in bracketed style. The school-room is thirteen feet high, arranged with single desks for sixty-four pupils; the disposition of light is like that of the building at Whitinsville, the windows being in the side walls; the internal walls are lined up to a convenient height with wood, and plastered above; the building can be readily enlarged by the addition of another story. The matter of ventilation and heating has been attended to in the most careful manner, The usual conveniences in the way of blackboard, tablets, entrances, cellarstairs, closets, etc., are as presented in the plan.

The contract for the three school-houses of this style erected by the town, exclusive of cellar and furnishing, was $3,000.

PLAN OF UNGRADED SCHOOL IN BRIMFIELD.

This is a wooden school-house finished in bracketed style, similar to that at Whitinsville; is arranged with two school-rooms on one floor, eighteen feet by twenty-nine feet and twenty-eight feet by twenty-nine feet respectively; the other conveniences, such as entrances, stairs and closets, make up the dimensions of the building to sixty feet by thirty feet; the building is at present one story high, fourteen feet in the clear; the walls externally being clapboarded and internally sheathed throughout to the height of window-stools and plastered above; the school-rooms are sheathed overhead, and otherwise the interior is finished in the most complete manner.

The basement-story is eight feet high, arranged for fuel and playrooms, and other conveniences to perfect the same.

The building, including cellar, superstructure and furniture, cost not far from $3,100.

PLANS FOR CITIES.

THE HARVARD GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN CHARLESTOWN.

The building for the Harvard Grammar School in Charlestown* was dedicated Feb. 22, 1872, and cost, with site and equipment, $130,825.

From whatever point it may be viewed, the exterior presents a very solid and substantial appearance, it being the object of the architect to

produce a building elegant and symmetrical in its proportions, without incurring useless expense in meretricious ornamentation; it is three stories in height, exclusive of a high basement. The walls are faced with pressed bricks and trimmed with granite from Maine.

* By action of the legislature, and the concurrent vote of the legal voters of the cities of Charlestown and Boston, the city is now included in the chartered limits of Boston,

The roof is "hipped," covered with slate, and surmounted by an iron cresting of pleasing pattern; the cornice of the front central projection is carried above the general level of the cornice of the main building, covered with a roof of steeper pitch and longer rafter, and crowned with an iron finial and vane of bold design, making this a striking and emphatic feature of the building when seen from any point on Bow Street.

The building is set in the middle of a lot, which allows of spacious yards in front and on each side for play-grounds.

The basement is twelve feet high, has entrances from the yards on either side, and contains, in addition to the heating apparatus and fuelrooms, light, spacious and well-ventilated play-rooms for the boys and girls-for use during inclement weather-with which are connected the water-closets; from each play-room is a flight of stairs leading to the first floor.

Entering the building from the front we find on either side of the entrance-hall, comfortable and commodious rooms for the use of the