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There is a brick floor in the basement where the children played in inclement weather before rainy day schedules were in effect. During the depths of the depression, the ERA funded a soup kitchen in part of the basement. The first floor consists of four large classrooms opening off the large entrance hall with an ornamental tin ceiling and beaded wainscoting. There is a double wooden arch over the entrance to each of the two rooms with an second floor with an acorn shaped finial at the center. A double wooden stairway leads to the second floor with beaded wainscoting along the walls. The second floor consists of two large classrooms and a large auditorium with an ornamental tin ceiling. The auditorium was used for school plays, operettas, town and parish meetings, programs and lectures. Additional usage in later years was as a study hall and library. In front of the school, there are concrete steps leading down to the athletic field. In addition to sports, the field was often used for graduations and other school functions. Behind the school is the boiler that furnished steam heat to all the rooms. Breezes were often felt coming from the Mississippi River through the open windows during the warmer days, as there was no air conditioning. Brick walls that are eighteen inches thick help considerably for insulation purposes. |


