This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
Specifications of a School house to be constructed at Montgomery Montgomery County Texas House Built in California style - 24 x 36 feet - 12 feet in clear. Boxing 1 inch by 12, and battened with 3 inch strips. House to be firmley fixed on oaken blocks, twenty four inches from the ground. Lumber good quality pine — dressed on outside Sills To be of good sound pine lumber 10 x 10 inches or of hard oak. Sleepers To be of good sound pine lumber 2 X 10 inches, to rest on centre sill, running length of the house. Plates To be of good sound pine lumber 2 X 6 inch Strips Entirely around the building six feet from the floor 2 x 4 inch. Floors To be of 1¼ inch dressed pine plank tongue & grooved & secret nailed Door One Double door 4 x 5 feet - four pannels - 4 - inch casing inside - proper lock key bolts hinges &c Windows Eight windows Three on each side - two on [[strikethrough]] centre [[/strikethrough]] rear end - Twelve lights each - 12 x 18 inch glass four inch casings.