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From The Fallon Eagle April 2, 1938

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First Four New Cottage- Type Unit School Buildings at Fallon
By E. C. BEST Superintendent Consolidated "B" Schools in Nevada

The first four grades of the Fallon schools have been housed in two two-story buildings of four rooms each. For some years it has become increasingly evident that these buildings were not appropriate or satisfactory structures for primary pupils.
For months the board of school trustees and the superintendent studied school building construction and types of school buildings. At the close of this study, cottage-type buildings were the unanimous choice, and plans were made to construct the first of four two - room cottage - type units. This first unit has been completed and the little folks from the upstairs rooms of one of the old buildings have moved into the new cottage school. After seeing the new building in operation we are more enthusiastic than ever
about this type of construction. The building was constructed with pupil safety the first consideration, without sacrifice of appearance or utility. The outer walls are of brick, stucco coated, with superstructure and all partitions of steel. The window lighting and the artificial lighting are in accord with the latest schoolroom lighting practice. One side of each room is almost entirely window which reaches within a few inches of the ceiling. There is not a semblage of cross lighting. The artificial lighting of each room is composed of nine semi-indirect fixtures, with each of three rows of lights connected with separate switches in order that the side of the room farthest from the window may be lighted by itself if desired. The ceiling is ivory in color. The sides are of light color at the top and shade continually darker toward the floor. Above and at the ends of the blackboards there is space given over to bulletin-board material, a substitute for cork. There is practically as much space given to this cork substitute as is given to the blackboard. Exits are at both front and back of the classrooms, and, should occasion arise, exit is obtained through the large side window by the single movement of a lever.
This type of building requires very little hall space, which makes construction fully economical.

Fallon Eagle April 26, 1939

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Elko Firm Wins
School Contract
White and Alter, Elko contractors, submitted the lowest of four bids for the construction of three additional two-room, cottage-type school buildings for Consolidated B school district when the bids were opened at a meeting of the district board, of trustees last Friday night, and the contract was awarded the following day to the low bidders for $47,179.
Flyge and Hansen of Reno had the next lowest bid, at $47,800, and Kent and Long of Fallon had the third lowest, at $49,595. The bid of Robert McCarthy of San Francisco was $50,888. Under the terms of the contract the three structures covered must be finished by September 2, 1939, in time for the opening of the fall term of school. Work was started Wednesday in preparation for the laying of the foundations. Two of the buildings will be erected on the Old High site and one at West End. White and Alter have built the El-vada Theatre in Elko, the Wintermantle Jewelry Co. building in the same city, and did most of the work on a recent addition to an Elko school building, besides building a school at Mountain City, a garage at Boulder City, and other structures, according to word received from Elko where the standing of the contractors is high.

Fallon Eagle May 20, 1939

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