Word: block
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have more than the beggarly number of five, the present number of its members, in the club. Eighty-seven last spring, had about three times as many representatives in the club. The secretary will take the names of those who wish to join the club, at 28 Hilton Block...
When the college opens for the fall term next year, the students who return to Cambridge will find a new dormitory standing upon the site formerly occupied by the store of J. F. Noera. The new building, to be known as Hilton Block, will be an extension of the dormitory built by Mr. J. M. Hilton last year, and access to the three upper floors will be had through the entrance to West Hilton. The first floor of the building will be occupied by the store of Leavitt and Peirce, whose former store will be taken by Mr. Noera...
...wall of the third story will be inserted a panel bearing the date of the building's erection, 1885. The cornice will be capped at each end by ornamental posts, between which will extend a highly ornamented iron railing. Altogether the design of the new block is very satisfactory, reflecting much credit upon the architect, Mr. W. P. Wentworth, of Boston. The structure will be completed during the summer recess. It is said that many of the suites of rooms have already been engaged...
...workmen, while engaged on Saturday in excavating the cellar for Mr. Hilton's new block on Harvard street, discovered an iron pot containing several quarts of Spanish gold coins, the value of which has not yet been ascertained...
...Hilton will not erect a dormitory on Holyoke St. as at first contemplated, but will build an addition to West Hilton Block upon the lot formerly occupied by Mr. Noera. The store occupied by Mr. Noera has been moved to the vacant lot on Holyoke...