Word: bricked
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...general design the gate will be in harmony with the other parts of the new fence, it will also contain a suggestion of the nature of the building to which it gives access. The iron work will be 14 feet high and will be flanked by pillars of Harvard brick with sandstone caps, and by 112 feet of fencing. In a semicircle just about the gate itself a suitable inscription will be wrought, and above that, a rectangle will contain the words "Given by the Class of 1881." Surmounting the whole, there will be a cross encircled by a wreath...
...cost of the whole including five brick posts and iron fencing, will be $5,000. Mr. A. W. Longfellow, Jr., '76, is the architect...
...style of plaques and have been placed chiefly in the vestibule. A large number of economic specimens, recently received, are also on exhibition and are expected to give far better illustrations of certain orders than has hitherto been possible. One of the most interesting is a large specimen of brick tea, now installed in the north room. Tea of this kind, in solid tablets of great size a method of packing employed in China when the tea is to be transported for a long distance. The specimen is the gift of Mrs. Abbott of Cambridge...
...club house is of Harvard brick, faced with white marble, four stories high with a basement, and includes reception and reading rooms, a dining room and a theatre seating 500 people. It is hoped that the building will be finished this spring, but it may not be ready for use until next fall. The total cost, when completed, will amount to about...
...have been raised to the bases of the windows of the first story, and in some places several feet higher. The large entrance, designed to correspond with that of Robinson Hall. is beginning to take form. Flanking the doors there will be pillars two stories high, the shafts of brick, and the capitals of white limestone. to correspond with the trimmings of the rest of the building...