Word: bricks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...contract for the construction of the Widener Memorial Library has been awarded to a Philadelphia builder, whose name is not yet announced, calling for an expenditure of $1,400,000. As was planned the building is to be of brick and marble, three stories in height, 210 by 275 feet and containing a specially fire-proofed section to house the Widener collection...
...feet in length. The general appearance of the structure is in keeping with the older Harvard buildings and the colonial type of architecture has been followed out in the exterior design. The base of the building is built of granite blocks and the three upper stories of dull Harvard brick with limestone trimmings. A limestone cornice adds the necessary finish to the front of the building. The structure is three stories high, with a basement all but three feet above the ground and a sub-basement entirely dark...
...Architect Horace Traumbaeur has the bids in hand and within a few days the award will be made. As soon as the contract is let the contractor is expected to begin the work. This will include the demolition of the present Gore Hall, the excavation, concrete foundations, stone and brick work, cut stone, fire and damp-proofing, cement, mortar and concrete and structural metal and miscellaneous iron-work, lumber and carpenter work, plaster, painting and glazing, rough hardware, marble and tile work, cement floors and pavements, plumbing, heating and ventilating...
...piping, book conveyors, pneumatic tubes, vacuum cleaning system, a leaded glass ceiling in the main reading-room, bronze grilles for windows in the special reading-room and delivery room and a clock in the main reading-room. In demolishing Gore Hall and foundations all the old materials except the bricks and granite are to be the property of the contractor. These are to be used in the new building below grade. All the interior walls except on the light courts, where white brick will be used, are to be of Harvard red brick similar to those used in the Class...
...rear entrance to the ground story and the base above the pavement level in the light courts are to be constructed of Woodbury, Bothel or other close-grained white, light pink or gray granite. Above this granite foundation the building, on the exterior, will be of limestone and brick. Above the base the columns, band cornices, window sills, keystones, arches, etc., will be of buff Indiana limestone...