Word: cotta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ELLSWORTH.LOST.- A pair of terra-cotta gloves Tuesday morning, probably in Library. Finder please leave at desk...
...possible and already the building has been finished on the outside to the level of the plates at the eaves. If the weather continues mild, it will be roofed in this fall, and steam heat put in. If this can be done, the work of laying the terra cotta floor arches and other inside work will be carried on all winter. In this case the building will be ready for occupancy next fall, otherwise it will not be ready for another year...
...situated within the college yard, affords the only public means of access to the library, the smallest door, facing on a public street, being intended only for the use of employees. The basement is of Nova Scotia red sandstone., the rest of the building being in brick, with terra cotta mouldings and a free use of copper in the stack and elsewhere. The book stack (only one-third of which is to be built at present), will be, when entire, 96 by 110 feet; the main building is 140 feet by 89, and the tower is 95 feet high...
...Perth Amboy Company in New Jersey. This material has been but little used as yet in this vicinity, and the house of Dr. Bradbury, at the corner of Marlboro and Exeter streets, is almost the only example. The bricks are laid in red mortar, and mottled terra cotta will be extensively used in the decoration of the interior. The basement is of rock-faced brown stone, and dark purple Maine slate will be used to cover the roof, while the copings are to be of copper, and not of stone as is customary. The high roof and numerous gables...
...edifice will be composed largely of iron beams and terra cotta building blocks, and the hallways will have no wood finish with the exception of the doors, the stairs themselves being of iron with rubber treads. Thus, the building will be almost completely fireproof. The janitor's office is in the south end, and the proctors' rooms will be on the second floor in the south end, and in the southeast corner of the gable projection. If this arrangement is adhered to by the authorities, the centre of the building will be greatly sought after by those who like...