Word: floors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...arrangement of the building in the form of a hollow square leaves a court about fifty feet square, all of which will be used for a large swimming pool, protected from above by a glass roof. A large circular hall finished in stone will extend up to the top floor and will have corridors leading from it in every direction so that access may be obtained from it to every part of the building. Work will continue on these improvements during the spring and summer and it is expected that the rooms will be ready for occupancy by next September...
...first floor will be used for stores and the four upper floors for students' rooms. The building will be equipped with electric lights, hot and cold water, and the usual conveniences...
These carved panels, these mantel-pieces and coats of arms at either end of the hall as well as the brass wreath in the floor yonder are gifts of various graduates, students, and friends. The bust of John Harvard is the work and the gift of the distinguished sculptor, Mr. Daniel C. French, and the bust of Washington together with the eagle and the staghorns we have from the hands of our great architect...
...accomplish this it was necessary to divide the upperclassmen's accommodations. It will be necessary, then, for upperclassmen to remember that all of their billiard tables are in the western end of the basement room, and all of their pool tables are in the room on the second floor. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE...
...interior of the building, which will be lighted by electricity and heated by steam, is to be finished in quartered oak and will have mosaic tile floors. There will be sixteen suites, two double and two single on each floor. All the living rooms will face on Boylston and Winthrop streets...