Word: interior
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stories, with a frontage of 80 feet and an extreme depth of 84 feet. The latter dimension includes the rear addition, which will be 56 feet wide by 24 feet in depth. The building will be constructed of brick and lime-stone, with a granite base and steps. The interior construction is strictly fire-proof with concrete floors and no wood-work whatever. A complete system of heating and ventilating will be introduced...
...entrance through a round covered pavilion which is likely to prove more convenient and more popular than the main door. This pavilion will be built detached from the body of the house so as to provide a sheltered place on which to sit outdoors, witho t darkening the interior as a covered piazza would do. This entrance opens direct y into the large living-room on the first floor, which is to be the principal room of the building, both architecturally and from the standpoint of the life of the club. This room will be forty feet wide by ninety...
...remarkably fine from both a technical and an artistic point of view. Besides giving an excellent idea of many College buildings, it is valuable as showing present customs in dress, in athletic contests and in many other branches of life. The collection which took second prize consists largely of interior views, taken with great taste and skill. Of the pictures which were given first mention, perhaps the best is a view of Harvard Hall and the First Parish Church, including the Gate. Of those which received second mention, two of the Palfrey House are especially good in their massing...
...appearance she is not nearly so graceful as the "John Harvard," chiefly on account of her stern which is square and of darker wood than the rest of the boat which makes it especially prominent. The rudder is fastened to the stern as in an ordinary row boat. The interior of the launch is large and affords plenty of room for coaching and for spectators...
...level with the more modern dormitories. The building which is now cut up into several parts will be united on each floor by a wide hall, to which a broad staircase will lead from an imposing entrance on Massachusetts avenue. The suites and interior will also be greatly improved: the rooms will be expensively furnished, electric lights and steam heating will be put in, the plumbing will be repaired, and two shower baths will be put on each floor. The name of the building will be Fairfax Hall...