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...marble, while all other marble work will be of light pink Tennessee marble. The granite work calls for risers and flat top of the lower portion of the cut stone base around the whole building. The sills of all exterior doors, the entrance steps with landings up to the portico floors, the steps and landing of the 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...
...Commonwealth avenue, and there will be a fifth story which will set back 33 feet from the front line. The facade will be constructed of brick and limestone; and the sides and back will be of brick. The central feature of the Commonwealth avenue facade will be a portico supporting four Ionic columns. The main entrance doors at this point will be of iron and glass. Above the portico is the Harvard seal carved in stone, the dominating feature of the design...
...which he based on the plans of the theatre of Aropus on Northeastern Africa. The structure cuts off the curved end of the Stadium where the spectators will be seated, and represents the palace of Agamemnon at Argos. To break the monotony of the front of the palace, a portico resembling the front of a Doric temple, a simple pediment upon four columns, is being constructed in the centre. Through this portico the exits and entrances to the palace will be made. Mr. J. L. Smith of Boston supervised yesterday afternoon the painting and decorating of the palace. The main...
...promptly. Under the supervision of Professor Echols the corps of students made strenuous endeavors by the use of dynamite to prevent the spread of the fire to the rotunda. So massive was the structure leading to the rotunda that the dynamite made little impression. On each side of the portico were massive pillars of Italian marble, which were carved in Italy at a great cost for Mr. Jefferson. These could not be overthrown. By this time the fire had got beyond all bounds, and leaped from the annex to the rotunda. The firemen at once directed their attention to this...
...motive of the southern portico will be echoed on the eastern, western and northern ends of the cross by means of deep pilasters, and the internal angles will be adorned with richly-molded classic windows with consoles. Bronze doors in the centre of the portico will give access through a lofty marble portal to the main vestibule, paved with marble slabs, and whose walls will be decorated with marble pilasters, which will support a richly-paneled and ornamented flat ceiling. Marble doorways will lead thence to the left and right, to the president's room and to the offices. Directly...