Word: roof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...brass band (?) holding forth from the roof of a horse car which was covered with advertisements setting forth the merits of the "New Grand Opera House" performances in Boston, aroused the inhabitants of Little's Block and Holyoke yesterday afternoon by its dulcet bugle-notes. In response to the cries of "More! more!" the band had just started out anew with great vigor when a pail of water from one of the windows above so disconcerted them that they retreated in confusion, and the quavering note of the horns died away in the distance, much to the relief of every...
...exterior of the library will be in essentially modern style. A dome will rise from the centre of the roof above the reading room. In accordance with the terms of the gift, Yale is bound to erect two other similar structures, and the college ought to well provided with libraries when all are completed. The three buildings will together have a capacity of nearly one million volumes...
...building of Hastings Hall will eventually make it necessary to tear down one of the oldes landmarks in Cambridge, known as the Watson House. This house was built in the year 1791 by John Nutting, and is a two-story wooden structure with a gambrel roof, large chimneys and deep fire-places, and stands today in nearly the same conditin as when constructed. The framing is of oak and the heavy beams project into the rooms nearly three inches. The rooms are low studded and are surrounded by an oak wainscotting three feet high. The hallway is large and square...
...club-house of the new Boston Athletic Club, on the Back Bay, is approaching completion as rapidly as the most anxious members can desire. The walls of the building are nearly finished and preparations are being made for putting on the roof...
During the heavy gale on Monday night, a part of the roof of the library was carried away...