Word: roof
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second flight of stairs leads to the Assembly Hall above, whose covered ceiling is finished up into the roof. The staircase is shut off by movable screens in such manner that the seating capacity of the hall may be increased to 240. From this hall a spiral staircase leads to the lower floors, forming a secondary means of exit. At the western end, two society rooms and a bedroom complete the building. In the basement are the coat rooms, lavatories, bicycle room...
...river front has been extended to the east, and the ell which was at the back of the house removed to the east side of the main building and placed in line with it. A piazza of the same width as that of the main building but with no roof has been built in front of the ell and another float 47 feet long by 20 wide, placed. Thus the eights will have a float of their own and the difficulty of carrying the shells through the crowded main building which has been experienced heretofore, overcome...
...voices that breathe beneath the vaulted roof of the vestibule behind me, voices of men in their early twenties could speak, I think they would say: "Be not too slow to put on the responsibilities of manhood." I know that youth is a time of happiness, but I think you will find that the happiness of manhood is the real happiness of life. Put zeal and vigor into your work, as did those young soldiers who won fame for Harvard University and bequeathed their names...
...House 77 Mount Auburn St., near Holyoke St. New furnace, new plumbing, electric bells and electric gas lighting. The house has been put into good repair from cellar to roof...
...House 77 Mount Auburn St., near Holyoke St. New furnace, new plumbing, electric bells and electric gas lighting. The house has been put into good repair from cellar to roof...