Word: siting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...school was founded by the Archaeological Institute of America, of which Professor Charles Eliot Norton is now President. The inability to provide permanent quarters for the College at Athens was the subject for discussion at this convention. The Greek Government has come forward with the offer of a convenient site for the proposed building, and has shown great interest in the project. Energetic efforts are being made in this country to raise funds for the building. It is estimated that the building will cost about $20,000, of which amount only $4,000 has been subscribed up to date...
When the college opens for the fall term next year, the students who return to Cambridge will find a new dormitory standing upon the site formerly occupied by the store of J. F. Noera. The new building, to be known as Hilton Block, will be an extension of the dormitory built by Mr. J. M. Hilton last year, and access to the three upper floors will be had through the entrance to West Hilton. The first floor of the building will be occupied by the store of Leavitt and Peirce, whose former store will be taken by Mr. Noera...
...wooden building which stood upon the site of the proposed new Hilton dormitory has been removed...
...Observatory is built on the summit of Mount Hamilton, a prominence in the Coast Range of California, 4,400 feet above the sea-level, and about 14 miles east of the city of San Jose. The atmospheric conditions of the site are peculiarly favorable to astronomical observations, and with a good man in charge of the observatory, great results may be expected. Let us hope that an astronomor, skilled in his science and enthusiastic in his work, may be chosen for the place; for on him more than on the instruments will the reputation of the observatory depend...
...large number of theological writers. Who does not know the college of Chaucer, called by him "Soler Hall at Cambridge," but now named Clare. This small college, which can boast of but one beautiful court, was once one of the largest in the town. Emanuel was built upon the site of a Dominican monastery, and in the strife between the King and the people became known and marked as a Puritan college. It is of this college, and its companion in the Puritan faith, Sidney Sussex, that Charles I said "They are the nurseries of Puritans." Oliver Cromwell graduated from...