Search Details

Word: stair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Summer improvements in the University plant were centred chiefly in Holyoke House, where an electric passenger elevator running up through the old stair well and a system of hot water heating have been installed. Additional lights in the corridors, remodelled bathrooms, and a complete renovation of all the rooms have still further changed the interior of the building and have put it on a par with Little's Block for convenience of location and accommodations in the rooms. On the Massachusetts Avenue side of the building new double sashes have been added to the windows to lesson noise from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLYOKE HOUSE IMPROVED | 9/29/1908 | See Source »

...pint of varnish, was ignited. The painter put the pot into a coal scuttle and attempted to carry it out of the building through the corridor. The heat from the pot became so intense that the scuttle was dropped near the corridor door. The fire was drawn up the stair well and soon the whole entry was in flames. An alarm was at once given by shouting "fire," and an attempt made to ring in an alarm from the box in the rear of University Hall. That the signal was not sounded was due to the burning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 2/18/1905 | See Source »

...force of 65 men is now at work on the Stadium, under the direction of C. M. Harrington 3S., and H. H. Fox 4S. The men are engaged in making forms for the upper stair cases and in building the foundation of the west tower...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work on Stadium and Baseball Field | 4/15/1904 | See Source »

...boat, the gift of the Massachusetts Humane Society. The silver cups for the Weld regatta of last fall will be ready for distribution in ten days. The new shingles are now on sale at Amee's book store. Pictures of last years graded crews have been hung on the stair-case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weld Boat Club Notes | 5/22/1900 | See Source »

There will be fifty suites. Those on one stair-case will be separated from those on another by a thick brick wall to serve as a fire protection and to deaden noise. Each suite will contain a study, bathroom, and, as a rule, two bed-rooms, but there will be a few single rooms. Special attention has been given to ventilation and lighting. Every suite will have a street and court frontage, and in every study there will be a large window eight feet wide with a stationary window-seat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Dormitory. | 3/18/1897 | See Source »

Previous | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | Next