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...entrance, situated within the college yard, affords the only public means of access to the library, the smallest door, facing on a public street, being intended only for the use of employees. The basement is of Nova Scotia red sandstone., the rest of the building being in brick, with terra cotta mouldings and a free use of copper in the stack and elsewhere. The book stack (only one-third of which is to be built at present), will be, when entire, 96 by 110 feet; the main building is 140 feet by 89, and the tower is 95 feet high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Library Building for the University of Pennsylvania. | 10/2/1888 | See Source »

...made by the Perth Amboy Company in New Jersey. This material has been but little used as yet in this vicinity, and the house of Dr. Bradbury, at the corner of Marlboro and Exeter streets, is almost the only example. The bricks are laid in red mortar, and mottled terra cotta will be extensively used in the decoration of the interior. The basement is of rock-faced brown stone, and dark purple Maine slate will be used to cover the roof, while the copings are to be of copper, and not of stone as is customary. The high roof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Dormitory. | 9/28/1888 | See Source »

...edifice will be composed largely of iron beams and terra cotta building blocks, and the hallways will have no wood finish with the exception of the doors, the stairs themselves being of iron with rubber treads. Thus, the building will be almost completely fireproof. The janitor's office is in the south end, and the proctors' rooms will be on the second floor in the south end, and in the southeast corner of the gable projection. If this arrangement is adhered to by the authorities, the centre of the building will be greatly sought after by those who like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Dormitory. | 9/28/1888 | See Source »

...plans as first proposed formed a hollow square-two wings connected with a porter's lodge by stone walls-but the present form is that of an L with the open side toward North Avenue. The material will be of Perth Amboy brick with terra cotta trimmings, and the floors will be composed of iron beams covered with terra cotta bricks, thus making the building as nearly as possible fireproof. There will be about fifteen suites on each floor, and the building will be four stories high above the street. Five entries, instead of the usual two or three, give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hastings Hall. | 6/13/1888 | See Source »

...valuable collection of Cypriote pottery by Prof. Allan Marquand. The collection, which is divided into wheel-made and hand-made specimens, includes a number of vases, amphorae, and lamps from Alambra, a village near the ancient town of Idalium. In addition to these, there are a number of terra cotta heads and masks, some of Greek and others of Pheanician origin. The decorations on all these potteries are incised and not painted on the surface, thus showing that they belong to some pre-historic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes from Princeton. | 4/13/1888 | See Source »

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