Word: ugliest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...associations from beauty of architecture." This is lamentable, but undeniable. Harvard College, in its present condition, is a wilderness of brick and mortar, and is only saved from positive ugliness by its venerable elms and shady lawns. Aside from architectural grace, most of our buildings are composed of that ugliest of materials, - red brick. A red brick building never becomes venerable, - it merely grows dingy. No amount of smoke, mould, or historic interest, can improve such a structure in appearance...