Image: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men (1884) (14595260910)

Description: Identifier: historyofnorfolk00hurd (find matches) Title: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Year: 1884 (1880s) Authors: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Subjects: Norfolk County (Mass.) -- History Norfolk County (Mass.) -- Biography Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: carved balustrades of ash and treads of oak, the floors of oiled cherry, are examples of the thoroughness of the con-struction of the whole building. The stairways in the east and west wings are similar to the central. The halls and corridors correspond on every floor. The whole arrangement is on the simplest plan and in the most convenient form for access. The interior wood-finish is of western ash. The students rooms are in suites of a bedroom and parlor, occupying a space about twenty by fourteen feet, and intended for two. They vary in form and size, are cheerful and pleasant, more than half looking outupon the lake and having a southern exposure, the others fronting the avenue that approaches the col-lege. A few larger parlors with two )>cdrooms accom-modate three or four pupils. There are also a few single rooms. Pretty carpets are upon the floors. The furniture is of black walnut. On the right of the main entrance is the Brown-ing room, and on the left are the reception-room WELLESLEY. 485 Text Appearing After Image: COLLEGE LIBRARY. and the general office. In the eastern end, upon the first floor, is the library. This room is fifty by seventy-seven feet in size. It is characterized by beauty of proportions, convenience for study, and wealth of material. To the scholar it is a most at-tractive room for treasures both new and old. It is estimated that there is shelf-room for fifty thousand volumes. It already contains twenty-five thousand, all easily accessible and well catalogued. The lower alcoves are furnished with chairs and tables, as in the main room. Those above are reached by three spiral stairways. The entire finish is in black walnut. This room is intended to be fire-proof, and is separated from the main building by doors of iron. The suite of rooms belonging to the president, and the young ladies parlor, are at this end of the build-ing. The chapel is a fine audience-room, directly over the library. There is seating capacity for six hun-dred and fifty. A gallery extending the width of the room is ente Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men (1884) (14595260910)
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