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ber , are pleasantly situated in Cambridge , about three miles from Boston . They stand on an inclosed plain of fourteen acres , around which , except in front , a thicket of forest trees is planted . They are half a mile from the banks of Charles River , and immediately contiguous to the extensive common of Cambridge . Three of these buildings are appropriated to public purposes ; the rest are occupied for lodging-rooms by the students . Mo 3 t of them bear the names of different benefactors of the college . They are as follow :
University HalL This is an elegant and spacious edifice , built in 1814 , entirely of the Chelmsford granite , the colour of which approaches nearly to white . It measures 140 feet by 50 , and is 42 feet in height . Its dimensions exceed those of any of the other buildings , and its style of architecture is chaste and ornamental . It contains a
handsome chapel for the purposes of worship and of 4 iterary exhibitions $ six rooms for lectures and recitations ; two rooms for occasional public purposes ; four dining halls , and two large kitchens . Harvard Hall . This is of brick , and was built in 1765 . It is 108 feet
by 40 , and 38 feet to the roof . It is surmounted by a cupola , and bears the College clock and bell . It contains the library , the philosophy chamber , a large apartment ornamented with paintings , busts , &c , the philosophical apparatus , and lecture-room .
Holworthy HalL Of brick , erected in 1812 . Length 138 feet , breadth 34 , height 37- This building is occupied by students of the senior class , every two of whom possess a large room fronting south , and two smaller apartments on the northern side , each
sufficiently large to serve the double purpose of a study and bed-room . Hollis Hall . Of brick , built in 1764 . Length 105 feet , breadth 44 , height 37 . It ie a plain building , with a simple pediment on each side . It contains thirty-two rooms for students , each of which has two small studies .
Stoughton Hall * Of the same dimensions and materials as the last , and appropriated to the same pur-? Exclusive of the Medical College in Boston .
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poses . Being built in 1804 , its appearance is somewhat more in the modern style . Massachusetts Hall . Built in 1720 , and the oldest of . the present edifices . It i 3 100 feet by 41 , and has only three stories to the roof , the fourth being furnished with Lutheran windows . It has thirty-two rooms for the use of the students . Holden Chapel . Of brick , 50 feet by 34 , height 29 ; originally erected for a chapel , but now occupied by the medical professors , for those lectures which are given at the University . It contains the chemical laboratory and lecture-room , the anatomical museum
and lecture-room , and the Boylston medical library . College House . Situated on the opposite side of the street , a three story building , containing twelve rooms for students .
Besides these , the president ' s house and those of several of the professors , also the Medical College in Boston , are owned by the University .
The Library . The Library contains between 17 , 000 and 18 , 000 volumes , and is continually increasing . The selection of books , for the most part , has been made with
great care and judgment ; many of them are works of great rarity , scarcely to be found , it is said , even in Europe . Owing to the munificence of the donors , a larger proportion is elegantly bound than is usual in similar
institutions . The Library is open every day ( Sundays excepted ) to officers and residents at the University , and such strangers as may visit it . All the students are permitted to use its books , and
members of the two upper classes may exchange them twice in the week . The privilege of borrowing books is enjoyed also by members of the Corporation and Board of Overseers , and all clergymen of public education , residing within ten miles of Cambridge .
In addition to this , there is a valuable Medical Library of about 500 volumes , the gift of W . N . Boylston , Esq ., for the use of students in medicine at the University , and accessible to members of the Massachusetts Medical Society , residing in t { ie neighbourhood .
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504 Account of Harvard University , in Cambridge , Massachusetts .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1820, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2492/page/4/
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