Harvard and its surroundings . as originally constructed in the form of a Latin cross; the length of the mainbody being 140 feet, and that of the transepts 81i feet. It fronts both northand south, with four octagonal towers, originally 83 feet high, at each cornerof the main body of the building. The entrance is on the south side of theeastern extension. The gilt cross above this entrance is a trophy of the siegeof Louisbourg in 1745, when it was brought away by the Massachusetts the time of the removal of the library to Gore Hall it consisted of but 41,000volumes, and then a buildin
Harvard and its surroundings . as originally constructed in the form of a Latin cross; the length of the mainbody being 140 feet, and that of the transepts 81i feet. It fronts both northand south, with four octagonal towers, originally 83 feet high, at each cornerof the main body of the building. The entrance is on the south side of theeastern extension. The gilt cross above this entrance is a trophy of the siegeof Louisbourg in 1745, when it was brought away by the Massachusetts the time of the removal of the library to Gore Hall it consisted of but 41,000volumes, and then a building of its dimensions was thought to be large enoughto hold all the books that would probably accumulate during the present cent-ury ; but subsequent experience has shown the necessity of more room, to pro-vide which an extension of the east transept was begun in 1876 and completedin 1877, at a cost of $90,000. This new compartment, designed expressly asa repository for books, differs materially in construction from the original. BOYLSTON HALL (7).
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