Harvard and its surroundings . uring the stay of the army in Cambi-idge. Professor Sidney Willard ownedand occupied the house for many years. 63. St. Pauls Church, on Mt. Auburn Street, corner of Holyoke Street. This house was originally dedicatedon the 23d of February, 1831. It is not within the scope of thiswork to give an account of the man-ufacturing interests of , however, is so closel\ allied toher educational interests that we de-sire to mention it. We refer to theprinting business. The first i)rint-ing-press in America, north of Mex-ico, was set up in lG39in t
Harvard and its surroundings . uring the stay of the army in Cambi-idge. Professor Sidney Willard ownedand occupied the house for many years. 63. St. Pauls Church, on Mt. Auburn Street, corner of Holyoke Street. This house was originally dedicatedon the 23d of February, 1831. It is not within the scope of thiswork to give an account of the man-ufacturing interests of , however, is so closel\ allied toher educational interests that we de-sire to mention it. We refer to theprinting business. The first i)rint-ing-press in America, north of Mex-ico, was set up in lG39in tliat time printers gained a foot-hold here, and have retained it eversince. To-day there are three ex-tensive firms, from whose establish-ments thousands of books of eveiydescription are annually sent broad-cast over the country. The largestSt. Pauls Church (63). of thcsc concerns is - . 64. The Riverside Press, where are manufactured the books publishedby Houghton, Osgood, & Co., as well as many publications by other firm. It 1 Another one of this party was Moses Richardson, who also was exempt from service. His houseis still standing. It is the first house east of Thayer Commons Hall (19), and can be seen iu theillustratiou on page 35. Tor about three quarters of a century it was occupied by Koyal Morse. AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 91 is situated on the banks of the Charles River, in Cambridge, about tlireequarters of a mile south of Harvard College. The visitor from Boston reachesthe Press by the River Street horse car, the Brighton horse car, or the PearlStreet horse car, leaving Bowdoin Square about every ten minutes, the timefrom Boston b(!ing just half an hour. The estate held by the firm comprisesbetween three and four acres, lying between Charles River, on wliich it abut?,and Blackstone Street. The principal building is four stories high, with a(rout of a hundred feet and a depth of a hundred and sixty feet. In this arecontained the offices, and all the departments of printi
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