. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). :^ I ! C OULEGS or FHYSICIANS ANT) The College Building, no, 3 Harclay From an engraving in tlic .Imeriajit Medical am/ Philosophical Register, New York, 1814. 34 THE COLLEGE LN at that time it may have appeared too remote fromthe thickly settled portion of the city, and was per-haps inconvenient from the want of pavement andsidewalks. At all events, the recommendation of thecommittee was adopted, the Pearl street propertywas sold, and the College
. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). :^ I ! C OULEGS or FHYSICIANS ANT) The College Building, no, 3 Harclay From an engraving in tlic .Imeriajit Medical am/ Philosophical Register, New York, 1814. 34 THE COLLEGE LN at that time it may have appeared too remote fromthe thickly settled portion of the city, and was per-haps inconvenient from the want of pavement andsidewalks. At all events, the recommendation of thecommittee was adopted, the Pearl street propertywas sold, and the College purchased the lot and build-ing at number 3 Barclay street. This lot was on thenorth side of the street, near Broadway, and meas-ured twenty-five feet in width by seventy-five feet indepth. The building, which was originally a brickstore-house, twenty-five feet wide by thirty-eight feetdeep, was so altered and repaired as to convert itinto a medical college with two lecture rooms. Itwas three stories in height, with a terminal balustradeand a cupola, surmounted by a statue of Apollo, toindicate the scientific and medical character of theinstitution. It was o
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