Boston illustrated; . gn in which free instruction to both sexes is given inthe art of practical design, making patterns for prints, silk, carpets, etc., is un-der the direction of the Institute. The main building of the Institute is a dig-nified structure of pressed brick with free-stone trimmings. The new building,corner of Boylstou and Berkeley Streets, is mainly devoted to the departmentsof chemistry and physics, for which it is admirably arranged. The mechanicarts shops are in another new building on Huntington Avenue. HuntingtonHall, in the main buihling, is the place of meeting of the S
Boston illustrated; . gn in which free instruction to both sexes is given inthe art of practical design, making patterns for prints, silk, carpets, etc., is un-der the direction of the Institute. The main building of the Institute is a dig-nified structure of pressed brick with free-stone trimmings. The new building,corner of Boylstou and Berkeley Streets, is mainly devoted to the departmentsof chemistry and physics, for which it is admirably arranged. The mechanicarts shops are in another new building on Huntington Avenue. HuntingtonHall, in the main buihling, is the place of meeting of the Society of Arts, andhere also the Lowell Institute lectures are given. The gymnasium and drill-hall of the Institute are on Exeter Street. General Francis A. ^^alker is presi-dent of the Institute. Over 700 students were instructed in the various de-partments in ISS,). Nearly opposite the main building of the Institute of Technology, on the cor-ner of Berkeley and Boylstou Streets, is the new building of the Young Mens. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 59 Christian Association which was completed in 1883. It is a strnctnre archi-tecturally fine, constructed of brick trimmed with stone. The principal en-trance on Boylston Street is approached by a flight of massive stone building contains reception, reading, and lecture rooms, parlors, a largehall capable of seating over a thousand persons, and an ample and thoroughly
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