. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . f white Eockport granite, having a facade ofmore than 200 feet on Devonshire Street, will have cost, when com-jpleted, more than two million dollars, and will be one of the most mag-/nificent structures in the 98 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. The City Hall, in Court Square, and fronting on School Street isbuilt of Concord granite, in the style of the Italian Renaissance at acost ol more than lialt a million dollars; and is considered, in an archi-tectural point of view,one of the most substan-tial and splendid build-ings in the city. In fr
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . f white Eockport granite, having a facade ofmore than 200 feet on Devonshire Street, will have cost, when com-jpleted, more than two million dollars, and will be one of the most mag-/nificent structures in the 98 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. The City Hall, in Court Square, and fronting on School Street isbuilt of Concord granite, in the style of the Italian Renaissance at acost ol more than lialt a million dollars; and is considered, in an archi-tectural point of view,one of the most substan-tial and splendid build-ings in the city. In frontof it stands an admira-ble bronze statue of , executed byR. S. Greenough. TheCounty Court House, amassive and plain-look-ing granite building, isin close proximity to theCity Hall. The Public Library,on Boylston Street, is avery spacious and ele-gant structure, built ofbrick, and elaborately finished in the interior. It contains about200,000 volumes, and half as manjr pamphlets, to the free use of whichthe citizens are THE CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON.
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