. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . aboutone hundred feet north of Cambridge Street, between thatstreet and the Medical College. The Jail consists of a centre octagonal building havingfour wings radiating from the centre. The main buildingis seventy feet square, and eighty-five feet in height. Itis but two stories high, the lower one of which containsthe great kitchen, scullery, bakery, and laundry. Theupper story contains the great central guard and inspec-tion room. This room is seventy feet square, and con-tains the galleries and staircases connecting with the gal-le
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . aboutone hundred feet north of Cambridge Street, between thatstreet and the Medical College. The Jail consists of a centre octagonal building havingfour wings radiating from the centre. The main buildingis seventy feet square, and eighty-five feet in height. Itis but two stories high, the lower one of which containsthe great kitchen, scullery, bakery, and laundry. Theupper story contains the great central guard and inspec-tion room. This room is seventy feet square, and con-tains the galleries and staircases connecting with the gal-leries outside of the cells in the three wings. The north, south, and east wings contain the cells^11 * 126 BOSTON SIGHTS. and are constructed upon the Auburn plan, being aprison within a prison. The north and south wings eachmeasure eighty feet six inches in length, fifty-five feet inwidth, and fifty-six feet in height. The east wing meas-ures one hundred and sixty-four feet six inches in length,fifty-five feet in width, and fifty-six feet in height above. the surface of the ground. The west wing measures fifty-five feet in width, sixty-four feet in length, and of uniformheight with the three other wings, four stories in height,the lower one of which contains the family kitchen andscullery of the jailer. EYE AND KAK INFIRMARY. 127 The exterior of the structure is entirely of Quincygranite, formed with split ashlar in courses, with cornicesand other projecting portions hammered or dressed; theremaining portions of the entire building, both inside andoutside, are of brick, iron, and stone, excepting the inte-rior of the west wing, which is finished with wood. The Eye and Ear Infir^iary is situated on CharlesStreet, a short distance south of Cambridge Bridge. Thebuilding is of brick, and consists of a main building andtwo wings. The front of the principal building (which issixty-seven feet in length and forty-four feet deep) is em-bellished by stone dressings to all the windows, do
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