Boston illustrated; . ct is thatof the Massa-chusetts Hos-pital LifeInsuranceC o m p a n y,No. 50 StateStreet, ofwhich wegive a view. Anothernotable pub-lie buildingin this dis-trict is theUnited StatesPost- Officeand S u land onwhich itstands cost$ 1,300,000 ;the half ofthe buildingfirst comple-ted, begun in1869, cost !$2,500,000, and the other half, finished in 1885, cost over $3,000,000. Its ar-chitecture is Renaissance. The fronts on Post-Office Square and Devon-shire Street are over 200 feet long, and those on Water and Milk Streetsnearly as long. The street story is 28 fee
Boston illustrated; . ct is thatof the Massa-chusetts Hos-pital LifeInsuranceC o m p a n y,No. 50 StateStreet, ofwhich wegive a view. Anothernotable pub-lie buildingin this dis-trict is theUnited StatesPost- Officeand S u land onwhich itstands cost$ 1,300,000 ;the half ofthe buildingfirst comple-ted, begun in1869, cost !$2,500,000, and the other half, finished in 1885, cost over $3,000,000. Its ar-chitecture is Renaissance. The fronts on Post-Office Square and Devon-shire Street are over 200 feet long, and those on Water and Milk Streetsnearly as long. The street story is 28 feet high, and its massive piers upholdthe two floors above, over which rises an immense iron roof. Four broad andwell-lighted corridors parallel with the adjacent streets run around the ground-floor, partly surrounding the great work-room of the office. The Sub-Treasury,in the second story, accessible from Milk Street or Water Street, is a splendidhall, 50 feet high, adorned with rich marbles and other costly Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Building. 76 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. To the east of the Post-Office is a broad, open place surrounded with finebuiklings, and called Post-Office Square. The facade on the side, which is tlie f
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