. Pennsylvania Female College Catalogue . ^4. J.—Chapel. B B—Scientific —OflSce of the —Music Room. IVIain. Floor. £^Parlor. J—Lunch Room. ZJi^jP—Corridors. AA^-Dining Room, G—Vestibule. L—Kitchen. i7—Library. ilf—Veranda. The College grounds embrace between ten and eleven acres, on the south-east border of the city, comprising an eminence which commands one of thefinest views imaginable, of *botli city and country, for miles around. For beautyof situation, for taste displayed in improvement, and for healthfulness, thelocation cannot be surpassed, and is rarely equaled.
. Pennsylvania Female College Catalogue . ^4. J.—Chapel. B B—Scientific —OflSce of the —Music Room. IVIain. Floor. £^Parlor. J—Lunch Room. ZJi^jP—Corridors. AA^-Dining Room, G—Vestibule. L—Kitchen. i7—Library. ilf—Veranda. The College grounds embrace between ten and eleven acres, on the south-east border of the city, comprising an eminence which commands one of thefinest views imaginable, of *botli city and country, for miles around. For beautyof situation, for taste displayed in improvement, and for healthfulness, thelocation cannot be surpassed, and is rarely equaled. 42 Pennsylvania Female College The main building is of the Gothic order of architecture, built of brick,and stands upon the most commanding point of the grounds. The main frontextends ninety-six feet, facing Fifth Avenue, while the eastern front extendsone hundred and forty feet, with a wing sixty-two feet in depth, embracing theschool rooms and students A A—Presidents —Bath —Cedar Closet. Second Floor. D E—Spare ///—Bath —Students Rooms. The whole house is three stories in height, and contains upwards of sixtyapartments. The accompanying plans show the relations and uses of the severalapartments. The building is supplied with gas throughout, and hot and coldwater on each floor. The rooms and halls are comfortably warmed by means ofsteam radiators, and thorough ventilation is provided for by a system of fluesconnecting with every room in the building. All the rooms are neatly carpeted and furnished, and are arranged for thegreatest ease of communication. Pennsylvania Female College. 43 The whole building has been constructed and furnished with a view to thegreatest possible comfort of its inmates, and the friends of the institution canconfidently point to it as affording superior advantages for the purposes forwhich it has been intended.
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