Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . ndacres of land situated in the valleys of California. To this was added,by will, on the death of Mr. Stanford, two and a half million the last few years Mrs. Stanford has transferred to the trusteespractically the entire proceeds of the Stanford estate and aggregatingmore than twenty millions of dollars. The University l)uildings are unique in construction, consisting of anelaborate and imposing reproduction of the characteristic Mission archi-tecture of Califor
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . ndacres of land situated in the valleys of California. To this was added,by will, on the death of Mr. Stanford, two and a half million the last few years Mrs. Stanford has transferred to the trusteespractically the entire proceeds of the Stanford estate and aggregatingmore than twenty millions of dollars. The University l)uildings are unique in construction, consisting of anelaborate and imposing reproduction of the characteristic Mission archi-tecture of California. They are placed in the wide, sloping plain betweenthe Coast Range and the Santa Cruz Mountains, with the bay in front and REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 31 the foothills immediately in the rear. The central group of buildingsconstitute two quadrangles, the one entirely surrounding the inner (juadrangle consists of twelve one-story buildings and theMemorial Church connected by a continuous open arcade and facing apaved court 586 feet long by 246 feet wide. The buildings are of buff. East and West Entrances to Quadrangle—Stanford University. sandstone, rough hewn, and roofed with red tile. The central featureof the outer quadrangle is the Memorial Arch, 100 feet in height 90feet wide, and 34 feet deep, surrounded at the top by a sculptured frieze12 feet in height, designed by Augustus St. Gaudens, and representingthe Progress of Civilization in America. The fourteen buildings of theouter quadrangle are also connected by open arcades facing of the quadrangles are various detached buildings connectedwith the Engineering departments, the chemistry building, the Leland 32 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, Stanford Junior museum, containing the extensive art and archaeologicalcollections of the University, the two dormitories, Encina Hall, RobleHall, and the gymnasiums.
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