Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . change, in Lon-don, was cut out by Dea-con Shem Drown, andadorned the first build-ing. Most of the paint-ings which now hang onthe walls of the publichall are copies, the origi- I .See on Theatres. nals being in the Museum of Fine .Arts. Thegreat painting by Healy, which hangs back of theplatform, occupying almost the entire area of therear wall, represents Webster addressing the Senateon the occasion of his celebrated reply to Hayne,of S
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . change, in Lon-don, was cut out by Dea-con Shem Drown, andadorned the first build-ing. Most of the paint-ings which now hang onthe walls of the publichall are copies, the origi- I .See on Theatres. nals being in the Museum of Fine .Arts. Thegreat painting by Healy, which hangs back of theplatform, occupying almost the entire area of therear wall, represents Webster addressing the Senateon the occasion of his celebrated reply to Hayne,of South Carolina. The room is the old SenateChamber now occupied by the United StatesSupreme Court, and the figures in the paintingare most of them portraits of senators and dis-tinguished citizens of that day. The upper hall ofthe building, used as the armory of the Ancient andHonorable Artillery, contains a number of objectsof historic interest collected by this ancient or-ganization, — the oldest military company in thecountry. The market yet flourishes, occupying thestreet floor and the basement. The Post-office and Sub-Treasury, the great. J- -in PROPOSED NEW BUILDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY. .32 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. granite ])ile, a composition of pilasters and columnsand round-arched ornamented windows, facingPost-ofifice square, covers an area of nearly 45,000feet of land. The fagades rise 100 or more feetabove the sidewalks, and the central portion ofeach reaches a height of 126 feet. The sculpturedfigures high up on the Post-office square front adornthe building. They are seventeen feet high, ofVermont marble, and the work of Daniel C. French,of Concord. The group on the left representsLabor supporting Domestic Life and sustaining theFine Arts, and that on the right Science controllingthe forces of Electricity and Steam. In the firstLabor is portrayed by a stalwart figure leaningagainst an anvil, its horn supporting his right arm,with the mother and child at hi
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