The past and the present . ding (Tockwot-ten); and private properties rented forspecial schools, such as Mowry & GoffsClassical School, Scholfields CommercialCollege and Stowells Business College. The Dexter Asylum is a monument ofphilanthrophy. Ebenezer Knight Dexterdied Aug. 10, 1824, and left in his will $60,-000 to Providence, to be appropriated to thesupport of the poor. With a portion of thissum, was completed in 1830 the Dexter Asy-lum, on a fine tract of land selected by in his will, located on Hope andAngell streets, and protected by a wall eightfeet high. The building is 17
The past and the present . ding (Tockwot-ten); and private properties rented forspecial schools, such as Mowry & GoffsClassical School, Scholfields CommercialCollege and Stowells Business College. The Dexter Asylum is a monument ofphilanthrophy. Ebenezer Knight Dexterdied Aug. 10, 1824, and left in his will $60,-000 to Providence, to be appropriated to thesupport of the poor. With a portion of thissum, was completed in 1830 the Dexter Asy-lum, on a fine tract of land selected by in his will, located on Hope andAngell streets, and protected by a wall eightfeet high. The building is 170 feet in length,of Roman Doric style, surmounted by a cu-pola. The grounds comprise about fortyacres. The first cost was about $43,000. TheAsylum was really opened in part in the sum-mer of 1828, under the superintendency ofMr. Gideon Palmer. This is one of the noblestcharities in the city. Butler Hospital is a noble manifestation ofgood will to men. Nicholas Brown left $30,-000 for the foundation of this K^^^^Uik^ ^
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