Harvard and its surroundings . completed in 1805 at a costof nearly $24,000, of Avhich sum $18,600 was derived from a lottery, and theremainder from the general college fund. The interior has been somewhataltered, and now contains thirty-two rooms. On the closet door panels ofroom 25 there are four oil paintings, comprising an owl, a frog, a gull, and aturtle, the woi-k of W. S. Haseltine (class of 1854), while a student. About1815 there was, in room 3, the reading room of the college, and in this build-ing the annual auctions of second-hand books were held by the students, theproceeds going t
Harvard and its surroundings . completed in 1805 at a costof nearly $24,000, of Avhich sum $18,600 was derived from a lottery, and theremainder from the general college fund. The interior has been somewhataltered, and now contains thirty-two rooms. On the closet door panels ofroom 25 there are four oil paintings, comprising an owl, a frog, a gull, and aturtle, the woi-k of W. S. Haseltine (class of 1854), while a student. About1815 there was, in room 3, the reading room of the college, and in this build-ing the annual auctions of second-hand books were held by the students, theproceeds going to the poor scholars. In 1870 some mischievous person blew up, with powder and fuse, room 17,and did considerable damage to building and furniture. Among the occupants of Stoughton who have since distinguished themselvesmight be mentioned, Alexander H. Everett, Miniver to Spain (room 25);Judge Preble of Maine, Minister to the Hague (room 15) ; Edward Everett(room 23); Josiah Quincy (room 3); the twin brothers Peabody (room 14);. HOLWORTHY HALL (13).
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