. Pennsylvania Female College Catalogue . A ^4—Chapel. B jB—Scientific —Office of the —Music Room. Nlain Floor. ^ F F i^—^——Library. /—Lunch Room.^jS:—Dining Room,i——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 both 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. 40 Pennsy
. Pennsylvania Female College Catalogue . A ^4—Chapel. B jB—Scientific —Office of the —Music Room. Nlain Floor. ^ F F i^—^——Library. /—Lunch Room.^jS:—Dining Room,i——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 both 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. 40 Pennsylvania Female CoUer/e. The main building is of the Gothic ordci- of architecture, built of brick,and stands upon the most commanding ])oint nf ti>e grounds. The main fnintextends ninety-six feet, facing Fifth Avenue, while the eastern front extendsone hundred and forty feet, with a wing sixty-two feet in dei)th, embracing theschool rooms and students Second F^loor, A A—Presidentti —Bath —Cedar Closet. Z>jE—Spare Rooms77/7—Passages. J I /—Bath —Students Rooms The whole house is three stf)ries in height, and cmitains upwards of sixtyapartments. The accompanying plans show the rehitions and uses of the sev-eral apartments. The building is supplied with gas throughout, and Iiot andcold water on eacli Hoor. The rooms and halls are comfortably warmed bymeans of steam radiators, and thorough ventilation is ])rovided for by a systemof flues connecting with every room in tJie building. All the rooms are neatly car2)eted and furnislied. and are arranged for thegreatest ease of communication. Pennsylvania Female College. 41 The whole building has been constructed and furnished with a view to thegreatest ])0ssible comfort of its inmates, and the friends of the institution canconfidently point to it as affording superior advantages for the purjtoses forwhich it has been intended.
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