Boston illustrated; . BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. Ill Richard S. Greenough, eommemoiatiug the Latin School boys in the war of therebellion, and on the English High School side is a marble group by Benzoni, ofthe Flight from Pompeii. The latter was the gift of Henry P. Kidder, agraduate of the school. The building was dedicated in February 22, cost thus far has been about 8750,000. William P. Clough was the archi-tect. The Latin School is the oldest in the country, first gathered in 1635, inthe present School Street, and the English High was established in 1821. The Latin School for Girls and
Boston illustrated; . BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. Ill Richard S. Greenough, eommemoiatiug the Latin School boys in the war of therebellion, and on the English High School side is a marble group by Benzoni, ofthe Flight from Pompeii. The latter was the gift of Henry P. Kidder, agraduate of the school. The building was dedicated in February 22, cost thus far has been about 8750,000. William P. Clough was the archi-tect. The Latin School is the oldest in the country, first gathered in 1635, inthe present School Street, and the English High was established in 1821. The Latin School for Girls and the Girls High School occupy the school-building on West Newton Street originally built for the Girls High and NormalSchool, now separated. The building occupies a lot 200 feet on West Newtonand the same on Pembroke Streets, and 154 feet in depth, and has a front on. Girls High Scliool, and Latin School for Girls. each street of 144 feet, and a depth of 131 feet. It has an abundance of rooms;ai-d collections of all kinds of articles necessary to the instruction here are sixty-six separate apartments, exclusive of halls, passages andcorridors. They are all well lighted and cheerful. The entire building issupplied with hot air, radiated from apparatus located in the cellar, and is ven-tilated in the most thorough manner. The large hall in the upper story hasreceived, through the generosity of a number of ladies and gentleman, a largecollection of casts of sculpture and statuary. The rooms are connected byelectric bells and speaking-tubes. On the roof is an octagonal structure, whichIB designed to be used as an astronomical observatory. In every respect this 112 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. school-house is suited to the purpose for which it was designed, and is a creditto the city. The Latin School for Giils was established in 1878 to furnish atra
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