. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . ll the College buildings. The long row of brick buildings in Harv^ard Square, oppo-site the Law School, is called Graduates Hall. The upperstories are devoted to the use of graduates, and the gi-oundfloor is leased for various business pui-poses. These buildingswere erected in the year 1832. Massachusetts Hall, built in 1720, is the oldest of the Col-lege buildings. It is of brick, 100 feet long, and 41 wide,and contains rooms for the use of the stude
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . ll the College buildings. The long row of brick buildings in Harv^ard Square, oppo-site the Law School, is called Graduates Hall. The upperstories are devoted to the use of graduates, and the gi-oundfloor is leased for various business pui-poses. These buildingswere erected in the year 1832. Massachusetts Hall, built in 1720, is the oldest of the Col-lege buildings. It is of brick, 100 feet long, and 41 wide,and contains rooms for the use of the students. University Hall was erected in 1814. The outer walls arecomposed of Chelmsford granite. This edifice contains thechapel, lecture rooms, &c. Its dimensions are, length 140feet, width 50 feet, height 42 feet. Harvai-d Hall is a large brick building erected in 1766,108 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 38 feet in height. It waserected at the expense of the State, to replace a building ofthe same name, which was burned in the winter of 1764-5,wliile occupied by the General Court, which had removed PLAN OF THE COLLEGE GROUNDS AND VICINITY,. REFERENCES. Railroad House, formerlyoccupied by the Hall. 8. Holden Chapel. 9. Stoughton Hall. 10. Holworthy Hall 11. University Hall. 12. Appleton Chapel. 13. Gore Hall. 14. Lawrence Scientific School. 15. Unitarian Church. The Dotted Lines represent the Horse Railroad. 20 HANDBOOK. from Boston on account of the prevalence there of the smallpox. The library was contained in the old building, andwas destroyed, with the exception of such books as hadbeen loaned. The present building formerly contained thelibrary in the second story, and below had a chapel and lec-ture room. When the library was removed to Gore Hall,the lower story was remodelled, and now consists of a singleroom, Avhere the Alumni dine on Commencement. Aroundit are hung the portraits of the
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