. Boston, a guide book . New Old South Church SS MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY building in 1875, 3-^id constant proofs of his guidance and loving transtulit sustinet.^ Cummings & Sears vv^ere the architects of thischurch. The Second Church (Unitarian), descendant of the historic OldNorth Church of North Square, founded in 1649, ^^ built in large partfrom the stones of the previous meetinghouse in Bedford Street, nowin the business quarter, which was taken down in 1872. It is a plainGothic exterior, beautified by a complete mantle of ivy. The interioris broad and lofty, showin
. Boston, a guide book . New Old South Church SS MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY building in 1875, 3-^id constant proofs of his guidance and loving transtulit sustinet.^ Cummings & Sears vv^ere the architects of thischurch. The Second Church (Unitarian), descendant of the historic OldNorth Church of North Square, founded in 1649, ^^ built in large partfrom the stones of the previous meetinghouse in Bedford Street, nowin the business quarter, which was taken down in 1872. It is a plainGothic exterior, beautified by a complete mantle of ivy. The interioris broad and lofty, showing the open-timbered roof. Interesting memo-rials of former pastors of distinction are here. In the transept at theright of the pulpit is a bust of Ralph Waldo Emersoit (minister in. Natural History Museum and Technology Buildings 1829-1832) by Sidney H. Morse. On the other side of the transept isa portrait of John Lathropy the patriot minister of the Revolutionaryperiod. In front of the pulpit is Cotton Mather^s pulpit chair. The two main buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(founded by Professor William B. Rogers as a school of applied science,and chartered in 1861) occupy, together with the Natural HistoryMuseum, the entire square bounded by Boylston, Berkeley, Newbury,and Clarendon streets. They are the Rogers Buildings dignified indesign, with high portal approached by a noble flight of broad stonesteps, and the severely plain Walker Building. In the former are theadministrative offices of the institution and the departments of mining,mathematics, drawing, history, economics, and English ; in the latter,the departments of physics and chemistry. Other buildings, the HenryL. Pierce and Engineering buildings, in which are the departments ofcivil
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