. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . remoniously dispossessed of his property. Thebuilding is remarkable on account of having been the headquarters of General Israel Putnam, while the Americanarmy was encamped at Cambridge, during the siege ofBoston. The lofty towers of Gore Hall next appear in sight amongthe College buildings on the right. Apthorps Palace. We will leave Gore Hall for the present to notice a largewooden building standing back from the side of the streetopposite that on w
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . remoniously dispossessed of his property. Thebuilding is remarkable on account of having been the headquarters of General Israel Putnam, while the Americanarmy was encamped at Cambridge, during the siege ofBoston. The lofty towers of Gore Hall next appear in sight amongthe College buildings on the right. Apthorps Palace. We will leave Gore Hall for the present to notice a largewooden building standing back from the side of the streetopposite that on which Gore Hall appears. This building isto this day called the Bishops Palace. It was erected byMr. Apthorp, a gentleman of wealth, bom in Boston, butwho had been educated in England. The popular beliefwas, that he expected the appointment of Bishop of NewEngland from the English government, and intended to makethis building his official residence. He was disappointed,however ; but the building yet remains, with traces of thatformer elegance which was the wonder of the good peopleof Cambridge, at the time of its erection. The British Gen-. cMf rois^^^ GORE HALL (COLLEGE LIBRARY.)See pages 16 and 18. 18 HAND BOOK. eral Burgoyne resided here for some time as a prisonerof war. Harvard College. Harvard College has before been referred to in generaltenns. The visitor can now, if he chooses, leave the car,and enjoy a stroll through the College grounds. The situa-tion of the various buildings, or halls, as they are called,will very readily be ascertained by reference to the accom-panying plan. G&re Hall, before referred to, contains the College building is of rough Quincy granite, and -was erected in1838. It is in the form of a Latin cross, the extremelength being 140 feet externally, and through the transept81 feet. The interior contains a hall 112 feet long, 35 feethigh, with a vaulted ceiling, supported by twenty ribbedcolumns. The spaces between the columns and side wa
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