Boston illustrated; . are main entrances from each street, in the central pavilions, and otherentrances in each end pavilion. The school-rooms in the building number 48,36 of which occupy the street fronts ; the others oi)ening into courts within theblock. There are large library-rooms on the first floor of the central building,lecture halls on the floor above, and on the third floor assembly halls arrangedin amphitheatre style. On the Montgomery Street front is the laboratory roomof the English High School, with the lecture-room on the floor below. At theeasterly end of the block is a large a
Boston illustrated; . are main entrances from each street, in the central pavilions, and otherentrances in each end pavilion. The school-rooms in the building number 48,36 of which occupy the street fronts ; the others oi)ening into courts within theblock. There are large library-rooms on the first floor of the central building,lecture halls on the floor above, and on the third floor assembly halls arrangedin amphitheatre style. On the Montgomery Street front is the laboratory roomof the English High School, with the lecture-room on the floor below. At theeasterly end of the block is a large and admirably arranged drill-hall, and overthis is the gymnasium. At the westerly end will ultimately be built a buildingfor the accommodation of the school committee and its officers. The entranceto the latin School is on the Warren Avenue front, and that to the EnglishHigh, on the Montgomery Street front. Both the main vestibules are decoratedwith statuary. On the Latin School side is the marble monument, designed by. 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
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