Boston illustrated; . near the chancel and the archiepiscopal throne. The Chapel of the BlessedSacrament is a beautiful little architectural gem, at the northeast corner of thebuilding, and the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin is at the southeast corner. Inthe rear of the cathedral is the mansion of the archbishop. The ponderoustowers on the front of the cathedral are to be surmounted by ornate spires, re-spectively 300 and 200 feet high (as shown in our engraving), which will doubt-less be landmarks for many leagues. Probably something of the same sjiiritthat led the Old South Society to insert o
Boston illustrated; . near the chancel and the archiepiscopal throne. The Chapel of the BlessedSacrament is a beautiful little architectural gem, at the northeast corner of thebuilding, and the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin is at the southeast corner. Inthe rear of the cathedral is the mansion of the archbishop. The ponderoustowers on the front of the cathedral are to be surmounted by ornate spires, re-spectively 300 and 200 feet high (as shown in our engraving), which will doubt-less be landmarks for many leagues. Probably something of the same sjiiritthat led the Old South Society to insert over its church-door a tablet recordingthe fact that it was desecrated by British soldiers during the Revolution,and that led the people of the old Brattle Square Church to build the caimon-ball from Bunker Hill into the wall of their edifice the removal of which wasso regretted, has inspired the Roman Catholics to construct a part of the wallof this cathedral with brick from the ruins of the Ursuline Convent which oc-. Clty Hospital. cupied a picturesque site in Somerville, on a hill just beyond Charlestown neck,only a few years ago removed. That convent was burned in 1834 by a mob,and it was never rebuilt. The Normal Art School is on Washington Street, between Concord andWorcester Streets, in a building long known as the Deacon House. Thisis a state institution, primarily a training school for teachers of drawing in thepublic schools of the state. A building especially for it is being erected on thecorner of Exeter and Newbury Streets. George H. Bartlett is the director. The Commonwealth Hotel, on Washington Street between Worcester and BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 115 Springfield streets, is the leading one of the few hotels in this district. It iswell and favorably known, especially as a winter residence for families. Thenaaterial of the front on each of these streets is marble. The hotel is finelyfinished and furnished throughout. On Harrison Avenue, east of Washington Street, and p
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