Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . ost comfortableplaces of amusement in the city, and is deservedly far from here is Bowdoin Square, surrounded bysome of the finest buildings in Boston. On one side risethe lofty walls of the princely Revere ; on another, Coolidge Block, (a splendid building of stone,) the stronggranite walls of Bowdoin Square Church, the UnitedStates Courtswhich occupy the old Parkman mansionand massive Gore Block; while from the centre startthe cars for Cambridge, Mount Auburn, &c. There areseveral objects of interest not properly in the r
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . ost comfortableplaces of amusement in the city, and is deservedly far from here is Bowdoin Square, surrounded bysome of the finest buildings in Boston. On one side risethe lofty walls of the princely Revere ; on another, Coolidge Block, (a splendid building of stone,) the stronggranite walls of Bowdoin Square Church, the UnitedStates Courtswhich occupy the old Parkman mansionand massive Gore Block; while from the centre startthe cars for Cambridge, Mount Auburn, &c. There areseveral objects of interest not properly in the route wehave marked out, and perhaps it were as well to divergehere, although obliged to return. (Ill) 112 BOSTON SIGHTS. The National Theatre, fronting on Traverse Street,is one hundred and twenty feet long by seventy-five feetwide, exclusive of saloons, refreshment rooms, &c, whichare spacious and convenient. The leading architecturalfeatures are Doric, presenting broad pilasters with slightprojections on the front, which support an unbroken en-. tablature and a pediment eighteen feet high at each roof is covered with slate and zinc, and is surmountedby an octagonal lantern, twelve feet in diameter andeighteen feet high, having a window on each of its structure is covered on the exterior walls with cement, BOSTON AND LOWELL 1JEP0T. 113 in imitation of freestone, which gives a uniform and beau-ful appearance. The main ceiling of the interior is a single arch, offifty-five feet span, rising within nine feet of the gallery is entirely above the level cornice of thebuilding, having an arched ceiling, which rises five feethigher than the main ceiling, and is ventilated by a largeround window placed in the centre of the proscenium presents an opening forty feet wide andthirty-three feet high. The circle of boxes is so arrangedthat in every part of the house a full view is had of thestage. The pit is unusually large, and although removedfor ma
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