National Republican., 1877-11-20
GEORG ETOBN COLLEGE.
A Splendid Now Building and Improvement
and Changes.

and Changes.
The new building at the Georgetown Col
lege. the foundations Of which are ,well.nigh com
pleted will unite al the east Ohe end looking to-
ward Georgetown) the two present college build
ings and run beyond them both. The range run.
ming north and south, thus making with the pres.
cnt buildings three sides Of quadrangle, the west
side being len open, will be 3l2 feet long, oj
feet wide at tho paylOns which form the
north and south ends, and four stories high. The
building intervening between tho pavilipns VIII
consist Oh each hoor Of range departments open.
ing upOn corridor fourteen feet wide. The style
of the building will be the Rnm0ncsquc: the ma.
terinis employed brick and stnne. The main en-
trance with porico viii bo IN the north pavilion or
Immediately fno!ng the college gate and two or
three hundred cet from IT, In this pavilion will
bc. besides tho parlurs, the president and trnSur.
crs rooms. the museum. and the main hall for
commencement purposes, which latter will be
sixty by eighty feet,
IN AMPHITuEArRrcAL FORM.
with galleries around three Of tho sides, and vii,
cuutuin thuusnnd rcup,c 1t viii 10 thirty fret
high. embracing two stories. The soul lhrtn pnrti:
boys, will hnre in the basement which will lie
twelve feet high tho chemical laboratory. forty By
sixty feet. Above the laboratory will he the Ice
tlrc rnom for hc class Of physics, which " to 10
m amrhithcaire Of the same dimensions M the
lab ,ratorr, but thirty fcthgh or two stories. The
library. with capacity for 10000 volumes. will
occupy the n.,or ab,lvc. embracing two stories and
having skylIghts from the roof It will he ar.
ranged with gal cries and nlcovcS and Will be. M
far AZ II can be made So iiTe.proOG The stone
stairway u II will occupy a tower at the southwcs,
corner ofthc pavilion. The entrance for students
with sia y. H ''sS' ON each % | sde e Above III
entrance will b. clock tower. which. aS well as the
other tower mentioned abnrc will contain water
tank and g used also as ventlntor All the stair:
why's In the new building will be Of stone and
brick. Us pcrauIIon ngalnst TIRE aud no iron Will
lie used In their construction. The building Will
la lsA ted ~ II.
draughl system. Roads leading into the court, he
tween the hnldilTs. or 10 Inc fnrni will D IRON the
gate round either by the north or south or BY both
routes, and visitors IN CRrrlnges will nght vt the
north pavilion: The cost Of the present improve.
mcntS will bc siOo,h1n and the building now under
construction Is only portion Of comprehensive
plan that will involve In timo the rcnorcnG or
the part al reconstruction Of the prTcnt buildings
The architects arc McSrs. J. l.. smthm K Co.
OF this city, who received the award II few years
since fr the bcSt plan for Congressional Library
building. In making these improvements
MANY OLD LANDMARKS
disappeared and many changes were ncccsSitateh
The earth taken from the foundation plCcc hns
been u .rd chiefly in raising the terrace behind the
innin building u level with the foundations NJ
that building. thus making II broad ruad that will
eventually wind around the west en- of the mnin
building. The old Casumrtcr tauk has boon filled
M. the gymnasium set back ~ line with the
4, cenhuurp aud II stone wall built und.r II. with
al the intervening space between is rtcscm, aud
It's late site nUd up. the walls and iron railingS
standing thcIeamuts brng removed. The hlilnc
path In frunt Of the ErCcu-hnusr The iErr Cedar
| nl Lebanon that grt. hero has hren rem wed
together It'll other young trees Oi the new plnnta
| tnu overlooking tho college pond. The large
huisCChrSlnut near hy, " H'I all IT, other trees
! h"tw cru II Nnd the main budluy wont before the
axe. The heavy stone gateway tn the "wnlSs,"
and sctnn Of tEc wall iur thirty or more feet Ne.
hi, d II have been iakcU AWAY. The stone wall 10.
tween the hasU bali grTiud and the teachers hulsc
| lH' been nearly all remnNrd. enough only heing
left 10 hold up the bank behind IT, aud the general
HrprnTGuCe of tl'nC t'uue approaching Il from the
gate Is 20 vhG' .cd that my Of the lupils Of days
| rome by would hardly rrrnguige the grounds 70
familiar and dear to him during college lie.