Word: fireproof
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...each of these establishments there will be a fireproof building to house a special library, a lecture room, and a laboratory fitted for the special work of the place. A resident professor of the Institute will have charge of this building...
Several of the fireproof buildings erected during the period and used for academic purpose have cost in excess of $400,000 each; the new Sage dining halls, now under construction, will cost between $490,000 and $500,000. It may be noted that the new dormitories erected during this period provided additional accommodations for 547 students and yield and annual gross income...
...suitable steel, fireproof, case has been provided for the care of these records through the generosity of Henry Winchester Cunningham '82. These records are considered to be of great value in climatology...
...main Institute buildings are arranged in a great quadrangle, open toward the river, the portico of the Library, surmounted by the dome, occupying the central position. They are made of reinforced concrete, and are absolutely fireproof, the floors being stone, and the stairs iron. The total cost of their construction has been estimated at $10,000,000, and the lot on which they are built contains fifty acres. This includes the new athletic fields, which are already in use, and boast one of the best tracks in the country...
...halls are on the hill overlooking Lake Cayuga, and a quarter of a mile from the main campus. They are of natural gray stone, obtained from a quarry a few hundred yards distant, and they are fireproof throughout. All necessary furniture is placed in the rooms by the university, and the rooms are rented according to the order in which applications for them are made...