Word: tenements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will occupy. Upstairs there are eight bed rooms connecting with each other, and having windows which command a beautiful view of the river. Although well suited to the needs of a crew, the outside appearance of the quarters is not at all prepossessing, reminding one more of a common tenement house than anything else. Just below the quarters is the boat house. As I passed it the other day, two or three men were painting the roof of a brilliant coat of crimson; which seemed strange, to say the least. It is now being used by the University of Pennsylvania...