Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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The building is entered by a broad flight of steps, leading to a vestibule 24 feet wide and 8 feet deep. One side of it is partly occupied by a spiral fire-escape, reaching to the upper floor, and inclosed so that it is not visible from the outside. Passing...
Plans for the new Semitic Museum have just been completed by A. W. Longfellow, of Boston, and of the estimates submitted by different contractors the lowest is about $67,000.
The erection of a Semitic Museum was made possible by Mr. Schiff, over a year ago, when he offered $25,000 for the purpose, on condition that an equal sum should be subscribed by others before July 1, 1899. When $18,000 of this sum had been secured, and the...
The estimate of $67,000 for the construction of the building exceeded by $17,000 the amount offered. A large decline in the price of building material is expected, however, and in consideration of this, Mr. Schiff has agreed to increase his gift enough to put up the structure when...
When completed, it will stand on Divinity Avenue, facing east, about 75 feet south of the Peabody Museum. There will be three stories, with a frontage of 80 feet and an extreme depth of 84 feet. The latter dimension includes the rear addition, which will be 56 feet wide by...