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Speaking of the Yard, Mr. Bourdon said. "Only Matthews, Stoughton, Divinity and Memorial Halls, were standing then. Oh yes, one other the Peabody Museum was standing in the middle of a huge...
...this day of highly-organized alumni associations and million dollar endowment funds, the discovery that in raising funds for the erection of Stoughton and Holworthy Halls it was necessary to resort to lotteries is of considerable interest...
...request from the Corporation of the University, issued a grant of lottery, allowing Harvard to raise a sum of 8,000 pounds. But operations were sluggish, and with the money drifting in slowly, it was not until 1804 that the college had sufficient funds to start work on Stoughton Hall. The total cost was $23,700, $18,400 coming from the proceeds of the lottery and $5,300 from the general funds of the college...
Later, in 1810, the Corporation asked the Legislature to issue a grant for another lottery. In presenting its case, the college pointed out is absolute lack of money after the erection of Stoughton Hall and repairs made on Massachusetts Hall. With the granting of their plea, the University authorities set about their task of raising $30,000. The cost of running the lottery ran up as high as $24,500, but it netted $29,000, just 1,000 dollars short of the original goal. The hall is named after Sir Matthew Holworthy, who gave more money to Harvard University during...
...When Appleton was built, it was naturally expected that two buildings to correspond to Hollis and Stoughton would be constructed where Thayer now is, leaving a vista from the front of the chapel between them and through to Holden Chapel. When Thayer was built, however, it not only spoiled the vista, but was set so far back that it overwhelmed Appleton Chapel...