THE NEW HOSPITAL AT GREENWICH 



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feet deep, and the half-dozen or more smooth and capacious walks and drives, 



detached buildings, are built upon land contains nothing at all suggestive of the 



purchased by Commodore Benedict rough and rocky condition that obtain- 



from the Rockefellers, and the rear ed before the preparatory process be- 



view shown in a picture printed here- gan, which required almost intermi- 



THE NEW HOSPITAL— FRONT VIEW. 



THE NEW HOSPITAL— REAR VIEW, 



with, will convey an adequate idea of nable rock blasting and excavating on 



the one side, and filling and terracing 



the tremendous amount of work entail- 

 ed in preparing the ground for the pur- on the other. 

 poses of the undertaking. The front Work on the main building began 

 view showing the velvety lawns and in 1 9 1 5 , under the superintendency of 



