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TIIK rK'OCIJESS OF SCIENCE 



THE NEir BriLDIXGS OF THE 

 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE 



OF TECHNOLOGY 

 Work has begun ou the new buildings 

 for the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, and it is expected tiiat they 

 will be occupied two years hence. It 

 Avill be remembered that after long 

 discussion it was decided that a new 

 site for the institute was required, and 

 after the accession of Dr. Eiehard C. 

 Maclaurin to the presidency and a gift 

 of $500,000 from Mr. Coleman du 

 Pont, land was purchased in Cambridge 

 fronting the Charles River basin. An 

 anonymous gift of $2,500,000, followed 

 by another gift of $500,000 and an 

 equal sum subscribed by the alumni, 

 has enabled the institute to proceed 

 with the construction. Six months ago, 

 Mr. William W. Bosworth, of Xew 

 York, a graduate of the institute of the 

 class of '89, was selected as architect, 



and witii the advice of the officers of 

 the school of architecture of the insti- 

 tute and of the professors in the differ- 

 ent departments, designs have been 

 drawn up. The ground plan here re- 

 produced shows the extensive scale of 

 the plans, and some indication of the 

 architectural treatment is given in the 

 sketches. 



The educational portion is a con- 

 nected group of buildings of white Indi- 

 ana limestone, three and four stories 

 in height, clustered about the library, 

 as the central feature. The great dome 

 looks down on the court from a height 

 of nearly two hundred feet. The cen- 

 tral court, open to the river front, ex- 

 pands into two large, though minor 

 courts, when near the esplanade. 

 These openings, with the other courts 

 interior to the buildings, ensure the 

 necessary lighting of the rooms. 



The pilaster tieatment, so effectively 



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Ground Plan for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



