TWO CLEVELAND 
MEMORIALS 
WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 
r I 'HE entrance gateway to the 
College for Women, Western 
Reserve University, on Euclid Ave¬ 
nue, Cleveland, was erected as a 
memorial to Mary Chisholm Painter, 
'by her parents. When the design 
is completed it will connect with 
a cloister leading to the college build¬ 
ings through the quadrangle. It 
forms a sheltered entrance for incom¬ 
ing and outgoing students. 
The Florence Harkness Memorial 
takes the form of the College Chapel 
and its adjuncts. The nave is 45 
feet by 84 feet, the choir 44 feet by 10 
feet, and the platform 6 feet by 35 feet. 
The tower is i6| feet square, and “The 
Hall” 14 feet by 31 feet. The Dean’s 
Study is 12^ feet by 21J feet. The Bi¬ 
ble Class Room is 25 feet by 30 feet, 
and the Library 14 feet by 25 feet. 
This adds a much-needed adjunct 
to the college facilities, and is a most 
commendable form of memorial in 
that the memory of the loved one is 
embalmed in tbe gratitude of suc¬ 
ceeding generations of tbe living. 
1 he material for the exterior is 
Ohio sandstone, rock face, with cut 
stone trimmings, while the tower is 
all of cut stone with perpendicular panellings. 
The roofs are copper and black slate. The 
memorial tablet at the tower entrance is of 
bronze and bears the following inscription: 
This Building and Its Endowment are 
given in loving memory of Florence 
Harkness Severance and for the Glory 
of the Master whom she served. 
1863-1895. 
Thou shalt be a crown of beauty in 
the hand of the Lord and a royal 
diadem in the hand of thy God. 
Mr. C. F. Schweinfurth, the well-known 
architect, of Cleveland, designed both me¬ 
morials. 
THE MARY CHISHOLM PAINTER MEMORIAL 
PLAN OF THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL 
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