Exercises Commemorating the Restoration of University Hall, Brown University: October the Twenty-Fourth, A. D. MDCCCCV (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In January, 1905, Mr. Marsden J. Perry of Providence transmitted to the President of the University the following letter:

Dear Dr. Faunce:

It has recently come to my knowledge that University Hall is a brick building that was plastered over about two generations ago. I will, if your Corporation approves, at my own expense, have the plaster removed, the cracks in the building properly repaired, replace the present arrangement of glass in the windows with panes of the original size, and have all the brick work given a treatment that will restore the tone of weather and time that the chemical action of the lime has removed. I think this will add greatly to the harmony of the group of buildings among which it stands, and give us back a most interesting and important example of architecture of the period in which it was erected. The work to be done under the direction of your Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, Mr. E. A. Burlingame.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Marsden J. Perry.

The gift tendered by Mr. Perry was accepted by the Corporation, and the work of restoration carried out during the summer vacation of 1905 under the direction of Mr. Burlingame.

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