History Of Long Wharf Newport Ri

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ISBN 13 : 9781332194919
Total Pages : 112 pages
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Download or read book Services at the Dedication of the School House written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Services at the Dedication of the School House: Erected by the Trustees of the Long Wharf, at Newport, Rhode Island, May 20th, 1863, With and Appendix The Trustees of the Long Wharf in Newport, having leased their wharf to the Newport Fall River Railroad Company, who are now constructing a road from Newport to Fall River, to connect with the Old Colony Railroad to Boston, granting them for one hundred years (or more, ) the entire use and control of said wharf, upon certain liberal conditions, specified in contract (see Appendix); it seems a proper time for the Trustees to make a permanent and substantial demonstration towards carrying out that portion of the original designs of the Trust, in its formation in the year 1795, by erecting a Public School House and placing it in charge of the City Government. In accordance therewith, they have erected a very fine, substantial edifice on the corner of Third and Willow Streets, in the first ward. The lot upon which the building stands is one hundred feet square. The building fronts on Willow Street and measures fifty-four feet on that street, and forty feet on Third Street. It is built of pressed brick, the foundation and trimmings being of freestone, two stories high, with slate roof, making it fire proof, and of the most substantial character. The principal room in each story is fourteen feet in the clear and thirty-six and a half feet square, each room having seats for one hundred scholars, with ample room for all other purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.