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OSBORN HALL,
The Memorial Recitation Building.
Beautiful Effect in Stone Work.
Like the old Fence, whose place it
took, Osborn Hall is the most conspicu-
ous sight amid all the buildings of new
Yale.
it occupies it is-remarkable not only for
Like that institution whose site
its location but for its construction,
The latter was famed for its primitive
simplicity of form, and for many a
The
beautiful Osborn Hall is notable for
At
There
is a richness and variety in form and
peculiarity of tradition and use.
the uniqueness of its construction.
that point, the similarity ends.
material in nearly as striking a contrast
as anything could be, with the. time-
worn, student-worn round rails of the
old Fence.
In place of the bare ground of that
historic corner, are seen by every visitor
to New Haven as he comes first within
sight of the Campus, the broad sweep-
ing steps and splendid portico of this
memorial recitation hall. On _ these
broad steps, as on the old Fence, gather
the graduates of earlier years as they
are rounded up for the Commencement
season, and on these steps and the broad
expanse of pavement before, are formed
the weird and altogether oviginal trium-
phal processions of re-union classes as
they start for the homes of their favor-
ite professors and. for their dining’ hali.
Here-again in the unquiet hours of the
lively dead of night they complete the
procession of gaiety, and discharge their
last supply of enthusiasm and fire-works.
Osborn Hall will ever be by its con-
struction one of the most remarkable
sights of Yale. It is unnecessary to go
into any detail of description of this
building, an illustration of which is here
given. In this history it ‘is only neces-
sary to say that it was donated by Mrs.
Miriam A. Osborn of New York City in
memory of her husband, the late Charles
J. Osborn.
The ,name of the donor of the build-
ing, it will be remembered, was a secret
fora long time. When it was announced
at Commencement Dr,
Depew spoke
very feelingly of the interest of Mr.
Osborn in young men, and showed
how it was in accordance with such an
interest as this that his widow had made
such use of this money. In order to
make a memorial for him, the building,
in accordance with the wish of Mrs.
Osborn, was named Osborn Hall.
Aside from the quite unique design of
the building and the richness of its
handsome carvings and general finish,
the structure is remarkable from a
builder’s standpoint for the quality of
the material used and the effects ob-
tained from it. Its material, that is
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OSBORN MEMORIAL RECITATION HALL.
Donor—Mrs. Miriam A.
Osborn.
Architect—Bruce Price.
Builders—Norcross Brothers.
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for the exterior, is Branford red eranite,
Its
trimmings are of Long Meadow brown
which is quarried at Stony Creek.
stone.
In this hall is found place for no less
than twenty-four rooms. Twenty of
these are. regular recitation rooms and
two are committee rooms. The other
two are large lecture rooms, having a
capacity of 250 each. The seating capac-
ity of the entire building is, approxi-
mately, 1900. It was feared that recita-
tions would be difficult in a building on
such a noisy corner, but the builders
have succeeded in obviating any serious
difficulty on this score.
The fourteen columns supporting the
portico are especially conspicuous and
noticeable, and distinguished for their
beautiful markings in granite. They
are only excelled in this case by the
most precious marbles.
This building is one of the many un-
usual pieces of work which have been
carried out by Messrs. Norcross Brothers.
It is interesting in this connection to
reproduce a partial list of the buildings
which this firm has erected in all parts
of the country. Such a partial list here
follows with the approximate cost of
each building given in order to indicate
more clearly its extent and intrinsic
value:
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Watt
Hampden Oo. C. H., Springfield, Mass.. $175,000
Wobum@ Library: S.22 eee 80,000
Albany City Hall, Albany, N. Y....2..2 295,000
Allegheny Co. C.H. & Jail, Pittsbe., Pa. 2,500,000
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce..--- 570,000
Howard Memorial Library, N. Orleans 98,000
Malden: Isibrary.2 os ee 90,000
Union R. R. Station, Hartford, Conn... 220,000 ©
B. & A. R.R. Station, Springfield, Mass. 420,000
Stone R. R. Bridge, Springfield, Mass.. 120,000
Stations for N. Y.C.& H.R. R.R. Co. at
Irvington, Riverdale & Dobbs Ferry,
se goles s Canc ee OL eee ae 40,000
Exchange Building, Boston. _-_....___..- 1,600,000
Ames Washington St. Building, Boston 625,000
Ames Lincoln St. Building, Boston_... 280,000
Public Library, New London, Conn.... 60,000
Springfield, O., Warder Public Library 60,000
Union League Club House, N. Y. City. 255,000
Boston Art Club House... 2c..2 0c ck: 54,000
Algonquin Club House, Boston.......- 220,000
Boston, Residence of Oliver Ames..___. 68,000
Boston, Residence of C. A. Whittier... 107,000
Block for Union Theologi’l Sem., N. Y. 60,000
Brownlow Hall, Wellesley, Mass.......- 60,000
Agassiz Laboratory, Harvard College. 95,000
Residence of B.H. Warder, Wash., D.C. 112,000
Great Barrington, “Kellogg Terrace,”. 600,000
Boston, John F. Andrew’s Residence... 140,000
C. C. Converse, Boston, Residence ____. 55,000
- Residence of John Thayer,S. Lancaster 85,000
Residence of J. J. Glessner, Chicago... 85,000
Dedham, Mass., Res. of A.W. Nickerson 175,000
Springfield, O., Res. of A.S. Bushnell. 90,000
Cambridge, Mass., Res. of E.H. Abbott 100,000
worcester Hish School 2...) ce 120,000
Latin High School, Boston ___..._...... 170,000
Harvard University Gymnasium. _..... 91,000
Harvard University Law School __..... 136,000
Harvard University, Sever Hall__.___.. 104,000
Harvard University, Perkins Hall ___.. 180,000
Harvard University, Conant Hall_-_...- 120,000
Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum 150,000
Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. City 286,000
Vermont University, Burlington, Vt.. 92,000
Lawrenceville School, New Jersey ---_-- 320.000
Durfee High School, Fall River, Mass__ $200,000
Crouse Memorial Coll., Syracuse, N.Y._ 220,000
Osborn Memorial Hall, Yale University 150,000
Crompton’s Block, Worcester _-_....___- 75,000
Cheney Block, Hartford, Conn. __.-___- 337,000
.Ames Warehouse, Boston_-__..__.-..___- 133,000
Turner Building, St. Louis, Mo.__--____ 208,000
Marshall Field Building, Chicago-.--___- 900,000
N. Y. Life Insurance Building, Omaha_ 750,000
N. Y. Life Ins. Building, Kansas City_. 850,000
Burnside Building, Worcester _-__._____- 92,000
Lionberger Building, St. Louis, Mo.___- 275,000
Youth’s Companion Building, Boston__ 450,000
Bloomingdale In. Asy. W. Plains, N. Y. 1,400,000
Holy Trinity Church, New York City._ 188,000
St. John’s Episcopal Church, N. Y. City 412,000
South Cong. Church, Springfield, Mass. 150,000
Drinity Vnveen, Boston. --2s. 32s. 390,000
Norwich Congregational Church._.___- 90,000
All Saints’ Church, Worcester_-_.._.___- 95,000
Presbyterian Church, Albany, N. Y...- 80,000
First Spiritual Temple, Boston____.____ 120,000
St. James’ Episcopal Church, N. Y. City 130,000
Ames Mem’! Monum’t,Sherman, Wyo. 62,000
College for Teachers, New York City__ 409,000
Bank Building. for Norwich Sav. Soc.,
NOP ICU. COND a aco eee oc eo 80,000
Hartford Society for Savings Building,
TAMA. NOE ee 120,000
Industrial Building, Providence, R.I.. 350,00
Telephone Building, Providence, R.1._ 100,00
Dormitory Bldg, Princeton University 88,000
Stack Building, Princeton University__ 500,00
Commencement Hallat Princeton Univ 227,000
Massachusetts State House Extension_ 2,000,000
Rhode Island State House_.-........____ 1,700,000
Tremont .Bhilding, Boston .ic.:.-..... 1,200,000
Library Bldg, Columbia Univ’sty, N.Y. 1,000,000
Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia Univ’sty 450,00
Physics Building, Columbia University 275,00
University Hall, Columbia University. 300,00
Equitable Building, Baltimore......__- 1,200,000
State Mutual Building, Worcester_____ 900,000
Banigan Building, Providence, R. I. __. 900,000
New England Building, Cleveland -___- 700,000
City Hall, Worcester, Mass. -......-.._- 600,000
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash., D.C.- 400,000
