Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger (1856)
Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr., Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr., Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr., Barry, egr. · John P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington · leaf 38
AXCiE. 17 feet, the depth two hundred and fiitj feet, and it coversthirteen thousand feet of land. The front is of Quincy granite, and has six columns,each forty-five feet in height, and weighing fifty-five tons.The staircases are of iron and stone, and the entire build-ing is fire-proof. The front… … The Merchants Exchange is up stands, and is amagnificent hall, eighty feet by fifty-eight feet, havmg its2* \ 18 BOSTON SIGHTS. ceiling supported by eighteen imitation Sienna marblecolumns, with Corinthian capitals. There is a granddome overhead, filled with stained glass. Here news-papers from all…
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