Weishampel's Baltimore Guide. the Stranger in Baltimore: a New Hand Book, Containing a General Description of Baltimore City ..
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It is built of Baltimore brick of excellent quality, has a massive entrance of gran- ite with a roof and entablature supported by large fluted columns, and presents an imposing appearance. One striking feature of the interior is the main hall of the principal story, which extends the entire length of the structure, is of unusual height, and supplied with tassel- % WeishampeVs Baltimore Guide. lated marble flooring. This hall, as well as those above it, communicates by spacious doorways to nearl...y all the principal rooms, and thereby contributes much to the ventilation, a very desirable feature in so large a building. The principal arrangement for ventilation is a large stack of brick, the foundation of which is on a level with the superstructure, while the top ascends above the roof» thereby passing a continual current of air. The top of the cupola rises to a height of 184 feet, the base is 100 feet above tide-water. Architect, John W. Hogg. Seven millions of brick were used in the work.
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