Grammar School: View of facade showing octagonal stair tower

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The old Grammar School (Gymnasium) is assigned to Weidmann on stylistic grounds: horizontal bands of moulding separate the three floors, the windows are arranged in pairs, as at the town hall, and an obliquely fenestrated octagonal stair tower crowned by a bulbous cupola is introduced in front of the façade.

Creator

G. Massiot & cie

Date

Circa 1910

Material Type

photographs

Link to source

https://curate.nd.edu/show/7s75db81c62

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Grammar School: View of facade showing octagonal stair tower

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