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Title: Philadelphia to-day, 1882. Being a correct guide to all the public buildings, institutions, railroads and places and objects of interest ..
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Ryan
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s then charged. The Vine Street cars, also those on Eighteenth, pass within onesquare of the building. INSANE ASYLUM. This institution, located between West Chester and HaverfordRoads and Forty-first Street, West Philadelphia, on a farm of 113acres, is the Insane Department of the Pennsylvania Hospital.There are two immense buildings—one for males and one for females ;the former erected in 1841, and the latter in 1859. In size and gen-eral appearance both buildings are alike. They are built of cut stone,and ornamented with Doric porticoes. Each building is about 400feet long and 100 feet in depth. There are on the grounds varioussmaller buildings, lodges, workshop, museum, etc. The grounds arebeautifully arranged, and laid out as a pleasure resort for the inmates. PHILADELPHIA TO-DAY 67 A visit to the Asylum will amply repay any one who either lovesthe beauties of nature or the still greater beauties of beneficence,in orderly, efficient, and extensive action. There are about 700 in-
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INSANE ASYLUM. mates. Open to visitors daily, except Saturday and Sunday, fromten A. M. to four p. m. Take Market Street cars, Haddington branch,to reach the Asylum. 38 PHILADELPHIA TO-DAY. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The largest, handsomest, and most conveniently arranged collegebuildings of any in the country, are those belonging to the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania, located in West Philadelphia, on a square ofsix acres, fronting on Locust Street, and extending from Thirty-thirdto Thirty-fourth Streets. There are three immense structures. Thefirst building, devoted to the department of Arts and Science, is con-structed of green serpentine stone, ornamented with gray stone.There is a central building, with wings. On the eastern and west-ern fronts rise grand towers, which present a fine appearance. Thisbuilding was opened in 1872. It is 250 feet in length by 124 feetin depth, and four stories high, costing about $240,000. It has achapel, library, museum, recitation and assembly rooms,

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