Plate 1.

1. The main edifice, which faces north and is somewhat cruciform; nave E. and W. 157xtransept (extension S. 25×81. and X. colonnade vestibule 20×81, and steps 7×81, making total depth X. and S.) 108×81. This structure is massive and imposing; 3½ lofty stories in height, with a basement cellar and an immense dome rising more than 100 feet in elevation, from which a splendid landscape lies before the eye. It accommodates the Chapel. Library, Law, Medical and Engineering schools, the Literary Societies and several chairs of language. The rotunda is 'occupied at present by Library matter, and several hundred stands of arms belonging to the Military Institute; but it is susceptible of being converted into a magnificent art gallery.

2. The President's dwelling also fronts N., on a line with 1, and is 46×42, with extension 24×18, garden, lawn, wood-house, stable, ice-house and pasture lot.

3. Science Hall, which is L shaped, facing E. 64×53 and X. 100×34, with good basement and 3 full stories. The Sciences of Chemistry, Natural History, with its cabinet, and the Mathematics are accommodated in this building, which is pronounced one of the very best, for its purposes, in the country. The Normal School provisionally occupies the magnificent, room over the cabinet with northern, western and southern exposure and skylights. The Commercial Department is in a commodious room in the basement.

4. The Observatory—see plate 2—has been moved to the northeastern part of the Campus, and has been remodeled.