ZlDail publishing Co., TOlatcrcille, flDc. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/colbyuniversityaOOunse Colb£ XUntpet'sit^ ...anb... Hcabemies 1898 Colby University. MONG the most beautiful objects on the campus at Colby are “the willows ” — two long rows of gigantic willow growths reaching down the sloping bank of the Kennebec to the water’s edge, and with their interlocking branches forming an archway of green, beautiful and satisfying to every beholder — an enduring memorial of the first student, graduate and instructor of the College, George Dana Boardman, whose hand in 1821-2 set out the slips from which they grew, and whose brief career as a pioneer missionary is memorialized still more enduringly in the leafy forests of Burma in the Karen race whose beginnings of spiritual life were planted by the same disinterested hand. He was the most worthy son of a most worthy sire, — for as far as records go to no one is Colby University more indebted for its early planting than to Sylvanus Boardman, who as early as 1807 in a circular letter addressed to the Bowdoinham Association made a plea for the higher education of the ministry. In the early history of Maine religious privileges were scanty. Converts were multiplied and churches were formed. The pastors were at first more familiar with their Bibles than with the schools. The growth of the churches begat the need of a better educated and prepared ministry. At a meeting of the Bowdoinham Association in 1810 it was evident that Boardman and his associates had continued to make the matter prominent for the records of the meeting have this item: “It being in THE CAMPUS. MEMORIAL HALL. THE LIBRARY. contemplation to establish an institution in the district of Maine for the purpose of promoting literary and theological knowledge, brethren Boardman, Blood, Merrill, Titcomb and Tripp were appointed a committee to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the General Court for incorporation, &c.” At the same meeting a committee was appointed to confer with a like committee to be appointed by the Lincoln Association. The matter progressed until 1813 when a joint committee of Bowdoinham, Lincoln and Cumberland Associa- tions, through Rev. Daniel Merrill of Sedgwick, a member, secured a charter from the General Court of Massachusetts under the title of “The President and Trustees of the Maine Literary and Theological Institu- tion.” Sylvanus Boardman and twenty other prominent pastors and laymen were appointed trustees. All were united in the purpose of establishing an institution in which the pastors of the growing churches could be properly trained. Thus the institution came into being as an answer to an earnest desire for an educated ministry. The next five years were spent in locating the plant and getting it into running order. Then after two years of service, or in 1820, its scope was changed and broadened, and it became Waterville College. The next forty years, to state it briefly, were years of struggle with meagre resources and equipment, yet was a period of slow but sure progress ; new buildings were erected, new courses of study were inaugurated, and a good foundation was laid for future enlargement. Too much cannot be said of the patient, toil-devoted sacrifice and persevering effort of those who had charge of affairs. They were men of eminence in character and learning. They were faithful in their day and generation. Their reward is seen in the growing structure erected upon their founda- tion, and the more rapid advancement made the last third of a century. Thus Colby University, — as by another change of name in honor of one of her noble benefactors she is now called, - — for nearly eighty years has occupied a unique place among the educational institutions of the State of Maine and of New England. Her gradual but sure growth in material, intellectual and moral power, her increase in teaching force and number of students, her two co-ordinate colleges for men and women respectively, STUDY AND LIBRARY. — (HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT). GEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, COBURN HALL. MEMORIAL HALL, SOUTHWEST CORNER. COIIURN HALL, SHANNON OBSERVATORY AND GYMNASIUM. ■ill Ek' i * 1 ■ " ■ I v! r' " t m - ."" - MEMORIAL TABLET. — THORW AI.DSEN’s LION OF LUCERNE. her present endowment of $450,000, her four affiliated preparatory schools at Waterville, Hebron, Houlton and Charleston, with total endowments of $175,000 more, her twelve hundred graduates occupying positions of trust and influence in all professions in all parts of the earth — all of these speak of the value of her service in the cause of education, and make a claim upon all interested in her welfare and that of liberal education for a most hearty allegiance and support. During the past twenty-five years, owing to the munificence of her patrons, the College has enjoyed her greatest prosperity, but nothing has been added to her resources. Instead the incidents of time have depleted these. While the College has gone on doing its work, faithfully striving to meet the growing demands of the hour, her friends have not increased. Success depends upon the growth, enlargement and recuperation of resources as well as of the curriculum. The former must keep pace with the latter. So Colby University confronts a crisis in her history. While progressive work has been done and new features of service have been introduced and advanced, the financial resources have not increased, so that merely to meet the normal demands of the present and the next ten years the College will need $500,000, half to be added to the general fund and half to be expended in buildings and equipment. The College is in the condition of any large business that having grown beyond its invested capital and facilities for service, must increase the one and enlarge the other or fall behind in the competition of the age and come to loss and decay. As President Butler pertinently says: “ There is more inspiration in providing a new suit for a growing boy than in patching the garments of the aged.” So the question of the hour is, whether the friends and legitimate patrons of the College will allow her thus to fall behind in the race. The trustees do not believe they will, that they are too personally interested, that they have too deep a concern in her welfare and in the cause of liberal and Christian education to permit it. So they have instituted measures for the increase of her financial resources, as a basis for the enlargement PROFESSOR ROGERS’ ROOM— SHANNON OBSERVATORY. “the bricks. THE WILLOWS. of her service. It is designed to make the movement permanent and to secure a financial constituency for the College which will meet all the increasing wants of the future. What is meant by a financial constituency is best illustrated by what has been done the last year. A subscription list of six hundred persons or parties has been obtained amounting to upwards of $ 60,000 . This sum is made up of one subscription of $ 10 , 000 , three of $5,000, and the rest, or over $35,000 of subscriptions, of from $1 to $200 per year for five years, and then to be renewed for another term of years as may be arranged for. It means to secure for the College an inflow of funds from year to year from an interested constit- uency like that enjoyed by every denominational missionary society. It is hoped as soon as possible to organize all the patronage of the College in a union of effort of this kind. Those who have had the matter in charge thus far, and who are acquainted with the conditions of life of the six hundred subscribers, cannot see why that number and the amount thus raised cannot be duplicated tenfold. The three most pressing needs of the College are the enlargement of the general fund, a Chemical Laboratory, and a Women’s Dormitory, but subscriptions may be made for any department of College work, or for either of the four Academies. It is fully expected that the Laboratory will be erected this year and the Women’s Dormitory next year. There will be opportunity for large gifts and for small gifts, for bequests in wills, and for the giving of any amount in any way as shall seem best for the donors. The full success of the work depends as much upon the large number of small gifts as upon the few great ones. If all who should be relatively interested in the College will simply do according to their several ability, a result will accrue of the greatest advantage. Not one of the six hundred subscribers to the fund already secured could have been spared. Success may depend upon the officers of the College, but the enthusiastic co-operative effort of all is needed, and only will insure the greatest and happiest results. VIEW DOWN KENNEBEC RIVER. ATHLETIC FIELD. COBURN CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. Cobtlrp Classical Institute. 'V5^ c ^v. 1-W ^ OBURN Classical Institute was established in 1829 under the name of Waterville Academy. In 1865 the name was changed to Waterville Classical Institute. In 1885 the name was again changed to Coburn Classical Institute, in honor of its greatest benefactor, Abner Coburn, ex-Governor of Maine, whose gifts to the school amount to $ 100 , 000 . One of the chief advantages of the school is its location. Waterville is a beautiful and healthful city of about 8,000 inhabitants, situated on the Kennebec River, eighteen miles above Augusta. The city is noted for the number and excellence of its educational institutions. Situated near the centre of the State and at the junction of the two principal branches of the Maine Central Railroad, it is more easy of access than any other city in the State. The main school building is situated in one of the most delightful parts of the city. Surrounded by large elms and maples and overlooking “Monument Park,” it is the most striking and attractive building in the city. It was built at a cost of more than $50,000. It is constructed of brick and red sandstone, is three stories high, and is surmounted by a tower and an astronomical observatory. The building contains twenty rooms which are used for school purposes. The Hanson Cottage, located at the corner of Spring and Elm Streets, is used as a home for young lady students. It is situated within two minutes’ walk of the school building in a beautiful and healthful part of HANSON COTTAGE. the city. The cottage contains twelve sleeping rooms, parlor and reception room, a large dining room, and bath rooms. All the rooms are heated by steam, well lighted, and furnished with new furniture. Particular pains have been taken to make the sanitary conditions the best possible. The house is under the supervision of the preceptress and a matron, both of whom live in the house. Every effort is put forth to make the life here similar to that of a well-ordered home. Parents may rest assured that their daughters will have the comforts of home under the best of influences. The reputation of the school rests mainly upon its work as a preparatory school. This reputation is due mainly to the well-known classical scholar, James H. Hanson, L. L. D., who was principal of the school for forty years. More students have prepared for College here than at any other school in Maine. More than six hundred have been graduated from the preparatory course. Among the most noted of these are Congressman Nelson Dingley, Jr., Governor Llewellyn Powers, Hon. Bartlett Tripp, U. S. Minister to Austria, William Mathews, LL.D., President Nathaniel Butler, D.U., of Colby University, ex-President George W. Smith of Colgate University, President Charles F. Meserve, of Shaw University, Professor Edward S. Sheldon of Harvard, Judge W. P. Whitehouse, Judge E. F. Lyford. Graduates of the school have maintained good standing in Harvard, Yale, Brown, Colby, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Bates, Wellesley, and other Colleges. Students are admitted without examination on the Principal’s certificate to Colby, Dartmouth, Bates, Maine State College, Colgate, and Wellesley. Beside the College Preparatory course there are two other courses. The English-Scientific course prepares students for any scientific school. The Latin-Scientific course offers instruction in English, Latin, French, German, Mathematics, History, and the Sciences. Both these courses are admirably adapted to the needs of those who do not intend to enter higher schools, but desire a good general training as a preparation for life. They also furnish an excellent foundation and valuable training for those who intend to become teachers in the public schools. LIBRARY. There is also a musical department in which instruction in both vocal and instrumental music, and harmony is given by excellent teachers. Students who complete the musical course are given diplomas certifying to this fact. The school has an excellent equipment for work in the department of science. Almost the entire second floor of the large school building is occupied by the laboratories, class-room and cabinets of this department. In Physics a full course of experiments is given in mechanics, heat, sound, light, and electricity. A similar course is given in Chemistry. The work in Astronomy is greatly aided by the use of a six-inch equatorial telescope, the gift of Mary D. Lyford and her son, Hon. Edwin F. Lyford, of Springfield, Massachusetts. The course in Botany includes laboratory work on flowering plants and ferns. The courses in Geology and Natural History are each illustrated by a large collection of specimens. The Geological collection contains about one thousand specimens of minerals and rocks. The Natural History collection contains one thousand specimens of well-mounted animals and birds and bird skins. The Boutelle Library contains seventeen hundred well-selected volumes to which new books are added yearly from the income of the endowment fund given by the late Mrs. Helen Boutelle Noyes. All the departments are well supplied with books for reference and supplementary reading. The library is open daily under the direction of the librarian. It occupies an attractive, well-lighted room, provided with tables and chairs for those who desire to read or take notes. A well-furnished Reading Room is maintained by the students. More than thirty magazines and papers are constantly found here. Vigorous associations of the Y. M. C. A and Y. W. C. A. are maintained and aid greatly in preserving a high moral and religious standard in the school life. A beautiful association room on the first floor has been furnished out of a fund raised by the students and alumni. Voluntary classes carry on Bible study under the direction of the teachers of the school. There is also a class organized for the systematic study of missions. The Philomathean Debating Club is conducted by the young men for the purpose of practice in debate, PRINCITAl/s ROOM, declamation, and parliamentary usage. Public meetings are frequently held and joint debates with similar clubs in other schools take place. The Coburn Club is a similar organization supported by the young ladies. Fortnightly meetings are held at which musical and literary programs are carried out. There are two Coburn Alumni Associations, the General Association, of which Nathaniel Butler, D.D., is president, and the Boston Alumni Association, of which Allan P. Soule is president. The faculty of instruction consists of four men and five women. Franklin W. Johnson has been the Principal since 1894. STURT F.VA NT HM.I, KD CAMl’fS, Hebror] flcaderiiy, HIS is the oldest of the preparatory schools connected with Colby University, and its origin is found in the insatiable desire for higher educational advantages, and the remarkable foresight that realized the blessing that would accrue to future generations who would come under its influence. Among the soldiers of the Revolution who afterwards established homes in the district of Maine was Deacon William Barrows, who settled in Hebron, where in 1791 he was instrumental in organizing a Baptist church. In 1798 a comrade in arms, Rev. John Tripp, became pastor and held this office till his death in 1847. Through their influence an act of incorporation and a charter for an Academy was granted February 10, 1804. The first Board of Trustees were : John Tripp, Deacon William Barrows, Elder Hooper of Paris, Samuel Paris, Cyrus Hamlin, Ezekiel Whitman, John Greenwood, and Luther Cary. The first Academy building was erected more than a year earlier near where Sturtevant Hall now stands, was a one story structure, 30x50, and was used not only for the school but as a place of worship. This was dedicated to Academy work Monday, September 2, 1805, and school commenced the next day with sixty-five scholars, under the charge of William Barrows, Jr., son of the Deacon and a graduate of Dartmouth. His salary was paid by tuition fees. The first endowment was made by Andrew Craigie, then proprietor of the town, through his agent William C. Whitney. This was 150 acres of land. The first endowment of $3,000 was raised with great personal effort and sacrifice by Deacon Barrows. The legislature granted a half township of land, the most of which was sold for $5,000. GYMNASIUM, From 1814 to 1820 various adverse experiences came to the Academy, but in the latter year a brick building of two stories and well adapted to the purposes of the school was erected, mainly by the efforts and gifts of those living in the vicinity who rallied nobly to its support. This was opened at the beginning of the spring term of 1821, and soon the Academy not only regained its former standard but grew rapidly in popular favor with all the neighboring communities. In 1832 a boarding house was erected, known as the “Trustee House,” to which additions were made in 1 85 7, ’63, ’83, and which now accommodates about thirty students. In 1846 the Academy building, having been injured by frost, was replaced by a new one at a cost, beside the old materials, of $520. This building was 20x30, of two stories, built of brick, with a tower and belfry in front, in which was hung a bell costing $120, the use of which was shared by the Baptist church. This building was opened in 1847, an( i had an honored service until removed in 1891 on the completion of Sturtevant Hall. In 1867 a chapel, a wooden building 35x55, of one story, was erected through the efforts of the Principal, Rev. A. C. Herrick, at a cost of $ 1 , 200 . This building served its purpose well, and now forms part of the Gymnasium. In 1874 Hebron Academy was made one of three preparatory schools for Colby University. The trustees chose Rev. A. R. Crane, D. D., for the work of securing $ 100,000 for these schools; $25,000 of this was apportioned to Hebron. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin gave $1,000 as endowment for a library. Mr. David Anderson also gave the fund called by his name of $10,000, making a total permanent endowment fund at that date of $36,000. This was the dawn of a new era for Hebron. Need of better accommodations had long been felt. In 1886 a committee consisting of Judge Bonney, Rev. S. D. Richardson, and Principal Sargent was appointed f r wLj VI * i mz Twm Eii ! - ■ iStiit " SB | 1 '** Sj 1 1 v: 4JVI < jpmrm STURTEVANT HALL AND GYMNASIUM. TRUSTEE HOUSE ONE OF THE MAIN STREETS OF HEBRON. to take measures for securing a new Academy building. The trustees of Colby University co-operated and advised efforts being made for the raising of $15,000. Mr. B. F. Sturtevant of Jamaica Plain, Mass., one of these trustees, became deeply interested in the project and offered $10,000, provided that $40,000 in all should be raised. This seemed impossible, but trial was made, and through the indefatigable labors of Rev. C. M. Emery, who was made special agent for the work, and Judge Bonney, in about two years the full amount was secured. Other grand results came in and have kept coming. Sturtevant Hall, one of the finest structures of the kind in the State, has been erected at a cost of $30,000 ; $4,500 has been expended for the Principal’s house and lot (the second on the left in the picture “ One of the Main Streets of Hebron ”) ; a broad and beautiful campus has been graded at a cost of $5,000 ; the Baptist church, so intimately connected with the school, has been enlarged and improved at an expense of $3,000 or $4,000 ; a Gymnasium has been built at a cost of $10,000, and the permanent and other funds have been increased to full $62,000. Besides all this material development, under the direction of the able Principal, William E. Sargent, the number and breadth of the courses of study have been enlarged, the number of the faculty increased, and the whole school has advanced to the position of one of the best schools of its grade in New England. Surely the last decade or more of years has seen a beautiful superstructure built upon the foundations laid so well and with so much sacrifice by the founders of this school. Their lives are fragrant with sacred memories. Beautiful for situation is Hebron Academy, and the joy of innumerable sons and daughters whom she has sent out into the world to honor and bless with their influence the ways of life. Her life is perennial; the glow of health and strength mantles her cheek. These are the expression of life and growth, and these create an ever-enlarging need of wealth and effort for their ever-widening circle of influential service. WORDING HALL AND DORMITORY. RicKer Classical Institute. T has been well said that “if a colony of New England people should be planted on the remote frontier in any quarter of the globe within twenty four hours they would have a church under cover on the most available corner and a school house on the nearest knoll.” And nothing was ever said more characteristic of the lofty ideals that actuated those who founded our commonwealths, and their descendants who maintain their inheritance. The town of Houlton came into notice first as a United States military post about 1835, during the settlement of the northeast boundary line between this government and Great Britain. With the four or five thousand troops came people from other parts of Maine and Massachusetts. Ten years later the much thought and discussion relative to an Academy culminated in a meeting held in the office of Joseph Carr, Esq., located upon the present site of the National Bank, on the north side of the square, when eight persons, Joseph Carr, Leonard Pierce, Zebulon Ingersoll, John Hodgdon, Jeremiah Trueworthy, Shepherd Cary, Zenas P. Wentworth and Benjamin L. Staples, those named in an act of incorporation, met July 3, 1847, and organized the Board of Trustees of Houlton Academy, choosing John Hodgdon President, and Benjamin Staples Secretary. July 30, 1847, the legislature conveyed to the trustees one-half of a township of land, on condition that a suitable building be erected and a school be established before October, 1849. At a subsequent meeting of principal’s room. the trustees a committee was chosen to select a suitable site for an academy building and to have a plan drawn. The present location was purchased and the building was erected in 1848. The school opened in the fall of the same year with Mr. Milton Welsh as Principal. The school year consisted of four terms. The second story of the building was used as a court room until the present Court House was built. In the first story the school was held for about twenty years, and here many of the men who are now prominent in business and profession in the town received their education. The trees which they planted upon the campus now furnish shade for their sons. In August, 1868, steps were taken for the erection of a new Academy building. This was completed in 1870 at a cost of about $6,500. The former house was sold, moved to the lot south and made into a tenement house. It has since been moved to the north side of Military Street, opposite the campus, where it serves the same purpose. A three years’ course of study was established in 1870. Shortly after this Rev. Joseph Ricker, D. D., Secretary of the Maine Baptist Missionary Convention, in his visits to Aroostook in the interests of his work, became interested in Houlton as a natural educational centre for that large and flourishing section of the State. At this time also Colby University began to plan for three affiliated preparatory schools to be located in different parts of the State, and Dr. Ricker as one of the trustees opened negotiations with the trustees of Houlton Academy with this end in view. In 1874 the Academy trustees signified their willingness to give their property in trust to Colby University on condition that an endowment of $25,000 be raised, the school thereafter to be the Eastern preparatory school for that College, and in 1877, the conditions having been met, Dr. Ricker himself giving what afterwards amounted to $10,000, the transfer was made. The second score of years of the Academy’s history was nearing its close when an unexpected good fortune was announced. Already the demands of the school made necessary better and larger facilities for its work, and those most deeply interested were anxiously considering the question of providing these. ENTRANCE TO WORDING HALL Judge William E. Wording, of Grand Forks, Dakota, was a classmate and lifelong friend of Dr. Ricker, and after his death Mrs. Wording sought his advice in regard to the disposal of the large property left her by her husband. He suggested for one thing the gift of $30,000 for a new Academy building to be erected as a memorial of her husband. On July 5, 1886, the joyful news was announced. Steps were at once taken for the erection of the building, and two years later, June 27, 1888, it was dedicated. In this memorial gift Mrs. Wording wrought “heartily, lovingly, gladly, joyously, even thankfully, as though she was not the author but the recipient of the gift.” She was a noble, consecrated woman. She took the greatest satisfaction and delight in attendance upon the dedicatory exercises and the Commencement the following year. She died in Boston, Mass., January 24, 1890, passing peacefully to her eternal rest. The old school building was moved to the lot south, the lot having been bought and as a gift added to the campus by Dr. Ricker, and fitted up for a dormitory, being well arranged for forty students, and for a home for the Principal and assistant teachers. Fifty years have passed since the incorporation of Houlton Academy, and through nearly all of them progress and growth have been quite marked. The town of Houlton has increased from a small hamlet to a thriving, intelligent, beautiful town of near five thousand people, having elegant residences, well equipped churches, and fine business blocks — one of the best communities in the State. Many of the older residents have lived to see the third building erected upon the same site, — the last, one of the most eligible and best adapted school buildings in the State, — the grounds enlarged to about four acres and well laid out in graded lawns and athletic fields, the endowment funds amounting to over $30,000, and the name changed to Ricker Classical Institute in grateful acknowledgment of the personal gifts and labors of Rev. Joseph Ricker, D. D., of Augusta, Me. Of the original corporate members of the Board of Trustees none are living. Forty-one different persons have served in this way. There have been nineteen Principals, the present one being Arthur M. Thomas, A. M., who is now on his thirteenth year of service. The Institute is a thriving school with high character, lofty aims, liberal courses of study, proficient teachers, and well equipped for its service for the youth around, and is the only school of as high a grade in a population of over fifty thousand people. The growth and prosperity of the past is the promise of future usefulness. For all that she has done, is doing and expects to do, Ricker Institute deserves the heartiest support of all interested in and pledged to the support of those things that stand for the welfare of all. Higgins Classical Institute N 1836 a theological institution was established at Charleston, Me., and a school building was erected. On account of the financial depression of the following year the character of the school was changed, and from that time it became an Academy, known as Charleston Academy. Elisha M. Thurston, a graduate of Waterville College, class ’38, was its first Principal. Mr. Thurston was followed by A. W. Paine, Waterville College, class ’44, and at present an official in the Treasury Department in Washington. Two other graduates of the College also served as Principals, Thomas B. Buck, class ’51, now a resident of Cali- fornia, and a Mr. Brown, a prominent lawyer in Chicago. From 1838 to 1891 the school was one of the leading Academies in Central Maine, and graduated well- equipped men and women who to-day honor the institution which gave them their early training. In 1891 Rev. T. H. Higgins, of Charleston, and others pledged to the school an endowment of $25,000. The school was incorporated in 1891 under the name of “ Higgins Classical Institute,” and was accepted by Colby University as her fourth special fitting school. The University also pledged efforts to increase the endowment fund by $25,000 before January 1, 1891. The first Principal of Higgins Classical Institute was Mr. Charles C. Richardson, a graduate of Colby University, class of ’ 87 . Mr. Richardson was at the head of the Institute for five years, and through his efforts it became recognized as one of the leading fitting schools of Eastern Maine. Mr. H. Warren Foss, the present Principal, is also a graduate of Colby University, class of ’96. He is on his second year of service. The Institute building, while pleasant and attractive, hardly serves the best interests of the school, and it is hoped that within a few years a structure well suited to its growing demands will be erected. The Trustee House, under the care of Mr. E. L. Macomber, is a model home for students, and rates are so low as to bring its advantages within the reach of all. Many students, however, board themselves, and a limited number of desirable rooms can be secured in the village for that purpose. Board may also be secured in private families at reasonable rates. Among the needs of the Institute, however, is a dormitory, as suitable accommodations are often with difficulty obtained for all who desire to attend the Institute, and the future growth of the school will depend upon better accommodations. At present some are turned away for lack of these. The small village of Charleston is a model one for the student’s home. Here he is free comparatively from harmful influences and from the temptations of a city or large village. Charleston is beautiful, healthful, and quiet. There are excellent religious privileges, and all the influences of the community are favorable to the highest moral and intellectual development of the student. The Institute offers three courses of study, the College Preparatory, the Latin Scientific, and the English Scientific. Graduates from the College Preparatory course are admitted to Colby University and some other colleges on certificate of the Principal. The Latin Scientific course is designed for those who wish to take a course in Latin, French, and the Sciences, or who desire to enter Technical Schools. The English Scientific course is arranged to meet the needs of those who do not intend to take a collegiate course but who desire a general English education. VIEWS IN CHARLESTON, ME. OBSERVATORY — MAIN STREET — GYMNASIUM, TRUSTEE HOUSE.