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Title: John Paul Jones' last cruise and final resting place the United States Naval academy
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Marion, H. (Henri), 1857-1913
Subjects: Jones, John Paul. 1747-1792 United States Naval Academy
Publisher: Washington, D.C., G. E. Howard
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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INTERIOR OF THE NEW ARMORY OF THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY retary of the Navy, by Mr. Ernest Flagg, the well-known archi-tect. This work was finally commenced March 28, 1899, andCongress has since liberally voted various appropriations amount-ing to $10,000,000 to be expended in making the Naval Academya model institution. THE NEW BUILDINGS OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY* The principal buildings are arranged in three groups in sucha way as to preserve intact the trees and the lawns of the oldyard or campus. The visitor passing through the main entranceof the Naval Academy grounds, faces northeast. On his righthand stands the Chapel, flanked by the superintendents residenceand the Administration Building. Further down and facing *Bascd upon an article by Mr. Ernest Flagg, architect.68
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- > r$ CO E< y k a 70 JOHN PAUL JONES LAST CRUISE Chesapeake Bay stands a group of three of the largest buildingsof the Naval Academy; in the center, the midshipmens quartersor Bancroft Hall, flanked on one side by the Armory, and on theother by the Boathouse or Seamanship Building, both connectedwith the main building by a covered colonnade. On the left hand is another group of three buildings, theLibrary, Academic Building and Physics and Chemistry Build-ing. Beyond this group stands the Marine Engineering and NavalConstruction Building, with its annex containing the foundries.Besides these principal groups there is a long row of officershouses standing back of the Chapel close to the wall separatingthe Academy from the city of Annapolis. The Officers Mess or Club Building stands in advance of thesehouses, in line with the Chapel group, while the Power-house

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