The Archon, Vol. 1: February, 1907 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Archon, Vol. 1: February, 1907 As a stranger enters the grounds of Dummer Academy, past the old milestone, he is at once. Struck by the appearance of the first building, the Mansion House. It is colonial in style of architecture and at once gives the impression that this acad emy is not a new, or young school, but one with a history dating back to the early colonial times. This is one of the most interesting houses in New England and of course is kept in the best of condition. As to the date of the erection 'of this building nothing exact is known. A few years ago the figures 1720 were painted above the door which leads from the parlor to what is now the master's study. This was the date which until lately was taken as the year in which the house was completed. However, when it was restored in 1897, bricks were found in the structure which were older by several years than that date. This difference in age may be ex plained by the facts that the bricks were brought from England and that transportation in those days was not so rapid as the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.