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THE BOMB 1 Vires Quarters The Superintendent ' s house was built in 1S62. Two other sets of quarters were built between 1850 and 1853, restored in 1867, after being burned, and the third set was built in 1915. Washington Statue Original by Jean Antoine Houdon. March, 1856, the General Assembly authorized the Governor to expend the sum of $10,000 for the purchase of the lirst bronze replicas for the Institute. Unveiled in 1856. In June. 1864. it was transported by General Hunter, who destroyed the Institute, as a trophy of war to Wheeling, W. Ya., and returned by order of Secretary of War Stanton, in 1865.
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THE BOMB The Administration Building Was erected in 1903 by the Institute. In it are the tailor shop, military store, treasurer ' s office, quarter- master ' s office, and the post exchange. The Mess Hall Was destroyed in 1864, restored, again burned in 1904, and rebuilt on the original foundation in 1905, with an extensive addition and many improvements.
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THE BOMB Bronze Guns The two large guns by the Washington Statue, L ' Envee and Le Severe, are 24 pounders, and were cast in Duaci. France, in 1693 and 1678, respectively, during the reign of Louis XIV. These great bronze guns weigh 5.500 pounds each, and are each eleven feet seven inches in length. i ) - % In -HB ft uiii m m m mil mail ii |H , nil huh mj? 1 Cadet Hospital
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