Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.

Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946 · November 2, 1889

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The temporary cornice was erected at the correct height above the south corner of the Facade to test that the proportions of the cornice were suited to the Facade. View from Boylston Street toward Huntington Avenue, S.S. Pierce Building to left. Duplicate of 06_03_000128, photo no. 125 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works

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