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SAN JOSE AND VICINITY. 21 sprang from his own resolute exertions in this country, and part of which came by inheritance from the rich estate of his father. It lias been fortunate for the welfare and progress of this valley that he has thus been favored pecuniarily.” The publisher is indebted to Hall’s History for the above description. Leaving Gen. Naglee’s premises and passing West on San Fer nando street, we come to Washington Square, in the center of which is situated the State Normal School Building. The square comprises about twenty-seven acres, and extends from San Fernando to San Carlos streets, and from Fourth to Seventh streets. It was originally re served as a public park, and improvements commenced thereon for that purpose ; but in 1870 it was donated by the city to the State as a site for the State Normal School Building. This structure is of the Corinthian order of architecture, and is spacious enough to ac commodate all of the pupils of the State for a century to come. Its entire length is 284 feet. The main building is 160 feet deep, and is surmounted by a tower 150 feet high. Its hight to the summit of the cornice is 70 feet. Its portico is supported by ten Corinthian columns, and the tower and frieze by Corinthian pilasters. The basement story is of brick on a concrete foundation. The main building consists of three stories, in the upper of which is a magnificent hall 91 by 66 feet in area, constructed much after the
