IIAND-BOOK OP WASHINGTON. 109 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OP GEORGETOWN COLLEGE. This Institution was organised by the Presi dent and Faculty of Georgetown College in May, 1851, under the authority of the law of Congress passed in March, 1815, conferring upon George town College the rights and privileges of a uni versity. The college buildings are owned by the faculty, and are situated at the intersection of F and 12th streets, and have a central and commanding location. They contain lecture- rooms of large size and approved construction; a well-furnished museum; a convenient and well- lighted dissecting-room; together with all the other apartments found in well arranged college buildings. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE INSTRUC- . TION OP THE DEAF AND DUMB AND TIIE BLIND. It is located on Kendall Green, near the junc tion of M and Boundary streets, and was incor porated in 1857. The facade of the front build ing is built of pressed brick and dressed brown free-stone, sixty-six feet in length, twenty-eight in width, and four stories high. 10