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Perkins Hall, of 1893, located on Oxford Street, is still also lit by gas in 1900. Note the extension tube from the overhead chandelier to the small gas lamp on the desk. It's no small miracle that all these buildings didn't burn to the ground, and in fact Harvard faced a number of serious fires in student dormitories during the first years of the new century, including both Thayer and Randolph Halls.

 

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