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 The building was constructed of brownstone in the Greek Revival style and was 87 feet long and 55 feet wide.  The building was constructed of brownstone in the Greek Revival style and was 87 feet long and 55 feet wide. 
-When it was completed in 1825, Seabury Hall consisted of three stories with a portico entrance marked by Ionic columns and a bell tower at the rear of the structure. The space for the Chapel was a 50 by 35-foot room within the ground floor of the building; an organ was installed in 1850. The rest of the first floor contained the chemical laboratory, with a lecture room that contained graduated seating.+When it was completed in 1825, Seabury Hall consisted of three stories with a portico entrance marked by Ionic columns and a bell tower at the rear of the structure. The space for the Chapel was a 50 by 35-foot room within the ground floor of the building; an [[chapel_organ|organ]] was installed in 1850. The rest of the first floor contained the chemical laboratory, with a lecture room that contained graduated seating.
  
-The library was on the second floor above the Chapel, with the remainder of the floor taken up by the natural philosophy department (above the chemical laboratory) and the quarters of the Atheneum Society.+The library was on the second floor above the Chapel, with the remainder of the floor taken up by the natural philosophy department (above the chemical laboratory) and the quarters of the [[athenaeum|Athenaeum Society]].
  
 [{{ :oldcampus_destruction.jpg?250|Trinity College Old Campus, View from northeast of the columns of Seabury Hall (1825-1878) during demolition in 1878. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.2661603|Trinity College Archives]]}}] [{{ :oldcampus_destruction.jpg?250|Trinity College Old Campus, View from northeast of the columns of Seabury Hall (1825-1878) during demolition in 1878. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.2661603|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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