Thomas Curtis Clarke

“ There should be at least four out-buildings, detached from the main edifice and from each other, and in such positions as shall at once answer the purposes of the institution, and be consistent with the symmetry of the whole establishment: each building should be, as far as practicable, devoted to a distinct purpose ”

“ The outside walls shall be faced with slabs or blocks of marble or granite, not less than two feel thick, and fastened together with clamps securely sunk therein,–they shall be carried up flush from the recess of one foot formed at the first floor where the foundation outside wall is reduced to two feet: The floors and landings as well as the roof shall be covered with marble slabs, securely laid in mortar; the slabs on the roof to be twice as thick as those on the floors. ”

“ The Girard College for Orphans.
Stephen Girard was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1746, arrived at New York as cabin-boy in 1775, settled in Philadelphia in 1779, "a poor man, dealing in old iron, old rigging," &c. He became a banker in 1812, and after, as shipper, merchant, builder, farmer and banker, amassing a fortune estimated at more than seven million dollars, he died in 1831. ”