The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-18

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1t Ii two stories high and covers just five acres OF
space. Semiclrcular porches form the entrances,
% which At regular distances there are eight
either marble stone, and In this respect il in no
other, It's subdued and dignifed architecture is
feet by $780, octag0nal at the base oval in the second
story, and circular at the top.
Of the entire structure is l4oo feet. with % en-.
frances, 20 stairways and ventilation and light are
secured 9y means OF corridors From the rotunda
the entire building and from this rOtunda all the
corridors diverge.
is 275 BY 225 and covers about two acres II is
umated that this building will cost s., 400 900; and
here is ITS chief fault, for with the exception OF
entirely too cheap.
MR.. FAIRFAx's PLAN.
Plan NO. 20; Architect, Mr.. J. 8. Fairfax, OF
wheeling, W: Va-fhis plan proposes q memorial
building, with basement of granite ana an eeva-
ton OF marble and stone. This building is formed
ferent Industrial interests. There Is drst story
lOr
AN ART MUSEUM
with an arcade IN front OF stone and second
story for picture gallery. with terrace. having
pedestals for statuary, and wall panels, with
ing could well exceed the beauty OF the single idea
Pavilions run abroad In all directions, and the
srsnSss are grand and mpSsns The entire ,S
memorial structure win occupy five acres. The
classification Is what Is known as the progressive
ing up to department 10, ct the far end. The de-
partment which the architect imsgines will be OF
rosunds drecty under the DOME While others are
to be IN groups and classes, arranged transversely
and alphabetically.
which are tho ones just mentioned as likely to con-
tain products Of great Importance. are in the
frances leading to the art gallery and machinery
department Taxing fer granted that Europe aud
America win be BY the largest exhibitors ample
Uovr1Nd az ION IN off I'd for fho nf
each, while the same can be said OF the space in
cluded In the department. for other nations.
Pavilion Plan; Architect, Mr.. Calvert vaux, Of
New York city.-Taking the success OF the Paris
has arranged his designs in series OF cOncentric
zones, whose ends, instead OF being round, are
square. This design possesses also about the only
twelve open courts, that are each sixty feet in
diameter: These are intended to give light and
s and front to the 0r roof OF
SO arranged that railway cars can run
directly through it, and three distinct lines OF
double tracks traverse 1t In three different sections
Instead of having one detached dome, this plan
contains
: TwENTY-oNE DoMED AND vAULTED PAvILroNs,
each 24O feet IN diameter, and all connected with
arches whose openings are $50 feet, with courts
for fountains 90 feet in diameter. The building,
one without the plan before him would naturally
suppose, Tor no matter where q visitor might
wander he would always find himself in an
apartment over two hundred feet wide, which
would lead him to many other apartments Of the
same proportion. The floors are OF timber, the
inside by immense strips OF canvas. Such are the
main elements Of the Pavilion Plan" covered
entrances, restaurants, &c.
PLOUHAN AND co.'s PLAN.
-, Plan No. 22; Architects, I. F. Plouman 4 Co.,
ings colslstlng-First, OF the Memorial Building,
604x372 feet located next to Elm avenue and I'M
% csn4a Dua front Ct and os psae the
so4xso4 feet. Third two wings, ' one on each
side Of the central building $50 feet long by IA
Of each nave, 154 feet wide by IA long. Filth-of
apsidal examinations on the north side OF the
Ssan aso Sas eea al This
signed for no special purpose other than that OF
A LARGE AUDITORIUM
and means of ventilation and light. There are
other portions OF the building also domed, which
r sn ID n around the central or
purposes. BY all odds the best feature OF this
plan, and one which strikes at once in the most
AN IMMENSE GALLERY
running around the entire building, at q distance
hs the ea ss Of aaa Wns w
moment all assembled below him.
The art gallery OF this plan Is circular. Here we
discover something peculiar and particularly
clever. Four galleries run annularly for paint
ings, and intersectlng these iour radtal gal
court for colossal statues and models. The roof OF
this building Is so constructed that the light falls
upon sS Moor ana nence rejected nprd
the pictures themselves. The cabinets OF this build
ing are not over eighteen feet wide, and hence
light which will not fall at any particular point on
the moor, put will be evenly distributed and greatly
which 1t will be obliged to pass
The Memorial Hall IN this plan consists Of cen.
tral building with great side wings arranged
and there is both vesubule and hall. The wings
have TIVE stories the first being Is and the second
COLLINS AND AurENRErrH's PLAN.
Plan No. %, architects, Messrs. Collins Auten-
reith, OF Philadelphia the building to re-
distinct and individual by the side OF which every
thing else becomes secondary and subordinate,
ONE which is peculiar LOCATION demands His
building has no gigantic dome. The architects
have evidently taken into account the fact that
after the Exhibition the building will stand by tt
SELF and have directed their plans with regard to
its appearance then rather than its general efe ct
when surrounded by Its immense wings. The
ground set apart Tor
THE MAIN BUILDING Is oBLoNG,
and here the main building itself conforms to the
same shape. The interior provides for very happy
combination OF the geographical and systematic
methods OF grouping, and hence there are no inner
TO in the Memorial Hall is the venetian Renais.
sance SO conspicuous for its graceful lines, de-
tailed hnish for the conditions 1t affords in the d.
reCtion Of large openings and more perfect light,
as well as for the extent to which it takes In ex-
ternal beauty and elaboration It's front Is 1856 by
100 feet and contains apartments for all the ofces.
Four cross-shaped arms or wings run out, the
width OF each OF which Is 215 feet. The ''front
building" has beautiful entrance in the shape OF
A TRIUMPHAL ARCH,
and directly back Of 1t stands public hall, $50 by 90
feet, containing offices, barber shops CLOAK and
coat rooms, newspaper stands, &c. There is
q cellar beneath the hall, which contains in the
'front.' part monstrous restaurant, accessible to
the broad stairways, from the moderately proper
toned DOME as well as the others In front OF the
building.
All the minor buildings are characterized
throughout by an unusual symmetry.
Nothing, from the comfort and convenience Of
waiter up to the apartments designed for foreign
commissioners, has been overlooked. There are
Offices for the various secretaries and quarters for
the police, while ample means are AFFORDED for
light, drainage and thorough ventilation.
GATCHEL AND RUSH's PLAN.
Plan No. A-Architects, Messrs +. r. Gatchel
and stephen Rush, ST., Of Philadelphia. The de-
c0mprehends an area Of about five acres. In the
angles of the star are 1--WE court yards and 1t Is in.
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