The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-13
THE BIG SHOW.

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bition and buildings:
The main exhibition building is To-
Gated immediately east of the intersec-
ton of Belmont and Elm avenues. Elm
avenue is the southern boundary line of
this portion of Paramount park and Of
the exhibition grounds, and all of the
principal approaches from tho city are at
this point. The main building runs par
aIlel with this avenue, and is the first OF
the exhibition buildings, which rises
prominently before the sight as you ap-
proach the grounds from the east by the
horse car lines. The building is In The
form of parallelogram, extending east
and west 1900 feet In length, and north
and south 464 feet In width
The larger portion of the building Is
one story in height and shows the main
cornice upon the outside at IS feet above
the ground, the interior height being 70
feet at the lanterns in the roof. AT the
center of the longer sides, or fronts OF
the building, are projections 40 feet
across, and in the center of the sides are
similar projections 216 feet across. In
these projections, III the center OF the
four sides, are the main entrances, which
are provided with arcades upon the
ground floor and central facades, extend
ing to the height of 80 feet. They are
ornate and imposing. Upon the corner
of the main building are four towers 70
feet high, surmounted by spire at each
angle of the towers, and between the
towers and the central protectors, or
entrances, a lower roof, "a feet to the
cornice, breaks the uniformity.
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for the building, as a whole, the roof
over the central part for 164 feet square
has been raised above the surrounding
portion, and four towers, forty eight feet
square, rising to 100 feet In height, with
spires thirty feet higher, have been in
PRODUCED at the corner of the elevated
roof. Innumerable fag-staffs, with
small flags and pennons of all nations,
surmount the roof at these. towers and
along the caves, and the effect is gay and
brilliant, while the many windows with
which the walls of the building are
pierced make it appear light and grace
full.
The foundations of the buildings are
piers of masonry and the superstructure
is composed of wrought-iron columns,
which support wrought-iron roef- trusses.
Lengthwise of the building the columns
are twenty-four feet apart. There are
672 columns in all, the shortest being
twenty-feet and the longest 125 feet in
length. The building being temporary
construction, both columns and roof
trusses are so designed that they can
easily be taken down for re-erechOn
elsewhere. The sides of the building,
for the height of seven feet from the
ground, are finished with brickwork,
with panels between the columns, and
above the seven feet with glazed sash.
All the corners and angles Of the build
ing, upon the exterior, are concentrated
by small galvanized-iron octagonal tur-
rets, which extend above the roof and
are surmounted by fag-staffs, or, at the
other places, by the national eagle, made
of galvanized iron, gilded. The national
standard, with appropriate emblems, is
placed over the center of each of the four
main entrances. Surrounding each of
the side entrances is a trophy showing
the national colors and the coat-of arms
of the country occupying that part of the
building.
The areas covered by the main build
ing are as follows:
Square feet. Acres.
Ground floor. .................872,3 800 POOP
Upper floors. in towers. 26344 80
Total 936OO8 PLAT
The general arrangement of the ground
floor shows central avenue, or nave,
100 feet In width, and extending 1882
feet in length. It is the largest avenue
of that width ever introduced into an
exhibition building. On either side of
this nave there is an avenue 100 by l, 1872
feet long. Between the nave and side
avenues are aisles forty eight feet wide,
and on the other side of the building
smaller aisles twenty-four feet In width.
In order to break the great length Of the
roof lines three cross avenues, or tran
septs, have been introduced, of the same
widths and of the same relative po-
sitions to each other as the nave and az
enues running lengthwise-namely,
central transept, 100 feet in width by 416
feet in length, with one on either side OF
100 feet by 416 feet, and aisles between
of forty-eight feet. The intersection of
these avenues and transepts In the cen
trail portion of the building results In
dividing the floor into nine open spaces
free from supporting columns, and Gov
ering In the aggregate an area of 416
square feet. Four of these spaces are
100 feet square, four 100 feet by 100 feet,
and the central space, or pavilion, 100
feet square. The intersections of the
forty-eight-fee aisles produce four in
terror courts forty-eight feet square, one
at each corner of the central space. The
main promenades through the nave and
central transept are each eighty feet In
width, and those through the center Of
the side avenues and transepts fifteen
feet each. AL other walks are ten feet
wide, and lead, at either end, to exit
doors. Louvre ventilators are over the
central nave and each of the avenues,
and skylights are in the roof of the Gen.
trail aisles. Small balconies or galleries