The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-08-19
The Exposition BUILDINGS.
WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH THEM AT THE CLOSE OF THE
GREAT WORLDS FAIR

"What is to be done with all the buildings
when the Exhibitions Overt" is the fashionable
conundrum at the grounds, and one for which
no satisfactory solution has yet been reached
To the practical American mind the inquiry is
among the first and most frequent to be suggested
by a visit to tbs International City. That the
scores of compactly-built and substantial-ooking
structures which loom up on every side, and
which have involved time, trouble and expense
in their erection, are to have but an ephemeral
existence, and to disappear after few months of
use, Is a fact which would seem TO require actual
demonstration before being fully comprehended.
However this may be, it is evident that before
the autumnal breezes shall have ceased their muir
murings in the park forests the one hundred
beautiful edi6ces illustrating the domestic COM
forts OF all nations and the pecuarities of style
in American homes, with all of the smaller struc-
lures and several of the large exhibition build
ings, will have disappeared from within the park
boundaries, and, "like an upsubstantial pageant
faded" left not wreck behind The rumor of
a contemplated purchase of one OF the principal
buildings for use as railroad depot is without
any tangible foundation, though by some OF the
officials it is expected that the Centennial man
agement will be able readily to dispose Of the
material contained in several of the buildings to
some one of the great railroad or other corpora
tons of the country at fifty per cent of their cost
No proposition for the retention of the Main
Building, however, has yet been made, and the
giant structure will in all probability come down
without loss of time, as will also Agricultural
Hall, the United States Government Building,
and the Woman's Pavilion, and their material
disposed of to the highest bidders. Memorial
Hall. in which the money of the State is invested,
Machinery Hall and Horticultural Hall, for the
construction Of which appropriations were made
by the city of Philadelphia, will remain. Fully
nine-tenths of all the minor buildings were so
constructed as to permit of their being taken
apart and re-erected at little cost, and the re-
mainder will probably be sold to good advant-
age, as the timber in large proportion of them
can be made use of in buildings OF totally differ
ent plans. The Canada Log Cabin, for instance,
will realize to its owners its full cash valuC-
Most of the State paviions are of frame and Ihay
be easily removed. Indeed, negotiations have
| already been suggested for the purchase of some
of them, though none have been actually sold,
nor is 1t likely that many will be sold until near
the close of the exhibition. The Ohio State
Building is built almost entirely of stone, and,
though originally intended to be temporary, will
in all probability be coded TO the Park Commits
missioners at the close Of the exhibition. Its To-
cation in immediate proximity to Belmont ave-
nue. at the eastern extremity Of the State build
ings, makes it entirely accessible for ordinary
purposes in connection with the management of
this portion Of the park. Offers have been made
for the New York State Building and other
structures which can easily be transformed into
country villas. The innumerable stands, booths.
&C., will also be sold, and these can be utilized
ia any town where buildings Of wood are not
prohibited. 1t is not probable that after the ex
hibition the foreign commissions will have any
further use for their buildings, and as the most
of these constructed as to be easily removed
and regretted in some other locality plenty Of
purchasers for them will be found. The large
number of these structures Offering at the same
time will doubtless bear down the market and
insure comparatively low prices with cores
ponding increase OF opportunities for spectators.
philadelphia Press.