The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-25
Some OF the Centennial State Build.
ings:
PHILADELPHIA letter.

philadelphia letter.
The Exhibition buildings are located in
Paramount Park, which adjons the built
up portions of Philadelphia, on the north
western border. This is beautiful body.
of land comprising 2,74O acres, upon
which the city has already spent over
sc, OOO, 600, and is now annually expend-
ing large sum in adornment and i'm
provements. Through it runs the Schuyl-
kill River, bordered by high banks and
ravines, and its natural beauties have been
greatly enhanced by art. The buildings
are located on the banks of the river,
groves of stately trees surrounding them
and affording splendid views of river and
landscape. They stand from 112 to 120
feet above tide-water.
A pleasant feature of the Exhibition is
the number of ornamental and we'll ap-
pointed State buildings. OF these there
are at least two dozen, all in harmony
with the great structures and typical of
the old and new commonwealth they are
supposed to represent. Belmont avenue
is lined with them and no two are alike.
The several State Commissioners have
done we'll with the means at hand, and
each has striven to Guido the other in
| lifting memorial of the great event. Some
! are deliberately decorated, and some are
plain and without ornamentation outside,
but abound with luxurious comforts with
| in.
One of the prettiest edifices within the
inclosurc is that erected by the Commission
from Illinois. 1t is constructed entirely
of wood, story and half in height,
with peaked roof, s1oping at the four
sides to the caves, where 1t overhangs, or
rather projects, beyond the sides. The
projection is in the nature of fine scroll
work-not gaudy or overdone, but at once
attractive and pleasing. The crown or
ridge of the roof is further ornamented
with an elegantly-wrought iron railing.
In form it may he described as parallel
Ogram, and measures about sixty feet in
front by some eighty feet in depth. The
exterior is painted III white, while the in
terror, unlike many Of the buildings Of
the sister States, is lathed and ylastered,
and is papered as WELL In the finish
there has been great good taste displayed.
The central idea has been the providing
of place for the weary pilgrim-thc
pacious and adapted for the reception of
ladies and gentlemen are provided. For
either sex everything that could be sug-
gested has been furnished. Arm-chaire,
easy chairs and rocking chairs have been
| scattered about in prOfusiOn, and room
provided for the safe keeping of baggage.
The building is designed entirely for the
| use of the Commissioners and the citizens
of that State who may visit the city. Iii
| noisans need not be ashamed of the struc-
ture.
Ohio has erected a pretty structure for
| the use of her Commissioners and for the
| accommodation of the guests from that
State. The front portion is built of stone
furnished entirely from the quarries of the
State, and, as a consequence, there are
numerous hues and colors. 1t is indeed
a fine exhibit of the stone quarried in the
| Buckeye State The rear portion is of
| timber painted to harmonize with the 9th
er part of the structure, and all the mate
rial used has been furnished by different
parties throughout the State. it is alto
| gether an Ohio building, as much so as if
erected in Cincinnati, Columbus, or
Cleveland. While accommodations of the
best kind will be offered to all who may
crop in, an opportunity will also he al
forded to inspect the numerous and varied
exhibits from that State.
| A few feet off is the building erected by
the Commissioners of Indiana. Of the
style of architecture but little can be
said, as it would seem that no attempt
had been made in that direction, but that
the idea rather was to provide a good,
com Portable place for the people of that
State where they might rest and meet
their friends. 1t consists of a center hall,
lighted by means of skylight, with four
smaller rooms, two on either side, designed
for ladies and gentlemen, and so arranged
that the most absolute privacy is secured.
1t is light and airy, and the fitting up has
been done with due regard to the tastes
and wants of the people.
The next adjoining, or rather the next
in regular order, is the structure that is
being erected by the Commissioners of
the State of Wisconsin for themselves and
their large and rapidly growing constitu-
ency which will during the next six
months visit the great exhibition. 1t is a
neat two-story building of the cottage
STYLE with veranda on its three sides.
Hon. David Atwood, ex-member of Con-
gress and United States Centennial Com
missioner, has given the building his per-
sonal attention, and he assures all who
may be interested in it that it will be en-
tirely up to the requirements and that
nothing will be lacking in the way of
comforts for the weary or those in quest
of information.
Near by is the structure designed for
the State of Michigan. AS yet it is but
half Finished, but as no attempt is to be
made at ornamentatiOn the assurance is
given that it will be entirely finished and
ready for occupancy within couple Of
weeks. What has been said of the above
building, may, with equal truth, be stated
in reference to the Iowa edifice, with this
fact in addition, that it is probably not so
far advanced as the other. The style is of
the simple kind of architecture, with no
effort at ornamentation, but with the de-
sire on the part of the Commissioners of
the State to provide structure that may
be at once means of accommodation for
the people, and to place within their
reach every information bearing upon the