New-York tribune., 1886-05-17
4 NEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS.
A NOBLE GIFT TO CINCINNATL
TIE DEDICATION TO TAKE PLACE To-DAY-DE-
sCRTpTTON OF THE RTTILDING,

sCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING.
CINCINNATI, Nay 13.-The Cincinnati Mu-
scum OF Pine Arts will he deficated Monday next
Just efore tile opening Of the seventh biennial Musical
Festival Tue occupies site given by the city
on Mt Adam in Eden Park. about 500 feet above the
Ohio. is placed above the smoke OK the city out II
be reached by hOrse-cars little over hall an h0nr
The present building consists OF central pavilion ana
west wing. aud east wing are to be added
later. Tue name OF Fiorentne Romanesqus is given to
the general style OF the architecture. A cal blue
limestone has used for the walls The arches string
and cornices OF red syenitic granite from
Missouri and the roof ia OF red Akron tiles The main
entrance In the southern side Of the central pavilion
consists a large archway famed by double polished
columns OF Bay Fundy granite. flight OF granite
stems from the front terrace to the main entrance leads
into a vestibule opening into lobby which gives ad-
mission 10 the main hail. This Is hity-one by h'ty-
eight feet and forty five feet high The double stairway
opposite thu entrance has foot rails and newell posts OF
Knoxville marble and the rings are OF iron wrought
I'm ornamental forms. At its foot the stair way IS
buressed blocks OF Missouri granite weighing hye
tons each The columns OF recessed galleries above are
o. dark polished Quincy granite. and the usoiuhess Oi
other American building stones ls practically Illus
trateI Under gallery rooms for the director
III library. etc and above the main hall IS large
repairing room.
The exhibition galleries are all In the large western
Uinc The basement contains rooms for casts and
workshvp IA well furnaces. On the first floor
sculpture gallery eighty four by twenty three opens
from the hall, occupying most OF the northern ha1
OF the wing The southern half contains rooms for
textile fabrics and four for ELLINGTON reproductions In
the middle of the second main picture gallery
73 by 81 and % feet high, which is lighted from sky
light The north gallery IL SS by Is. and there Is a
gallery So by 23 with three rooms at the westend oc-
cupying a space 100 by 49, The south gallery is o2 by
o. The building fire proof throughout The galleries
are heated By indirect radiation of steam and vent
atioD has been carefully provided for. Fresh air Is
supplied 20 coils in the basement from an arched tunne
u by : beneath the floor coming from IT mite air
turret 80 high which sEands 20 feet west OF the
building There are radiators the centres OF the rooms
aud warm ar Is conducted from hues III tue walls
through the hollow tile arches OF the floors. The vent-
ating fues In the walls carried to space beneath
the root and the foul air passes 90 tall stone
shaft in the rear containing iron smokestack from
the furnace
The museum collections are valued at about Sl5Oooo
and three ourths Of this appraisal has come as gis
OF the 300 paintings were given 10y the Longw9It
family and greater part OF them are by Dusseldorf
Ronyerean VantIr Knaus and Meyer Bremen. with
"a EXAMPLES of American artists heihOrahut roAe,
,rse early I,ndscspe dated Is52 by NJ Worthington
Wnttredce. who formerly lived IN THIS city, Mrs Leter
the OF Rufus King. presented painting
10 Rubeus which purchased IN Rome anu there are
various otner oh masters one OF tne spocu'n1 n
features Of the collections consists 81 yoO e'ao '
white drawings by C.. f. Lessing one room contains
the Hillngfcrd collection OF armor presented y
i
statues by Parks Keyser, Peredu aud re" otners;
There are 300 examples OF Rookwo ood pottery ana SET
OF proofs coins from Is ~ 10 19oO gwen
by Mrs. Elizabeth LongwOrth FlAgg, the uauSntor vi
Nicolas and sister OF Joseph LongwOrth. VINO iormety
owned the land upon whica the mu scum STANDS lne
lexington reproductions we're purchased Dy tne useu
association. - o.r..,
from the late CHARLES ". West, only i've years ago,
directiou AT the opening OF the eighth Cincinnati IN
austria. Exposition septe nber. les the president
Mr. NJ f. ingalls, read letter fIOm MI Vest one ing
SI5OOOO for a building on the CONDITION thaI
! IKE amount should Do raised by subscription. Inc
Cincinnati Museum Association WAS lncot potateu anu
I'm So was announced tnAt the sum OF F0lbOOO Hau
he N raised mcldIug Mr. Vests gt The cit trans
errel Mount Adam the Association ioI site anu IAe
Mayor and two trustees elected BY tue Common COuucI
we're added tho Board O ten chosen ny Tue
or, OF tue Museum Association. The late Joseph Lon5
worth ex Governor Hoadly, the WOmens Art Museum
and presented 40 many articles 90 ne
association that temporary exhibition rooms "enn eh
opened IN the Music Hall, in February So Al the
opeuing the announcement was made tha Mr WEST hii
given to the museum endowment funu OF SIoO,VVo:
rhn lafe Reuben Il. Springer added an endOwmrh5 OF
100000 The museums annual Income u dpoLt T4o'Vv
ft. three greatest beneactOrs have been CnarIcs W
W.st Reubsu X, -pringsr aud Joseph IongwOrtn. lhc
last named also gave splendid nlC"Hloni iunu "a
SI-I 600 t. the school Their fu iengtu potraeS
by Mr. Ea,m,n Johnson and local artlst are III .no
museum. The officers Ot the Museum A-socldlon ar
N f. ingalls, president. Elliott II. Pend eton' VICE
nre-ident Julius Dexter, treasurer. A. l. GOhorn,
! director and Il. II. Galhreath. secretary Genera
ushorn man of adu raDle executive ability anu soa &
view be- remembered tho Director uehesi VI 'no
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia