The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-27
THE ELECTRICAL BUILD |

ing, the seat Of perhaps the
Il most novel and brilliant ex-
hibi5 in the whole Exposition,
is 351 feet wide and 767 feet long,
the major axis running north and
south. The south front is on the
great Quadrangle or Court; the
north front faces the Lagoon ;. the
east front is opposite the MANU-
FACTUREs BUILDING, and the west
faces the MINES BUILDING.
The general scheme of the plan
is based upon longitudinal nave
115 feet wide and ia feet high,
crossed in the middle by transept
of the same width and height.
The nave and the transept have a
pitched roof with a range of sky
lights at the bottom of the pitch
and clearstory windows. The rest
of the building is covered with a
fiat roof, averaging 81 feet in height
and provided with skylights.
The second story is composed of
series of galleries connected across
the nave by two bridges, with access
by four grand staircases. The area
of the galleries in the second story
is 118, 546 square feet, or 81 acres.
The exterior walls of this build
ing are composed of continuous
Corinthian order of pilasters 3 feet
6 inches wide and AZ feet high,
supporting a full entablature, and
resting upon a stylobate s feet 6
inches. The total height Of the
walls from the grade outside is 60
feet 6 inches.
The north pavilion is placed be-
tween the two great apsidal or
semi-circular projections of the
building it is fanked by two tow
ers 1875 feet high. The central
feature is a great semi-circular win
dow, above which, 102 feet from the
ground, is a colonnade forming an
open loggia or gallery, commanding
a view over the Lagoon and all the
north portion of the Grounds.
The east and west central pavil-
ions are composed Of 2 towers, 1853
feet high. In front of these two pa
WILLOWS there is great portico
composed of the Corinthian order
with full columns.
The south pavilion is hemicycle
or niche, rs feet in diameter and
1O3 feet high. The opening of this
niche is framed by semi-circular
arch, which is crowned by a gable
or pediment with smaller gables on
the returns, and surmounted by an
attic, the whole reaching the height
of 142 feet. In the center of this
niche, upon a lofty pedestal, is
colossal statue of FRANKLIN whose
illustrious name intimately con-
meets the early history Of the
Republic with one of the most i'm
portant discoveries in the phenom-
ena of electricity.
At each of the four corners of the
building there is pavilion, above
which rises a light open spire or
tower, 1863 feet high. Intermediate
between these corner pavilions and
the central pavilions on the east
and west sides, there is subordi-
nate pavilion bearing low, square
dome upon an open lantern. There
are thus ten spires and four domes.
The entablature of the great CORN
THAN order breaks around each of
the pilasters of the four fronts, and
above each plaster in the Attic Or
der is pedestal bearing lofty
mast for the display of banners by
day and electric lights by night.
Of these masts there are in all
fifty-four.
The first story of the building is
indicated in these facades between
the great pilasters of the Corinthian
order, by a subordinate Ionic order
with full columns and pilasters,