Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-11-11


The Horticultural Building is Immediately
south OF the entrance 70 jackson TSIh anu
faces the lagoon. The structure 80 iee.
long aud has an extrema width OF E2r Iee@ ~
cost $500 00l and was designed oy w. l. o;
Jenny of Chicago. The plan Is cenrai
pavilion with two eni pavilions. eacn con-
nected with the central one bv front ana rear
/ curtains, forming two interior courts eaco
| eighty aight bv go feet. The center OF tue
| pavilion is rooted nv crystal dome Is! feet
in diameter and II3 feet high. The ouh1lng
! cost 5000 ono
| The Manufactures and Liberal Arts
/ Building IS the mammoth structure OF the
! EXPOSITION. 1t is 1861 feet long by 1o1, and
covers nearly thirty-one acres OF ground IL
/ Is the largest building ever constructed under
| one roof. The style OF architecture IS Corln-
THAN, and throughout the treatment Is saw
erely classic. There are four great entrances,
| one in the cauter OF each facade. The en-
| frances are designed in the manner OF trl-
| unphal arches The building occupies the
most conspicuous place on the grounds fac
! ing the lake The exterior of the structure
is covered with staff" which is treated so
as TO represent marble. The contract price
was 81, 700 900.
The Fine Arts Building is pure type of
the most refined classic architecture in the
Grecian-Ionic style. It is obloug, so by
320 feet, intersected north, east, south and
west by great nave and transepc 100 feet
| wide and seventy feet high. The done is
sixty feet in diameter. Galleries sixty feet
wide run around the entire building. c. b.
Atwood was the architect. The building is
located in the northern portion of the park,
the south front facing the lagoon. This
building cost $C70, 600.
For the acceDted design of the Woman's
Building Miss Soohia G. Hayden received a
prize of $1,000. The principal facade OF the
building has an extreme length of 40, the
depth being one-half that distance. The
style of architecture is Italian renaissance.
The building is incased with staff" and
will, when finished, be one of the most no.
tic cable editices on the grounds. The hang
ing gardens will be unique and impressive
fe Azure OF the center pavilion. The estimate
for this building was s2Jl 900, but the actual
cost was reduced to $13S,OO1.
The Hall of Mines AMI Miningis located at
the southern extremity OF the main lagoon,
and is 700 feet long by $50 feet wide. The
architect was s. 5. Beman, OF Chic ago, who
found in the Italian renaissance the inspira-
ton for his magnificent s-eatlon. The en-
frances are on all four sides OF the building.
The galleries are twenty-five feet high and
sixty feet wide. Richly decorated arc AIDES
lie between the main entrance and the pa
vilions. From deeply recessed promenade
on the gallery floor level can be found fine
view of the lake. A feature of the construc-
ton of this building lies i'll the fact that the
lo2ias on the first floor are faced with mar
bles of different kinds and hues. watch will
be considered part of the mining exhibit.
They can be removed and sold at the c.ose
of the Exposition. The cost was s265, OOO
The style of architecture of the Agricul-
turai building is classic renaissance, and it
is one OF the most magnificent structures in
the Exposition grounds. 1t stands near the
shore of Lake Michigan. and is almost sur
rounded by water. The building is 500 by
500 feet. The cornica line is sixty-ive feet
above grade. Mammoth Cor nthian pillars,
fifty feet high and five feet in diameter are
on either side of the n1a'u entrance. The
pavlions are on each corner with ore in
the center, the latter being / II feet square.
Tle main entrance is sixty-four feet wide.
The glass dome is 49, feet high. Domes
ninety-six feet high Surround tue corner
pavilions. There has bsen expended on this
building $500, 0CO. IRE architects are Nc
Kim, Mead & White, Of New York.
Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, were the
architects tor the Machinery Ha l. The
all visitors to the Exposition 1t measures
$50 by 500 feet, and cost 81, $50 600. The
building is located at the extreme south end
OF the park, midway between the shore OF
Lake Michigan and the west line Of the
park. The building is spanned by three
three railroad train houses side by side. For
the purpose OF moving machinery an eleva-
waited travelling crane has been placed in
each of the long naves.
The Transportation Building is one of a
group of edifices forming the northern Archi-
tectural Court of the Exposition. It faces
eastward and commands view of the
wooded island. The style of architecture
is Romanesque, and its treatment is ex-
tremely refined and simple. The main en-
trance to the TRANSPORTATION Building con-
slsts OF an immense single arch enriched to
an extraordinary degree with carvings, bas
reliefs and mural paintings The interior
treatment of the structure is very much af-
ter the manner of a Roman basilica with
broad nave and aisles The main building
OF the transportation exhibit measures 900
by 256 feet. The annex covers more ground
than the main building. Toe edifce will
cost 500, 900. Its architects were Adler &
Sullivan. of Chicago.
The Fisheries Building embraces a large
centr al structure and two smaller polygonal
buildings connected with it on either side
by arcades. Its extreme length is 305 feet
and tae width los feet The fisheries ex-
hibit will be fount in the central portion.
The polygonal buildings will contain the an
gHng exhibit and the aqu4ria. Tha archi-
tectural style of the eiirice is Spanish-Ro-
manesque. Henry Ives Cobb, the architect,
has richly embellished the exterior of the
building. Its cost has been about 1925, 900.
The glass fronts Of the aQuaria have 5000
square feet Of surface. The supply of sea
water for the salt water fish will come from
Woods Holl, and will be transported in spe-
cially constructed cars.
The gem and crown Of the Exhibition pal
aces is the Administration Building. The
glldet dome of the lofty structure will be the !
most conspicuous object on the grounds |
The edifice will cost $3.50, OOO It was de- |
signed by Richard NJ. Hunt of New York. |
resident of the American Institute of |
Architects. 1t covers an area of 262 feet |
square and consists OF four paviIions S21% |
[eet square. The great central dome is l2J |
feet III diameter and 27714 feet high. The |
general design OF the building is in the STYLE |