New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-27


is obvious As most Americans know 1t II IN
vitcs a domestic rather than an Official treatment
in buildings Of small scale. and the consequences
Of using it az Chicago Lave not always proven
baopy. delaware and Pennsylvania. who's"
buildings have been mentioned above, Connecticut,
West virginia, Ohio and even Massachusetts, have
erected buildings in tho Colonial style, IN whlch
the expression of State significance which should
belong to the headquarters of State officers Is
utterly missed. and the ordinary character OF
tLc private dwelling house substituted III IT'S
Mace Yet this defect, like the defect III tle
General effect for which the crowdlng together
of the buildings in the northern part OF the
grounds is responsible, Is aside from the strictly
architectural merits or dement's Of the different
de.i.ns The Delaware and West Virginia Build
incs 10 be- seen 70 the fullest advantage, should
bc seen in villages Of their own States, but as IL Is
they with other buildings in their style and others
namce-s styles, rs IN the cases OF Michigan ana
Wisconsin, are fair if not wholly pleasing eN-
ampcs OF refined, unprctcntlous SUBURBAN aren't
lecture Massachusetts deserves stronger COM
uendation. Her building, which rcproduces IN"
leading features OF the famous residence oil John
Hancock which for many years stood near the
Capitol in Boston, has been given every charac-
terstic of the Colonial mansion built on gen
crous seal" It's details are particularly Sooi
and it, limited grounds 10 b" lald out III the
old-fashioncd manner. will be planted with nov"
,s =, IN the old New Eng land gardens. 1t Is
one Of the very homellkc State buildings, ana
many pilgrim from Boston VIII douptlesS h.l
grateful to tho architects, M'osrs Peabody AZ
Stcarns for having designed 1t as they nav"
Although the adobe architecture OF 'anlornia soes
back to Spain tor its traditions. ITS purtH' NrS
arr, on this continent they are lrrcvocaDY ldentl-
lied with the Pacific state, ana the Caiiio .a
building. which Is built IN thf algTm. 49, w
falls into line with the Colonial buildings ms d
worl, free from the alien echoes current IN our
architecture nowadays. At the ,I n
of the Architectural League IN New i2Ik s" Wn
weeks ago this bulldog, for when MI
A. t. Brown made the design, was me most COZ" oil
spicuous after the Ncw-lork building, among tne
structures shown n proposed Tor tnE oiat oo; ~;
missions In actual fact II easily hoius mS
place. The extensive front, oi Wilcn we rDn'ri.
feature is illustrated, 4 front 43j feet long Is
ronno>rd on either side Of the main portal anu
until it is ended by towers at the corners, With
the low squat arches, resting on enormous piers;
which are familiar in the mission pnlldings ~
California and Ncw-MeNco. me southern ia.G"r'
IA feet in width copies the san Diego MISSION,
two square towers each built III three gradually
diminishing stages and domcd. with Their sufi'rs
unbroken by anything save ie" sih'll "ii'"pM~
Ganking a wall which mas small arched uoof-
way in It's centre and siN engaged columns, tHr'r
on each side the door. supporting pcdih"h';
The tower, the north are n me SAM e" r a.
st,.le but differ in details. MI the roofs ar" 10
ha covered with red tiles. The building i mass,'
and n,cturcsour. the color value Of its white walls
and rrI roofs i, great and II is thoroughly repre-,
sentative of California, recalling that state anu
certain sides of It's history better imam any
,thcr design could have done There ps
one other Western building which is decidedly
American though it, salient ana most amolllouS
feature derives from Spain The towers OF the
CrIorado building are obviously of Spanish en-
traction. but the delightfully."- plquant and artistic
etrect of the design, taken As whole, springs
from that ability to make n foreign style his
own which is the property of many an AMERICAN
architect and has its virtues az well as its
Sanlts Mr. H. T. h. Wendell designed TINS
hnilding. concerning which II may be adde, py
the way that II resembles inc California puiiulie
in color. having red tiles on the roofs OF the nam
hnilding and towers to contrast with the whltc,
mr. otf-white" of the staff To discuss ut length
tho State buildings which have not thus far been
touched upon would be to describe the Niode
Island building as very go9h Ooiohi Iii,,' uesien,
nor quite so good in the same style but yet pass
nbIe and then to expand Judgment on the
rcst which "a a matter OF fact. Is best confned
70 a few general remarks There are good many
poor designs among the State buildings; Inc
Indiana building done in French Gothic, is poor
Tho Iowa building also French IL also very
moor and there are hybrid structures repreSentins
Kansas Arkansas Montana and Missouri which
are worse The cavse Of tho worthlessneS OF
thesc designs f. unnteigcnt stralning after erect
The restless skylines OF some OF thei, SUIT a1 .
indana building add TO the picturcsqueness when
10 ahnndance of differing motives causes 20 pre-
dominate i'm this section Otherwise fhey are oi
No benefit 70 the section Yet here as in other
narts of the grounds the good Is stronger IMAM
The bad There is more OF 1t, II catches the eye
rst and retains IT, and the final Impression OF the
nrcb;tectnre at the Fair is as gratifying as the
first
Very cold at Niagara Falls, Ice effects wonderful.