The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-11-09

Lake Michigan and the West line of the
Park. 1t is just South of the Admins
tration building, and west and across
the Lagoon from the Agricultural Build
ing. This structure is spanned by three
arched trusses, and the interior presents
the appearance of three railroad train
houses side by side, surrounded ON all
four sides by a gallery 80 feet wide. The
design follows classical models through
out, the detail being followed from the
renaissance of Seville and other Spanish
towns, as being appropriate to Column
bian celebration. An arcade on the first
story admits passage around the build
lngs under cover, and, us in all the other
buildings, the front is formed of ''staff'
colored to an attractive tone the cell
ings are enriched with strong color. A
colorado, with cafe at either end, forms
the length between Machinery and Ag
ricultural Halls, and in the center of this
colonnade is an archway leading to the
Cattle Exhibit. From this portico there
extends a view nearly mile in length
down the Lagoon, and an obeli3k and
fountain in the Lagoon forms the south
ern point of this vista. The power for
this building is supplied FROM a powers
house adjoining the south side of the
building The two exterior sides adioin>
ing the Grand Court are rich and pa
latial in appearance.
The Machinery Annex adjoins Machin-
cry Hall on the West, and is an annex
in fact, and not detached structure, as
at first intended, with entrance by SUBJ
ways under the railroad tracks. The
Annex covers between four and five
acres and increases the length OF the
Machinery Building to nearly | 400 feet,
thus rendering it the second largest of
all the Exposition structures, the great
Manufacturers Building alone exceeding
it in size.
THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
By popular verdict the Administration
Building was pronounced the gem and
crown of the Exposition structures. 1t
is located at the West end of the great
Court in the southern part of the Park,
looking eastward The object most con
spicuous, which attracted the attention
of the visitors on entering the grounds
was the Gilded Dome of this great build
ing. This grand edefice cost $3.50, 600.
1t covers AN area of $50 feet square and
consists of four pavlions "a feet square,
one at each of the four angles of the
square and connected by great central
dome 1870 feet in diameter and 20 feet in
height, leaving at the center of each
facade recess of 81 feet wide, within
which are the great entrances. The
general design is in the style of the
French renaissance. The first great
story is in the Doric order, of heroic pro-
portions, surrounded by a lofty balus-
trade and having the great tiers of the
angle of each pavilion crowned with
sculpture. The second story, with its
lofty and spacious colonnade, is of the
Ionic order.
Externally the design may be divided
in its height into three principal stages.
The first stage consists of the four pr
viions, corresponding in height with
the various buildings grouped about it
which are about 50 feet high. The sec
is a continuation of the central rotunda,
175 feet square, surrounded on all sides
by an open colonnade OF noble proper
tions, 20 feet wide and 40 feet high, with
columns feet in diameter. This colon
made is reached by staircases and eleva-
tors from the four principal halls and is
interrupted at the angles by corner pas
vilions, crowned with domes and groups
of statuary. The third stage consists OF
the base of the great dome, thirty feet in
height, and octagonal in form, and the
dome itself. This great dome is gilded
and forms a fitting crown to the first and
second stages of the magnificent ediiice.
THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.
Forming the Northern or Picturesque
Quadrangle is group of buildings of
which the Transportation Building is
one. 1t is situated at the southern end
of the west flank and lies between the
Horticultural and the Mines Buildings.
1t is exquisitely refined and simple in
architectural treatment, although it is
very rich and elaborate in detail In
style it is Romanesque.
Viewed from the Lagoon, the cupola
of the Transportation Building forms
the effective suthwest accent to the
Quadrangle, while from the cupola itself,
reached by eight elevators, the North-
ern Court may be seen in all it's glory.
The main entrance to the Transports
ton Building consists of an immense
single arch enriched to an extraordinary
degree with carvings, has reliefs and
mural paintings.
The main building of the Transports
ton Exhibit measures $50 feet front by
256 feet deep; from this extending west
ward to Stony Island Avenue a triangu-
and consisting of one-story buildings "a
feet wide, set side by side. There is a
a railway track every IL feet and all these
tracks run east and west. These Annex
buildings were used to exhibit an en-
tire freight or passenger train coupled
up with it's engine. The display Of loco
motives was quite stupendous. Add to
the effect of the exhibits the architect
ural impression given by a long vista of
richly ornanented colonnade, and it
may easily be imagined that the interior
of the Transportation Building was one
of the most impressive of the Exposition.
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