The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-11
ATLANTA'S FAIR.
EIG COrTOS STATES AND IN
TERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
VIII BE Held ia So5-Natioaal Gov
ernment to Make an In -orestiu.
Display Plans of the Main
Buildings.
THE great Fair of 1895 will lie
national Exposition, to lo

September Its success on an elabor-
ate scale Is assured 10y the fact that
Congress appropriated $500, 900 for
the removal Of the immense Goveru-
mont Building from the Worlds Fair
grounds IL Chicago TO the grounds of
the Cotton States Exposition in At
lanta, thus giving the exposition
Governmental Endorsement. which will
prove of great value. In addition 60
this the business men OF Atlanta have
subscribed 5000, 600, the city OF At
lanta gives SO, 900. aad the State Of
Georgia is expected to appropriate
500, 900.
The Cotton States and international
Exposition will exceed in scope sew
crai times over the Cotton Exposition
of 1881. Atlanta has grown steadily
and is adler both in experience aud IL
wealth to handle such an enterprise,
and has gone ut it with an energy that
makes success certain.
There will be six principal build
Jngs Five OF these were designed by
Bradford l.. Gilbert, of New York.
and one by Walter L. Downing, of
Atlanta. They will he erected on the
Piedmont Exposition grounds, OF
which Mr.. Gilbert says:
81 do not hesitate TO SAY that con
slider the possibilities og DEVELOPMENT
for exposition purposes beyond those
of any other exposition grounds which
have seen. 1t is tended to retain,
so far as possible, the natural contour
of the ground, and that is wise, for
am sure they can be made very beau
tiful. When the buildings are erected
and the decorations of the grounds
are developed Atlanta will have one
of the most attractive exposition
grounds that this country has ever
seem"
The Administration Building, de
signed by Mr.. Downing, will be one
of the striking features OF architec-
turc in the grounds. 1t carries the
idea of the Southern homes of ante
bcllum days i'll the immense pillars at
ITS front and Is intensely Southern
throughout. The central portion is
Of double-story height, but it is de
signed to be n great central hall for
use as an art gallery if the Board so
desires. At either side are the rooms
for the officers and for tire press.
The leading idea throughout the
other buildings is Romanesque. They
are designed with an idea OF stability
and simplicity OF construction. Take
the Machinery Building, for instance.
This is In its interior construction n
simple cube so designed rs 30 give
great deal of space inside and with its
exterior finish having touch of the
Renaissance. On each end, at the
sides and in the center there are large
porticoes with immense pillars, which
will give to the entire buildinga state
ly effect II will be sixty-five feet
high The Manufactures Building
carries out the same Romanesque idea,
but Is considerably more elaborate.
In the Agriculture Building the same
idea Is carried out in sort Of pvra-
midal shape, and so, too, in tine Flee
trlcity Building. The latter has tow
ers and arches, which can be brill
iantly illuminated, and, located as it
VIII tie ut the foot of n lake, q great
light can be secured. The towers Mt
the corners of the Manufactures Build
ing are very large, and can be used
fer restaurant purposes, or anything
OF the sort. The broad outside CORR
dor on the second story of this build
ing can also be used TO magnificent
advantage for restaurant purposes.
The dimensions of the buildings are
given as follows:
The Manufactures Building is $40
by ZIG, is 50 feet high, with a
tower reaching 100 feet from the
ground, and will be the largest build
ing on the grounds, second only, of
course, to the great Government
Building
The Manchinery Building is 100 10y
500, and is 50 feet high.
The Agriculture Building is 800 bv
$50, is 60 feet high and has Il 1OO-foot
tower
The Minerals and Forestry is 50 by
800; the elevation is 80 feet. the
central octagonol tower is 90 feet.
The Electricity Building is 81 bv
$50, 60 feet high with a lOO.foot
tower
The Administration BUILDING has q
central ball 30 by 100, aud two side
wings, 90 by 100 It has an elevation
Oh w AttN.
The Government Building is to be
on high hill above the building of
the Driving Club. Beyond itand above
the famous cotton patch of Piedmont
Exposition days Is the site OF the
main building, beautiful hill. wbcro
II will have one OF tho most prominent
sites ON tine grounds. The Agricultural
Building which from it's Architectural
structure is designed to be kept per.
maucut, with the idea Of mGkius it am.
auditorium, is 90 be locn.cd ON the
hill south OF the main entrance to the
grounds. The Electricity BuilJirg is
to bc near the Piedmont Exposition
main building at tho foot OF lake.
and ut the head of the lake is 10 Do tbe
Machinery Building The Minerals
and Forestry are to bo niong the lake
between the Machinery Buildiue and
tho Electricity Building. The Ad-
ministratiou Building is to be between
the Government Building aud The
Manufactures Building, and VIII
occupy one of the most attractive
points ON the grounds.
In the construction OF these various
buildings the architects have, ofcoursc.