The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-09-25
Pennsylvania at the Atlanta ExpOsi-
tiOn.

Pennsylvania will be well represented
at the Atlanta Exposition. Lack oi
space has compelled the curtailment OF
the great exhibit originally contemplated
and partially arranged for by the van ions
subcommittee Of the Pennsylvania
Commission, but the 1900 square feet OF
floor area allotted to the Keystone State
by the Exposition management will be
utilized to the very best advantage, and
from present appearances the prediction
that Pennsylvania will hold her own at
Atlanta with any northern state seems
amply justified.
The State Building, which, by special
arrangement, occupies a commanding
site on the grounds of the Piedmont
Driving Club, overlooking the main por-
ton of the Exposition grounds, will be
completed and ready for Punishment
within few days. The value of build
ing and contents will be between S, ,OOC
and $4,000. Owing to the comparative
small cost of labor and materials, this
will represent in results what an expen-
diture Of three times the amount would
nave produced at the Chicago Worlds
Fair.
The general style of the building will
be Grecian Ionic, differing from any
other building upon the grounds. Sur.
rounded, as it is, by terraces on the from
and sides. and backed by the large trees
Of the park, it will present a very attrac,
| tive appearance. The details will bt
carried out in strict conformity to tn,
! style adopted, and will show much re
finement. Immediately in front of tn,
building is a massive stairway, with
stone balustrades, leading up from tn,
main promenade near the principal gate
way Of the exposition grounds.
The building is entered through al
open loggia, by means OF a broad flish
Of steps, ornamented at the sides witt
carved lions on pedestals, and flankeC
at either side by covered porticos. Thl
platform of this loggis will be raise,
some ten steps or more above the grade
and will be laid in red and white octagoi
tile. At each end of the hall is larg
roop, nearly twenty feet square, the on
at the left devoted to women, and that a
the right to men. Opening off thes
rooms are suitable toilet rooms, we
equipped with modern toilet conven
fences, with marble floors and partition:
The rooms at the end of the hall wi
have dome ceiling.
A cloak room on the first floor will a
so add 10 the convenience of the guest,
The entire interior of the building wi
be carried out in Classic style to mate
the exterior, and prove very effective.
The interior of the building will hav
hardwood parquetry flooring, with fir
ish of Georgia pine. The plaster wor
of the interior will be tinted in colors
harmonic well with the finish. Well
bach and electric lights, distribute
throughout both the interior and extel
ior, will give brilliant lighting efTec
The exterior of the building will l
painted white. The building will /
handsomely furnished and the walls wi
be appropriately embellished with po
traits of men distinguished in the hi
tory of Pennsylvania. A large pastel
Governor Hastings, said to be the be
portrait extant of the present chief e.
ecutive of the Commonwealth, will
hung in the reception hall.
The building is intended 10 sorve as
club house for Pennsylvanians visitir
the Exposition, and will be equipp'
! with a post office for mail deliver
| writing facilities, etc. There will be /
exhibits in the building itself, but ou
side, in the open loggia, the greatest si
gle attraction in the entire ExpositiC
r viii be displayed. Under a raised dia
in the centre of the logg.a, the worl
famed Liberty Bell will be installed {
October the 18th, with appropriate Ger
monies, after a triumphant journ,
through the south from Philadelphia.
The main State exhibit will be in Il
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d. | ing. A space of 40 square feet on Il
main floor of this building will be occ
I pied by display of the birds and mar
6 mails Of the State. This will far surpa
a similar display made at Chicago, and
said to be one of the finest exhibits of d
kind ever prepared in America. Amol
b the animals in the collection is a PEN
sylvania panther, killed in the State al
preserved by a taxidermist
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