The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-23
THE FAIR AT CHARLESTON
Rapid Progress on the South Care
lima Exposition Grounds.
The General style of Architecture
Adaptation af the Spanish Re
nHi~sance-Hauy Buildings to BE
of the Pure Colonial Tyne,

| nHi~sance-HauY Buildings to BE
| of the Pure Colonial Type.
/ CHARLESTON. s c. April 22.-Rapid
| progress is being made in the construction
| Of the handsome series Of buildings Of the
| South Carolina Interstate and West IN
| dian Exposition. which will be held in
| Charleston from December /, 1901, to June
| /. 1882
The architect of the exposition is Brad
| ford /. Gilbert. of New York city, who
was chosen to fiji this position because of
! his familiarity with exposition work. as
| well as the reputation which he has at
| tanned in New York and elsewhere as an
| architect. especially IN the line of heavy
constructive work.
The exposition grounds arr beautifully
adapted to the purpose for which they
viii be used and are situated on the east
bank of the Ashley River. about one and
one-half miles from the business centre of
the city at Charleston The grounds are
divided into two main sections, one CON
| sisting Of the old Washington racecOurse
property and the other of the Wagner
farm The architect has adopted the gen
| eraI plan of developing the Tacecourse on
| purely constructive lines and Of preseTV-
ing so far as possible the natural beau
ties OF the Wagner place For this reason
| the two sections are known as the Nat
uraI Park and the Art Park.
In the latter will stand the great Court
of Palaces. consisting of the cotton, com
merce, and agricultural palaces, connect
ed by coIonnades and partly surrounding
the sunken garden, with its lake. Avenues
OF palmettoes have already been planted
in this park and the flower beds fashioned.
Pergolas with sheltering vines and an old
sun dial Will also lend attractions to this
part of the grounds Here. too viii stand
the auditorium, capable of seating $500
| people
The Administration Building stands just
at the dividing line Of the two parks, and
opposite will be the Mining and Forestry
Building The twenty-five acres sex apart
for the Midway attractions from part of
the art tract also.
IN the Natural Park. which is already
adorned with groves of century old oaks
and with a natural lake. Will stand the
Avenue OF States and Cities in which
about twenty States have already SIgni-
fed their intention to be represented
Here. too, will be the Art Building and
the building in which II IS proposed 10
house the various Government exhibits
The building devoted to the woman 5 de
partment IS an old colonial home which
has stood on the grounds for many gener-
atoms. This is q very good example OF
the pure colonial style. It viii be enlarged
on the same lines and three Of its rooms
devoted TO display of colonial relics. IN
which the State Of South Carolina Is very
rich This exhibit Will be in the hands OF
the Colonial Danes
The general style of architecture chosen
! for The exposition buildings is an adapta-
ton of the spanish renaissance. with the
wide OVeThdngiaS roofs and many col
Unns and balCOnie., but most of the state
/ as well as the womans buildings viii be
! of the pure colonial type, which IS 50 IA
mil!ar in Charleston, as in most OF the
older cities Of the South
Tho site for the Maryland building has
already been chosen and the plans made
and accepted. This building viii also be
colonial but the color scheme viii be very
rich. 1t viii stand on the shore of Lake
| Juniata, which is thirty acres in extent
The Administration Building, which
stands a the entrance of the grounds and
IS virtually finished. is Of most attractive
Is seVenty-tlVe feet IN height ard each
Of the two wings is fanked by towers
of lesser height Two VyI0ns are connect
er with the main building by tiled ar
! cades, and these viii form the exits and
entrances TO the grounds. In the centre a
wide porch projects boldly into the
grounds Inside the central dome three
stories in height. a richly decorated col
onnade supports the oTeThauging gallery
This building contains convenient offices
for the transaction Of exposition business
The Mineral and Forestry Building will
4 contain between twenty and thirty thou
sand feet of floor space. This building
viii stand opposite the Administration
building II will be circular in form
with fianI<ing towers The Spanish renais-
saucs and the Spanish mission type of
architecture, as exemplified in Southern
California and in Texas, viii be combined
in this building in the most effective way
The Palaces of Agriculture and Com
meTce VIII each contain about 5000
square feet Of floor area in addition 10
their connecting arcades. which will con-
tain about 20.t@3 square feet. Each of
these buildings viii have a central dome
and smaller towers and turrets az the
corner towers, emphasizing the entrances
TO these as we'll as the centre pediments.