The Somerset reporter., 1903-11-05
The Maine Building at ST Louis
Exhibition

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hhlAHea through Two stories ID L. eht
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Die11J vPP2sIle lht entrance 10
huge fireplace built Of stone. atuked on
either aide BY comfortable seat a
gallery over the entrance doorway con
meets the two Wings il the second story.
On The ught Of TINS central bal VA IN
fret Il 'or is located r a.iease hall. The
staircase TO b. constructed f JOS and
poles, giving very pc ure~gae aua a.
traclse etiect. Opposite taas staircase
Will be a private Office Tor 1he comm BE-
siouers and pubic Office where the
visitors may obtain Information and VII
receive every attention from The attend
ant in charge Beyond this section ID
large room twenty-five feet by forty
nine feet, provided with a stone fire
place, and this room will be devoted To
exhibits Of the various industries aud
natural resources Of the state
On the left Of the main hall in first
story, corresponding TO the space just
described, will be provided the men 3
smoking room and toilet rooms, with a
large and ample hallway connecting the
main hall with room twenty-five feet
by forty-two feet, this room to be fitted
up as comfortable reading or living
room while here will be also provided
exhibits illustrating the resources Of
Maine as vacation State. The walls
will be hung with fine photographs Of
the picturesque bits of forest and shore
peculiar to Maine.
The second story will take i'll both
wings of the building, connected as has
been mentioned by the gallery across
the main hall, and will be provided on
one side with large room to be used
as ladies sitting room, aud connected
with which will be ample toilet facili-
ties. Off that room Is a pleasant loggia
from which will be obtained fine view
of the & ounds. The remainder Of the
second story is devoted to storage and
apartments for the use Of the ommls-
sioners.
The building will be unique IN charac-
ter, as its motif Is the log cabin, and
the walls will be censtruc ed Of logs,
the roofs covered with shaved shingles.
1t is not to be, however, a simple para
/ Telegram but Will be broken in plan,
with central pavilion, and with pro-
jecting pavilions at either end. The
masses have been finely arranged and
the whole effect will be most pleas NJ
and attractive, the long roof lines giving
the effect of low rambling building,
yet even with this effect, ample height
/ is obtained for the second story provided
in the wings.
The logs for the building are to be
/ logs grown IN the Maine forests. The
chimneys, which are all exposed, are to
be built of stone picked up in the fields
and pastures OF Maine. The shingles
used upon the roof have been made in
Aroostook County, and in fact all parts
of the building are to be of material
grown and manufactured in the State OF
Maine. The logs will be brought 10 the
building site with the bark on but as
/ the building is erected the bark will be
removed and the freshly peeled logs will
form the walls of the building and the
interior main partitions. The effect of
color with the gray shingled roof will
represent as nearly as possible the
beautiful quiet color effects TO be found
in the log camps in the Maine forests
The work OF constructing the building
will be largely done by experts brought
from Maine who have been accustomed
to building the sporting camps SO
literally scattered through the Maine
woods, and the axe is the principal tool
which will be employed by the workmen
upon the building.
The interior of the building is IL be
carried out in the same simple manner
and with the same simple materials.
" lille the main partitions are to be OF
the logs exposed - view, The minor par
tltions will be of planned spruce boards,
battened. The various seats and many
pieces OF furniture will be 9f the same
character, and in fact IN every fetaIl
throughout the Interior it Is The lnter-
ton TO make consistency the watch
word 1t is proposed to stain the in
terror walls and thus obtain cha'mi
effects of color, AS the natural gram 1T
the wood will not be obscured, but
brought out in all its beauty,
The architect o! the building, MI
John Calvin Stevens OF Portland, Is a
man of more than local fame, Tor his
work is known throughout the country,
and in this building he has shown his