The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


1t is designed in tba I+o,;o
asissance style, in quiet, dignified
: ac.er' expressing its purpose in its
r ~, appearance. The materials
49,, 49, snow TO advantage in its classic
alS ana take on, in our clear and
2 atmosphere, brilliant hues
5 avs seen by the casual observer.
| should one seek further. careful av.
sion VIII reveal the rich orange
t piue OF the shadows the deem crirnson
} anu Vioiet colors lighting up the dome.
) enhancing and adding interest to the
' architectural beauty.
In size the building has LENGTH 90
roo ieet' breadth of 228 feet and
neisnl OF zzO feet from the platform
the base OF south entrance stems
20 the top OF the ball on the dome.
ms oone is one of the largest con-
s'ructed of marble in the world, the
iiilernal diameter being sixty feet, and
the external diameter, at the dome
platform level, eighty-nine feet The
Vaultlng or inner dome is 141 feet
ABOVE the level of the first story
Minnesota Stone Prominent
In construction Minnesota material
mas been given prominent place. The
> iotiiiodtlon walls are of Winona stone
1ot inc main building and Kettle
river sandstone for the dome. The ex-
terror racing of the ground story to-
sether with the terraces and the en-
trance steps, is of st. Cloud granite.
Inc racing of the main interior cor
1dors and rotunda is yellow Mankato
ana kasota stone, rubbed and polished.
rms is the first instance of the ex-
tens1ve use of the stone for interior
work and promises to make it famous
II is very handsome material and par
ticularly brilliant in artificial light. 1t
takes good polish. Parts of it are
hard TO distinguish from certain of our
American marbles. Artists consider If
one OF the best known stones to deco
rate to because of it's quiet but beam
tiful color
Placed around the rotunda are
eight large granite columns, the shafts
OF which, made in monoliths, are
tWenty-nine inches in diameter and
about twenty feet long. Four of these
columns are from the Rockville
(Minn) quarries and four from the
Ortonvllle the latter being especially
handsome. They resemble Somewhat
the antique porphyry Of Rome
Some of the materials not found in
Minnesota are Georgia marble for the
main facade: Illinois stone, Tennessee
marble and various imported marbles
Tor portion of floors; Echaillon mar
Die for the base Of the first and second
stories; Skyros marble and Breche vio-
lette marble for the stair ratings and
the columns surrounding the stair
wells; Fleur de Peche marble for the
columns, doorways and base in the sem
ate chamber, and white Vermont mar
BILE for the columns, doorways and
base in the house and the supreme
court.
Fine Specimens of Art
"The paintings and the sculpture of
the building will be notably fine art.
The artists who have been commits
stoned with this work rank among the
best in the land. Daniel Chester
French has furnished six beautiful fig
ures in marble, which are placed at the
attic of the main pavilion. They typify
Wisdom, Integrity, Bounty, Truth,
Courage and Prudence. He will also
mold the GROWING feature of this pa
vilion quadriga in bronze, marking
the termination of the main facade and
, the beginning of the DOME
Mr.. Elmer e. Garnsey is executing
the mural decorations, which include a
number of paintings on canvas. Among
them are four for pendentives in the
senate chamber, twelve for the rotunda
at the spring of the inner dome, a few
in the stair halls and a number of
small paintings of historic scenes, such
as the first steamboat, a logging camp,
the original state house, Red river
cart, ETC., for the house corridors.
John La Fargo is to paint four
lunettes In the senate, and Edward
Simmons is to paint the four pen
dentives of the dome. F. D. Millet is
to paint the picture of the treaty of the
Traverse de Sioux to adorn the wall of
the governors reception room. Doug
ais Volk will paint the discovery of
st. Anthony Falls by Father Hennepin,
which is-to be placed opposite the Mil
let picture. Other artists of note have
been mentioned for work in the build
ing, among them o. K. Walker, of Bos-
ton, and Kenyon Cox.
1.-The artificial lighting of the build
ing has been carefully considered, not
only with respect to utility, but to dis
play to advantage the many paintings
and points of architectural interest
Many Practical Features
Among the many practical features
! are metal shelves, file cases and vault
fixtures, comprehensive conduits for
the installation of telephones, and an
"up-to-date" heating plant. The pow
er house is situated at some distance
, from the building, and connected by
tunnel, through which are carried
steam mains and electric conduits.
Steam is supplied at five different
points in the building, to banks of coils,
through which air, after having been
washed and dried, is forced into ducts
for distribution The vitiated air is
drawn through another system of
ducts by a separate exhaust fan, thus
furnishing an ample amount of pure,
clean air.
1t is expected that the city will pro-
vide handsome and suitable approaches
by rearranging streets, forming broad
avenues, to be bordered some day by
appropriate and handsome municipal
, buildings. Some preliminary plans
have been made by Mr.. Gilbert showing
possible lines of development, and
some steps have been taken toward
securing the land required.
1.-THE interior stone and woodwork Of