Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-16
fine BUILDINGS
1905 Fair Will Have Some
Beautiful Structures.
EXTENSIVE PLANS or NATION


EXTENSIVE PLANS OF NATION
Architect Will Complete Them Nexi
Week-The Contracts Should Be
Awarded November J..
! Washington, Sept. 9.-Supervisine
Architect Taylor, Of the Treasury De-
partment, has designed for the Lewis
and Clark Exposition group OF Gov
eminent buildings which, in many re-
spects, surpass in attractiveness any
thing Of the kind heretofore undertak-
en- by the Government. While not as
large as the Government buildings at
st. Louis or Chicago, the Portland
buildings are declared by architects to
be OF more pleasing design and are
universally pronounced more impress
sive than any which have graced other
expositions. The Government build
ings will be grouped on the peninsula
directly facing the main portion of the
Exposition. All will be types Of Span
ish renaissance architecture. In the
center will be the main building, 240
by 800 feet. It will be surmounted by
an arched roof 130 feet above the
ground. An immense skylight will
constitute the central portion of the
roof. The remainder will be of tile.
Toward either end of the building and
on a line with the front wall will be
immense towers 260 feet in height,
while the ends of the building will be
finished off with semi-domes, giving
great alcove effect to the interior.
Fifty 40-foot arches will adorn the
face Of the building, each containing a
spacious entrance. Between the arch
es are to be immense Corinthian col
umns Al feet in height. At the base
of each tower will be fountains con-
tanning ornamental statuary of heroic
size. The building will be extensively
decorated, provision being made for
numerous flags and banners along the
roof, and opportunities are provided
for ornamental work on the towers,
over the arches and elsewhere.
The floor of the main building will
be six feet above the ground. Toward
the end of the main building will be
the smaller buildings, 80 by 160 feet.
Each will be connected with the main
building by ornamental peristyles in
such way as to give the effect from
across the lake of one vast building,
spreading out over an immense terri
tory. The building on the left will
contain the Alaska and Oriental ex.
hibits, while that on the right will
be devoted to fisheries. From the ex-
treme end Of the Alaska building to
the extreme end of the fisheries build
ing will be 928 feet, so that the general
effect of the main group of buildings
will be that of one immense building
Of that length. The peristyles will be
lined by two rows Of Ionic columns
and sumounted by ornamental cornice.
The smaller buildings will be less or.
namental than the main building, but
will carry out the adopted renaissance
style. The peristyles will be open and
used for passageways only.
Behind the fisheries building and to
the right of the main building will be
separate structure 663 by 1913 feet,
which will be given over to the fores-
try and irrigation exhibit. This build.
ing, while resembling the fisheries
building in appearance, stands alone
and is not shown on the sketch print
ed elsewhere.
To the left Of the main building at
the extreme end of the peninsula, on
the shore Of Guilds Lake, will be To-
Gated the life-saving station. which
will be an exact reproduction Of that
at st. Louis. It is considered an ideal
station by men in the service.
Directly in front Of the main build
ing will be a large sunken garden,
largely occupied by a pool ITO by $50
feet. The level Of the pool will be II
feet below the floor of the main build
ing.
Arrangements will be made for
especial attention will be paid to light
ing the exterior of the main group. in
cluding the two towers. All buildings
will be of frame construction, covered
with plaster or stan
Supervising Architect Taylor ex:
poets to complete the plans of all the
buildings by September Is and at once
place them on the market. If no OBJ
stacles are encountered, the contracts
will be awarded about November 1.
II the weather permits, it is believed
all the buildings can be completed in
three months. 1t will be remembered
that $250,000 was appropriated for the
erection of Government buildings at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
DdlleS Store Boldly Robbed.
The Dalles, Sept. 9.-(Special.)-l
At about l o'clock this morning rob-
berry was committed in the jewelry
store of Fred. H. Van Norden. About
$500 worth of gold watches were ta-
ken. A tray containing the watches
had been left over night in the front
show window covered with a paper
The thief broke the window with a
stone, making the hole about large
to admit a mans arm, and Sc
cured everything within reach. Van
Norden's store is situated on Second
street, in one of the busiest portions
of town, where such a robber might
be seen at any moment by passers-by.
Giant Sticks Of Timber.
South Bend, Sept 9.-(SpeciaD-l
A fourth cargo this year Of giant sticks
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