Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-03
rHE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazetle.l
Norfolk. Va, April There are
more than one hundred buildings at the
Jsmestown Exposition, not including
those OF the ."War Path" and they
range in size from the smaller special
exhibit buildings to The mammoth states
exhibit palace and manufactures and
liberal arts structures. The lofty columns
of the Doric Corinthian combination OF
architecture present on aspect OF stale,
illness and solidi,y, and form beautiful
picture Of magnificent colonial city.
The buildings OF the exposition proper
consist of the auditorium and admins
tration. manufactures and liberal arts,
machinery and transportation. historic
arts, education, mines and me.ailurgy,
pure food States exhibits, palace OF Com
merce, agriculture and horticulture,
marine appliance, power and alcohol;
re-proof historic relic building, graphic
arts, arts aud crafts village and numerous
other special buildings aud pavilions in
cludiug an immense reviewing stand.
The government structures include
the grand piers ard their accompanying
accessories, two lsree exhibit buildings,
fisheries building Smithsonian Institution
and National Museum, Army and Navy
Climb house, club house for enlisted men,
colonial building, negro building, Pan
anna and Porto Rico and life-saylng
station. The government buildings oc-
cupy a prominent position on either side
of Raleigh square and overlooking the
great piers and Hampton Roads.
Ths buildings of tho several states
present n great variety. many OF them
representative Of some historic hall or
home within the borders Of the State
erecting the structure, but the colonial
idea prevails in the style OF architecture.
Most OF the State buildings are located
on Willonghby boulevard. fronting on
Ham pton Roads and afiording the best
possible points OF vantage from which TO
view the harhor illnminAiionA by nights
ana tne naval pageant by day. The
Virginia building is tho mOst imposing
of all the State structures, presenting q
massive type of colonial architecture ia
all ils conventional dignity. Georgia
has reproduced "Bnlloch Hall" the
home of the mother of President R0Ose-
velt, at Rosewall, Georgia; Maryland has
reproduced the home OF Charles Carroll,
ofCarrollton; Pennsylvania, has replica
of Independence Hall, New Jersey has
model Of WGshingtOn's headquarters at
Morristown, Massachusetts has model
of the old State house st Boston.
Connecticut has the Colonel Tai
madge home, at Iitchfeld; Ohio
has REPRODUCED, in cement block,
model OF "Adena" the lirst stone house
erected wes; OF the Allegheny mountains
and used an the executive MANSION of
Ohio for number of years, while the
capital was at Chilicothe Kentucky has
a representation of Daniel BoOne's fort
IA 1t appeared at Boonesboro, over
hundred years ago. Among the other
States which are represented by build
ings are New York, North DakOts, Della
ware, Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Hampshire, West Virginia, NorIa Caro-
lins, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana aud
Others may yet erect buildings.
Among the special exhibit buildings
erected By private concerns or cities may
be mentioned the Virginia mineral and
timber exhibit building; the "House of
Welcome" erected by the city of Balti-
more Grand Trunk Railway building,
Baldwin Locomotive Works building.
American Locomotive Works, Travellers
Protective Association, Lsfkin Soap
Company. Woodmen of the World,
Lsedy Cigar Factory, American Hydrau-
lie Company, Palmer Concrete Works,
John Deere Plow Company, Daughters
IF Coniederscy, Columbia Woodmen,
Disciples of Christ, Old Virginia Corn
Mill, ] G.. Wilson, Manufacturing Com.
oauy, Baptists Of America, the "10I
Ranch" " Daughters of American Revo-
utiOh, Presbyterisna of America snd
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