The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
NEW COLONIAL CITY ARISES
Buildings for Jamestown Exposition
Form Magnificent Picture.
More Than One Hundred Structures
Erected for Exhibits from All
Quarters of Globe.
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Special 70 The Washington He-sld
Norfolk. Va, March 3f-There are more
than one hundred buildings al the James
town Exposition, not Including those Of
the WAR Path" and they range in size
from the smaller special exhibit buildings
10 the mammoth States Exhibit Palace
or the Manufactures aud Liberal Arts
structure The lofty columns of the
Doric-Corinthian combination Of arohi-
lecture present an aspect OF stateliness
and solidity and form beautiful picture
Of a magnificent colonial city.
The buildings of the exposition proper
consist Of the Auditorium and Admins
tTation, Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
Machinery and transportation. Historic
Arts. Education. Mines and Metailurgy.
Pure Food. States Exhibit Palace Pal
aces Of Commerce, Agriculture and Hor-
ticulture, Marine Appliance, Power and
Alcohol, Firepre0f historic relic building
Graphic Arts, Arts and Crafts village
and numerous other special buildings and
pavilions. including an immense review
ing stand
The government structures include the
grand piers and their accompanying ac-
eessories, two large exhibit buildings
Fisheries Building. Smithsonian Insfitu-
ticn and National Museum. Army and
Navy Clubhouse. clubhouse for enlisted
men. Colonial Building. Negro Building
Panama and Porto Rico, and life-saVing
station. The government buildings oc-
cupy prominent position on either side
Of Raleigh Square, and overlooking the
great piers and Hapton Roads
The buildings Of the several States pre-
sent "a great variety many of them rep
az fHHaH go D.
within the borders OF the state erect
ing the structure. but the colonial idea
prevails in the style Of architecture Most
Of the State buildings are located On
Will0ughby Boulevard fronting or Hamp-
ton Roads. and aff0rding the best pos
sible points of vantage from which 20
View the harb0r iilum.natious by night
and The naval pageant by day.
The Virginia Building is the most inn
posing OF all the State structures. pre-
sentius massive type OF colonial archi-
lecture IN all its conventional dignity.
Georgia has reproduced ~Bull0ch Hail.
tie home Of the mother Of President
Roosevelt AT RosewaI. Ga; Maryland
has reproduced the home of Charles Car
roll Of Carrolton; Pennsylvania has d
replica Of Independence Hail: New Jer-
sey has model of Washington's head
quarters at MCrristown: Massachusetts
has model of the old Statehouse "A
Boston: Connecticut has the Col Tai
madge home at Litchheld Ohio has repro
duced IN cement block "A model OF
"Adena,' the FIRST stone house erected
west OF the Allegheny Mountains, and
used as the executive mansion Of Ohio
for q number Of years while the capi-
tai was at Chillicothe; Kentucky has
representation of Daniel Boones fort as
it appeared at Boonesboro over Il hun
dred years ago.
Among the other States which are rep
resented by buildings are New York,
North Dakota. Delaware. Rhode Island
Vermont. New Hampshire. West Virginia
North Carolina. Illinois. Missouri Louis
lana; and 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. Larkin Soap Com
pany. W0odmen of the World. Leedy
Cigar Factory. American Hydraulic Com
pany. Palmer Concrete Works, John Deere
Plow Company, Daughters of Confeder-
aCy, Columbia Woodmen Disciples Of
Christ, Old Virginia Corn MIL J. G. VIII
son Manufacturing Company, Baptists of
the "l0l Ranch" Daughters of
American Revolution. Presbyterians of
America and numerous others