Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-05-02

The commissioners, who under
authority vested in them by the
Maine Legislature, are to have
charge of the erection, equipment
and maintenance Of the State of
Maine building to be erected on the
grounds Of the Eastern States Ex-
position in Springfield, Mass, have
decided upon plan of architecture
and details of construction. Port
land architects, John Calvin Stevens
and John Howard Stevens, who were
selected to design the building, have
completed sketches and plans, and
the commissioners have called for
bids for construction, the bids to be
opened at the architects office at
noon Thursday, May IA.
The Legislature of 1923 appropri-
ated $25,UUO toward the cost of con-
struction of such building on con-
dition that an equal amount should
be raised by public subscription be-
fore January /. 1924.
Last summer the various organiza-
tions interested in the project Joined
in request that the State Chamber
of Commerce take charge of the
campaign for raising the amount to
match the State appropriation. This
request was complied with, the ad-
ditional $4,000 raised and deposited
with the State Treasury within the
time specified in the act.
The site was recently selected by
the commissioners on the westerly
side of the exposition grounds next
to the Massachusetts state building.
The Maine building will be erected
as soon as possible SO that the State
exhibits will be ready In ample sea-
son for the exposition in Septem-
Der. The cost of the structure, in
GLIDING all expenses of architecture
and travel of commissioners, must
be kept within the $4,000 now in
the hands of the State treasurer.
In area the Maine building will be
about the size of the Massachusetts,
building but in no way resembling
it. The Massachusetts building is a
replice of the old Boston State
House. The design of the Maine
building is based on no PRECEDENT but
is reminiscent of old New England
types of colonial architecture. 1t will
be a plain building designed exclu-
sively for exhibition purposes, the
entrance porch. only being of orna-
mental design with four colonial col
umns supporting the pediment. The
building will be "a feet wide and 105
feet deep. The main structure will
be one story and devoted entirely to
exhibition space. The front for a
depth of 15 feet will be of two
stories and topped by a couple of old
.so1
three feet in diameter, will appear
on the pediment above the entrance
porch, and beneath the seal the word
Maine" will be placed.
In the second story of the front
part of the building will be reserved
two rooms, one ,15 by "a feet for a
IA feet for committee headquarters.
cony overlooking the exhibitin hall.
The entire building will be of per-
manent construction of brick with
granite trimmings, tiled and cement
floors and slated roofs. The front
of the building will be 30 fest high
with hip roof. The entire exhibi-
ton space will be lighted by trunk
skylights and large high windows. It
will be IS feet in the clear, the fiat
roof supported by posts And heavy
steel beams.
Maine materials will, as far as
possible, be used in the construction
of this exposition building. The
architects have specified Maine pine
and spruce, Maine brick, Maine slate
and Maine granite trimmings. The
have received several
offers of free materials from public
spirited Maine contractors. The
go tiles needed for the floor to the
porch entrance will be donated by
Winslow 6 Company of Portland.
George Cuozzo of Bangor, a manu-
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