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Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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d uniqueness of orna-mentation, combined with a fitness for its purpose, that haveattracted world-wide attention. No, it was not a courageous efforton the part of Mr. Cobb: it was something more than that—it wasthe ability to accept conditions that might have dismayed another,conditions which he could not control, and to wring from them archi-tectural success such as is seldom equalled. The building consists of a central structure, rectangular in shape, and two polygonal buildings, one at either end of the main struc- (207) 2o8 FISHERIES. ture, with which they are connected by curved arcades. The totallength of the curved structure is about 700 feet, but the curved arcadesare narrow and offer no space for exhibit purposes. The centralstructure measures 365 x 165 feet, and the annexes have each adiameter of 135 feet. The type which the building copies is theSpanish Romanesque, and to many visitors its uncommon form andthe unique decoration make it the most attracdve of all the struc-
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ENTRANCE TO FISHERIES BUILDING. tures. The pillars and arches of the colonnades of the buildingare richly and ingeniously decked with marine forms of endlessvariety, turtles, crabs, lobsters, fish of many kinds ; the effects areinvariably beautiful. The main building is provided with two grandentrances. These are through loggias about 80 feet long, project-ing 41 feet beyond the line of the main building, and flanked ateach corner with lantern-like polygonal towers. Surmounting thequadrangular first story is a great circular story capped with a FISHERIES. 209 conical roof. A graceful open turret crowns this roof, and foursmaller towers surround the base. The double row of engagedcolumns, w^hich form the exterior face of the building, have capitals,

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