Monday, February 23, 2009

Fair Buildings

http://www.tlaupp.com/fairbuildings.html

The Administration Buildings:
-the buildings were secured for use of Exposition
-when finished, they were immediatly occupied by president, directors, chiefs and assistants engaged in creation of the Exposition

The British Pavilion:
-Orangery, reproduction of the banquet hall at Kensington Palace
-consisted of two wings:
Elizabethan dining room
Georgian dining room
-Adams room was an English tea room
-last room was exact reproduction of Queen Anne's reception room
- above chest hung latest portrait of King Henry VII

U.S. Government Building:
-largest exhibit structure ever erected by federal authority
-building was situated upon a broad terrace considerably above the general level of the exhibit palaces
-nearly 800 feet long and 250 feet wide

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