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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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MRS. POTIKK. l^Ai^MliR. Womans Building, a large prize was offered to be awarded for thesuccessful design in competition. Fourteen women architects, notone of them more than twenty-five years of age, submitted designsfor the structure to the scrutiny of the Board of Architects of the womans department. 445 Exposition, and that of Miss Sophia G. Hayden, of Boston, wasaccepted. It Is true that not all of the women interested in theWomans Department concur In the choice of the architects, never-theless the building has been the subject of very general admiration.The same architect also executed the design.
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BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS. I. Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace. 3. Mrs. Potter Palmer. 2. Mrs. Matilda B. Carse. 4. Mrs. Myra Bradwell. 6. Mrs. Susan G. Cook. 5. Dr. Frances Dickinson. 7. Mrs. J. S. Lew^s. 8. Mrs. J. A. Mulligan. The building measures 388x199 feet, and Its cost was nearly^150,000. The building Is situated north of the Horticultural Build-ing, and near the opening into the grounds from the MidwayPlalsance. Its east front faces the Lagoon, which here opens outInto a broad bay and forms a beautiful waterscape. From the cen-ter of this bay a grand landing and staircase give access to a terracesix feet above the water; crossing this terrace and ascending otherstaircases, one reaches the ground four feet above, on which, about100 feet back, the building Is situated. The first terrace is designedIn artistic flower-beds and low shrubs. The style of the buildingIs Italian renaissance. The first story Is raised about 10 feet fromtne ground line, and a wide staircase leads to the centre pavil
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