. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . a circular cupola 70 feet indiameter, of the Ionic order, which is sur-mounted with a pyramidal top terminatingat a height of 150 feet above grade, or 280feet above mean high water of the HudsonRiver. The interior is cruciform in plan, 76feet at the greatest dimension, the four cor-ners being piers of masonry connected at thetop by coffered arches the crowns of whichare 50 feet from the floor-level. On thesearches rests an open circular gallery of 40feet inner diameter, culminating in a paneleddome 105 feet above the level of the floo-The su
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . a circular cupola 70 feet indiameter, of the Ionic order, which is sur-mounted with a pyramidal top terminatingat a height of 150 feet above grade, or 280feet above mean high water of the HudsonRiver. The interior is cruciform in plan, 76feet at the greatest dimension, the four cor-ners being piers of masonry connected at thetop by coffered arches the crowns of whichare 50 feet from the floor-level. On thesearches rests an open circular gallery of 40feet inner diameter, culminating in a paneleddome 105 feet above the level of the floo-The surfaces between the planes of the fac^ 3of the arches and the circular dome formpendentives which are decorated in high-relief sculpture, the work of J. Massey Rhind,and emblematic of the birth, military andcivic life, and death of General Grant. The sarcophagi will be placed in a cryptdirectly beneath the center of the dome. Theapproach to the crypt is by stairways whichgive access to a passage encircling the space SUNNY TIAUIUIR OR STORMY SEA? 847. ON PAQADE. dedicated to the sarcophagi, which space issurrounded ])y square columns supportingpaneled marble ceilings and entablature. Acircular opening in the main floor gives anunobstructed view of the sarcophagi fromthat floor and from the gallery. In the work of construction the fact waskept steadily in view that solidity and dura-bility were of paramount importance, andthat they should not be impaired by an effortunduly to hasten the work. To get out thelarge blocks of stone, new beds had to beopened at great depths in the quarry, andthe dressing, carving, and transporting ofthe enormous amount of granite required forthe construction was a tedious process. Inthe winter but little work could be doneat the quarries, and no setting of stone waspermitted for fear of damage from freezingweather. When the heavy piers of masonryin the interior were built, and large massesof concrete used, a delay of several monthswas insisted upon bef
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