Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Arkansas Building, situated near the northwest corner, was in the French Rococo style ofarchitecture and was erected at a cost of $15,000. The exterior was in plaster and ornamental statfwork, and made an excellent effect. Around the interior rotunda were six rooms for exhibits of historicinterest. Some of the interior decorations were especially The California Building was, next to that of Illinois, the largest state building on the grounds,occupying an area of four hundred and forty-five by one hundred and forty-four feet. It
Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Arkansas Building, situated near the northwest corner, was in the French Rococo style ofarchitecture and was erected at a cost of $15,000. The exterior was in plaster and ornamental statfwork, and made an excellent effect. Around the interior rotunda were six rooms for exhibits of historicinterest. Some of the interior decorations were especially The California Building was, next to that of Illinois, the largest state building on the grounds,occupying an area of four hundred and forty-five by one hundred and forty-four feet. Its cost was$75,000, and the style of the old Spanish missions of Southern California was followed in its architect-ure. A great exhibit of state products was made inside.
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