The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 33 style is Gothic, the three transepts looking like those of as manycathedrals. The nave is 125 feet wide, with an elevation of 75 materials are wood and glass. The contract price was $300, this exhibition we cross a ravine, and ascend another eminence toHorticultural Hall. No site could have been more happily chosen for this beautiful con-gress-hall of flowers. It occupies a bl
The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 33 style is Gothic, the three transepts looking like those of as manycathedrals. The nave is 125 feet wide, with an elevation of 75 materials are wood and glass. The contract price was $300, this exhibition we cross a ravine, and ascend another eminence toHorticultural Hall. No site could have been more happily chosen for this beautiful con-gress-hall of flowers. It occupies a bluff that overlooks the Schuylkill100 feet below to the eastward, and is bounded by the deep channels ofa pair of brooks equidistant on the north and south sides. For the expression of its purpose, with all the solidity and grace con-sistent with that, the Moresque structure before us is not excelled byany within the grounds. Entering from the side by a neat flight ofsteps in dark marble, we find ourselves in a gayly-tiled vestibule 30 feetsquare, between forcing-houses each 100 by 30 feet. Advancing, weenter the great conservatory, 230 by 80 feet, and 55 feet high. A gal
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