Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Connecticut Building was near the extreme northeast corner of the Fair Grounds, and was inthe type of a fine Connecticut residence. Its exterior was weather-boarded and painted white, and itwas finished completely in the old Colonial style. The cost of the building was $15,U00 and it was usedas offices for commissioners and a state The Delaware Building was constructed of native woods and materials altogether from the stateand was erected at a cost of $8,000. It made a picturesque showing, and its interior, one room of whic
Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Connecticut Building was near the extreme northeast corner of the Fair Grounds, and was inthe type of a fine Connecticut residence. Its exterior was weather-boarded and painted white, and itwas finished completely in the old Colonial style. The cost of the building was $15,U00 and it was usedas offices for commissioners and a state The Delaware Building was constructed of native woods and materials altogether from the stateand was erected at a cost of $8,000. It made a picturesque showing, and its interior, one room of whichwas fitted up in Colonial style, contained many objects of interest, one a figure in clay of the oldSwedes church at Wilmington, built one hundred years ago.
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