The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . al plan is basedupon a longitudinal nave 115 feetwide and 114 feet high, crossed inthe middle by a transept of the samewidth and height. The nave andthe transept have a pitched roof witha range of skylights at the bottomof the pitch, and clere-story windows. k.^^——««^-*^~^ The rest of the building is covered, _ j with a flat roof. The second story FRANKLIN WATCHING THE Is composcd of 3. seHcs of galleries{CariJ^oki-Smi^k.) connected across the nave by twa bridges, and reached by four grand staircases. The exterior wallsof the buildi
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . al plan is basedupon a longitudinal nave 115 feetwide and 114 feet high, crossed inthe middle by a transept of the samewidth and height. The nave andthe transept have a pitched roof witha range of skylights at the bottomof the pitch, and clere-story windows. k.^^——««^-*^~^ The rest of the building is covered, _ j with a flat roof. The second story FRANKLIN WATCHING THE Is composcd of 3. seHcs of galleries{CariJ^oki-Smi^k.) connected across the nave by twa bridges, and reached by four grand staircases. The exterior wallsof the building are composed of a continuous Corinthian order yof pilasters supporting a full entablature and resting upon a stylo-bate. At each of the four corners of the building is a pavilion,,above which rises a light open spire or tower 169 feet high. Inter-mediate between these corner pavilions and the central pavilion onthe east and west sides there is a subordinate pavilion bearing alow, square dome upon an open lantern. The building has ai>.
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