. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. HISTOEICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 601 varied and striking efifeots. But the task hadbeen a Herculean one. There were seventeenprincipal (or, as they may be called, depart-mental) buildings, all of beautiful and ornatedesign, and all of vast size. They were knownas the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts, theMachinery, Electrical, Transjjortation, Womans,Horticultural, Mines and Mining, Anthropolog-ical, Administration, Art Galleries, Agricultural,Art Institute, Fisheries, Live Stock, Dairy andForestry buildings, and the Music Hall and Ca-sino. Several of th
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. HISTOEICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 601 varied and striking efifeots. But the task hadbeen a Herculean one. There were seventeenprincipal (or, as they may be called, depart-mental) buildings, all of beautiful and ornatedesign, and all of vast size. They were knownas the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts, theMachinery, Electrical, Transjjortation, Womans,Horticultural, Mines and Mining, Anthropolog-ical, Administration, Art Galleries, Agricultural,Art Institute, Fisheries, Live Stock, Dairy andForestry buildings, and the Music Hall and Ca-sino. Several of these had large annexes. TheManufacturers Building was the largest. It wasrectangular (1087x787 feet), having a groundarea of 31 acres and a floor and gallery area of44 acres. Its central chamber was 1280x380feet, with a nave 107 feet wide, both hall andnave being surrounded by a gallery 50 feet was four times as large as the Roman CoUseumand three times as large as St. Peteis at Rome;17,000,000 feet of lumber, 13,000,000 pounds
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