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| SWEDEN'S BUILDING - The engraving will show
that no written description could convey to the reader, not already
visually informed, any adequate idea of the form of the Swedish
Building at the Fair. Yet it remains to be said that this curious
structure made a beautiful appearance in Jackson Park, where it added
piquancy to the scene. The edifice covered a triangular lot, and was
built in Sweden, where it was taken to pieces for shipment to
Chicago. It held the entire Swedish exhibit, and was dedicated with
noteworthy festivities on June 26, 1893. The architect was Gustav
Wickman, of Stockholm, who spent $40,000 in the work of recalling the
syle of two hundred years ago in churches and castles. The building
was closed in the latter days of the Fair on account of adverse
action by the insurance companies.
NORWAY'S BUILDING - Between the edifices of Germany and Ceylon, withdrawn slightly into
the copse of willows that recalled old Jackson Park, stood the
Stavkirke of Norway, a small building that was missed by many
visitors. The gables of this structure were its distinguishing
characteristic, mainly, however, because of their decoration with the
beaks of ancient Norse boats. The area was sixty by twenty-five
feet, and the material of construction, Norway Pine. The plans were
drawn and the house built in the Fatherland, after which the sections
were brought to Chicago and re-erected by Norwegian workmen. The
Norwegian Commission had its headquarters here. |
