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| INDIANA'S BUILDING - Entering Jackson Park
from the Midway Plaisance, and turning to the plaza at the north, the
visitor found the scene to be bounded by the California, Indiana,
Illinois and Woman's Buildings, with a pavilion called the Bureau of
Public Comfort in the centre. The Indiana Building occupied a
triangular site, and its remarkably spacious verandas fronted over
300 feet of thoroughfare. In this conspicuous place were gathered
some of the most distinguished companies of men that the nation could
boast, and very great multitudes assembled - notably at the
dedication of the building, and again on Indiana Day, when
ex-President Harrison, James Whitcomb Riley, General Lew Wallace, and
the State officials were present. Many elegant receptions were held
here, the halls being well adapted to large social gatherings. It
would be difficult to name the architecture of this building - the
Spanish, Arabesque, Gothic, and Queen Anne all seeming to contribute
features. The site was 152 feet long and 52 feet wide at the rear,
coming to the oval ending seen in the picture. The towers were 150
feet high. The first story was built of graystone; the upper two
stories were sheathed with staff, a large hall ran from tower to
tower. Some exhibits were shown - historical, literary, educational
and artistic, and the Indiana commission faithfully aided by the
patriotic women of the State, tarried the summer through and greatly
influenced the welfare of the Exposition. Cost, $60,000. |
