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| THE IDAHO BUILDING - The picturesque structure
stood on the extreme north line of Jackson Park, over a mile and a
half from the Forestry Building, which it recalled. It was built
entirely of native materials, and was a log house on a foundation or
basement of lava and basaltic rock. The timbers were from young
cedar trees, stuffed and stained to reproduce the effects of age, and
the posture of its lower and upper balcony, together with modillions
of logs upholding a projecting roof, secured for it, by general
consent, the name of being the handsomest log house ever erected. It
was, in fact, purchased at a good price, to be hereafter used as a
summer residence near a Northern resort, where its celebrated
chimney-corner will repeat its conquests of 1893. The shakes on the
roof were held in place with heavy rocks, and withstood the great
Chicago gales. The arched stone entrance seen in the picture opened
into a large room, at the end of which was a stick fire-place with
log mantel. Stairways led to the second floor, where the windows
were glazed with mica. This floor was divided between the men and
women, and each room was decorated with a view of recalling mining
scenes to the experienced persons who should enter. The men's
fire-place was of lava, and the andirons were mde of bear-traps and
fish-spears, while arrows, spears, tomahawks and other Indian
appurtenances were typified in the furniture. The third floor was in
one room for receptions. |
