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| MINNESOTA'S BUILDING - The North Star State
occupied an enviable site nearly ninety feet square on the line of
commonwealths opposite the Art Palace, and
erected the designs of
William Channing Whitney, architect, of Minneapolis, a structure not
altogether unlike the New York Building. On
Wednesday, May 17th,
1893, the day of its dediction, this edifice presented a very
tasteful and even luxurious appearance. The statue seen at the
entrance in the engraving, represented Hiawatha bearing Minnehaha
"over wide and rushing rivers." The sculptor was Jacob Fjielde, and
the cost of his work was borne by the school children of Minnesota,
aided by the Woman's Auxiliary Board of the World's Fair. The group
is to be cast in bronze and placed near the Falls of Minnehaha at
Minneapolis. In the exhibition hall was another of those striking
animal collections which were numerous in Jackson Park, and a relief
map or model of the harbor of Duluth occupied a large area. Great
elegance marked the furnishing of the woman's apartments. The
Woman's Auxiliary Board of Pipestone, Minnesota, prepared a mantel,
and a case over this mantel contained a series of historical Indian
relics, recalling the bloody days of 1862. In the centre of the hall
was a drinking-fountain of Mankato stone. The art exhibit and
display of cereals was extensive. Woman artists designed the friezes
of the interior, and the influence of women's efforts was visible all
through the house. Cost, $30,000. |
