Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1892 — AT THE BIG FAIR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AT THE BIG FAIR.

Michigan's Handsome Columbian Exposition Building. Michigan’s State building will be one of the handsomest on the World’s Fair grounds. What It will cost the architects cannot tell, as the lumbermen of the- State, determined to make a complete exhibit of their timber resources, will donate all the lumber that goes into it. The building is artistic in design. It is of the classic style and has been treated freely. The structure will be two stories high, occupying a ground area of 80 by 120 feet. A main porch leads to the grand entrance, from which the visitor passes through an arched vestibule. On one side of the vestibule is the office of the Secretary of the Stiate Board, and on the other side are arranged check rooms, a postoffice, club rooms, reception apartments and committee rooms. Perhaps the main features of the first floor are the recessed loggias that are so arranged as to form secluded retreats for resting places. Big fireplaces are built at convenient places on the first floor. One of these is 8x24 feet, and in cold weather logs shipped from Michigan will blaze in it. On the second floor are two large rooms, 30x68 feet, which will be used for special exhibits from Michigan, and perhaps as assembly rooms. A

rotunda 30 feet in diameter extends through both floors and terminates at the roof in an observatory, from which a good view of the Exposition grounds and buildings can be had.

MICHIGAN'S BUILDING.