Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1892 — OHIO’S FAIR BUILDING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHIO’S FAIR BUILDING.

Its Designers Believe It Will Be UnUke That of Any Other State Building. The style of architecture of the Ohio Building is distinctive and much unlike that of any of the State buildings. The original idea was to have the building constructed of material furnished gratis by contractors and thus make it in itself an exhibit of the building materials of the. State. However, the contractors were slow in taking the matter up, and so many obstacles stood in the way that it was determined to build it of wood. The estimated cost is about $35,000. It will contain a reception-room, offices for the Director General of the State, assistants, etc. It is to be a place where Ohio people can meet and feel at home. While the building will not cost as much as some of

the other State buildings it will, it is claimed, be equally attractive. The decorative features are line. The large circular portico, with its heavy columns over the main entrance and the bay windows on the opposite ends of the building are attractive features. The building is to be two stories, the lower one being of more than the ordinary height.

OHIO STATE BUILDING.