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Agricultural Building
During the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Agriculture Building was located here. New York architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White designed the sprawling edifice, which was 800 feet long and 500 feet wide, occupying approximately 10 acres in the southeast corner of the fairgrounds. More than 550 American companies and 33 states set up shop on the main floor. As part of the foreign exhibits, a gigantic cheese from Canada was displayed in the eastern portion of the main floor. Made by J.A. Ruddick of Perth, Ontario, the 22,000-pound cheese was six feet tall with a circumference of 28 feet. Its makers used 200,000 pounds of milk. Other nations’ agriculture on display included grains, jams, and beers from Canada; champagne, wine, truffles, chocolates, and pate de fois gras from France; a 50-ton chocolate statue of Christopher Columbus (also from France), a 38-foot high, 30,000-pound chocolate statue from Germany; hams, cheeses, beers, ales and teas from Great Britain; whiskeys from Scotland and Ireland; teas and silks from Japan; coffee and grains from Brazil; and coffee, tobacco and liquor from Mexico.
Agricultural Building Floor Plan
Agricultural Building
Agricultural Building
Regarding the Portland Hotel Company painting of the Agriculture building, what is the name of the prominent statue on the right side?