Colorado State Building
Architect: H. T. E. Wendell, Denver, Colorado
Area: 5,064
Cost: $35,000
Picturesque World’s Fair, An Elaborate Collection of Colored Views—Published with the Endorsement and Approval of George R. Davis, 1894
THE COLORADO BUILDING.—Occupying a prominent site near the popular northwestern entrance to the Exposition Grounds, and presenting a fine frontage, the Colorado Building was one of the most noticeable of State structures, and in detail fully deserved the attention it attracted. It was built in the Spanish Renaissance style, at a cost of $35,000, and was finished exteriorly in staff of an ivory color. Two slender Spanish towers, rising to a height of ninety-eight feel, gave character to the entrance, and the graceful ornamental designs above the portal arches and upon the towers contrasted well with and relieved properly the effect of the flat facade. The total area of the structure was one hundred and twenty-five by forty-five feet. The interior was devoted to office uses and to service as a State headquarters, and contained a number of beautiful apartments. A rear balcony, extending the entire length of the building, and overlooking one of the lagoons, made a delightful place of outdoor resort. Among the interior adornments was Powers’ statue, “The Last of His Race.” for the purchase of which the women of Colorado contributed $10,000, and which was the object of much study and admiration. A magnificent onyx mantel was one of the features , illustrative of the State’s varied resources, and there was a fine showing of the flora and fauna, one which attracted great attention from students of natural history. In all departments of the Exposition Colorado was well represented, though, of course, it was in the Mines Building that it excelled.
Colorado State Building
The Colorado building is in the Spanish renaissance. The whole exterior of the building is in staff of an ivory color, and in the salient features of the design profusely ornamented. The striking feature of the design is two slender Spanish towers, 98 feet high, rising from either side of the main entrance, on the east.
The tower roofs and the broad overhanging roof of the building are covered with red Spanish tiles. The building is 125 feet long, including the end porticoes, with a depth of 45 feet, and 26 feet to the cornice line. The front vestibule opens to the main hall of the building. On the second floor is the assembly room, extending the entire length of the building in the center. On the ends of this assembly room are a reading and a writing room, which open to the hanging balconies on the ends of the building, forming one of the most attractive exterior features. Broad, low casement windows open from the assembly rooms to the front and rear balconies, the front one extending between the towers, 24 feet, and over the main entrance. The rear balcony extends along the entire length of the building. Architect, H, T. E. Wendell, of Denver; contractor, W. J. Hill, of Denver; cost, $35,000.
Colorado State Building
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