California State Building
Architect: A. Page Brown, San Francisco, California
Area: 59,948
Cost: $106,000
Picturesque World’s Fair, An Elaborate Collection of Colored Views—Published with the Endorsement and Approval of George R. Davis, 1894
CALIFORNIA BUILDING.—
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THE INTERIOR OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING AND THE ORANGE GLOBE.—
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California State Building
Next to the building for Illinois that of California is the largest of the State buildings. Its dimensions are 144 by 435 feet. It is in the style of architecture of the old California mission building. The exterior is of plain plaster, artificially seamed and cracked, giving it the appearance of the old mission buildings.
The south front is a reproduction of the old Mission Church at San Diego. The main tower is an exact reproduction of the San Diego church tower, while the remaining towers on the corners and center of the building are all studied from the mission architecture. This building is not of the club-house character of most of the other State buildings. The entire first floor was open and devoted to the California State display, principally of fruits and canned goods. There are three fountains on the ground floor, one in the center and one at either end. The central hall is surrounded by a wide gallery, and on the gallery floor in the north end of the building is the banquet hall, a kitchen and an assemljly room. On either side of the main entrances are elevators running to the roof garden. These elevators are a Californian product, the power being a combination of steam and water. The roof is of California red tile. Architect, P. Brown, of San Francisco; contractors, the Heidenrich Company, Chicago. Cost, $75,000.
Portico of California State Building
California State Building
Harper’s Weekly
February 1893
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