Administration Building

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Beaux-Arts architecture building exposition building

The Administration Building was a grand, domed Beaux-Arts structure that served as the central administrative hub and architectural centerpiece of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

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Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition) 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
building ⓘ
exposition building ⓘ
architect Charles Follen McKim ⓘ
Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
architecturalMovement City Beautiful movement ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
associatedWith World’s Columbian Exposition design team ⓘ
surface form: World's Columbian Exposition Board of Architects
category Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surface form: World's Columbian Exposition buildings
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished true ⓘ
expositionYear 1893 ⓘ
function offices for fair administration ⓘ
reception space for dignitaries ⓘ
hasDome true ⓘ
heritage important example of temporary Beaux-Arts fair architecture ⓘ
influenced subsequent American civic architecture ⓘ
locatedInEvent World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surface form: World's Columbian Exposition
location City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
material staff (plaster and fiber) over a temporary frame ⓘ
notableFeature elaborate classical ornamentation ⓘ
grand entrances on multiple sides ⓘ
large central dome ⓘ
openingDate 1893 ⓘ
partOf World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)
role architectural centerpiece of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition ⓘ
central administrative hub of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
status no longer extant ⓘ

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World’s Columbian Exposition → featuredBuilding → Administration Building ⓘ