Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

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The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building was a vast exhibition hall at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, renowned as one of the largest buildings in the world at the time and a showcase for industrial and cultural displays.

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Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World's Columbian Exposition building ⓘ
exhibition building ⓘ
temporary structure ⓘ
architect Charles B. Atwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
George B. Post ⓘ
associatedWith Gilded Age industrialization in the United States ⓘ
White City of the World's Columbian Exposition ⓘ
cityServed Chicago ⓘ
linked to: City of Chicago
constructionType temporary exposition building ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolished 1894 ⓘ
event World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 ⓘ
exhibited educational exhibits ⓘ
fine arts related to industry ⓘ
machinery ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
existedDuring 1893 World's Fair operating season ⓘ
feature central domed pavilions on the long sides ⓘ
four corner pavilions ⓘ
large interior nave ⓘ
multiple galleries and balconies ⓘ
floorArea approximately 44 acres ⓘ
inspired later large exhibition halls and trade fair buildings ⓘ
length approximately 1687 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Jackson Park, Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Jackson Park

United States ⓘ
material staff (plaster) cladding ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ
name Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest buildings in the world at the time ⓘ
display of educational and cultural exhibits ⓘ
display of industrial progress ⓘ
vast single exhibition hall ⓘ
openingDate 1893 ⓘ
partOf World's Columbian Exposition ⓘ
purpose cultural displays ⓘ
exhibition of liberal arts ⓘ
exhibition of manufactures ⓘ
industrial displays ⓘ
roofType glass and iron roof ⓘ
status no longer extant ⓘ
style Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
theme advancement of liberal arts and education ⓘ
progress of manufacturing ⓘ
width approximately 787 feet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World’s Columbian Exposition → featuredBuilding → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
Pan-American Exposition → featuredStructure → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building → name → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
White City (World's Columbian Exposition) → knownFor → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
subject linked to: White City
Court of Honor → surroundedByBuilding → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 → hasPart → Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ