Court of Honor

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The Court of Honor was the grand central ceremonial plaza of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, surrounded by monumental Beaux-Arts buildings and elaborate sculptures that epitomized the fair’s “White City.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Court of Honor canonical 3
Court of Honour 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World’s Columbian Exposition venue ⓘ
ceremonial plaza ⓘ
urban public space ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
associatedWithMovement City Beautiful movement ⓘ
centralPlazaOf World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
characterizedBy elaborate sculptures ⓘ
formal axial planning ⓘ
monumental classical architecture ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of American aspirations and modernity in the 1890s ⓘ
demolishedAfter closure of the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
hasCollaboratingArchitect Charles B. Atwood ⓘ
Henry Van Brunt ⓘ
McKim, Mead & White ⓘ
Peabody & Stearns ⓘ
Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
hasDesigner Daniel H. Burnham ⓘ
linked to: Daniel Burnham

John Wellborn Root (early planning influence) ⓘ
hasFeature broad ceremonial promenades ⓘ
decorative statuary ⓘ
electric illumination at night ⓘ
grand central basin ⓘ
ornamental fountains ⓘ
reflecting pool ⓘ
hasLandscapeDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
hasSculpture The Republic ⓘ
linked to: Plato's Republic

allegorical groups representing American progress ⓘ
statues by Daniel Chester French ⓘ
influenced subsequent American civic center design ⓘ
use of Beaux-Arts planning in U.S. cities ⓘ
locatedInCity Chicago ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States ⓘ
locatedInEvent World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
locatedInPark Jackson Park ⓘ
locatedInState Illinois ⓘ
name Court of Honor ⓘ
notableFor epitomizing the White City aesthetic ⓘ
openedForUse 1893 ⓘ
partOf White City ⓘ
grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
surroundedBy Beaux-Arts façades ⓘ
colonnades and arcades ⓘ
monumental exhibition buildings ⓘ
surroundedByBuilding Administration Building ⓘ
Agricultural Building ⓘ
Electricity Building ⓘ
Machinery Hall ⓘ
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building ⓘ
Mines and Mining Building ⓘ
Transportation Building (nearby but visually related) ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Court of Chivalry → alternativeName → Court of Honour ⓘ
linked to: Court of Honor
White City (World's Columbian Exposition) → knownFor → Court of Honor ⓘ
subject linked to: White City
Court of Honor → name → Court of Honor ⓘ