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| name = Arizona | | name = Arizona | ||
| image = Arizona State.jpg | | image = Arizona State.jpg | ||
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| caption = Arizona State Building | | caption = Arizona State Building | ||
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| | | location = [[Plateau of States]] | ||
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| | | construction_cost= $4,172 (${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|4,172|1904}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) | ||
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| owner = | | owner = | ||
| | | architect = W. R. Norton | ||
| | | dimensions = 26' x 44' | ||
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Arizona, eight years before statehood, was the smallest of the State and Territorial buildings. Built on the [[Plateau of States]], the humble Spanish Mission style one-story building contained four front horseshoe-shaped arches, and inside were three rooms. | |||
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The smallest of the State buildings, is that of Arizona, in the old Spanish mission style. Here, as the entrance is | |||
approached, are two Samua cacti three feet high. In their Arizona habitat they grow to a height of thirty or forty feet, landmarks for the | |||
treeless plains now so rapidly giving way to the irrigationist. | |||
To the left from the reception room is the ladies' parlor. It is finished in soft shades of dark green and red. A gentle breeze invades | |||
it from the high Spanish windows with their small panes. Cool and restful it seems after the glare of the macadam roads on a hot August | |||
afternoon. The furniture is of mahogany. Wide-armed rockered chairs, and a divan with soft cushions, all accord well with the color scheme, | |||
and make a most inviting place. Against the side wall is a Kingsbury piano which all who enter may use. | |||
On the opposite side is the gentlemen's parlor. At the end of the reception hall is a retiring room and two private rooms for the use of | |||
the building staff. | |||
The reception hall, though small, has been made an historical gallery for here is the anthropological collection of Mrs. Aguerra, a gentle lady of Tucson. The curios are not of the conventional Indian type, but of the interesting and strange cliff dwellers and those other inhabitants of the far Southwest. | |||
Native ores and minerals are set in the moldings and the columns are constructed of onyx. | |||
Some of the painting frames in the buildings interior were made out of cactus wood. | Some of the painting frames in the buildings interior were made out of cactus wood. | ||
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| Location | Plateau of States |
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| Construction | |
| Construction Cost | $4,172 ($125,824 in 2021) |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | W. R. Norton |
| Dimensions | 26' x 44' |
Arizona, eight years before statehood, was the smallest of the State and Territorial buildings. Built on the Plateau of States, the humble Spanish Mission style one-story building contained four front horseshoe-shaped arches, and inside were three rooms.
Description[edit | edit source]
The smallest of the State buildings, is that of Arizona, in the old Spanish mission style. Here, as the entrance is approached, are two Samua cacti three feet high. In their Arizona habitat they grow to a height of thirty or forty feet, landmarks for the treeless plains now so rapidly giving way to the irrigationist.
To the left from the reception room is the ladies' parlor. It is finished in soft shades of dark green and red. A gentle breeze invades it from the high Spanish windows with their small panes. Cool and restful it seems after the glare of the macadam roads on a hot August afternoon. The furniture is of mahogany. Wide-armed rockered chairs, and a divan with soft cushions, all accord well with the color scheme, and make a most inviting place. Against the side wall is a Kingsbury piano which all who enter may use. On the opposite side is the gentlemen's parlor. At the end of the reception hall is a retiring room and two private rooms for the use of the building staff. The reception hall, though small, has been made an historical gallery for here is the anthropological collection of Mrs. Aguerra, a gentle lady of Tucson. The curios are not of the conventional Indian type, but of the interesting and strange cliff dwellers and those other inhabitants of the far Southwest.
Native ores and minerals are set in the moldings and the columns are constructed of onyx.
Some of the painting frames in the buildings interior were made out of cactus wood.
Arizona's more elaborate displays were housed in the Palace of Horticulture, the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, and Palace of Education.
The amount of money placed at the disposition of the Arizona Board of Managers by the Legislature for Exposition work was $30,000(equivalent to $904,778 in 2021) dollars.
In the Horticultural Building there were maintained throughout the Fair from 130 to 160 plates on the table, which held the following: Valencia late oranges, Washington navel oranges, Mediterranean sweets, lemons, limes, grape fruit, citronella, tangerines, grapes, plums, quinces, apricots, plum grabites, pears, cantaloupes, melons, olives, olive oil, pickled olives, etc.
The Agricultural Building showed the various products of the soil of the territory. Wheat, oats, barley, corn, Kaffir corn, sorghum, millet, alfalfa seed, alfalfa, hay, vegetables, olives, olive oil, preserved fruits, dates, etc., were displayed.
The educational exhibit in the Palace of Education and Social Economy Building represented the school work of the territory from the kindergarten to the academic grade, showing the educational system and the progress made in Arizona.
