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Part 3(a) still continued– The 1876 Centennial Exposition

November 16, 2022

Besides the architectural competition for the Centennial Exposition, Thomas Wisedell had also designed a Jacobean/ Early Georgian style sideboard which was carved and constructed by the firm Ellin & Kitson and displayed with contemporary furniture at the fair. It was Robert Ellin’s firm who had also carved the stonework at the Concert Grove in Prospect … More Part 3(a) still continued– The 1876 Centennial Exposition

Part 3(a) continued– The 1876 Centennial Exposition

November 13, 2022

Though Thomas Wisedell and James Farnsworth were unsuccessful with their entry for the Centennial Exposition competition, Calvert Vaux and George Kent Radford were chosen as one of ten architectural firms invited into the second round. During the first round, Vaux & Radford had created an ingenious plan of twenty-one interconnected, square pavilions, each measuring about … More Part 3(a) continued– The 1876 Centennial Exposition