Acetylene Building

Architecture--New York(State)--Buffalo

Pan-American Exposition (1901:Buffalo, N.Y.)--Buildings

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.)--Photographs

On Exposition Grounds

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The Acetylene Building, situated on the Mall at the west of the Machinery Building and across the Canal, was built by the Exposition Company for the exhibits of the acetylene industry. Just opposite from the Bazaar Building, it shows an interesting contrast in architectural style. The main structural elements are equally simple and frank

ample openings for light give it the museum or exhibit-building character, while the seriousness of the nature of its exhibits is expressed by the reserve with which the ornament is applied in well-defined architectural limits, and the particular nature of the exhibits is made evident to the careful observer in the symbolism of the ornaments themselves. The evolution of lighting methods is worked out in the ornaments around the windows, from the fire-brand below up through the candle and classic lamp to the acetylene burner at the top, while above the cornice are groups of children holding acetylene torches which light the globe by M. Loester.

Bosworth, William Welles, 1869-1966

Cosmopolitan, v. 31, no. 5 (September 1901) p. 472.

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Buffalo (N.Y.)

Pan-American Exposition--(1901:BuffaloN.Y.)-- Acetylene Building

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

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