The Great Exhibit Halls
Each of the great exhibit halls of the 1893 World’s Fair centered around one of the main departments of the Columbian Exposition. Explore each of these buildings using the interactive map below. Click on a building to open an image, summary information, and links to posts and pages about the building, its architects, artists, and exhibits.
Palace of Fine Arts
Architect: Charles B. Atwood of Chicago
Dimensions: 261,073 square feet
Cost: $670,000
Also known as: the Art Palace, Art Galleries
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Fisheries Building
Architect:ย Henry Ives Cobb of Chicago
Dimensions: 104,504 square feet
Cost: $124,000
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Woman's Building
Architect: Sophia Hayden of Boston
Dimensions: 82,698 square feet
Cost:ย $138,000
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U.S. Government Building
Architect: Willoughby J. Edbrooke of Washington, D.C.
Dimensions: 155896 square feet
Cost:ย $400,000
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Horticultural Building
Architect: William Le Baron Jenney of Chicago
Dimensions: 237,956 square feet
Cost: $300,000
Also known as: Horticultural Hall
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Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Architect: George B. Post
Dimensions: 1,345,462 square feet
Cost:ย $1,500,000
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Transportation Building
Architect: Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan (Adler & Sullivan) of Chicago
Dimensions: 704,066 square feet
Cost: $370,000
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Electricity Building
Architect: Henry Van Brunt (Van Brunt & Howe) of Kansas City
Dimensions: 265,500 square feet
Cost:ย $401,000
Also known as: Hall of Electricity
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Mines and Mining Building
Architect: S. S. Beman of Chicago
Dimensions: 246,181 square feet
Cost: $ 265,000
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Administration Building
Architect: Richard Morris Hunt of New York
Dimensions: 51, 456 square feet
Cost:ย $435,000
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Agricultural Building
Architect: Charles McKim,William Mead, and Stanford White (McKim, Mead & White)ย of New York
Dimensions: 589,416 square feet
Cost: $618,000
Also known as: Theย Palace of Agriculture
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Machinery Hall
Architect: Robert S. Peabody andย ย John G. Stearns Jr. (Peabody & Stearns) of Boston
Dimensions: 796,686 square feet
Cost:ย $618,000
Also known as: The Palace of Mechanic Arts, the Hall of Machinery
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Forestry Building
Architect:ย Charles B. Atwoodย of Chicago
Dimensions: 109,824 square feet
Cost: $100,000
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Anthropological Building
Architect:ย Charles B. Atwoodย of Chicago
Dimensions:ย 105,825 square feet
Cost:ย $
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