The Wisconsin building stood on the bluff tract directly west of the
Illinois building, just south of the grand plaza. The building was 60
feet square and was built in classic style. The main entrance was made
of four
immence fluted corinthian columns supporting a broad pediament.
The angles of the building were flanked on both sides by pilasters of the
Corinthian order, which on the side walls are doubled, with about eight
feet of wall space between. An acquarium, with a grotto fountain,
occupied the the center of the main floor space and a frescoed frieze
picturing some of the more important features of Wisconsin's history was
along the wall between the inner pilasters.
Ferry & Clas, Architects, Milwaukee
© 1998 Omaha Public Library
