BUILDING PROPOSED FOR MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



contain all of the features 

 that seem to the committee 

 to be desirable, and to be 

 equally well adapted to the 

 uses of the auxiliary socie- 

 ties as to those of the state 

 society. 



The proposed building, as 

 rioted in the plans, is 119 

 feet long and 66 feet wide. 

 It consists of two stories, 

 the first one of which is in 

 the nature of a high base- 

 ment, the floor being three 

 feet below the ground level. 

 This floor is to be used for 

 an exhibition room. The 

 room is twelve feet high and 

 sufficiently large so that all 

 the exhibits of various 

 classes made by the society 

 can be shown in this one 

 room at the same time. It 

 is sixty-four feet wide by 

 eighty feet long and has a 

 driveway in the rear so 

 that teams can be driven 

 directly in on the floor 

 when necessary in unload- 

 ing heavy articles. On the 

 ground floor at the front 

 there are provided the nec- 

 essary toilet conveniences 

 and two large rooms which 

 may be used for committee 

 rooms or storage purposes. 

 In the rear is located the 

 furnace, coal bins and in 

 one corner a stairway lead- 

 ing up into the auditorium 

 above. The building is so 

 arranged that either of the 



