CONSTRUCTION NOTES 



Examples of Miscellaneous Types of Buildings. 



Among recreation buildings on park properties will be found miscella- 

 neous buildings of various types, such as dance platforms and pavilions, 

 which contribute to the enjoyment of those coming to the park. A few 

 examples of these buildings follow: 



PLATE No. 223 



THE CLAUS A. SPRECKELS MUSIC TEMPLE, GOLDEN GATE PARK, 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 



This dignified temple of music was donated by Mr. Claus A. Spreckels at a cost of $75,000. The outdoor 

 auditorium, with a seating capacity of twenty thousand, is completely shaded by artistic plantations of trees. 

 Throughout the year fifty-seven concerts are given in the Temple by a band supported by the Board of Park 

 Commissioners. The design of the Music Temple is in the Italian renaissance. The chief material is Colusa sand- 

 stone, of an agreeable light color, and of great hardness. In elevation it presents a central feature, having a frontage 

 of fifty-five feet and a height of seventy feet, flanked on either side by Corinthian columns. Within the high 

 central structure is the niche or band stand, semicircular in plan, with ample capacity for one hundred musicians. 

 Extending from the Corinthian columns on either side are colonnades fifty-two feet six inches by fifteen feet wide, 

 each supported by sixteen Ionic columns. The columns are approached by steps from both the amphitheatre and 

 park walks. The peristyle is indeed an architectural poem set to music. It is a thing of beauty in its pure simplicity, 

 in the stately form of its columns and graceful outline. The bluish-gray tint of the stone is in harmony with the 

 foliaged background. 



