^6 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



There are four pilasters on the front wall recalling columns of the 

 outer rowj and two on the side recessed walls recallmg the columns 

 of the inner row. Four of these, in pairs, adjoin at the exterior 

 angles of the recess, the cap and base moldings and other decoration 

 merging. Except for their width which is uniformly 8 feet 11 inches 

 and the jointing which is the same as that of the walls, the pilasters 

 have the same treatment as the columns. 



The entablature is 11 feet high, which brings the total height of 

 the Corinthian order of the portico to 56 feet from the floor level. 

 There is, however, a surmounting parapet wall, 2 feet 5^ inches 

 high, the outer face of which is 5 feet 1^ inches back of the cornice 

 edge. The frieze on the front of the entablature is 73 feet i inch 

 long, which is 6 feet 4r| inches less than the width of the pavilion face, 

 while the length of the highly decorated cornice, with an overhang 

 of 4 feet llf inches, exceeds that width by some 3 feet 7 inches. 

 From the portico the entablature, with modified cornice, extends on 

 to the face of the pavilion projection and returns against its side 

 walls. 



Surrounding the opening of the main entrance is a decorated archi- 

 trave 2 feet If inches widej while above the architrave is a 3-foot 

 paneled surface separating it from a console-supported cornice 3 

 feet llf inches wide. A console band 1 foot 2^ inches wide, down the 

 sides of the opening, further increases the masonry decoration. The 

 only other piercings within the portico are two plain window open- 

 ings, one above the other, in each side wall of the recess. A base, 3 

 feet 11 inches high, extends around the walls of the portico. The 

 upper part of the walls back of the caps of the columns and to the 

 height of the same is decorated throughout, except where interrupted 

 by the pilaster caps, with a horizontal paneled band, which is con- 

 tinued on the return Avails of the projection. The ceiling of the 

 portico is coffered and the moldings are carved. 



SOUTH APPROACH 



The south ajoproach which leads to the main entrance presents a 

 broad expanse of stone in harmonious relations with the pavilion and 

 its portico. The construction is entirely of masonry and all ex- 

 posed parts on top and at the sides are, with few exceptions, of the 

 Milford granite. 



There are two runs of steps, an upper -one of twelve and a lower 

 one of eight, separated by a platform. Each run is flanked by mas- 

 sive dies of which the longer axis extends north and south in the up- 

 per and east and west in the lower. Including the dies, the upper 

 part of the approach is of somewhat less width than the portico, but 

 the lower part is about two and one-half times wider than the upper, 

 the increase occurring in connection with the platform. The grade of 



