REPORT. 



The Columbian Exposition of 1893 has gone into history pre-eminent 

 in architecture as the greatest creation the world has ever seen ; in 

 commerce as the mightiest aggregation of the products of the brain 

 and hand of man ; in education as an opportunity unparalleled for a 

 liberal culture in arts and science. 



New York's part in this grand production was a proud one. The 

 genius of her sons was early called into activity for the creative 

 work, and the wisdom of the choice was manifest in every part of the 

 grounds. The Administration Building, the crowning glory of that 

 wonderful architectural composition, was the work of Eichard M. Hunt. 

 The hall of Manufactures and Liberal Arts, which covered the largest 

 area of any structure ever built, was the work of George B. Post. 

 The Agricultural Building, with all its faultless symmetry of outline, 

 was designed by McKim, Mead & White. The Palace of Fine Arts, 

 whose classic restfulness and beauty was part of the artistic education 

 of the fair, was the work of Charles B. Atwood, as was also the Peris- 

 tyle, so fitly completing the lakeward side of the Court of Honor. 



Nor need we confine our list to the buildings alone. New York's 

 veteran chief, Frederick Law Olmsted, supervised the landscape gar- 

 dening which formed the incomparable setting for the architectural 

 gems, while the delicate task of decorating buildings and grounds in 

 harmony with the structural design was intrusted to Frank D. Millet. 



In the presentation of her material wealth and resources New York 

 was equally prominent. There was not one of the thirteen depart- 

 ments in which her exhibits were not a credit and an honor to her 

 people, and in four departments, horticulture, manufactures, fine arts 

 and liberal arts, she easily distanced her domestic competitors and rivaled 

 as a sister empire the exhibit of any foreign state. 



In the preparation of this report New York's share in the exposition 

 is traced fully from its first beginnings, both as a matter of justice to 

 her uneaualed record and of historical value for future use. 



