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Horticulture Building (Ottawa)
The Horticulture Building may refer to: * Horticulture Building (Minnesota), Dakota County Fair, Farmington, Minnesota, U.S. * Horticulture Building (Toronto) The Horticulture Building, which houses the Toronto Event Centre, is a heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, containing event and conference space. It was built in 1907 for the display of horticulture during the annual ... in Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Horticulture Building in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horticulture Building (Minnesota)
The Horticulture Building was a building at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1918 and demolished in 1988. Dakota County Fair The Dakota County Fair began in 1858 when the Dakota County Agricultural Society was organized. Henry H. Sibley, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, was guest speaker at the first fair which was held in Nininger. The fair moved to Hastings, the county seat, and then to permanent grounds near Farmington in 1918. The Horticulture Building When the permanent fairgrounds were established in 1918, one of the first structures built was the Horticulture Building. The building, designed and built by C. S. Lewis, had a central section flanked by two 40-foot wings. The central section was topped by a wooden octagonal dome which was painted silver. The building was constructed of wood and red clay tiles, and was considered an example of early twentieth-century fairgrounds architecture. In 1980, the Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horticulture Building (Toronto)
The Horticulture Building, which houses the Toronto Event Centre, is a heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, containing event and conference space. It was built in 1907 for the display of horticulture during the annual Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), and it is a listed heritage building. Along with four other buildings at Exhibition Place designed by the same architect, George W. Gouinlock, it is a National Historic Site of Canada. In 2004, the building was leased to a private company for 20 years to use as a nightclub and for special events. Description The Horticulture Building was constructed in 1907 and was designed by local architect G. W. Gouinlock in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a one-storey building, in the layout of an "E", with a large glass dome at the intersection of the wings. The glass dome is the site of the main entrance facing south. The wings extend to the east and west to the north. History The site was previously the location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
