The Women's Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois

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The Women's Pavilion
Designer Sophia Hayden
Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date 1891 to 1893
Building Type Exhibition and Exposition
Climate Cold Temperate
Architectural Style Italian Rennaissance
Street Address
Notes Hayden's only work.

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Building Details
Client World's Columbian Exposition
Cost $138,000 US in 1892. (also listed as $140,168 US)
Area 80,000 square feet
Stories 2
Height 60 feet
Length 388 (also listed as 382 feet)
Width 199
Other Details Building was demolished in 1893.


"The Columbian Exposition was notable for its impressive architecture and large international attendance. Of particular importance was the Women's Pavilion. The first of its kind to have been designed by a female architect, it revealed much about the social plight of women at that time, and the need for further progress in the movement for equal rights. While its existence did not trigger significant changes for the Women's Movement, this pavilion was certainly a promising first step that would set a precedent for women's involvement in later years." – http://www.lib.umd.edu/ARCH/honr219f/1893chic.html



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  • The Dream City. Paul V. Galvin Library, Digital History Collection. August 26, 1998. http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/dreamcity/00024006.html. Viewed on 2007.0712.
  • Maud Howe Elliott (editor). Illustrated Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago, 1893. Goupil & Co., Paris and New York, 1893, 287 pages.

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