The Woman's Building on a stone-look base
The Woman's Building shows a stone-look ground floor with steps up to the entrance, and a dome above.
The questionWhat was this base made of, and what happened to it after the fair?
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Investigate · Atlanta 1895

Photo: Cotton States Exposition Atlanta (1895). The official catalogue of the Cotton States and International Exposition: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., September 18 to Dec · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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