Oklahoma pavilion

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Fifteen years ago Oklahoma was uninhabited by white men; population to-day, 700,000.

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OKLAHOMA BUILDING

Hospitality is a trait that all Oklahomans possess and the territorial building seems to have been constructed with the one idea in view of having abundant room and comfort for guests. Two big verandas extend along the front of the structure and in the cloistered recesses are all manner of chairs and couches inviting the tired to rest. On the first floor is a wide reception hall with parlors on either side. A stairway leads to more rooms and a balcony on the second floor. Through an elliptical opening, surrounded by an ornamental railing one has a full view of scenes below. Displays of art and history are made in tire decorations, one of the features being a series of portraits of all the Governors of the Territory. A register is kept for tire signatures of visitors and in the same rooms is a file of Oklahoma newspapers, as well as facilities for writing letters. Natural woods have supplied beautiful finishings for the interior and Oklahoma cement was used in the exterior work. The roof is of red tile, giving a touch of the Moorish to what would otherwise be a Spanish style of architecture. The building is surrounded by sheltering trees and New York is Oklahoma’s nearest neighbor on the east.