Antique St Louis Souvenir Pin Medal 1904 Cascade Gardens Palace of Liberal Arts

Description

Awesome piece of history showing off St. Louis landmarks at the World's Fair 1904. Ask questions if you got them. It is made of metal.
The grand stairway in Cascade Gardens, St. Louis World's Fair
T
he  9.1 acre Palace of Liberal Arts stood at the extreme east of the main picture, near the border of Forest Park, opposite the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. Considered to be one of the most beautiful and ornate of the Fair's palaces, the Liberal Arts building was designed as a  quadrangle. The Sunken Gardens on the main facade was  enriched by three huge  Roman triumphal arches; these were connected by a Doric colonnade and the corners were treated as round pavilions. The Palace of Liberal Arts was the most heavily staff-decorated of the Exposition palaces. The largest quadriga ever placed on any exposition and two flanking groups, stood atop the main triumphal arch were created by  Charles Lopez and F. C. R. Roth.  A quadriga is a four-horse chariot, and represented  triumph, victory and fame. The Palace was designed with a grand inner court in mind, but construction had to be  abandoned because of great  great demand for  exhibitor space. The building had eight entrances as well as sixteen emergency exits and housed a 400 seat restaurant.