6-616: Cyclorama Building may refer to: Cyclorama Building (Boston) , built in 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum , built in 1885 in Atlanta, Georgia Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg , built in 1962 and demolished in 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-419: A new cyclorama painting, Custer's Last Fight , was installed, but by 1890, the fashion for cycloramas had ended, and the new owner of the building, John Gardner (father-in-law of Isabella Stewart Gardner ), converted it to a venue for popular entertainment, including a carousel , roller skating , boxing tournaments (including an 1894 fight of John L. Sullivan ), horseback riding , bicycling, and so on. By
18-494: Is a 127'-diameter steel- trussed dome which, when it was built, was the largest dome in the country after that on the United States Capitol building. Visitors entered through the crenelated archway, proceeded along a dark winding passage, and then ascended a winding staircase to an elevated viewing platform. Skylights lit the scene by day, and it was illuminated by a system of 25 arc lamps by night. In 1889,
24-780: Is an 1884 building in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts that is operated by the Boston Center for the Arts . The Classical Revival style Victorian building was commissioned by Charles F. Willoughby's Boston Cyclorama Company to house the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg , a 400-by-50 foot cyclorama painting of the Battle of Gettysburg . It was designed by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears . The central space
30-736: The 1890s, it had become an industrial space, used by the Albert Champion Company. In 1907, Albert Champion developed the Champion spark plug there. When the Boston Flower Exchange bought the building in 1923, it added a new entrance and covered central dome with a skylight . The Flower Exchange occupied the building until 1970. The Cyclorama was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Another, competing cyclorama building
36-506: The title Cyclorama Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyclorama_Building&oldid=1145251590 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cyclorama Building (Boston) The Cyclorama Building
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