substantial, had risen on the site of the old.
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The Jamestown Exposition--Manufactures and
Liberal Arts Building from the Auditorium.
On April 26, 1907, the Jamestown Exposition was opened. It was in
commemoration of the first English settlement in America. The southern
shore of Hampton Roads, forty miles southeast of old Jamestown, was
selected as the site for the buildings. The historic idea was uppermost
in the exposition. The colonial type of construction was dominant and