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Highland Park Press, 8 Sep 1932, p. 30

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O1 00 0 _ GREAT EDIFICE _ _ ts â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"WIL RISE SOON will require six months to complete. © Studios at Brevoort a General offices and studios are at the Brevoort hotel on Madison street where there are to be seen paintings, sketches, designs and models on __which Dr. Kelchner is said to have spent half a million dollars in the last 35 years. Many of the exquisâ€" ect in sketches, paintings, WOFIK|._____;i_.) imat rastnaratinn" af the drawings and plans. In this hercule, presented .th;t restoration" of the -%h‘mm-fldnhm temple at any time ‘within ascore staff of expert draftsmén and capaâ€"|of centuries past, awaited only the great project. "It is known to every reader of Nine years ago Dr. Kelchner had|the Bible and student of King Solâ€" assembled all the necessary data to| omon‘s days that an amazingly exact erect an exact replica of the temâ€"| description of the temple and its ple which had vanished 3,000 years | associated structures has been carâ€" ago. > ried down from the mists of antiqâ€" Calls in Experts uity by the scriptures. Lineal measâ€" a The mto'“vai in g;‘;‘chfl‘l’; 8| urements, materials employed, and ream was on re PrO5~ | ornamen A cally ect in sketches, paintings, work° taldttgflmoogrn.phi HZ 2e nod alees" ts Chig Larani, _| presented thgt restoration" of _ the mance, no determined effort was made to restore Solomon‘s temple until Dr. Kelchner began 80 years ago to make real his vision of the scriptural description. He spent a huge personal fortuneâ€"â€"acquired as a manufacturerâ€"in a worldâ€"wide search for date and period decoraâ€" tive technique from which to render accurately the general ornamental scheme revealed by biblical history. Other noted archaeologists collabâ€" orated with Dr. Kelichner in this walls of wall board similar to other World‘s Fair buildings. Gorgeous colorsâ€" purple, blue, gold, scarlet, and silver, rainbow effectsâ€"will be used inside and out. The base of the temple will be gold and black. The structure will be floodlighted. . _â€"â€"Worldâ€"wide Search _ _ _ The temple replica will be of steel frame construction with exterior Ferris, generally recognized as the outstanding architectural renderer in the United States. ° o Dr. John Wesley Kelchner of New York, world renowned archaeologist, who has spent 35 years in study and research into the history and deâ€" sign of this stupendous structure of antiquity, has provided the necessary data to insure absolute accuracy in minutest detail. The proposed restoration of the greatest building of biblical times has been allotted a site, 400x800, just south of and adjacent to the Travel and Transport building. Acâ€" This magnificent structure is to be evolved from plans by Dr. Harâ€" City, head of the Century of Proâ€" gress Exposition architectural comâ€" mission. Actual construction is to begin soon on what promises to be the outâ€" standing attraction of the 1988 Chicago World‘s Fairâ€"an exact reâ€" plica of King Solomon‘s templeâ€" which will entail the expenditure of half a million dollars. Dream of Dr. John Wesley Kelichner to Take Form at Century of Progress â€" and the building ble artists laying before them the models, plans and designs of this, his life work. As Moses after receivâ€" ing the Designs of the Tabernacle of Israel called to his aid the cunning Dr. Harvey W..Corbett has been interested in the Kelchner project for nearly 20 years. Concerning the proposed temple replica, he says: "It is known to every reader of master mechanic, Bezaleel, who was filled with the spirit of God in wisâ€" dom, in understanding and in knowlâ€" edge, and in all manner of workâ€" manship, and as Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre, filled with wisdom and understanding, and a cunning skilledâ€"workman, so did John Wesley Kelchner labor with these experts and together they dropped out of the Twentieth Cenâ€" tury, back into the years 1011â€"1004 Before Christ. The difference was only thirty centuries between; the creative objective the same and the results identical. What Dr. Corbet Says Bangquet Scene Porch of Pillars ____Interior Views of Solomon‘s Temple THE â€"PRESS toâ€"appeal to all religious, educationâ€" L. Mann, rabbi of Chicago Sinai Congregation, and Thomas J. Housâ€" ton, imperial potentate of the Anâ€" cient Arabic Order Nobles of â€"the Other important names are to be added to the rester of this commitâ€" tee, it is announced. * The executive committee for the temple is headed by Charles S. Peâ€" terson, viceâ€"president of A. Century of Progress Exposition, Dr. Louis The operating staff includes:. Dr. Harvey Wiley Corbett, architect; Emmett W;. MacConnell, director of works; A. J. Hilt, publications, and Myron H. Post, publicity. ple project as follows: coming of a man with the vision to recognize its historic value and the imagination to undertake the task." House Many Features _ The interior of the temple will, in addition to the various religious courts and rooms, contain many exâ€" hibits, bazaars, shops,, and indusâ€" tries of the far east, as well as nuâ€" merous other attractions. _ This unique and fascinating featâ€" ure of the World‘s Fair is expected al interests and to fraternal groups. Every denomination will be permitâ€" ted to have a room in the structure for its world‘s fair headquarters. "I have studied very carefully the .~â€"The House of Pharoah‘s _ Daughterâ€"Solomon‘s Wife and Queen Interior of King Solomon‘s Palace omons Iemple on the temâ€" Kelchner, who has devoted may years of research toward reconstry.. ting this sublime edifice which hy played so great a role in the relig. ous history of mankind, has achievy a superb triumph. Historically, it ;, the most accurate attempt towar reconstruction that has ever beq made. I feel certain that the stre ture will prove to be the outstanding attraction in the Century of Pn gress World‘s Fair." Fair‘s "Greatest Attraction" _ Mr. Houston has said: - "After having made a thoroug and exhaustive examination of fl.i plans, specifications, designs ant pictures for the restoration of Ku‘i Solomon‘s temple by Dr. John We« ley Kelchner, I am convinced thutii will be the greatest attraction forAlt Century of Progress, Internationi Exposition, to be held in Chicag next year. Every Fair in the pas has had some outstanding fea but none â€"can â€"be compared to grandeur of King Solomon‘s Tempk as outlined in this plan of restom tion. There is no doubt in my mi that it will be universally acceptei and the means of bringing hundredk of thousands of people to Chicag in addition to the throngs which wi visit the city during the Fair y world is interested in." Jacob Vanderpool, Civil war ve eran, of Waukegan, died last wed in the Great Lakes hospital, wher he was entered as a patient on Ju) 20, 1932. _ plans and drawings of King Soj.. . _ The Original and Best RUSSIAN MINERAL PHONE * Frank Siljestro 152 North First Street Highland <Park, Illinois THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ; Â¥P ined, free from all impuriti $T0RE AT . 19y mony lor a1 had b calibe firing base thro that jets. a litt would to pif He Mu

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