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Colored Terra Cotta

terra cotta are the ornamental surroundings of the
windows and doors. Around the doors the decora-
tions are lighter, and touches of deeper color
around the windows are in accord with the general
color scheme. The deep ornamental moulding
around the windows has green introduced among
the yellows and creams, and the deep blue in the
under side of the upper part of the moulding,
visible from the sidewalk, adds to the effect of

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shows distinctly from the street. The whole color
scheme is carried out on the principle of “ working
up” from light tints toward the darker and richer
colors at the top of the building. The ceiling
under the huge cornice of the roof shows panels of
the deepest blue set with pale yellow rosettes, and
these dark blue panels and yellow rosettes are also
seen on the under side of the deep window frames
of the upper story. The lighter tints are all on
the lower half of the walls. Pale yellow and
cream, in an intertwined pattern, resembling a
ribbon, set with rosettes in the spaces, cap the
huge stones of the base of the walls, and a second
ornamental line above this has little touches of
green in the light yellows.
Seven large windows are set above seven great
doors, five across the front of the building and one
at either end. Around the doors the decorations
are of the lighter tint of the lower half of the build-
ing, and around the windows, on the upper half,
the coloring grows darker, until, toward the roof,
it grows very bold and clear, dark shaded browns
and deep blues standing out boldly around the
cornice. Here there are also reds, browns, dark
greens and other rich colors mingling to produce a
warm brown effect. Set around the cornice, at
intervals are lions’ heads, tawny brown, of life size,
each with a protruding red tongue.
Besides the cornice, with its myriad dark and
bright colors, the most elaborate decorations of detail

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