| The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations |
| Area | 3 Acres |
| Visitors | 300,000 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| City | Boston |
| Venue | Mechanics Hall (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| Coordinates | 42°20′45.07″N71°4′54.52″W / 42.3458528°N 71.0818111°W Coordinates: 42°20′45.07″N71°4′54.52″W / 42.3458528°N 71.0818111°W |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | September 3, 1883 |
| Closure | January 12, 1884 |
The The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations was held in Boston in 1883 [1] [2] and 1884 [3] [2] in the Mechanics Hall. [4]
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city proper covers 48 square miles (124 km2) with an estimated population of 685,094 in 2017, making it also the most populous city in New England. Boston is the seat of Suffolk County as well, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country. As a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States.
Mechanics Hall was a building and community institution on Huntington Avenue at West Newton Street, from 1881 to 1959. Commissioned by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, it was built by the noted architect William Gibbons Preston. The building was located between the Boston and Albany railroad yards and Huntington avenue. It was razed for the Prudential Center urban renewal project of the early 1960s. The site is on the north side of Huntington Avenue, and since 1941 has been served by Prudential Station of the MBTA Green Line "E" Branch.
It was the world's fair in America that had hosted the most foreign exhibitors at that time, including China and Japan. [5] Henry A. Peirce was the Special Commissioner for the Hawaii (then Kingdom of Hawaii) exhibition. [1]
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.
Henry Augustus Peirce was an American businessman and diplomat. Some sources spell his last name as Pierce.
Although a locally organized exhibition, Congress sanctioned the inclusion of exhibits without duty. [5]
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal Government of the United States. The legislature consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Morris & Co exhibited and occupied six rooms (total space forty-five feet by thirty feet) showing tapestries and carpets. [4]
