The West Virginia Building was a creation of the designer's art rather than a copy of the historic, thereby differing it from many of its neighbors on the Plateau of States. The building faced a beautiful avenue that lead from the State Plaza to the Mining Gulch. Its nearest neighbors were Montana and Maryland. The building covered and area of 136 by 82 feet, and was constructed at a cost of $18,871. At the front was a spacious, 16 foot wide, porch forming a loggia to the general reception room which was the principal feature of the structure. This apartment was hexagonal in shape with a diameter of 66 feet, and a height to the ceiling of 45 feet. It was arranged with a balcony at one end and adapted for use as a speaker's stand, the auditors occupied the floor below. The roof above this apartment formed a hexagonal pyramid rising to a height of 50 feet from the ground. On either side of this pyramid were square towers rising 92 feet above the grade line. The large domes in the center of the roof was used as an observatory. The main entrances to the building were through arches 12 feet wide which formed the bases of the towers. On either side of these towering constructions were low wings each divided into a number of apartments supplying retiring rooms, museum, offices and bed rooms for the commissioners.
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