Centennial comfort stations

[1] They were located south of the now-demolished Horticulture Building and used as public toilets.

[2] The two buildings are perhaps the only extant restrooms from a nineteenth century international exposition.

They were constructed of brick with wooden elements, slate roofs and copper detailing.

When the Horticulture Building was destroyed in 1955, they were used as storage space and greatly deteriorated.

[5] A new Horticulture Center was constructed for the 1976 United States Bicentennial immediately north of the comfort stations.

The western comfort station from the southwest
Cropped 1876 map of the Centennial Exposition. The comfort stations are labelled (14). Memorial Hall (2) is in the lower right-hand corner. The Horticulture Building (160) is in the upper left-hand corner