The Pavilion of Greece started life as the unfinished building of the German Kali (Potash) Syndicate, abandoned when the war began. The Exposition bought it, completed it to suit the Greek commissioner-general, and sold it to the Greek government. It had a Doric portico, and a broad stairway descended to a sunken garden.
Its main hall, 60 by 82 feet, held about 180 casts arranged in historical order, from the Lion Gate of Mycenae, mounted outside, through the Parthenon sculptures to the Roman conquest. There were also more than 550 large photographs and exhibits of currants, Hymettus honey, wines, lace, and rugs woven by Macedonian refugees. The casts arrived on the "Jason". On July 14 thousands gathered around the sunken garden for a Panathenaic dance.
