Work on the Honduras pavilion began August 20, 1913, before any other foreign building. For a long time after it was finished it stood alone, the only visible sign of the Exposition's foreign relations. Designed by Philip Schierz, it was a two-story classical building with some Renaissance detail. Its main feature was a deep portico behind three arches, reached by a broad stairway. The Official Guide calls it "a low structure of exceptional beauty."
The pavilion was mainly for hospitality, but the country's resources were shown too: coffee, henequen, medicinal barks, more than 300 hardwoods, gold and silver ores, opals and jade, pottery, grass hats, and a flag embroidered in gold thread by schoolgirls.
