Many of the Beaux Arts style buildings would use opulent decoration like quoins, large columns and decorative installments of embellishments. The facade was typically enfiladed with the chimney hidden from exterior view. The entrance to the beaux arts home was always front and center and was usually quite grand. The color of the residence or building would be sober in nature in either whit or beige. The style exploded in popularity in 1893 after the Columbian Exposition of Chicago featured large scale beaux arts architecture and introduced it to many Americans who visited the exposition in 1893. Famous examples of the beaux arts style are the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Post Offices and Railroad stations all across America. American architects were very receptive to the Francophile influence and were fascinated with he recreation of Rome and the connection for the United States. Many of the buildings in Washington DC were also heavily influenced by the classical designs and art of Greece and Rome.
