Here’s a look at the ceiling of the Lion House at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The Chicago Commission on Landmarks recently granted it preliminary landmark status. Here’s some text about it from the Inside Newspaper:
Now known as the Kovler Lion House, the Beaux-Arts and Prairie-style building exemplifies an important period in Chicago park history when designers sought to create unique landscapes and rejected historic styles for modern design.
Constructed in 1912, the Lion House is a strikingly detailed park building. It is a large rectangular masonry building with its long axis oriented in an east-west direction. The building has elements of the Prairie-style, evidenced by its simple horizontal lines and lack of applied historic ornamentation.
The Lincoln Park Zoo was designed by Dwight Perkins, along with his partners William Fellows and John Hamilton. Perkins went on to become an important figure in the expansion and democratization of several Chicago parks.