sentences:  Designed by architect George W. Burkhead, this was the first of the buildings dedicated exclusively to the performance hall.Its most distinctive features are the pediment high over the main entrance, above the brick cornice, and prominent keystones over the entrances.It was undistinguished architecturally; soon after its construction, "The Western Architect" characterized it as "an ugly, barn-like structure dignified by the name of 'Auditorium'."