THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxx - OCTOBER 20, 1926 - Number 2507
CONTENTS
La Martorana, Palermo, Italy.....................................................................................................................Frontispiece The Auberge du Vieux Puits at Pont-Audemer, France . . . Samuel Chamberlain.............................311 Alterations and Additions to Commonwood House, Chipper
field, Herts, England.......................................... .................T. P. Bennett, F.R.I.B.A.
J. D. Hossac\, A.R.I.BA.........................317
Interiors op “The Cloisters,” Regent s Park, London, England Stdne)i Laughton......................................32; The Country House in Town, “The Cloisters,” Regent’s Park,
London, England............................................................................M. H. Baillie Scott.....................................331 Adhesive Quality of Gypsum Plaster to Various Backings................................................................................341 Arc Welded Structural Steel Frames..........................................John B. Abel! ............................................343
PLATES
House of C. C. Merritt, Larchmont, N. Y......................................F. J. Sterner..............................................4 Plates Medical and Dental Office Building, Seattle, Washington John A. Creutzer
A. H. Albertson.............................. 2 Plates
Harold Joske Memorial Boy Scout Training Center, San
Antonio, Texas.................................................................................Harvey P. Smith......................................2 Plates House of J. M. Hawkins, Montclair, N. J.......................................C. C. Wendehacl{................................. 3 Plates House of M. E. O’Brien, Larchmont, N. Y.......................................D. A. Summo...........................................2 Plates St. Patrick’s School, Terre Haute, Ind.............................................Johnson, Miller, Miller £p Teager . 2 Plates Sturgis Memorial Hospital, Sturgis, Mich......................................Albert Wood......................................... 1 Plate
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxx - OCTOBER 20, 1926 - Number 2507
CONTENTS
La Martorana, Palermo, Italy.....................................................................................................................Frontispiece The Auberge du Vieux Puits at Pont-Audemer, France . . . Samuel Chamberlain.............................311 Alterations and Additions to Commonwood House, Chipper
field, Herts, England.......................................... .................T. P. Bennett, F.R.I.B.A.
J. D. Hossac\, A.R.I.BA.........................317
Interiors op “The Cloisters,” Regent s Park, London, England Stdne)i Laughton......................................32; The Country House in Town, “The Cloisters,” Regent’s Park,
London, England............................................................................M. H. Baillie Scott.....................................331 Adhesive Quality of Gypsum Plaster to Various Backings................................................................................341 Arc Welded Structural Steel Frames..........................................John B. Abel! ............................................343
PLATES
House of C. C. Merritt, Larchmont, N. Y......................................F. J. Sterner..............................................4 Plates Medical and Dental Office Building, Seattle, Washington John A. Creutzer
A. H. Albertson.............................. 2 Plates
Harold Joske Memorial Boy Scout Training Center, San
Antonio, Texas.................................................................................Harvey P. Smith......................................2 Plates House of J. M. Hawkins, Montclair, N. J.......................................C. C. Wendehacl{................................. 3 Plates House of M. E. O’Brien, Larchmont, N. Y.......................................D. A. Summo...........................................2 Plates St. Patrick’s School, Terre Haute, Ind.............................................Johnson, Miller, Miller £p Teager . 2 Plates Sturgis Memorial Hospital, Sturgis, Mich......................................Albert Wood......................................... 1 Plate
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, Inc.
E. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY, Vice President Publication, Editorial and Advertising Offices: 239 West 39TH Street, New York City
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
London Office: DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Regent Street, S. W. I.
Yearly Subscription in the United States and Possessions, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, Six Dollars. Other Countries, Eight Dollars,
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