The American Architect
Vol. CXV
Wednesday, February 5, 1919 Number 2250 House of Allan S. Lehman
Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson, New York
John Russell Pope, Architect
JUST what service means in the correct practice of architecture can in no better way be demonstrajted than by reference to a work in architecture such as Elmbrook, the house of Allan S. Lehman, at Tarry town, N. Y., designed by John Russell Pope, and fully illustrated in this issue.
Will a man be known as any less of an artist because, having beautifully designed a stately country house with all its furnishings and many accessories, he has also, through a large and efficient organization of which he is the dominating spirit, brought to successful completion every detail? It is
with considerable satisfaction that The American Architect has received permission to present this example of domestic architecture to its readers.
The accusation which has been made and patiently borne, that in claiming architecture is a business the profession has been denied the right to the title of artist, could be no better refuted than by reference to Mr. Pope’s work. The contention recently stated in an architectural journal that architects could with propriety ignore most of the often monotonous and commonplace phases of the superintendence of their work, contenting themselves with the perfection of
Copyright, 1919, The Architectural & Building Press (Inc.)
Vol. CXV
Wednesday, February 5, 1919 Number 2250 House of Allan S. Lehman
Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson, New York
John Russell Pope, Architect
JUST what service means in the correct practice of architecture can in no better way be demonstrajted than by reference to a work in architecture such as Elmbrook, the house of Allan S. Lehman, at Tarry town, N. Y., designed by John Russell Pope, and fully illustrated in this issue.
Will a man be known as any less of an artist because, having beautifully designed a stately country house with all its furnishings and many accessories, he has also, through a large and efficient organization of which he is the dominating spirit, brought to successful completion every detail? It is
with considerable satisfaction that The American Architect has received permission to present this example of domestic architecture to its readers.
The accusation which has been made and patiently borne, that in claiming architecture is a business the profession has been denied the right to the title of artist, could be no better refuted than by reference to Mr. Pope’s work. The contention recently stated in an architectural journal that architects could with propriety ignore most of the often monotonous and commonplace phases of the superintendence of their work, contenting themselves with the perfection of
Copyright, 1919, The Architectural & Building Press (Inc.)