the town-hall have a rude strength about them that gives them a phvsiogonomv of their own (Figure 29). Several of the courts of private residences, with wooden galleries, are quite remarkable. There are also a few elegant dormerwindows of Renaissance times.
Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, who ascended the throne in 1573, gave Wurzburg its characteristic monuments. He founded an immense hospital, a large number of churches, and, notably, the University (1582), which was to be used by the Jesuits in suppressing the Reformation. The church of the University was consecrated in 1591; Gothic elements appear in it by the side of Renaissance forms.
Few other cities have preserved the character of a church city in a like degree with Bamberg ; its bishops, like those of Wurzburg, stifled reform and put their seal on the town. The cathedral, one of the marvels of Romanesque architecture, looks proudly down upon the later edifices, most of which date
from the eighteenth century. The Renaissance is represented here in the Alte Residenz, a very picturesque structure of good style (Figure 30).
[To be continued.]
ARCHITECT, OWNER & BUILDER BEFORE THE LAW. 1—VII.
architect’s duty to be ascertained by evidence, not
BY CAPRICE OF JURY.
THE point that the question of what it is “proper” for an architect to do under given circumstances is not one to be
left to the caprice of juries, or, we might add, of judges, but is a matter to be determined by evidence, is a very important one. In a New York case,2 Petersen, an architect, agreed with one Rawson to draw plans, sections, elevations, etc., and to superintend the progress of a new dwelling-house, which Rawson intended: to build in the city of New York, for the sum
of $500. The contract with the mason provided that he should “lay out his work himself.” The sills of the front first-story windows were set 2f inches higher from the floor than those of the rear windows on the same story, although
they were intended to be at the same level. The balcony in front of the house, possibly in consequence of the mistake in the sills, was set too high, and the first step to the front door was too low. When the finish was put in, the trim of the front first-story windows cut into the plaster cornice, injuring
the appearance of the room. Petersen refused to give the mason his final certificate, amounting to $1900, on account of these mistakes, but the owner paid the mason in full without a certificate, and refused, on account of these mistakes, to pay
1 Continued from No. 818, page 130. 2 Petersen v. Rawson, 34 N. Y. 370.
Fig. 26. Gymnasium at Mayence.
Fig. 27. Castle of Offenbach.
Fig. 28. Gable from the Scholss of Aschaffenburg.
Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, who ascended the throne in 1573, gave Wurzburg its characteristic monuments. He founded an immense hospital, a large number of churches, and, notably, the University (1582), which was to be used by the Jesuits in suppressing the Reformation. The church of the University was consecrated in 1591; Gothic elements appear in it by the side of Renaissance forms.
Few other cities have preserved the character of a church city in a like degree with Bamberg ; its bishops, like those of Wurzburg, stifled reform and put their seal on the town. The cathedral, one of the marvels of Romanesque architecture, looks proudly down upon the later edifices, most of which date
from the eighteenth century. The Renaissance is represented here in the Alte Residenz, a very picturesque structure of good style (Figure 30).
[To be continued.]
ARCHITECT, OWNER & BUILDER BEFORE THE LAW. 1—VII.
architect’s duty to be ascertained by evidence, not
BY CAPRICE OF JURY.
THE point that the question of what it is “proper” for an architect to do under given circumstances is not one to be
left to the caprice of juries, or, we might add, of judges, but is a matter to be determined by evidence, is a very important one. In a New York case,2 Petersen, an architect, agreed with one Rawson to draw plans, sections, elevations, etc., and to superintend the progress of a new dwelling-house, which Rawson intended: to build in the city of New York, for the sum
of $500. The contract with the mason provided that he should “lay out his work himself.” The sills of the front first-story windows were set 2f inches higher from the floor than those of the rear windows on the same story, although
they were intended to be at the same level. The balcony in front of the house, possibly in consequence of the mistake in the sills, was set too high, and the first step to the front door was too low. When the finish was put in, the trim of the front first-story windows cut into the plaster cornice, injuring
the appearance of the room. Petersen refused to give the mason his final certificate, amounting to $1900, on account of these mistakes, but the owner paid the mason in full without a certificate, and refused, on account of these mistakes, to pay
1 Continued from No. 818, page 130. 2 Petersen v. Rawson, 34 N. Y. 370.
Fig. 26. Gymnasium at Mayence.
Fig. 27. Castle of Offenbach.
Fig. 28. Gable from the Scholss of Aschaffenburg.