The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919 Number 2276
Contents
The Small. House of the Georgian Period, (Illustrated) . . . 163 New British Institute of Industrial Art . . . . .168 The Need of Architectural Instruction in American Colleges—
By George C. Nimmons, F.A.I.A. . .. 169
Editorial Comment
173
Current News
177
Financial Digest
183
Late Building Market Reports — Current Prices Based on New
York and Chicago Markets ..... 194A
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Detail, Casa Pigafetta, Vicenza, Italy
House of George F. Armstrong, Savannah, Ga.—Henrik Wallin, Architect (6 plates) .........
Merchants’ National Bank, Asbury Park, N. J.—Clarence Wilson
Brazer, Architect (2 plates) . . ..... Saint Pascal’s Day Nursery, East 22ND Street, New York—Reiley & Steinbach, Architects (1 plate) ......
Hospital of the House of Calvary, Perry Street, New York—Robert J. Reiley, Architect (3 plates) ......
Department of Architectural Engineering
Future Possibilities of Push Button Control for Electric Eleva
tors (Illustrated)—By Alexander Marks ..... 187 Engineering News Notes ....... 194
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WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor EDWARD F. HAMMEL
ARTHUR T. NORTH
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Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice-President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919 Number 2276
Contents
The Small. House of the Georgian Period, (Illustrated) . . . 163 New British Institute of Industrial Art . . . . .168 The Need of Architectural Instruction in American Colleges—
By George C. Nimmons, F.A.I.A. . .. 169
Editorial Comment
173
Current News
177
Financial Digest
183
Late Building Market Reports — Current Prices Based on New
York and Chicago Markets ..... 194A
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Detail, Casa Pigafetta, Vicenza, Italy
House of George F. Armstrong, Savannah, Ga.—Henrik Wallin, Architect (6 plates) .........
Merchants’ National Bank, Asbury Park, N. J.—Clarence Wilson
Brazer, Architect (2 plates) . . ..... Saint Pascal’s Day Nursery, East 22ND Street, New York—Reiley & Steinbach, Architects (1 plate) ......
Hospital of the House of Calvary, Perry Street, New York—Robert J. Reiley, Architect (3 plates) ......
Department of Architectural Engineering
Future Possibilities of Push Button Control for Electric Eleva
tors (Illustrated)—By Alexander Marks ..... 187 Engineering News Notes ....... 194
Published Every Wednesday By
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York E. J. ROSENCRANS
WILLARD C. HOWE
President and Treasurer Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor EDWARD F. HAMMEL
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Engineering Editor Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers Building, Page A. Robinson. Western Manager
CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. ST. LOUIS, Arcade Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St.
Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries,
Twelve Dollars. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice-President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.