The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919
Number 2277
Contents
The Community House as a War Memorial (Illustrated) . . . 195 Editorial Comment ..... .... 203 New Principles Governing Planning of Civic Buildings—By
William Roger Greeley (Illustrated) ...... 208
Current News . ......... 212 Financial Digest ......... . 218 Late Building Market Reports—Current Prices Based on New
York and Chicago Markets ...... . 228A
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Capitals in the Choir, Church of S. Mark, Venice
Englewood Neighborhood House, Englewood, N. J.—Mann & Mac
Neille, Architects (3 plates) . . . . . . . First Congregational Church, Sioux City, Iowa—William L. Steele, Architect (4 plates) ........
Department of Architectural engineering
Placing an Old Building on a New Financial Basis.—By H. Craig
Severance (Illustrated) ... . . . . 221 Rhine Bridged in Record Time by U. S. Army Engineers (Illustrated) 227
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
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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 13, 1919
Number 2277
Contents
The Community House as a War Memorial (Illustrated) . . . 195 Editorial Comment ..... .... 203 New Principles Governing Planning of Civic Buildings—By
William Roger Greeley (Illustrated) ...... 208
Current News . ......... 212 Financial Digest ......... . 218 Late Building Market Reports—Current Prices Based on New
York and Chicago Markets ...... . 228A
Illustrations
Frontispiece, Capitals in the Choir, Church of S. Mark, Venice
Englewood Neighborhood House, Englewood, N. J.—Mann & Mac
Neille, Architects (3 plates) . . . . . . . First Congregational Church, Sioux City, Iowa—William L. Steele, Architect (4 plates) ........
Department of Architectural engineering
Placing an Old Building on a New Financial Basis.—By H. Craig
Severance (Illustrated) ... . . . . 221 Rhine Bridged in Record Time by U. S. Army Engineers (Illustrated) 227
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.