The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919
Number 2287
Contents
Planning Church Buildings to Melt New Needs. Part I—By Frank
G. Dillard....................................................................................................................517 Editorial Comment..............................................................................................529 Current News—Date Happenings and Comment in the Fields oe
Architecture and the Allied Arts . . . . .531 Financial News as Aeeecting the Practice oe Architecture . 534
Illustrations
Frontispiece—XVI Century Spanish Helmet.
Godfrey Building, New York, Arthur Loomis Harmon, Architect.
(4 plates.) House of Edward A. Clark, Marion, Mass., Coolidge & Carlson, Architects. (3 plates.)
Department of Architectural Engineering
Essential Features op Sanitary Plumbing Fixtures . .
535
General Staff, U. S. Army, Not Opposed to a National Department of Public Works
542
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