The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. xc. OCTOBER 6, 1906. No. 1606.

Summary:
Pages 105-106
Dedication o-f the Pennsylvania Capitol at Harrisburg—Its History Not Altogether Pleasant—Why a Statue of Washington was Presented to
Brooklyn, N. Y.—.Honorary Degree for an Architect—Kitchens in
Commercial Buildings—The Charles River Embankment, Boston.
Heating Apparatus—-I.:..................................................................... 107 Sweden—III............................................................................................. 109 Explosive Vapors and Dusts .........,................................................... 110 Resistance of Building Stones to Frost .................................................. 111
Illustrations .......... ................................................................................ 111
Rood and Chapel,;Screèns : Plates 34-41—Priests House: St. James’s
Parish, Brooklyn, N. Y.—Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C.—
Rear View of tlîe Saii)e—Tower of the Same.
Additional:

Entrance Feature,: priests House, St. James s Parish, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Notes And Céippin GS, ........................................................... ............................... 112 Societies, Personal Mention, etc.
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Entered as i. econd class matter November 18, 1904, at the Post Office at New York. N. Y., under the Act of Congress. March 3. 1879.