SOCIETIES
T-SQUARE CLUB.
The T-Square Club held a dinner at its club-rooms, No. 1204 Chancellor street, early this month, and at a business meeting that followed appointed Albert Kelsey to attend the International Convention of Architects, to be held in London on July 16, at which time representatives from every important city in Europe and America will be present.
With a view to securing municipal improvement along the lines of the Parkway, attractive squares and better buildings, architecturally, the members resolved to appoint a committee of prominent architects, who will visit other cities and make a report suggesting reforms along this line for Philadelphia. With this object in view the Club has opened an exhibition of architectural work in the new atelier which has been granted the organization by the American Society of Beaux Arts Architects, which recently awarded gold and silver medals to two of its members.
NEW JERSEY CHAPTER, A. I. A.
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has sent to the Board of Education a copy of the resolutions recently passed by it relative to the conduct of the competition for the proposed Manual Training and Commercial High School. The resolutions request the local board to exclude those plans whose makers have been identified and to choose the plans which the professional adviser, C. B. J. Snyder, shall deem best.
WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURAL CLUB.
The Washington Architectural Club held its annual dinner at the Cairo, March 7.
The banquet was tendered as a compliment to the out-of-town judges who have just completed the hanging of the exhibits for the annual exhibition of the Club, which will be opened at the Corcoran Gallery of Art March 17. The guests of honor were Mr. Donn Barber, of New York City, and Mr. E. A. Crane, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Cass Gilbert, of New York City, the other out-of-town member of the Committee of Judges, was unavoidably detained at home. A special guest of honor was Mr. Sidney Neely of the Supervising Architect’s Office, Treasury Department, who recently returned from Peking, China, where he superintended the erection of the new legation buildings.
After the discussion of an elaborate menu and the lighting of cigars President L. A. Simon, the toastmaster, gave a resume of the success that the Club has enjoyed, and enjoined the members to try and go one notch higher every year in the sphere of influence and public activity. He first called on Mr. E. A. Crane, of Philadelphia, at one time chief of the draughting division of the Supervising Architect’s Office, Treasury Department, who assured the banqueters that he was happy to be here once more among his friends.
Mr. Barber declared that he counted it a high privilege to be among his fellow-architects in this city, his birthplace. Mr. Barber spoke enthusiastically of the national capital.
Mr. Waddy B. Wood was next intro
duced, and his remarks earned applause. Mr. Sidney Neely, the last speaker, gave a recital of his experiences in the erection of the new legation buildings at Peking. He was engaged in this undertaking for three years.
The Banquet Committee consisted of W. W. Stevens (chairman), H. C. McAllister,
D. J. Lix, W. G. Noll and Doré Wolfsteiner.
The officers of the Club are: L. A. Simon, president; A. L. Harris, vice-president; L. J. Weisenhorn, secretary; W. W. Youngs, treasurer.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Mr. James Stevenson, architect and builder, died at his home, 347 Franklin avenue, March 2, of angina pectoris. He was born in Brooklyn and had lived here all his life.
Salem, Mass. — Capt. Joseph Cabot Foster, architect and engineer, died at his residence, 112 Bridge street, March 8, after a long illness. He was born in Salem June 29, 1829, and educated in the public schools. He opened an architect’s office in Salem, the firm name being Emmerton & Foster, but his partner, Mr. Emmerton, was killed in the Revere accident. Aug. 26, 1871. Capt. Foster continued the business alone, and subsequently was elected street commissioner of Salem, an office which he held for twenty-three years. On retiring be again opened an office, and continued it until last January. He enlisted in the second corps Cadets when quite young, and was a second lieutenant of the corps when it was in the service of the United States. After the
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T-SQUARE CLUB.
The T-Square Club held a dinner at its club-rooms, No. 1204 Chancellor street, early this month, and at a business meeting that followed appointed Albert Kelsey to attend the International Convention of Architects, to be held in London on July 16, at which time representatives from every important city in Europe and America will be present.
With a view to securing municipal improvement along the lines of the Parkway, attractive squares and better buildings, architecturally, the members resolved to appoint a committee of prominent architects, who will visit other cities and make a report suggesting reforms along this line for Philadelphia. With this object in view the Club has opened an exhibition of architectural work in the new atelier which has been granted the organization by the American Society of Beaux Arts Architects, which recently awarded gold and silver medals to two of its members.
NEW JERSEY CHAPTER, A. I. A.
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has sent to the Board of Education a copy of the resolutions recently passed by it relative to the conduct of the competition for the proposed Manual Training and Commercial High School. The resolutions request the local board to exclude those plans whose makers have been identified and to choose the plans which the professional adviser, C. B. J. Snyder, shall deem best.
WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURAL CLUB.
The Washington Architectural Club held its annual dinner at the Cairo, March 7.
The banquet was tendered as a compliment to the out-of-town judges who have just completed the hanging of the exhibits for the annual exhibition of the Club, which will be opened at the Corcoran Gallery of Art March 17. The guests of honor were Mr. Donn Barber, of New York City, and Mr. E. A. Crane, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Cass Gilbert, of New York City, the other out-of-town member of the Committee of Judges, was unavoidably detained at home. A special guest of honor was Mr. Sidney Neely of the Supervising Architect’s Office, Treasury Department, who recently returned from Peking, China, where he superintended the erection of the new legation buildings.
After the discussion of an elaborate menu and the lighting of cigars President L. A. Simon, the toastmaster, gave a resume of the success that the Club has enjoyed, and enjoined the members to try and go one notch higher every year in the sphere of influence and public activity. He first called on Mr. E. A. Crane, of Philadelphia, at one time chief of the draughting division of the Supervising Architect’s Office, Treasury Department, who assured the banqueters that he was happy to be here once more among his friends.
Mr. Barber declared that he counted it a high privilege to be among his fellow-architects in this city, his birthplace. Mr. Barber spoke enthusiastically of the national capital.
Mr. Waddy B. Wood was next intro
duced, and his remarks earned applause. Mr. Sidney Neely, the last speaker, gave a recital of his experiences in the erection of the new legation buildings at Peking. He was engaged in this undertaking for three years.
The Banquet Committee consisted of W. W. Stevens (chairman), H. C. McAllister,
D. J. Lix, W. G. Noll and Doré Wolfsteiner.
The officers of the Club are: L. A. Simon, president; A. L. Harris, vice-president; L. J. Weisenhorn, secretary; W. W. Youngs, treasurer.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Mr. James Stevenson, architect and builder, died at his home, 347 Franklin avenue, March 2, of angina pectoris. He was born in Brooklyn and had lived here all his life.
Salem, Mass. — Capt. Joseph Cabot Foster, architect and engineer, died at his residence, 112 Bridge street, March 8, after a long illness. He was born in Salem June 29, 1829, and educated in the public schools. He opened an architect’s office in Salem, the firm name being Emmerton & Foster, but his partner, Mr. Emmerton, was killed in the Revere accident. Aug. 26, 1871. Capt. Foster continued the business alone, and subsequently was elected street commissioner of Salem, an office which he held for twenty-three years. On retiring be again opened an office, and continued it until last January. He enlisted in the second corps Cadets when quite young, and was a second lieutenant of the corps when it was in the service of the United States. After the
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The Mansions of England in the Olden Time
By JOSEPH NASH
One Hundred and Four Plates of Great Interest and Artistic Value. Supplement to the INTERNATIONAL
STUDIO.
A Few Copies Remain. No Reissue. 4to, $5. 00 net. Postage, 35 cts.
This special number of the International Studio consists for the most part of very handsome engarvings, printed in sepia, of the stately homes of mediaeval England. The banquet and drawingrooms, baronial halls, bedrooms, courts and galleries of such historic mansions as Haddon Hall, Broughton Castle, Bramshill, Setton Place, Moat House, Levens, Hatfield, Hampton Court and Crew Hall, are shown with the picturesquely-dressed people of the days of their first glory, giving life to the pictures. As many of these ancestral esiates exist comparatively unchanged to-day, save in the garb of their occupants, this album of engravings is unusually interesting. Mr. C. Harrison Townsend writes the introduction and the work is edited by Charles Holme.
THE
International STUDIO
The Monthly Magazine of Fine and Applied Arts.
50c. a copy. $5. 00 a year
THE STANDARD IN AMERICA AND EUROPE.
ALL ARCHITECTS should keep THE INTERNATIONAL
STUDIO on file. It keeps its readers in touch with all the latest Architectural work of merit. Beginning with the October Number there will appear a Special Series of Articles on the Current Work of our foremost Architects.
SEND FOR -NEW CATALOGUE.
JOHN LANE COMPANY, N. Y.
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