The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. xc. OCTOBER 20, 1906. No. 1608.
Editorial Summary: 121, 122 Professor Wallace C. Sabine of Harvard becomes Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School—The Resignation of Mr. R. Phene Speirs as Head of the Architectural School of the Royal Academy—the Need of Plan-Examiners for the Borough of Brooklyn —A Difference of Opinion between Borough President Coler and the Trustees of the Brooklyn Public Library—Roman Catholic Churches in the United States—The Consecration of the Cathedral of St. Patrick and the New Lady Chapel—A Private Penitentiary—How is Harmony in Color to be retained between the “Bullfinch Front ’ and the Marble Part of the Boston State House —The Boston School-House Commissioners and the Foundations of the Normal-school Buildings—The Builders’ Exchange of Youngstown, O., before the Mahoning County Grand Jury.
Architectural Sculpture and Its Materials. ................................. 123 The Chateau de Madrid....................................................... 124 Heating Apparatus—III........................................................................... 126 The Greek Government and Excavations......................................... 127 Some Dangers of Joinery.......................................................................... 127 Notes and Clippings...................................................-.............................. 128 Societies, Personals, Building News. Plates:
The Home Club, East Forty-fifth Street, New York, N. Y.— Plan of First Floor of the Same—Plan and Elevation of Dining Hall of the Same—D’ining-room and Hall Details of the Same— House of Major R. D. Jewett, Washington, D. C.—Entrance of the Same—Roman Catholic Chapel, State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Elevation and Section of the Same.
Additional Plate (International Edition) :
House of Major R. D. Jewett, Washington, D. C.
12 West 40TH Street NEW YORK
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. xc. OCTOBER 20, 1906. No. 1608.
Editorial Summary: 121, 122 Professor Wallace C. Sabine of Harvard becomes Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School—The Resignation of Mr. R. Phene Speirs as Head of the Architectural School of the Royal Academy—the Need of Plan-Examiners for the Borough of Brooklyn —A Difference of Opinion between Borough President Coler and the Trustees of the Brooklyn Public Library—Roman Catholic Churches in the United States—The Consecration of the Cathedral of St. Patrick and the New Lady Chapel—A Private Penitentiary—How is Harmony in Color to be retained between the “Bullfinch Front ’ and the Marble Part of the Boston State House —The Boston School-House Commissioners and the Foundations of the Normal-school Buildings—The Builders’ Exchange of Youngstown, O., before the Mahoning County Grand Jury.
Architectural Sculpture and Its Materials. ................................. 123 The Chateau de Madrid....................................................... 124 Heating Apparatus—III........................................................................... 126 The Greek Government and Excavations......................................... 127 Some Dangers of Joinery.......................................................................... 127 Notes and Clippings...................................................-.............................. 128 Societies, Personals, Building News. Plates:
The Home Club, East Forty-fifth Street, New York, N. Y.— Plan of First Floor of the Same—Plan and Elevation of Dining Hall of the Same—D’ining-room and Hall Details of the Same— House of Major R. D. Jewett, Washington, D. C.—Entrance of the Same—Roman Catholic Chapel, State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Elevation and Section of the Same.
Additional Plate (International Edition) :
House of Major R. D. Jewett, Washington, D. C.
12 West 40TH Street NEW YORK