UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
FOUR-YEAR COURSE. {Degree B. S. in Arch.) (Architectural engineering may be taken in lieu of advanced design, etc.)
GRADUATE YEAR. {Degree M. 5. in Arch.) (Allowing specialization in design or in architectural engineering, etc.)
SPECIAL COURSE OF TWO YEARS. (Certificate.) (For qualified draughtsmen; affording option in architectural engineering.)
COMBINED COURSES in Arts and Architecture, by which A. B. and B. S. in Arch. may be taken in six years.
COLLEGE GRADUATES granted advanced standing.
SUMMER COURSES in elementary and general subjects through which advanced standing may be secured.
For full Information address: DR. J. H. PENNIMAN, Dean, College Hall, University ef Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Options in Architectural Engineering and Landscape Architecture.
College graduates and draughtsmen admitted as special students.
H. W. TYLER, Secretary,
Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offer# a professional four-year course in Architecture. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools and colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
harvard university
The Graduate School of Applied Science and The Lawrence Scientific School
offer graduate and undergraduate courses in Ci vil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology.
Forfurther information,address W. C. SABINE, is University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Four-year course in Architecture and in Architectural Engineering. Draftsmen and others adequately prepared are admitted as special student*. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Four-year professional courses in Architecture, in Architectural Engineering and in Architectural Decoration. Special courses for draftsmen and constructors. Excellent library and equipment. University fees nominal.
Department o] Architecture.
W. L. PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, III
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A FREE COURSE OF STUDY
open to draughtsmen and students of any city, modeled on the general plan pursued at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and comprising frequent problems in Orders, Design, Archaeology, etc.
For information apply to the Secretary of the Committee on Education, 3 East 33d St., New York City.
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Beatrice, Neb.—St. Joseph’s Parish, Rev. Fr. A. Petrash, it is said, contemplates erecting a stone church, to cost $60,000.
Birmingham, Ala.—The erection of an addition to the present Court-house, either eight or nine stories high, is reported contemplated.
Reports state that the Evans Bros. Construction Co., of Birmingham, has secured the contract to erect a four-story, 140x250- foot warehouse at Avenue A and Eighteenth Street, for the Wimberly & Thomas Hardware Co. The total cost of the building, it is stated, will be about $150,000.
Richard W. Massey, it is said, will erect apartment-house costing between $100,000 and $125,000 on site 100x132 feet. Structure will be built in form of letter H, five stories high, of brick, stone and terra cotta, contain twenty-four apartments and equipped with passenger and freight elevators, telephone service, hot and cold water, gas and electric plants. The corridors will be finished in white Alabama marble and corridor floors will be of marble. William C. Weston First National Bank Building, is architect.
Plans are being prepared, according to reports, by the trustees of the Simpson Methodist Church for an edifice at Seventh Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street. Cost, $40,000.
Boston, Mass.—Fehmer & Page, architects, 87 Milk Street, Boston, it is said, have prepared plans for a brick armory for
Charles A. Evans, 33 Equitable Building. Estimated cost, $250,000.
The Legislature is considering the matter of building an addition to the State House, at a cost of $1,250,000.
R. C. Sturgis, 120 Boylston Street, has started plans for a trade school building, to be erected at Appleton and Berkley Streets. The building will be one of brick and stone and cost $250,000. H. S. Pritchett, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is on the committee.
Bottineau, N. D.—Press reports state that bids, including plans and specifications, will be received until April 17 by the Board of Trustees, School of Forestry (David Clark, Chairman) for erecting a pressed or other ornamental brick building, including heating plant, light and water system; probable cost, $25,000.
Bremerton, Wash.—The Navy Department, Washington, D. C., is preparing plans for a $150,000 hospital at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, which will accommodate 100 patients.
Bridgeport, Conn.—Plans are being prepared, according to reports, by Architects Meloy & Beckwith, 23 P. O. Arcade, Bridgeport, Conn., for a residence, to cost $150,- 000.
Buffalo, N. Y.—The city and county
officials have authorized the preparation of a bill to be acted upon by the State Legislature, empowering the County of Erie to borrow $1,000,000 for purchasing a site and the erecting of a Court-house. George H. Kennedy is County Attorney.
Burlington, Ia.—It is reported that $150,000 has been voted for the erection of a high school building.
The Secretary of the Board of Education writes that architect has not yet been selected for the proposed high school, for which the citizens on March 11 voted to issue $150,000 bonds, which includes building and equipment. For further information address Jas. Moir, Chairman Building Committee.
Butte, Mont.—Plans are being prepared by Link & Haire, Silver Bow Block, for a $300,000 Y. M. C. A. building, to be erected here.
Cape May, N. J.—A syndicate, of Philadelphians, of which Samuel M. Clement, Jr., is a member, is stated to be planning the erection of a business building in Cape May, at Ocean and Plughes Streets, to cost $250,000.
Carrington, N. D&Xhg County Board will consider the erection of a new Courthouse at the April meeting. A building to cost $60,000 to $75,000 will be considered.
Charlotte, N. C.—Young Men’s Christian Association has commissioned Hook & Rogers to prepare plans and specifications for building costing about $100,000.
It is said that the Commercial National