ty Methodist Episcopal Church for the construction of a stone and brick church. C. D. Skinner, 148 East Genesee St., is pastor. Brown & Davis, 41 East 4th St., Cincinnati, are the architects.
Baltimore, Md. — Samuel E. D. Stuart, 516 North Broadway, will erect restaurant building at 306 East Baltimore St.; four stories and basement, 20 × 140 ft. John B. McElfatrick & Son, 1402 Broadway, New York, architects.
James P. Doyle, 604 Patterson Ave., has commissioned Jacob F. Gerwig to prepare plans and specifications for store building and apartments on Patterson Ave., near Carey St.; three stories, 22 × 93 ft.
The Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co. has purchased a lot on Gay St., between Lombard and Pratt Sts., and will erect a 5-story warehouse on the site, which is 50 × 90 ft.
Governor Warfield has signed the bill requiring the Northern Central Railroad to erect a new station at Falls Road crossing, and plans for the structure will be soon under way. The location will be near the power house of the Mount Washington Light & Power Co.
Sunderson Bros., Savings Bank Building, Washington, D. C., are preparing plans for an addition to the hospital of the University of Maryland. Steel, brick, and stone, five stories, 50 × 150 ft., to cost $175, 000.
Louis Levi, architect, has completed plans for a 4-story store building to be erected for Mr. J. Gebhardt, at 414-416 East Baltimore St. The structure will be 33 ft. front, and
will extend back 105 ft. In the rear will be an open court 11 ft.
The Baltimore University School of Medicine, 23-29 North Bond St., has purchased a lot northeast corner Maryland Ave. and 27th St., and will erect several buildings on the site, which is 150 × 150 ft. Plans are now being prepared.
Torney & Leach, architects, 323 North Charles St., are preparing plans for a home for the St. Joseph House of Industry, to be built of brick, stone and steel, fireproof, three stories. Estimated cost, $150, 000.
Vincent Pipitone, Lombard and Grant Sts., will erect hotel building at 110-116 East Lombard St.; three stories; brick with stone trimmings; steel beams.
The Municipal Hospital Commission, City Hall, has commissioned Simonson & Pietsch to prepare plans and specifications for group of hospital buildings to be erected in suburbs of Baltimore. Plans provide for administration building, four pavilions, chapel, morgue, disinfecting plant, laundry and stable at total cost of about $125, 000.
Bennett, Iowa. — Hanssen & Harft, architects, Davenport, Iowa, are preparing plans for a new hotel to be erected in this city. It will be built of stone and brick and will be three stories high.
Birmingham, Ala. — Architect G. W. Collingon, First National Bank Building, has prepared tentative plans for a $40, 000 stone and brick edifice for the First Baptist congregation (colored). P. F. Clarke, Alabama Penny Savings Bank Building, chairman building committee.
Woodlawn Baptist Church is arranging for the erection of $30, 000 edifice. Address the pastor.
Boston, Mass. — It is reported that a 7-story brick and granite building will be erected on the site of the old Boston & Albany Railroad Station.
Bids are asked for by Captain George L. Goodale, Q. M., U. S. A., 263 Summer St.. Boston, until 10 a. m., May 28, for the construction, plumbing, heating and electric wiring of an addition to hospital at Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Mass.
Architects Kendall, Taylor & Stevens, 93 Federal St., Boston, have plans ready for the store and office building to be erected at Massachusetts Ave. and Newbury St., for Bradley & Tyson. The building will be of: brick and stone, three stories, 60 × 100. The plans will be figured by invitation only.
Bridgeport, Conn. — Meloy & Beckwith, architects, 23 P. O. Arcade, completed plans for the new theater for the Bridgeport Theater Co. Charles W. Eades, representative of the company, will receive figures.
Bristol, Conn. —The Board of Directors of the Public Library, it is stated, is about to have plans prepared for the building which it is proposed erecting on Main and High Sts., at a cost of about $40, 000.
Bristol, Tenn. — It is reported that a large Y. M. C. A. building is to be erected in this city, at a cost of $60, 000.
Buffalo, N. Y. — The trustees of the Buffalo Seminary, it is reported, have purchased a site on Potomac Ave., and plans
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“A fine, even a monumental, piece of work. ” — New York Times.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America. ” — The Nation.
“The most interesting of all American publications in the field of architecture. ” — Review of Reviews.
“A magnificent collection of specimens of Colonial architecture. ” — Atlanta Journal.
“This work.... is of extraordinary
importance to the architect whose ambition rises above the building of cottages. ” — Boston Transcript.
“The publication is as interesting to the layman as it must be useful to the architect. ” — New York Tribune.
“It is a work of superior excellence and great usefulness. ” — Irish Builder, Dublin.
“Nothing that care can do has been spared to make the drawings useful and thoroughly practical for the use of the decorator and architect. ” — The Building News. London, England.
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A circular containing reduced sample pages will
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One hundred and four plates, each 10x14 inches. Price, bound in red cloth, gilt tops, $7. 50; in portfolio, $6. 50.
One hundred and four plates, each 10x14 inches. Price, bound in red cloth, gilt tops, $7. 50; in portfolio, $6. 50.
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Baltimore, Md. — Samuel E. D. Stuart, 516 North Broadway, will erect restaurant building at 306 East Baltimore St.; four stories and basement, 20 × 140 ft. John B. McElfatrick & Son, 1402 Broadway, New York, architects.
James P. Doyle, 604 Patterson Ave., has commissioned Jacob F. Gerwig to prepare plans and specifications for store building and apartments on Patterson Ave., near Carey St.; three stories, 22 × 93 ft.
The Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co. has purchased a lot on Gay St., between Lombard and Pratt Sts., and will erect a 5-story warehouse on the site, which is 50 × 90 ft.
Governor Warfield has signed the bill requiring the Northern Central Railroad to erect a new station at Falls Road crossing, and plans for the structure will be soon under way. The location will be near the power house of the Mount Washington Light & Power Co.
Sunderson Bros., Savings Bank Building, Washington, D. C., are preparing plans for an addition to the hospital of the University of Maryland. Steel, brick, and stone, five stories, 50 × 150 ft., to cost $175, 000.
Louis Levi, architect, has completed plans for a 4-story store building to be erected for Mr. J. Gebhardt, at 414-416 East Baltimore St. The structure will be 33 ft. front, and
will extend back 105 ft. In the rear will be an open court 11 ft.
The Baltimore University School of Medicine, 23-29 North Bond St., has purchased a lot northeast corner Maryland Ave. and 27th St., and will erect several buildings on the site, which is 150 × 150 ft. Plans are now being prepared.
Torney & Leach, architects, 323 North Charles St., are preparing plans for a home for the St. Joseph House of Industry, to be built of brick, stone and steel, fireproof, three stories. Estimated cost, $150, 000.
Vincent Pipitone, Lombard and Grant Sts., will erect hotel building at 110-116 East Lombard St.; three stories; brick with stone trimmings; steel beams.
The Municipal Hospital Commission, City Hall, has commissioned Simonson & Pietsch to prepare plans and specifications for group of hospital buildings to be erected in suburbs of Baltimore. Plans provide for administration building, four pavilions, chapel, morgue, disinfecting plant, laundry and stable at total cost of about $125, 000.
Bennett, Iowa. — Hanssen & Harft, architects, Davenport, Iowa, are preparing plans for a new hotel to be erected in this city. It will be built of stone and brick and will be three stories high.
Birmingham, Ala. — Architect G. W. Collingon, First National Bank Building, has prepared tentative plans for a $40, 000 stone and brick edifice for the First Baptist congregation (colored). P. F. Clarke, Alabama Penny Savings Bank Building, chairman building committee.
Woodlawn Baptist Church is arranging for the erection of $30, 000 edifice. Address the pastor.
Boston, Mass. — It is reported that a 7-story brick and granite building will be erected on the site of the old Boston & Albany Railroad Station.
Bids are asked for by Captain George L. Goodale, Q. M., U. S. A., 263 Summer St.. Boston, until 10 a. m., May 28, for the construction, plumbing, heating and electric wiring of an addition to hospital at Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Mass.
Architects Kendall, Taylor & Stevens, 93 Federal St., Boston, have plans ready for the store and office building to be erected at Massachusetts Ave. and Newbury St., for Bradley & Tyson. The building will be of: brick and stone, three stories, 60 × 100. The plans will be figured by invitation only.
Bridgeport, Conn. — Meloy & Beckwith, architects, 23 P. O. Arcade, completed plans for the new theater for the Bridgeport Theater Co. Charles W. Eades, representative of the company, will receive figures.
Bristol, Conn. —The Board of Directors of the Public Library, it is stated, is about to have plans prepared for the building which it is proposed erecting on Main and High Sts., at a cost of about $40, 000.
Bristol, Tenn. — It is reported that a large Y. M. C. A. building is to be erected in this city, at a cost of $60, 000.
Buffalo, N. Y. — The trustees of the Buffalo Seminary, it is reported, have purchased a site on Potomac Ave., and plans
DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
12 WEST FORTIETH STREET, NEW YORK
An Encyclopædia of American Colonial Architecture
Edited by William Rotch Ware.
“A fine, even a monumental, piece of work. ” — New York Times.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America. ” — The Nation.
“The most interesting of all American publications in the field of architecture. ” — Review of Reviews.
“A magnificent collection of specimens of Colonial architecture. ” — Atlanta Journal.
“This work.... is of extraordinary
importance to the architect whose ambition rises above the building of cottages. ” — Boston Transcript.
“The publication is as interesting to the layman as it must be useful to the architect. ” — New York Tribune.
“It is a work of superior excellence and great usefulness. ” — Irish Builder, Dublin.
“Nothing that care can do has been spared to make the drawings useful and thoroughly practical for the use of the decorator and architect. ” — The Building News. London, England.
“The illustrations are extremely attractive.... In short, the pictures here of
fered us, the objects represented, the reverence and regard shown, may set some of us thinking and wondering, and cannot but help to raise our taste and widen our sympathies. ” — Architectural Review, London.
The complete edition of The Georgian Period is published in three forms, the
style and price of each of which are: Twelve parts in separate portfolios; if payment is made in instalments, $60. 00; cash with order, $57. 00. Bound in three large volumes; dull surface brown canvas, with leather label, $63. 00; half morocco. $66. 00. 351 plates; 525 text illustrations.
A circular containing reduced sample pages will
be sent on request.
is also sold. It consists of the leading article on Colonial Architecture and 100 of the most useful plates from the complete edition. These are contained in one large portfolio and the price is $15. 00.
One hundred and four plates, each 10x14 inches. Price, bound in red cloth, gilt tops, $7. 50; in portfolio, $6. 50.
One hundred and four plates, each 10x14 inches. Price, bound in red cloth, gilt tops, $7. 50; in portfolio, $6. 50.
Illustrating the Competitive Designs for the great Protestant Episcopal Cathe
dral now being erected in New York. Price, bound, $4. 00; in loose sheets, $2. 50.
Bound in red cloth, gilt top. Containing 82 plates, each 10 × 14 inches. Price, $5. 00.
Bound in red cloth, gilt top. Containing 80 plates, each 10 × 14 inches. Price, $5. 00.
Measured drawings and photographs of examples of Colonial furniture. In portfolio, 10 × 14 inches. Price, $5. 00.
By Arne Dehli. Illustrated with 50 plates. 13 × 17 1-2 inches. Price, bound, $10. 00; unbound, $9, 00.
20 plates, folio. Price, $5. 00.
Forty gelatine plates, on bond paper, 9x11
inches, in vellum case. Price, $5. 00.
Forty gelatine plates, on bond paper. 9x11
inches, in vellum case. Price, $5. 00 Publication Office: 12 WEST FORTIETH STREET, NEW YORK