_________COMPETITIONS_________
Milwaukee, Wis.—Competitive plans are being received, according to reports, by the Trustees of St. John’s Cathedral parish for a Cathedral Institute, to include a full graded school, a hjgh school and an auditorium. Cost to be about $100,000.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers
invites designs for six classes of suburban dwellings, to be constructed, as far as possible, of cement concrete. Eighteen cash prizes, varying in value from $40 to $200, are offered. Further details will appear in a later issue. Copies of the programme may be obtained by addressing the secretary of the above association at the Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Abbeville, S. C.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by Edwards & Walter, architects, National Loan and Exchange Block, Columbia, S. C., for a court-house to be built at Abbeville. Cost, $50,000.
Amite City, La.—The Police Jury, it is reported, has decided to erect a courthouse at a cost of $80,000.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Finance Committee of the City Council, it is stated, has decided to appropriate $75,000 for the auditorium and armory.
A permit was issued, it is stated, for a $175,000 Masonic Temple to be erected on Peachtree and Cain Streets. The building to be four-stories high with mezannine floors, and of brick and stone construction with terra cotta trimmings. Morgan & Dillon are the architects.
Baltimore, Md.—William Knabe & Co., it is stated, will erect a large hall in the business section of the city, at a cost of about $150,000.
Bloomington, III.—Press reports state that Architects P. O. Moratz, George H.
Miller and A. L. Pillsbury, 101 East Front Street, are preparing competitive plans for the $100,000 Y. M. C. A. building, 110x135 feet. Campbell Holton is chairman of the building committee.
Boston, Mass.—The Schoolhouse Commission is reported to be considering the erection of a school at Warren Avenue and Dartmouth Street, to cost about $90,000.
Sturgis & Barton, 120 Boylston Street, it is stated, are drawing plans for a fourstory granite building for the First National Bank.
The Commonwealth Trust Company, it is stated, intends erecting at Summer and Devonshire Streets a ten-story bank and office building.
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, 122 Ames Building, it is stated, have prepared plans for a building which it is proposed erecting for the Harvard Dental College adjacent to the present buildings of the Medical School. It is stated that about $250,000 will be required for erecting and equipping this building.
The Board of Aldermen is reported to have authorized the erection of an additional pavillion at the south department of the City Hospital, to cost about $75,000. Reports state that plans are being prepared by Dr. Billings for the Brigham Hospital on Longwood Avenue, next to the Howard Medical School. Cost, $1,000,000.
It is reported that A. B. Sfannard, 1135 Broadway, New York City, was awarded the contract for an art museum to cost about $1,000,000. Guy Lowell, 1128 Tremont Building, is architect.
Charles R. Evans, 33 Equitable Building, it is stated, will erect an apartment hotel at Deerfield Street and Bay State Road, to cost $350,000.
The Council, it is stated, has passed an order requesting the Armory Commissioner of the Commonwealth to erect an armory in Charlestown for the accommodation of the three militia located there, the cost to be $250,000.
Clough and Wardner are reported to have secured the contract to erect the hos
pital for the Soldiers’ Home, which is to cost about $175,000. The building is to be three-stories high, 232x101 feet, and is to be of brick and stone.
Bowling Green, Ky.—A Federal building is to be erected here, to cost about $100,000. It will probably be situated on property, owned by Dr. S . B. Johnson, at the corner of College and Eleventh Streets.
Bristol, Va.—Dr. Geo. E. Wiley and Dr. H. B. Edmondson are reported interested in the erection of a hotel at Cumberland and Moore Streets, to cost $100,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Plans have been filed for a two-story brick church to be erected at Stuyvesant and Jefferson Avenues, at a cost of $50,000. Leeming & Kirk, 20 Bond Street, New York; N. Y., are the architects.
Plans are being prepared by Architect F. S. Lowe, 186 Remsen Street, for an apartment building to be erected at Bergen Street and Kingston Avenue. Cost, $90,000. Eisenbach Realty and Construction Company, owner.
Bruce Price & de Sibour, 1133 Broadway, Manhattan, it is stated, are taking estimates on a high-class residence to be erected at 373 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, for J. E. Carlisle.
Chicago, III.—D. H. Burnham & Co., 9 Jackson Boulevard, have completed plans for the Field Museum of Natural History, which it is proposed to build in Grant Park. The museum’s board of trustees, of which Harlow N. Higinbotham is President, has approved the plans, which now wait similar official action by the South Park Commissioners. The main building will be threestory and basement, 705x330 feet, in the form of a Greek temple, of fireproof steel construction, have caisson foundation resting on bedrock, superstructure of granite and brick flanked by numerous Corinthian stone columns and cost $3,000,000. Another million dollars has been set aside for the construction of two wings when required. The late Marshall Field bequeathed $8.000,. 000 to the new institution, of which $4,000,- 000 is to be used for the building and $4,000,000 for the endowment fund. It is
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. S. 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 of 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.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Graduate School of Applied Science and The Lawrence Scientific School
offer graduate and undergraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology.
For further information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
THE SOCIETY OF BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTS
has established
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year course in Architecture. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools ana colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
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 students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
“ MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.*
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9 x 11 . In Envelope. Price, $5.00.
The American Architect, Publishers.
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 of Architecture.
W. L. PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, III.
A FREE COURSE OF STUDY
open to draughtsmen and students of any city, modeled on the general plan pursued at tne 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.
THE GEORGIAN PERIOD
PRICE, $60.00.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America.*’—Nation.
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Milwaukee, Wis.—Competitive plans are being received, according to reports, by the Trustees of St. John’s Cathedral parish for a Cathedral Institute, to include a full graded school, a hjgh school and an auditorium. Cost to be about $100,000.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers
invites designs for six classes of suburban dwellings, to be constructed, as far as possible, of cement concrete. Eighteen cash prizes, varying in value from $40 to $200, are offered. Further details will appear in a later issue. Copies of the programme may be obtained by addressing the secretary of the above association at the Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Abbeville, S. C.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by Edwards & Walter, architects, National Loan and Exchange Block, Columbia, S. C., for a court-house to be built at Abbeville. Cost, $50,000.
Amite City, La.—The Police Jury, it is reported, has decided to erect a courthouse at a cost of $80,000.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Finance Committee of the City Council, it is stated, has decided to appropriate $75,000 for the auditorium and armory.
A permit was issued, it is stated, for a $175,000 Masonic Temple to be erected on Peachtree and Cain Streets. The building to be four-stories high with mezannine floors, and of brick and stone construction with terra cotta trimmings. Morgan & Dillon are the architects.
Baltimore, Md.—William Knabe & Co., it is stated, will erect a large hall in the business section of the city, at a cost of about $150,000.
Bloomington, III.—Press reports state that Architects P. O. Moratz, George H.
Miller and A. L. Pillsbury, 101 East Front Street, are preparing competitive plans for the $100,000 Y. M. C. A. building, 110x135 feet. Campbell Holton is chairman of the building committee.
Boston, Mass.—The Schoolhouse Commission is reported to be considering the erection of a school at Warren Avenue and Dartmouth Street, to cost about $90,000.
Sturgis & Barton, 120 Boylston Street, it is stated, are drawing plans for a fourstory granite building for the First National Bank.
The Commonwealth Trust Company, it is stated, intends erecting at Summer and Devonshire Streets a ten-story bank and office building.
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, 122 Ames Building, it is stated, have prepared plans for a building which it is proposed erecting for the Harvard Dental College adjacent to the present buildings of the Medical School. It is stated that about $250,000 will be required for erecting and equipping this building.
The Board of Aldermen is reported to have authorized the erection of an additional pavillion at the south department of the City Hospital, to cost about $75,000. Reports state that plans are being prepared by Dr. Billings for the Brigham Hospital on Longwood Avenue, next to the Howard Medical School. Cost, $1,000,000.
It is reported that A. B. Sfannard, 1135 Broadway, New York City, was awarded the contract for an art museum to cost about $1,000,000. Guy Lowell, 1128 Tremont Building, is architect.
Charles R. Evans, 33 Equitable Building, it is stated, will erect an apartment hotel at Deerfield Street and Bay State Road, to cost $350,000.
The Council, it is stated, has passed an order requesting the Armory Commissioner of the Commonwealth to erect an armory in Charlestown for the accommodation of the three militia located there, the cost to be $250,000.
Clough and Wardner are reported to have secured the contract to erect the hos
pital for the Soldiers’ Home, which is to cost about $175,000. The building is to be three-stories high, 232x101 feet, and is to be of brick and stone.
Bowling Green, Ky.—A Federal building is to be erected here, to cost about $100,000. It will probably be situated on property, owned by Dr. S . B. Johnson, at the corner of College and Eleventh Streets.
Bristol, Va.—Dr. Geo. E. Wiley and Dr. H. B. Edmondson are reported interested in the erection of a hotel at Cumberland and Moore Streets, to cost $100,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Plans have been filed for a two-story brick church to be erected at Stuyvesant and Jefferson Avenues, at a cost of $50,000. Leeming & Kirk, 20 Bond Street, New York; N. Y., are the architects.
Plans are being prepared by Architect F. S. Lowe, 186 Remsen Street, for an apartment building to be erected at Bergen Street and Kingston Avenue. Cost, $90,000. Eisenbach Realty and Construction Company, owner.
Bruce Price & de Sibour, 1133 Broadway, Manhattan, it is stated, are taking estimates on a high-class residence to be erected at 373 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, for J. E. Carlisle.
Chicago, III.—D. H. Burnham & Co., 9 Jackson Boulevard, have completed plans for the Field Museum of Natural History, which it is proposed to build in Grant Park. The museum’s board of trustees, of which Harlow N. Higinbotham is President, has approved the plans, which now wait similar official action by the South Park Commissioners. The main building will be threestory and basement, 705x330 feet, in the form of a Greek temple, of fireproof steel construction, have caisson foundation resting on bedrock, superstructure of granite and brick flanked by numerous Corinthian stone columns and cost $3,000,000. Another million dollars has been set aside for the construction of two wings when required. The late Marshall Field bequeathed $8.000,. 000 to the new institution, of which $4,000,- 000 is to be used for the building and $4,000,000 for the endowment fund. It is
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. S. 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 of 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.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Graduate School of Applied Science and The Lawrence Scientific School
offer graduate and undergraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology.
For further information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
THE SOCIETY OF BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTS
has established
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year course in Architecture. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools ana colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
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 students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
“ MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.*
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9 x 11 . In Envelope. Price, $5.00.
The American Architect, Publishers.
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 of Architecture.
W. L. PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, III.
A FREE COURSE OF STUDY
open to draughtsmen and students of any city, modeled on the general plan pursued at tne 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.
THE GEORGIAN PERIOD
PRICE, $60.00.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America.*’—Nation.
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
12 West Fortieth St., New York