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General Contractors WORCESTER : MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON NEW YORK WASHINGTON PROVIDENCE MONTREAL TORONTO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Roof Construction of the Temple ARCHITECTS who are interested in true masonry construction, particularly those acquaiiated with the notahle Brunelleschi dome, at Florence, will be struck by the points of similarity in the double- shell dome construction of the Temple. ^ While the dome at Florence carries no practical superimposed weight, outside of the lantern, in the roof of the Temple the lime- stone alone, composing the steps in the roof as seen in the photograph, weighs 332 tons! The entire weight of this roof, limestone and all, is supported by a shell of typical Guastavino Construction. ^We know of no more striking illustration of the structural sound- ness, which distinguishes Guastavino Construction fully as much as its aesthetic appeal. Longitudinal Section, Shovring Method of Construction View of Building, Showing Solid Limestone Roof R. GUASTAVINO COMPANY NEW YORK FULLER BUILDING BOSTON 60 STATE STREET VI THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Grey Standard Terra Cotta Manufactured and set by The Northwestern Terra Cotta Co., Chicago THE use of Northwestern Terra Cotta by Marshall &■ Fox in the Marshall Apartment Building, Chicago, illustrates the adaptability of this material to fulfill the combined requirements of color, rich ornamentation and the successful treatment of plain surfaces. On the top of the parapet are imitation bay trees of terra cotta in heavy vases, a striking example of our ability to carry out the most individual ideas of the architect. The building is French Renaissance; the color scheme — Bedford grey with French grey iron work. The Northwestdrn Terra Cotta Co. Chicago THE ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW VII LlGHTlHp FIXTURES AfVira^WAy fO THE TEMPLE ROOM THE TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE. WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE. ARCHITECT : nioJuL-t i>J o«i fJunt unJ iK ifit* fxIr-Kiiw ratiuu oJ moJvt-n <^i.)n:i>.M)ii()iini|. " ,Tf,« .no|,.i* S«J,u„« y)oo,..,|tll-! U.-(il!..J', 'and tft,i„.„ \fl«A. ll'w 'lft,..l..,0 Vj,-,))'..- I 5>C«.„,v of ««. i8«..l .'j;.„pfc, (I!. Ctfia, 'fiUi„3., fllljof tPuff a..„„li.,„... all' .&;,(;i,„j, r)-i.l,„..... »du..ca<,j t,, .,.< iu Hi. tu.a, •"ir\..>.^Jli.'!-iJ..,,'„....... ...,J ^t.*«"l«i' yittimi. and SR.^i.i..., 1^. "fl" THE dORHAM CO ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK. VIII THE ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW COPYRIGHTED, 1915, BY JOHN WALLACE GILLIES NIGHT ILLUMINATION, TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE JOHN RUSSELL POPE, Architect ON the day that the Temple of the Scottish Rite was opened, its finished wood floors had the soft harmonious appearance of age. They were all laid, in quartered white oak, by our own workmen under our personal supervision. In the same way, by our own special methods and with our own special stains we can age any wood floor without making it look dark. We also design parquet floors to harmonize with the different "period" styles of decoration and bring to this work all the knowledge and skill of the specialist. If you appreciate not only the artistry but the genuine economy of such care and skill as this illus- trates, will you not write for our catalogue and further information ? WILLIAM G. REID &> CO. Parquet Floors 16 WEST 47th street NEW YORK CITY THL ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IX THE TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN P.USSELL POPE, AKCHITECT THE GRAND DOORWAY TO THE TEMPLE ROOM IS OF BLACK MARBLE, MCHLY CAKVED ON BOTH SIDES. THE REST IS OF BOTTICCINA MAKBLE. THE STAIRWAY TO THE TEMPLE ROOM IS OF BLACK AND GOLD, AND BOTTICCINA MARBLE. ALL INTEKIOK MARBLE WORK EXECUTED BY The Traitel Marble Co., WEBSTER AVE., AND EAST RIVER BORO OF QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY THE ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW THL architectural waodwork of the Grand Commander's and of ihe Secretary-Gen- eral's suites, and the painted decorations through- out the entire building, in the Temple of the Scottish Rite, were executed by SHERWIN AND HERMAN INC. A R C H I TL GTU RAL WOODWORK AND DECORATIVE PAINTING I40th STRLET AND WALTON AVE. NEW YORK WALL OF THE. ATRIUM, TEMPLL OF THE SCOTTISH RITE. John Russell Pope, Architect GRAND COMMANDE.R'5 SUITE.. TEMPLL OF THE SCOTTfSH RITE John Russell Pope, Architect THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW XI INGALLS STONE COMPANY of Bedford, Indiana, furnished all the exterior and the interior Indiana Limestone for the con- struction of the Scottish Rite Temple. It is an interesting fact, indicative alike of the character of the building and our facilities, that the 32 exterior columns are mono- liths. MILLS AND GENERAL OFFICES BEDFORD INDIANA BRANCH OFFICES NEW YORK 200 Fifth Avenue DETROIT 834 Dime Savings Bank Building ST LOUIS 514 Century Building DES MOINES 1376 27th Street INGALLS STONE COMPANY (INCORPORATED) XII THE ARCHITLCTURAL RLVIE.W fililli FORDYCE BATH HOUSE, Hot Springs, Ark. Mann & Stern, Architects THE Architects of the Fordyce Bath House have, in their treatment of the wall surface, caught the spirit of a structure of semi-public character. Trimmed with ornamental Terra Cotta to match in color-tone the brickwork, the body of the wall is laid in Hy-tex No. 507, of a delicate, smooth, cream-colored tint, accen- tuated by dark headers to bring out the pattern. No effect could be happier for the purpose to be expressed. Hy-tex The Standard of Quality in Brick T^HIS building will illustrate our capacity to co-operate fully with the architect in his artistic aims. 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Lacking only, in its effects of color, therefore, our subscribers can obtain from this number as full a reaUzation as they would be able to obtain from a visit and close inspection of the actual building itself. There- fore have we given more than our customary space to presenting the problem of this Temple of the Scottish Rite and its architectural solu- tion, as it has been developed by Mr. John Russell Pope, the architect, in our National Capital, at Washington. The February Architectural Review will contain the final instalment of Mr. Joseph Lin- den Heacock's article on "Philadelphia Ledge- Stone Work." This instalment will further be illustrated -as lavishly, and the subjects will be shown at as large a scale, as in previous in- stalments, which has proved to be no small part of the value of these articles. 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The PubUshers are planning an issue of The Architectural Review which will deal with the subject of schoolhouses in much the same way that the problem of the factory was handled by Mr. WalHs in our last October issue — viewing the schoolhouse freshly as a practical problem intimately concerned with the life and progress of the American com- munity, and questioning how far individuals practising in the profession have realized its PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD is offered by The Architectural Re- view, 144 Congress Street, Boston, for information that will lead to the belief and conviction of any live Chapter of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects, or any local Architectural Club, which has held a, spe- cial or monthly meeting prior to the first day of January, igi6, at which local newspaper men were present as honored equals and invited guests, and which was designed to acquaint them with what the architect stands for in his community, and help the architect to realize what the representatives of the press consider to be "news" in architecture. 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An architectural competition for a working- man's home, to cost $3,000 complete, exclu- sive of the land, has been announced by the "Complete Building Show," in Cleveland, February 16 to 26, as being conducted under the direction of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, in co-opera- tion with the Chamber of Commerce, Cleve- land Art Association, Builders' Exchange, Society Advocating Fire EUmination, and other civic bodies. It is hoped that the com- petition will bring out solutions of the most practical kind, in spite of the fact that the rules call for a six-room house, with a base- ment under its entire area. Seven prizes, amounting to $400 in all, the first prize being one half of that amount, are announced; and full instructions may be obtained from the Complete Building Show Company, 356 Leader News Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Subscribers to The Architectural Re- view are informed that Volume III — Volume XX old series — has been completed with the issue previously pubhshed, dated Decem- ber, 1915. Volume III consists of but nine numbers, dated, respectively, January, Feb- ruary, March, and April, 1914, and August to December, inclusive, 1915. This present issue begins the fourth volume. This arrangement has been adopted so that the fourth volume may be started with the January number. All subscriptions on our books will be extended so that every subscriber will receive the full twelve numbers to which his subscription entitles him. The New York State Board for the Regis- tration of Architects has instituted a compe- tition to secure a design for a certificate which they hope to have of a character and quality worthy the profession. Certificates are to be designed for reproduction as steel engravings, which are to be printed on parch- ment sheets 8" x 10" in size. 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Representing The Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and The Associated ^X^ute Pine Manufacturers of Idaho WHITE PINE BUREAU, llJi.2- Merchants Bank Building, St. Paul, Minn. The Architectural Review Volume IV (Old Series. Vol. XXI) January, 1916 Number The Temple of the Scottish Rite Washington, D. C. John Russell Pope, Architect THE Temple of the Scottish Rite is located on the corner cf the Avenue of the Presidents (i6th Street) and S Street, about a mile distant from the White House, in Washington, D. C. It has been designed by Mr. John Russell Pope to serve as the headquarters of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, and was completed and dedicated the eighteenth of October last. The building stands upon a plot about 250 feet square, and piles up massively and with dignity from all four sides. It is the further intention to develop a background of tall trees, — of which the two poplars now in position are the first, — that will eventually provide an- appro- priate setting for the build- ing. In further emphasis of this intention Mr. Weinman's two immobile sphinxes, sym- boUzing "Power" and "Wis- dom," on each side of the upper flight of steps ap- proaching the entrance that they guard, reproduce in sculptural fashion the two larger flanking projections containing the first-story. offices, that frame in and en- close the platform before the entrance in a way that, archi- tecturally, reflects the sculp- tured forepaws of the animals beneath. More than this, the larger lower platform, from which the steps up to the building are approached, is backed by two flanking walls that, as frankly, express the emphasis placed by the de- signers upon this principal front — and here also begin the first of the masonic sym- bolisms consistently employed throughout the design. These granite steps rise in groups of - three, five, seven, and nine to the terrace in front of the entrance; and the monoHthic columns around the principal story above are 33 feet high as well as just 33 in number. Across the platform, in front of. the main doorway, is an inscription set into the granite floor slabs in letters Detail View of Lntrance Doorway Copyright, 1916, by The Architectural Review Company of bronze: "The Temple of the Supreme Council of the Thirty- third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free- masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, Erected to God and Dedicated to the Service of Humanity. Salve Frater!" The scale of the structure is hardly shown by these photographic illustrations. It requires closer study and examination before one can realize the fact that the stone plat- form at the top of the monumental pylon is over 100 feet above the sidewalk below. Externally, this building — developed from the well-known rnausoleum erected by Queen Artemisia at Hahcarnassus for the tomb of King Mausolus — is so treated as to front entirely upon the Avenue of the Presi- dents, the rear elevation frankly displaying the stair- case, which is so arranged as to remain external to the massive pylon, entirely given to containing a single central room on each of its principal floors. On the first entrance floor this entire central space, practically a big hall, is termed the Atrium; and from the side opposite the entrance doorway rises the staircase to the floor above, back of which is placed the curving stack-room, with bronze stacks, containing a rare and unique collection of books on masonic lore; with the Read- ing-room on one side balanc- ing the Supreme Council Chamber upon the other. On this floor the Atrium is flanked at right and left by two suites of offices, being in the one case for the use of the Sovereign Grand Commander and in the other for the Sec- retary General. These suites are, in arrangement and fin- ish, substantially alike; and the photograph of the Grand Commander's reception-room mantel is practically dupli- cated in the room upon the opposite side of the structure. The basement contains a large Banquet-room beneath the THL ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW Atrium,— with offices, kitchens, and other dependencies, — while the sub-basement is occupied by the elaborate mechanical plant and the machinery necessary to carry on the structure and its offices. The staircase, as it rises from the entrance floor, divides into two side runs to reach the landing in front of the Temple Room, to which the entire upper portion of the structure is devoted, the only other principal feature being the organ, which is absolutely hidden, being placed in the roof space over the staircase, opening into the big auditorium through a grille in- visibly placed in the high arching ceiling — even the console being cleverly made a part of the walnut screen before the great doorway. The acoustics of- this room are per- fect, which is very unusual in a domed room. The music does not seem to come from any apparent direction, but instead appears to flood the room with sound. Built as the headquarters for the entire Southern Division of the chief masonic order in the United States, every re- gard was paid to permanency, dura- bility, and that en- during massiveness that would aid the monumental. as- pect of so preten- tious a structure. The principal use of the large Temple Room — and of the building — is to house the impres- sive ceremonies that occur actually only every other year, although it will often be used in between for other masonic rites, and the offices will of course be made use of at all times in carrying on the work of the Coun- cil. In the Atrium the ^walls are of limestone, with the recesses plastered and tinted a tan- nish tone, above a marble dado; with a frieze painted in Greek decoration, partly inspired by such painting as exists, and partly by the terra-cotta vases. The ceiling is finished with heavy beams of Principal (Temple) Floor Plan Entrance Floor Plan oak brilliantly touched in with a colored decoration, that reiterates Greek forms, while repeating tones found on the outer cases of Egyp- tian sarcophagi. The recess be- hind the four huge polished green Doric columns of Windsor granite extends down both sides of the room. The floor is of Tavernelle marble, with a border, and a cen- ter of Tinos, upon which rests a" huge table of Pavanazzo, matching the seats in the aisles on either side. The war making' it impossible to get certain European marbles — particularly the black marble ordi- narily obtained from Belgium — it ' was necessary to find American substitutes; and in so doing neither the beauty nor the architectural effectiveness of the structure has been sacrificed — the required black marble, for instance, being obtained from a Virginia quarry- never worked for this purpose be- fore, but which nevertheless proved fully equal in appearance and beauty to the imported article. For the Temple Room above, sub- stantially .the same materials are used: green Wind- sor granite for the ten columns, wal- nut for the furni- ture, a polished . black marble rrio- saic floor, with white mosaic bor- der and fines of in- laid bronze, and a central altar of black and gold up- on a black marble ■ step. > The walls are of limestone to the top of the en- tablature, which is highly ornamented and carries a black marble frieze in- scribed with a bronze lettered in- scription. Above this is a painted plaster donie, al- most doubling the actual height of the room's walls, tinted or "stip- pled"in colorinthe pointillage manner. Russian walnut has been used for most of the wood- work, such as in the Temple Room, the principal rooms in the two suites of offices on the first floor, and some of the furniture; with oak for the Atrium ceiling and THL ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILVs/ the Reading-room on the main -floor. Bronze has been utilized where metal was required, for the stacks, the Temple Room column bases and capitals, doors, grilles, ornamental brackets, and fittings. Ex- cept the canopies over the thrones, woven materials have generally been set aside for others more per- manent — leather, for in- stance, being frequently substituted; and the walls are generally cased with limestone, Caen stone, or marble, touched with color or embellished with bronze. - , It is interesting to know that not only the architec- tural motives but every- thing in the building was especially designed and made under the architect's direction. The fixtures, the furniture, the rugs, were elaborately studied and carefully developed in this way. In the earlier studies the big Temple Room, in the upper portion of the building, was enclosed with solid walls, in front of which ranged the columns of the main colonnade. As the Forecourt, Taken from Top of (he Side Pylon sketches progressed, how- ever, these walls were opened out, providing a space for the bronze grilles shown in the photographs, and, incidentally, also pro- viding the opportunity for a most unusual and beauti- ful lighting scheme. The big Temple Room can be lighted in a variety of ways: from the bowls of the standards set around the room, when the light is picked up and reflected in the folds of the curtains overhead; from colored lights placed in the top of the dado between the col- umns, which supplement the bowl illumination with greater volume of hght and differing color tones-; from the glass skylight, set far above in the apex of the egg-shaped arched ceiling; from a trough above the cornice surrounding the room; and finally, and per- haps most weirdly of all, from the hghts placed back of the colonnade outside the grilled windows — the effect of which, seen from without, is indicated in one of the smaller text views. 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JOHN RUS'SELL POPE, ARCHITECT VOL. IV., NO. 1 THL ARCHITLCTURAL REVIEW PLATE VIll DETAILS OF TEMPLE ROOM. THREE-SIXTEENTHS-INCH AcALE TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE, WASHINGTdN, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT VOL. IV., NO. I THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW PLATE IX ■ I DETAILS OF ATRIUM. THREE.-SIXTE.ENTH5-INCH SCALE TEMPLE. OF THE SCOTTISH RITE. WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT VOL. IV., NO. 1 THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW PLATE X DETAIL VIEW OF ATRIUM TLMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE. WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE. ARCHITECT VOL. IV.. NO. 1 THL ARCHITECTURAL RLVILW PLATt XI THE. SUPRLME COUNCIL CHAMBER TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE, WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT THE ARCHITLCTURAL REVILW VOL. IV.. NO. PLATE XII E.NTRANCE SIDE OF THE TLMPLE ROCM TE-MPLL OF THE SCOTTISH RITE, WASHINGTON. D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT THL ARCHITECTURAL RLVILW THE GRAND COMMANDER'S THRONE IN THE TEMPLE ROOM TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE, WASHINGTON. D. C. 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Subscriptions begin with the issue following their receipt. Single copies, SO cents. Entered as second-class mail-matter at the Post-office, Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1891. PLATL5 Plates I.— XII. — Temple of*the Scottish Rite, Washington, D. C. (Elevations, Details, Sections, and Photographic Views) — John Russell Pope, Architect. THE success of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in obtaining from their civic au- thorities the opportunity — and the responsibility — of restoring their historic architectural monuments has just been supplemented by the very recent success of the Boston Society of Architects in winning a similar opportunity in the case of the alterations threatened to Faneuil Hall in their own city of Boston. About twenty years ago something near $100,000 was expended in partially rebuilding and fireproofing this historic structure; that labor of preservation being carried on, with care and dis- crimination, under the control of a firm of architects of established abUity and creditable reputation, as the results still exist to prove. Oddly enough, perhaps from some failure of the appro- priation, this work was interrupted before its completion; with the result that the basement and first story now display the unprotected under surfaces of wooden joists and supporting iron beams; of crumbling carrying walls cased with many courses of dry and punky sheathing, and — both these stories being daily used as markets — the spaces out of pubUc sight are jammed with old packing-cases, burlap, sacking, and saw-dust; while it is the common custom of the lessees, in inclement wintry weather, to obtain local amelioration by use of the easily over- turned portable oil stove, and other equally dangerous temporary means of supplying light a,nd heat! The upper stories are used by a military organization locally regarded as having perhaps long outUved its sphere of miUtant "preparedness." They pay no rent; and they, too, Htter attic and eaves with old lumber, table-tops, and tressles, and do their ' individual and collective best to increase the avoidable fire risk. An over-zealous official, suddenly awakening to the possible fire danger of these conditions, demanded the construction of fire- escapes upon the building, utterly disregarding the fact that such metal additions to the exterior of Faneuil Hall would hardly add to its architectural or historic interest, or to its national esteem. The easy alternative of blasting the Artillery Company out of their accustomed trenches into other and more modern banqueting quarters apparently has not yet occurred to any of those great political minds that have thus far been brought to bear upon the problem! In laudable attempt to emulate the example set the profes- sion by the Philadelphia Chapter, the Boston Society of Archi- tects public spiritedly offered to appoint a committee of its members, that would serve free of cost to the city, and under- take to see that all necessary changes were made properly, economically, and in such a manner as to preserve the archi- tectural value, historic interest, and associations of this one-time " Cradle of Liberty." Perhaps not knowing how completely sim- ilar methods of restoring Philadelphia Independence Hall and Square and the old New York City Hall had met with ofl&cial appreciation and pubUc success, the Mayor long has hesitated to entrust the Boston Society of Architects with the entire charge of this work that they, in their proffer, demanded; while certain influences had apparently been endeavoring to obtain permission for the work to be carried on under the sole supervision and con- trol of an individual whose lack of architectural' training and general inabiHty to recognize the fundamental structural essen- tials of the problem was expressed by his idea of "fireproofing" exposed wooden floor joists by covering this open wooden ceiling with metal, and painting its under surface — as had, in this case, been advised! The result of the Society's stand has been at last to bring the city ofiicials around to their point of view; and an agreement has finally been completed whereby, in case it is possible for the city to appropriate the sum necessary to complete the restora- tion and fireproofing of Faneuil Hall, the offer of the Boston Society of Architects to prepare the necessary plans and specifi- cations will be accepted, and they will also be responsible for seeing that the work is properly carried out in accordance with those plans; the obtaining of estimates and letting of contracts being handled by the Superintendent of PubUc Buildings. This arrangement promises better results than have recently been obtained by citizens of Boston in upholding their legal rights and preserving unspoiled their architectural heritage! Within a few years Bostonians have seen another historic archi- tectural monument, the famous Bulfinch State-House, defiled and desecrated in many ways — its most recent' and perilous adventure being associated with the successful poUtical jobbery of rebuilding it into an advertisement of local marble interests by constructing far-flung wings of New England marble, and shoddily attempting to imitate their color on the Bulfinch front by coating it with near-white paint! All under the specious reasoning that monumental architecture should always be white in color, and that by these means only could this modest old Colonial structure be made to seem as pretentious and grandiose as other State capitals of unfortunate architectural fame! Not only did the false logic and fallacious sophistry of this attack pass without protest from an effete and indifferent community; but it was also found impossible to obtain any effective comment from an equally inert and subsidized local press. More than that, after the Boston Society of Architects had united as a body to associate two of its trusted members with the design of the work, in order to assure the preservation and protection of this unique architectural inheritance, these men have not scrupled to permit their names to be used while "standing for" this flagrant case of architectural miscegenation. And, having thus defaced the simple dignity and naive individuaUty of this one existing relic of the governmental architecture of a Colonial generation, and irrevocably erected this blatant proclamation of the present generation's lack of reverence, sense of proportion, propriety, or taste, they then desire to rearrange the Common elms to open up a vista so as still further to expose this archi- tectural impropriety to the abashed gaze of all who pass it by. Even the one-time sacred Common, — where but a few years ago the citizens united successfully to prevent a very small por- tion of their community cow-pasture being used for a free site for a high-pressure pumping-station; and have again, within a month, overwhelmingly voted against giving up any portion of its borders to widen the crowded traffic streets that now sur- round it on four of its five sides, — ^supposedly maintained by statute law safe from harm forever, has, before the public vote had been fairly counted and registered, been misused by its official guardians, the Park Commission (in consistent expression of the typical American city officials' "public bedamned" atti- tude). They have quietly, in the dark o' night, commenced a "Public Convenience" station — adapted, by an uninspired architectural genius with a rare feeling for propriety, from the "Temple of Love" at Versailles! — in defiance of public desire, and even of the City Art Commission, whose approval of designs is supposed to be required by law before they can be carried out! 14 THE. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW (From "The Brickbuildei ") (From "The Brickbuilder") Episcopal Chapel, Westbury, L. I. John Russell Pope, Architect AS usual, domestic architecture predominates among the subjects published in the architectural peri- odicals last month, only The Brick- builder introducing an intentionally dif- ferent element in the miscellaneous group of church designs contained in its De- cember number, along with articles by Dwight H. Perkins on the School Build- ing as a Social Center, by Mr. Price on Native Woods for Interior Finish (con- cluded), and on the Heating and Venti- lating of Churches. All the illustrations are of churches, and include a small (stone) chapel at Westbury, L. I., by John Russell Pope; the Plymouth Congregational Church at Chicago, by Riddle & Riddle, also of stone; another stone church, at North Wey- mouth, by Charles R. Greco; and two cement or plaster churches, one at Needham, by E. Q. Sylvester, the other, by Maginnis & Walsh, at New- port, R. I. Reverting to its usual material, brick, it contains illustra- tions of a Jewish temple at Newark, N. J., by Albert S. Gottlieb; a Geor- gian church in New York City, by Carrere & Hastings; a modest and at- tractive classical church facade on West 137th Street, New York City, by Ludlow & Peabody; a convent chapel at Sparkill, N. Y., by Davis, McGrath & Kiessling; a church at West Newbury, Mass., by Clark & Russell; a Roman Catholic church at Dorchester, by Brigham, Cove- ney & Bisbee; another, at Johns- town, Pa., by John T. Comes and J. E. Kauzor; and two English churches, one at Twickenham, and one at Goodmayes, in Essex. Of the American examples, only three venture the use of brick in any modern development of the Gothic architectural type, which the Eng- lish, on the contrary, have used un- hesitatingly, and generally with a success that is hardly apparent in the two selected examples. The other American designs extend Current Periodicals A Review of the Recent American And Foreign Architectural Publications (From "The American Architect") Municipal Building, Waterbury, Conn. Cass Gilbert,, Architect (From "The Brickbuilder") All 5ainls Church, West Newbuiy, Mass. Clark & Russell, Architects (From "The Brickbuilder") Chapel at Sparkill, N. Y. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling, Architects (From "The Brickbuilder") r ■^ % ^ 1 Iff % ^3l- _— -^ Jewish Temple, Newark, N. J. Albert S. Gottlieb, Architect St. James Church, New York City Ludlow & Peabody, Architects from the Itahan Lombardic, through the Renaissance and Georgian, down to the merely modern and picturesque. The American Architect for December i contains another instalment of Mr. Al- fred Yockney's EngHsh Country Houses, principal among the illustrations being Blyth Court, Edgbaston, arid Great Roke, Witley, Surrey, both by Buckland and Haywood-Farmer, and neither of them particularly new. A ledge-stone house for H. T. Saunders, Esq., at Ger- man town. Pa., by Diihring, Okie & Ziegler, is also illustrated, and there are views (too poor to reproduce) of Brazer & Robb's Delaware County Court- House additions, at Media, Pa. A house at Louisville, Ky., by Mr. Albro, illustrated December 8, is in- teresting in the simplicity of its Italian . scheme, derived from an equal sim- phcity of plan. Mr. Elmer Grey's Russell house, at Hollywood, else- where previously illustrated, is, by contrast, hardly as successful. A small rough-plaster house at Roches- ter, N. Y., and a picturesque rock bungalow at Greenwich, Conn., are also illustrated. Cass Gilbert's Water- 'bury Municipal Building, published December 15, is unusually compre- hensive, incorporating in one build- ing all the municipal needs of a smaU community, — ■ city hall, prison, fire and poUce garage, etc. This has made it impossible to pre- vent these various elements be- coming apparent in the finished structure. The exterior treat- ment, — reminiscent of the New York City Hall, — though care- fully studied, is yet (partly from material, anci particularly by the fussy platting of the land between building and street) rather rest- lessly nervous in the result, and the relation of the cupola to the design is not explained by the elevations. Unfortunately, the plans are too much reduced to be legible. The issue of December 22 con- THE ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW 15 (From "Architecture") tains a review of the proceedings of the Institute Convention. The plates reproduce what appear to be pencil-drawn winning designs for the Sacramento California Library Competition, by L. P. Rexford; a miscellaneous assortment of paro- chial buildings, completed and pro- posed; a Philadelphia branch li- brary; a mausoleum near Phila- delphia; a small wooden house at Newtonville; a stable in Connecti- cut; and Schmidt, Garden & Mar- tin's Morris Memorial Institute for Medical Research, at Chicago. The issue of December 29 shows familiar work by Mr. McGoodwin, 'direct and simple; his own house at St. Martins, Philadelphia; the Mackie and Schwartz houses, the latter shown by a model; a Renais- sance building for the Charlestown Library Society; and the Harper house, previously pubUshed, both in The Architectural Review (March, 1914), and even in The American Architect itself, in its issue of April 8 that same year ! Architecture for December, in- cludes another fragment, num- bered 6, of the articles on Spanish Rejeria; a suggestion as to a closer relation between Architect and Residences of William L. and Philip H. Glatfeller, Spring Grove, Pa. J. A. Dempwolf, Architect (From "The American Architect") House at Louisville, Ky. Lewis Colt Albro, Architect (From "The American Architect") House at Germantown, Pa. Diahring, Okie & Ziegler, Architects (From "The Western Architect") Manufacturer; and Mr. J. A. Dempwolf's "combination" resi- dence for Wm. L. and Philip H. Glatfelter, at Spring Grove, Pa., to which doubtful effort most of the issue is devoted. This struc- ture, aeronautically displayed in one view draped along the shoul- der of a hill, solves (?) a rather unusual problem by butting the two service ells together in the center of the composition, facing north; the house porches extending across a blank south service wall. Such an arrangement, we should think, might better please the owners than those human beings employed in their domestic de- partments. The design is a random stone-gabled and plaster half-tim- bered composition with EngUsh stacks, lacking unity and refine- ment, a criticism that also applies to those interior details illustrated. Messrs. Tracy & Swartwout's Mil- ford, Conn., Municipal Building is shown by reproductions from work- ing drawings; and there are views of a Germantown house and garage by Diihring, Okie & Ziegler; and two new cottage groups at Garden City, L. I., by Ford, Butler & OUver: one, a plaster development West Park Church. New York City Catrere & Hastings, Architects House at 5t. Martins, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert R. McGoodwin, Architect St. Columba's Church, Johnstown, Pa. J. T. Comes and J. E.. Kauzor, Architects 16 THL ARCHITECTURAL RLVILW around an inner court, after an English fashion; the other, a group of shingled double cottages, commonplace in type, and all the more so in contrast with the other mascuhne and "over-mannered" houses of this suburb. There are also miscellaneous illustrations, published without credit to their designers. The Architectural Record for December features Messrs. Meade & Hamilton's Drury residence at Cleveland, Ohio, a house of considerable size and English character, given an especial surface wall-texture by the recessed brick joint. Unfortunately, none of the exterior views is so chosen or printed as to allow of reprinting here. The interiors show a variety of French, Italian, and English styles of furnishing. The Har- vard Club additions, on 44th and 45th Streets, New York City, are again illus- trated, both by photographs and portions of the drawings. An article on Elevator Lobbies, Part I of Mr. Edward F. Stevens' American Hospital Development, Part IV of Mr. Bisseli's articles on Connecticut Colonial Architecture, and another instalment of Mr. Glenn Brown's McKim Reminiscences complete the issue. Mr. Ste- vens' article is thoroughly illustrated with photographs and plans showing various hospital arrangements and unit types. The "Portfolio" of "Current Architecture" contains small views of a simple stone house near St. Louis by La Beaume & Klein, houses at Detroit by Albert Kahn and George D. Mason, and at South Orange, N. J., by Davis, McGrath & Kiessling. The Western Architect for December publishes a collec- tion of the work of Tallmadge & Watson, including their Methodist Episcopal Church, and a number;?of_^their char- acteristic large and small house designs, from which we select one example only for representation here. The whole group could easily have been more representative. The Builder for November 19 con- tains some photo- (Ftom"The Builder," London) Birmingham Repertory Theater, England 5. N. Cooke, Architect (From "Ttie Builder," London) Premiated Design, Plymouth Co-operative Society Halliday, Paterson & Agate, Architects (From "The Builder," London) Premiated Design, Council Offices, Wilmslow, England J. Theo. Halliday, Architect (From "The'^Builder," London) graphic views showing progress of work on the Liverpool Cathedral, tihe Lady Chapel of which we reproduced in our Modern English Church Series in 1914, accom- panied by several of the working drawings. The issue for November 26 contains the competition drawing for the Council Offices at Wilmslow, by J. Theo. Halliday, archi- tect; the Wyggeston Grammar School, at Leicester, by Howard H. Thomson; and an article dealing with Bernini, the sculptor, accompanied by numerous illustrations. The December 3 issue features an editorial indicating that in England, as well as in America, is recognized the need for reform- ing the present methods of conducting competitions, — whether or not they are yet prepared to reform them out of existence is not quite clear! The new Birmingham Repertory Theater presents a fa^de in the new Greek feeling, with an interior more reminiscent of Austrian Art Nouveau. The interiors of Summerhill Court, Kingswin- ford, by J. A. Swan, and some reproduc- tions of Dunn, Watson, and Curtis Green's design for the Ottawa Department Buildings, are also illus- trated. The issue for December 10 contains another of Mr. Melville Seth-Ward's houses, the new decoration for St. An- drew's Chapel, at Westminster Cathedral, by Robert Weir Schultz, and a fantastic composition by A. E. Richardson en- titled "The Stately Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan." The Civic Design section also in- cludes several Welsh Town Planning villages. On De- cember 17 appear some ex- amples of Viennese Baroque Architecture, and the three premiated designs submitted for the Plymouth Co-opera- tive Society Premises, which, interestingly enough, show the continued attempt of English designers to adapt classical — either Greek or Ro- ■ man — architectural motives to suit the modern conditions now surrounding the problem of architec- tural design, in those given both first and third place. New Parliament and Departmental Buildings, Ottawa, Canada Dunn, Watson & W. Curtis Green, Architects THL ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW XV Barrett Specification Materials keep it eternally damp-proof— TH E deep foundations of the Temple of the Scottish Rite are insulated eternally from damage by underground dampness by Barrett's Tarred Felt and Coal Tar Pitch Waterproofing. It extends from the surface down the basement walls, through the foundation and across under the bottom floor — a continuous unbroken seal. The waterproofing will endure as long as the building, being chemically and physically immune from damage by water or acids of the soil. Similar pitch used in street pavements to fill the joints of paving block has been found unaltered after twenty-five years or more of service and still suitable to melt up and use again in a new pavement. Similarly, in the old Park Avenue tun- nel in New York City, such ^,--*: waterproofing was disin- terred after 33 years in damp soil and was found exactly as good as new. Barrett Specification Water- proofing is not costly. On the contrary it is very cheap. EN1>. Fa<-simile of Label . J^' It is significant that altfiough the motto of the builders was evi- dently "the best regardless of cost' ' , this inexpensive protection was chosen for the Temple of the Scottish Rite. Further informatton on request. BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO. New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston St, Louis Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburch Detroit Birmingham Kansai City Minneapolis Seattle The Paterson Manufacturing Co.. Limned Montreal Toronio Winnipeg Vancouver St. John, N. B. Halifax, N. S. Temple of the Scottish Rite Washington. D. C. Architect: John Russell Pope, N. Y. C. General Contractors Norcross Brothers, Worcester. Mass. Waterproofing Contractors New Constrjction Co.. New York City XVI THE. ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW THE WESTERN CONDUIT CO. 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Eastern Distributors PAVOR-RUHL £y CO. - - NEW YORK and CHICAGO All of the sheet metal work in connection with the ventilating system in THE TEMPLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Was manufactured and installed by Greorge H. Priggen Oo., Inc. 421 Atlantic Avenue Boston, Mass. AMERICAN COUNTRY HOML5 XIX T^HE interior walls and ceilings of this -^ stucco residence at Portland, Oregon, were laid on a base of Ejepanded Metal Lath It is a very typical example of the creative work of Johnson Mayer, of Portland. NORTH WESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. Manufacturers of A II Types of Expanded Metal 902 OLD COLONY BUILDING CHICAGO, ILL. Our catalog appears on pages 256, 257 Sweet's Catalog ilii XX THL ARCHITLCTURAL RLVILW WHEN you want a roof that is neat in appearance, fire- proof, durable, reasonable in cost, and satisfactory in every detail — SPECIFY Keystone Copper Steel Roofing Tin Highest quality Roofing Terne Plates man- ufactured — base plate of Keystone Copper Steel, accurately re-squared and uniformly coated. Look for the "KEYSTONE Copper Steel" stamp added below regu- lar brand, as indicated by MF trade-mark. We also manufacture Apollo-Keystone Copper Steel Galvanized Sheets — unequaled for all forms of exposed sheet metal work ; Apollo Formed Roofing Products, Black Sheets, Etc. Send for booklet **Copper — its Effect Upon Steel for Roofing Tinj" valuable to architects. ^^erican Sheet and Tin Plate Company General Offices: Frick Bld^., Pittsburgh, Pa. ^DISTRICT SALES OFFICES := Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, Philadelpliia, Pittsburgh, St. Louie Export Representatives : U. 5. 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SONS Insure your clients against the petty annoyance and expense of replacing broken sash-cord. It 's so easy! Specify Samson Spot Sash Cord and on your rounds of superintendence a glance at the window will show whether your specification has been followed. If you add "or its equal," and find a plain unmarked cord has been put in, how can you know the equal (if there were such a thing) of Samson Spot Cord has been used? The plain cord is nameless — now as well as when it breaks; but if our cord breaks, its spots are there to iden- tify it. We know this, and intend it shall not break; and the manufacturer of "or its equal" knows that his identity disappeared when the paper label was torn from the hank. "Safety first," especially as it costs no more. Samson Cordage Works, Boston, Mass. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW XXI :* -i.^..* ?!rr:^?""^ mm :n^ Air 'I ^be Studios of'tbe TTTTI lllet Staincb (Blass ^"^^^ an^ 2)ccorat(na (to. Lincoln Drive and Springfield Avenue ST. MARTINS, CHESTNUT HILL PHILADELPHIA Bell Telephone, Chestnut Hill 837 PROCTER MEMORIAL— THE POST- GRADUATE SCHOOL, PRINCETON "The theme is set forth with great sim- plicity and beauty. It is a poem in color — a splendid decoration. Mr. and Mrs. Willet are the designers and makers of the chancel win- dow in the chapel at West Point, as well as other windows in various churches in the larger cities. Their work resembles more the English work of to-day, or, indeed, the older work in France, than it does that of other contemporary workers. Their color is pecul- iarly rich, and their style is fashioned upon that of the great Old World workers." LEILA MECHLIN In "Art and Progress," December, 1913 C. LOGIC (Fragment) L Cartoons for Fifirure Portion of Great Wpst Window in Boston University Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts. Bellows & Aldrich, Architects Stained Glass " This medium is the handmaid of architecture, and can only justiiy itself by loyal service of its mistress. The ideal of the stained-glass artist must not be a picture made transparent, but a window made beautiful." — Hugh Arnold. Charles J. Gonnick, 9 Harcourt Street, Boston, Mass. ^ • »■■■««:• *^ ' -:' ''^^'■■' .■-w ■ -..t*-.-ii^:i^-.7r ^- — « " J!:-t-' '^S-ir-: Eastern Office Columbia Bank Building 507 Fifth Avenue, at Forty-Second Street NEW YORK Chairs removed, to show Organ Console THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW ^'^: xxin ' f .| i»r. v_*' iMV- There is no effect of tone or finish impossible with Southern Yellow Pine used for interiors. Mr. Architect — Do you appreciate fully the wonderful adaptability to general building uses of that most available, moderate -priced material Southern Yellow Pine "The Wood of Service" Do you realize that, properly finished, it is perfectly suited to use for the finest interior trim, as well as for framing, siding, and all exterior trim ? You doubtless are familiar with Southern Yellow Pine's rugged utility • — are you as well acquainted with its graces ? Let us send you, without obligation on your part, new literature on the up-to-date uses of Southern Yellow Pine for fine interior trim — telling how this wood can be painted, stained, enameled, or finished in natural colors to produce any effect desired, and equaling in every point of service and beauty the most expensive hardwoods. The specifications for finishing Southern Yellow Pine contained in this literature have been prepared by the foremost American authorities on painting, and have the approval of the National Institute of Industrial Research. This information is useful. Send for it to-day. Southern Pine Association 674 Inter-State Bank Bldg. New Orleans, La. <^-''!f:\ ll» III BEAUTY, ECOMOMY.AND DURABILITY lAREPERfECrLY COMBINED IN SOUTHERN YEUOW PINE J WIV THE ARCHITECTURAL RE.VILW Against your thanks for my subscription to Mas- ters IN Art 1 must protest, for the obligation is wholly upon the side of the subscriber, who has re- ceiveci such fine publications for so small a sum. Masters in Art is one of those things that one can- not afford to do without. H. Josephine Shute, Haywards, Cal. Masters in Art is the very best publication for the price that I know of. I feel that I am receiving mucn more than I am paying for. Geo. W. Hayes, Lebanon, Penn. Bound Volumes Brown Buckram, stamped side and back with frosted and burnislied gold. Gilt tops, edges uncut. Price, express prepaid, $4.00 each. Masters in Art becomes more valuable with each year, because, little by little, it becomes more repre- sentative of the whole field of art. 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In the background of the modeled ornament of the lower part the color is light blue, the rosettes are dark ivory, and in the upper part green leaves alternate with gray. The color glazes are slightly lustrous, as indicated by the high lights; not brilliant enough to be gaudy but with sufficient life to prevent dry, dead monotony. Atlantic Terra Cotta made for the interior of the Post Office at Mobile, Alabama, designed in the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. In addition to gray, cream, ivory, green and three shades of blue were used. >l We shall be glad to send a Terra Cotta piece like the one illustrated to any Architect who is interested. Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. 1 170 Broadway, New York Copyright, 1916, Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW xxvii Open Letter to Architects Gentlemen: In seeking to work with you so as to carry out your wishes for Roofing Tiles that are different, we have succeeded, to some extent at least, in producing what has been called by one Architect of distinction, — a new material. This effort has carried us far afield from our regular run and from stock materials. In texture, form, and color these tiles are wholly distinctive, and have received the rather enthusiastic approval of those Architects who have had opportunity to inspect these goods and who have the clientele that permits their use. We wish to emphasize, in passing, that this material is exclusive in character and price, and should be considered only on work where cost is a less consideration than results. As indicative of the class of buildings upon which our " SPECIAL " Roofing Tiles have been used, we name the following: Mr. a. G. Milbank's Buildings, Red Bank, N. J. Architects, Messrs. 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Foster's Residence, Lake View, N. Y. Architects, Messrs. Mann & Cook, Buffalo, N. Y. Whenever you have work of the character referred to above, and wish something - special for the roof, kindly call upon our nearest office, and if we cannot show you what you want in texture and color we will seek to work out your ideas in a tangible, satisfactory form. Very respectfully yours, LUDOWICI-CELADON CO. 104 S. Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. 232 Old South Bldg., BOSTON, MASS. 200 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK, N. Y. 1016 Weightman Bldg., PHILADELPHIA, PA. THL ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE WASHINGTON, D. C. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT Otis Equipment: Two Electric Paiaenger Drum Tjrpe Elevators Five Hand-Power Dumb Waiters One Hand-Power Sidewalk Elevator One Hand-Power Ash Lift As Efficient in Equipment as it is Admirable in Design In its interior design and equipment the Scottish Rite Temple, at Washington, D. C, exceeds even the promise of its 'beautiful exterior. 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