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In an interest- 1 g volume r e- cently published in ngland, entitled The Care of ooks," the author, )hn Willis Clark, egistrary of the niversityof Cam- 'idge, has traced le form and fit- ngs of libraries om the earliest mes to the end ; the eighteenth ;ntury. In the ;cords of the old vilizations from .ssyria to Greece, e finds only ar- h se o 1 o g i c a 1 limpses of rooms ) temples or pal- ces, devoted to he storage on s.aelves or in cup- boards, of the tablets and rolls which were the books of antiquity. Apparently, the first public libra- ries were estab- lished, and the first library buildings were erected in Rome, but Mr. Clark finds only meagre allusions in Latin literature as to their form, arrangement, or administration. From his gleanings through the major and minor classics, and the oldest of illuminated rr; inuscripts, he is led to think that the main features of the early Roman libraries, transmitted (at least by tradition) through the dark ages, were- reproduced as late as the year 1587, and preserved to the present day in the famous library of the Vatican (Fig. i), which he characterizes as being " Never intended for study ; . . a place for show rather than for use." Originating about the third century of the Christian Era, an entirely different class of libraries was developed in the monas- teries. Beginning with a few manuscripts kept in the cloisters on shelves or in chests, these small monastic collections of service books and theolog'^^l comrDeritaries, with occasional copies of the Note.— The author of this article is a Counseliut. and a Trustee of the American Library Associa- tion, which unanimously endorsed his " Points of Ae;reemt.;' ^mong Librarians as to Library Architect- ure"" at its conference in 1891. He is the author of the ai^'cle "Library" in Russell Slurgis's " Dictionary of Architecture and Building," and of the " Tract on Li-hr^ry Rooms and Buildings," which has jukt been issued by the Library Association. -i/ Figure i. Greek and Roman classics, developed as the centuries jjassed until thev overflowed the cloisters, and were assigned to separate rooms or suites of rooms. The Universities, in the Middle Ages, adopted the forms of monastic libraries and developed them into types which have served substantially until the present day. Mr. Clark finds that the first method of shelving rolls, manuscripts and books, was in closed presses or cupboards ; that the next method came in the shape of open wall-shelving ; and last of all, alcoves. What may be called the college type of library evolved in this gradual pro- cess, — long and usually narrow rooms with alcoves on both sides, am- ply lighted by windows in each al- cove, — continued to be used and imitated until the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury, and can still be seen in many libraries abroad, and a few in this country. As libra- ries increased in size galleries were added to break the height of wall shelving, or to add another story to alcoves. Some phases in this development are portrayed in the accompanying illustrations. Figure 3 shows a lectern with chained books, in the library of the Church of S. Walburga at Zutphen, — a sort of rudimentary "reference room." Wall-shelving, broken by galleries, is exemplified in the Ambrosian Library at Milan, built in 1603 (Fig. 2) ; in the gallery bookshelves of the Bodleian Library at Oxford (Fig. 4) ; in the general and the law libraries of All Souls College, Oxford (Figs. 5 and 6) ; in Sir Christopher Wren's library in St. Paul's Cathedral (Fig. 8) ; and in the reading-room of the recently constructed Carnegie Library at Edinburgh (Fig. 7). The alcove system is shown in the view of Merton College Library at Oxford (Fig. 9), said to be the oldest library extant in England ; in the large interior view of the Bodleian Library, O.xford (Fig. 10) and in glimpses of alcove bookcases in the University Library, Cambridge, England (Fig. 12) and in Durham Cathedral Library (Fig. 13). The alcove system, with galleries, is illu-strated in Trinity College Library, Dublin (Fig. 19) and in the "Library Hall" of Edinburgh University (Fig. 11). Library of the Vatican, Rome. Copyright^ iqo2y by Bates d-^ Guild Company. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. _ I ^ Fig. i!. Interior of the Amero^ian Librar\ at Milan. The generous direct daylight wliich the old architects provided for every alcove in their libraries, is indicated in the floor plans of Merton College Library (Fig. 14) and of Queen's College Library of Cambridge, England (Fig. 15) ; and in an exterior view of the library of the Col- lege de Navarre at Paris (Fig. 16). An interior view of the library of the University of Leyden, as it was in 1610 (Fig. 17) shows an interesting exception to the general wall-sheh-ing and alcove fashions of that day — foreshadowing in a remarkable way the "floor-cases" of our modern public library book-rooms. About the middle of the nineteenth century the public library movement began simultaneously in England and America, and with it came a correspond- ing reaaissance in college and proprietary libraries. English-speaking countries awnke suddenly from a library slumber of four centuries, into a fever of acti\-it}- and change. As it has been graphically put, — the old idea of a library as a public pump or well, to which the reader might come to draw his own literature if he cared for it, was supplanted by the theory that the library must be like public water- works, delivering books in every household. Thic "library idea" grew much faster for a time than library capacity. Existing buildings were found to be inadequate ; old librarians were often outgrown by their libraries and their constit- uency. Public and private bounty was turned lavishly toward building and endowing new libraries. Architects, as well as libra- rians, were somewhat bewildered at the new problems which were outrunning their experience. The old libraries had to face problems of enlargement and change in administrative methods, — which were solved very ingeniously. Perhaps the most interesting instance of adapting old forms to new needs, can be seen at Trinity College, Dublin. The dignified and scholastic vista of sombre alcove and gallery (Fig. 19) which had absorbed the growth of the library for genera- tions, became so overcrowded with books that more shelf room was imperatively necessary. Where to get it, without impairing the effect of the imposing interior, or spoiling the symmetry of the college quadrangles, became a serious question. Some prac- tical person solved the difficulty by closing in the open cloisters over which the library had been built, thus getting a lower story fourteen or fifteen feet high, giving it sufficient light from large side windows, and starting in it a two-story wooden stack (Fig. 20) to grow from the rear end toward the front, as the book acces- sions required more and more shelf room. Thus the latest method of compact storage modestly renders service to a survivor of the old family of impressive but impracticable media2val libraries. In building new libraries experiments succeeded each other through the third quarter of the nineteenth century. As early Fig. 3. Generai. ^■!E\v 01 THENnKrW TO THE Church of S, Wai as 1838-40 Harvard College, feeling a ground swell which heralded the coming surge of activity, erected a library building "of suf- ficient capacity to contain the probable accumulation of books during the century." The exterior design was copied from King's College Chapel at Cambridge, England. The interior was of the inherited university type, — a long, high room, lined with alcoves and galleries (Fig. 18). This was a close copy of foreign models. In the decade between 1850 and i860, the first new type of American library buildings was embodied in the former building of the Boston Public Library (Fig. 22), a type still surviving in the Astor Library, New York, the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, and the Public Libraries of Cincinnati and Detroit.. The main room which constitutes the distinctive feature of each of these libra- ries, is wide, long and lofty, and is lined from floor to ceiling with tier upon tier of alcoves and galleries. For a while this appears to have been accepted as the ideal large library, but a few years of occupation demonstrated so many faults and incon- veniences in this "conventional plan " (as it was called in the dis- cussions of the subsequent decade), that it was quickly discredited and discarded. Then came a demand for compactness of storage, for easier and quicker service, — a demand met by a complete and radical change in form. From the diffuseness of tiers of galleries spread around the sides of a vast and mainly useless central space, the "library theme" changed to close concentration of most of the books, in the centre or at one side of groups of working and read- ing rooms so arranged as to minimize space in storage, and time in service. The library of Harvard College, planned in 1840 to meet all needs of growth for sixty years, became uncom- fortably overcrowded in half that time. It was in planning its enlargement that the most important feature of modern libraries was evolved, — a feature which has affected all plans of librar}- architec- ture since its invention in 1S76. This was the " stack system," — the storage of books in a compact cage of metallic shelv- ing with narrow aisles between the shelves, st(ir\' superimposed upon story to any desired height. The credit of its invention and devel- opment into practical shape, belongs to Ware and Van Brunt, architects, "in con- stant conference with the library au'-hori- ties of the time, and with President Eliot, as to questions of practical convenience." They took the problem of housing a large number of books in the smallest possible space and worked it out so well that the Harvard. stack is still in satisfactory use; and though recent improvements and Side of the Library Attached lu Ri; \, at Zutphen. (From Lof^gan's Oxotiia lUifstrata, iby^,) THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Fig. 5. Law Library, Ai,l Soul's, Oxford. Fig. 6. All .SoLtr.'s Librar\-, Oxford. Fir,. 7. Reaijin(j Room, Carnegie LiuRAin , Edinburgh. changes in details have been made in other libraries, the " stack" of large libraries is today essentially the same. While these developments were in progress in the main features of large libraries, similar experiments were made in small libra- ries, and in the minor details of large libraries. As has been already said, — in its first rush the library movement got ahead of its administrators. Architects confronted by library problems could hardly find librarians of sufficient experience in the new conditions to give satisfactory advice, — or found what advice they could get from various sources, to be apparently confused and contradictory. The conse- quence naturally was, a crop of buildings more or less beautiful to look at, but too often very un- satisfactory as working libraries. In 1S76, however, the Amer- ican Library Association was formed, and from that time the librarians of the country have been gradually getting together in all matters pertaining to their occupation, — and not least in regard to library buildings. Architects, generally eager to comprehend the requirements of library administration, have Fig. 8. found it easier every year get to clear and satisfactory advice from librarians, and as a result, every year sees among its new libraries more models to follow and feW' ' ^T'lu'.es to serve as awful examples. There are a few collections of rare books, like the John Carter Brown Library in Providence and the Lenox Library in New York, for which it might be permis- sible to take the features of mediaeval or foreign libraries as models. For instance, — the alcoves with their solid carved book- cases and benches, — the closed "presses," or glazed cabinets, — perhaps even the rods and links by which books were chained to their desks three or four hundred years ago, might not be entirely out of place in a small library of choice books, used only by a select inner circle of scholars, and likely to grow only by slow and regular steps. But with these few possible exceptions, our modern American libraries are work- shops thronged with multitudes of readers who expect convenient accommodations and prompt service, which can only be given through every helpful feature of plan, arrange- ment and equipment which experience can suggest and invention devise. These features are not to be studied in the libraries of Lr 1 ■^te^'-- '' v^^'^^^^HH ft '^^^^SH^^^^^Iri^^B Fig. 9. Merton College Library, Oxford IN England. generation. Moreover, although modern English library build- ings are well worth study, — it is wise to bear in mind that conditions are different in the two countries. Dr. Richard Garnett of the British Museum, in his preface to Burgoyne's "Library Construction," acknowledges that "American libraries are planned on a larger scale than the British, and with more com- plete appliances, because the library and the librarian are more regarded in America." Even if Dr. Garnett is too modest in this opinion, there are some radical differences in methods which cause different conditions in England and in the United States. For instance, delivery desks there are much longer than ours, be- cause they have to provide not only for the receipt and delivery of books, but also for " Indica- tors," which are large upright frames containing pegs or blocks representing all the books in the leading library, and so arranged as to show at a glance -.vhetber any book is on the shelves or out on loan. The Carnegie Free Library at Edinburgh has twelve such Indicators, of which four are shown in Figure 21. Among libraries which partake of modern progress but have pecu- liar requirements, there are certain limited classes such as State, law, medical and other professional libraries, school and college libraries, and proprietary or club libraries. Of these, college libraries are the most numerous. They are very far removed from the old monastic libraries which issued only one volume annually to each monk entitled to use books, — or ind^ed.from thf" Harvard College Library of 1790, whose rules a.!^..^u the librarian to admit students to the library, u.*" not more than three at a time. Whoever hab to plan a college library, or a library in any of these special classes, will need to visit as man)' institutions of the kind as possible, and to correspond with the librarians of others, seeking not only merits to copy, but also faults to avoid; thus making his plan the culmination of previous experience. But the libraries which largely out- number all others, and which are most likely to call for the consideration of architects, are public libra- ries. This term, which might properly apply to any libraries not private, has come to mean city or town libraries sustained by public funds and operated for the benefit of the public. Pro- SiR Christopher \\'ren's Library at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Oldest Library past ag'es, but in the latest and best of the buildings of our own moted by enlightened public spirit, fostered by legislation and THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Figure io. Interior of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. largely aided by private beneficence, libraries are multiplying all over the land, and library buildings are becoming as universal as town-balls or high-schools. For practical consideration, public libraries may be assigned to groups according to size. Very small library buildings, of one or two rooms, are suited to small villages, remote settlements, mountain or seaside resorts, or as branches in townships which have several scattered centres of popula- tion. These range from the rough one- room wooden building of the simplest finish and fixti'-p" the '^jfl ■ librai) ui the prosperous summer /'cb'irt. The limit of book capacity for this class may be taken at looo volumes. The small library class may be taken to include libraries containing from looo to 5000 volumes, and situated in small towns not likely to grow either largely or rapidly. Like the smallest class, these may be con- sidered and treated somewtiat as local club- houses or neighborhood resorts, to be ren- dered accessible and attractive, rather than guarded or restricted. Of this class, where only one attendant can be employed, the key-note is such a grouping of book-room, reference room and magazine or children's room, that all three can be served and supervised from some central desk. To the class of moderate size, may be assigned libraries of from 5000 to 25000 books, situated in large towns or small cities, and also branch libraries in large cities. Here the uses and needs of the library begin to increase and differentiate. Provision must be made for a librarian and several attendants with different duties, for several classes of readers, and espe- cially for possibilities of future groA-th and expansion. A practicable baselv.^^'^t will help pack the necessary rooms for present use, and u^absigned rooms for overflow when grc.vth comes, into the limit of floor SD=ice demanded by the limit of cost. With sufficient area available for a "book room" besides the necessary reading rooms, etc., — there is no need whatever, up to this point in library growth, to consider the need of an iron "stack." Wooden sheU'ing in wall-cases or floor- cases, i List high enough to keep books on the top shelf within reach of readers or attend- ants, is not only allowable, — but is prefer- able to metallic shelving, for many reasons, in libraries having less than 25,000 volumes, and not likely to grow beyond that limit. The class of large libraries mav be T.ii'.nAR\' Hall, l-'.i Unp may taken as covering those containing from to (say) 250,000 volumes. In 25,000 up this case the problem becomes still more complicated. Unless the management requires the "Poole System" of separate depart- ments shelved only in wall-cases and floor-cases, an iron or steel THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Bookcases in the South Room of the University Library, Cambridge. Fig. 13. Alcoves in the Library of Durham Cathedral. stack is needed for the storage of the main body of the books. With the stack comes the need of bringing all the work rooms and reading rooms into such relations with this main feature, and to each other, as will allow the easiest, quickest, and most economi- cal service, with the best light everywhere. Electric-light devices have modified the evil of dark corners, but daylight remains better for readers, attendants and books. Mechanical contrivances for intercommunication, — desk telephones, ele- vators, electric carriers, — bring distant points nearer together than of old, but it still holds true, with or without these aids, that the shortest distance between two given points is the quickest to pass over, and that the lighting and grouping of library rooms demand the most careful consideration. The class of very large libraries, those holding from 250,000 volumes upward, and intended to serve large reading constituen- cies, is so exceptional that little need be said about them here. A pamphlet to be read and studied by any one who has a building to plan in this class, is the one containing " Sugge stive Plans for the New York Li- brary Competi- tion," which was printed by the trustees for the guidance of competing architects. In calcula- ting the capa- city of shelving, 10 volumes to fig. 14. WEST LIBRARY Ground Plan of the Library at Merton College, Oxford. the running foot is usually taken as the "full capacity," — the capa city of the shelves when packed full of books; — and about 8 volumes to the foot "practical capacity," which allows for spaces left here and there on the shelves at the end of subdivisions of classifica- tion, to anticipate gradual additions. One thousand volumes will therefore require about 100 feet "full capacity," or 125 feet "practical capacity." In order to bring the top shelf within reach, without the use of step-ladders, a height of 7 shelves may be considered the limit. One hundred and twenty-five feet of running shelving is equivalent to about 18 feet of single wall- shelving or 9 feet double "floor cases," 7 shelves high, — on the " practical capacity " basis. An approximate calculation as to the capacity of a stack, may be made by allowing 20 volumes " full capacity " (that is capacity when every inch of shelf -room is filled) and about 16 volumes "practical capacity" (allowing for proper spaces left on the shelves for future accessions). For books of reference, which are larger than the average, there must be provided some shelving (varying in amount accord- ing to the character of .the library) of greater depth and height than the average. For such shelves the " practical capacity " cannot be safely put at more than 5 volumes to the running foot. * i 1 U-, ,=j 1 L_ ; 1 i i 1 i m W " \ r^ ■^i r " ( r~^ —y f " m > < 1 « 1 i To ftteS'OBH-*^ k004( L, I & R A O Woot«N Oof^iNQ Fig. 15. Ground Pi.ax hf the Library at (.Jl'eens' College, C.wii'.kidce. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 3i^^^2%?te Library of the College de Navarre, Pa (No\v Uestroved.) The usual calculation as to capacity of reading-rooms, where tables and chairs are used, is to allow i6 square feet to a reader in a magazineor children's room, and 20 square feet in a reference-room. To cover here the experi- ence of librarians as to details of library building, or to criticise at any length the modern plans reproduced in this number, would require more space than can be allowed for text. It will perhaps be sufficient to restate briefly the essential principles of all library construction, as they have been developed during the last twenty years. They are as follows : — Plan always from the inside outward. Do not consider any feature of the exterior or of con- struction until the problems of administration and growth for libraries generally, and the par- ticular library in hand, have been thoroughly examined and understood. Remember that the modern library is a highly specialized pio. is. institution, and that its service demands as practical consideration as that of schools, hospitals or manufactories. Good planning of the interior will aid administration and save money in service ; bad planning may Fig. 17. Interior of the Library of the Un'i\ersity of I^eydek. From a print by Jan Cornelis Tl'oiidanits^ dated jbio. increase expenses, impede service and cripple the library. If the librarian is wise, practical and experienced, consult him at the outset, and at ever)- step in study, planning, construction and fitting, to the finish. If he distrusts his judgment, ask the trustees to find some other more experienced librarian to act as your constant adviser and critic. Plan for future growth, — not so much by making the building too large for immediate needs, as by providing practical possi- bilities of subdivision inside the building, or inexpensive outside enlargement, of each of the three main departments, — storage, service, and accommodations for readers. Having determined on the size and collocation of all the rooms required by the library under consideration, do not sur- render any of the essential features for the sake of symme- try or ornament. Do not embellish or decorate any service or reading rooms to such an extent as to make them show rooms, thereby attract- ing mere sightseers, which will tend to disturb readers and interfere with the administrative affairs of the library. Library of Harvard UNI\■ERSIT^ . Fig. Trinity College Librar\', Dublin. i 4 i!lu:-:'_'"''L£„3 W iT'PW'! BKKJUilllil ' n"^ in f^^ 1 «i t vm^ fflliJIiliH H ^^f^fftd ill." n'oIiT^rr! Ti , r, " -45" 'i |i& Fig. 20. Wooden Book-staci.. Cloister of Trinity C illegr Liurarv, Dublii Fig. nELivERv Room and Indicators. C.\RNEGiE Library, Edinburgh. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. The interior features of a library which affect or control its exterior form are : — The general necessity for economy in cost, space and service. The book-room or stack, requirinp; high narrow windows cast- ing direct light without shadow, through every aisle. The need for ample diffused daylight by day and artifical light by night through halls, working-rooms and reading-rooms ; — and for good direct light, under control, on desks and book shelves. The preference of librarians for stories of moderate height. The advantages of a finished basement (and often of a finished attic) for holding service or storage rooms, for present use or future growth, which might otherwise trench on the space available for the main floor or floors. The necessity for close collocation of working rooms, and easy service and supervision with the fewest possible attendants. Especial provisions for cleanliness and freedom from smoke or dust, throughout the building. Fig. ; Bates Hall, Old Public Lidrakv, Boston, ^[as Front the Proceedings at the Dedication , in 1858. The literature of the subject, considering its importance, is surprisingly small. There are, to be sure, many brief papers and plans scattered through architectural and library periodicals and reports of libraries and library commissions. These are indexed in Miss Krause's " Reading List on Library Buildings " (Bulletin of Bibliography Pamphlets, No. 5, published by the Boston Book Co., Boston), and in "An Index to the Pictures and Plans of Library Buildings to be found in the Boston Public Library " (Second enlarged edition, 1899), compiled by the librarian, Mr. James L. Whitney, and issued by the trustees of the library. There is only one book devoted entirely to this topic, namely, " Library Construction, Architecture, I^ittings and Furniture," by F J. Burgoyne; a duodecimo volume of 336 pages, published by George Allen of London in 1897, dealing systematically with all phases of the subject, and lavishly illustrated with plans and views of English, Continental and American libraries, and of modern library furniture. An appendix gives a full list of library illustra- tions to be found in back volumes of the American Arcliitect, The Arcldtect (of London), The British Architect, The Builder, and the Buildinz News. The Architectural Review VOL. IX., NO. I, JANUARY, 1902. NEW SERIES, VOL. IV., No. PU13LISHED MONTHLY BY BATES & GUILD COMPANY, 42 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass. Price, mailed flat to any addrebs in the United States or Canada, $5.00 per annum, in advance: to any foreign address, $6.00 per annum, in advance; subscription.s begin with the issMG folio-wing their receipt. Single copies, 50 cents. The Architectural Review may be had at John Wanamaker's, Philadelphia : Philip Roeder's, 307 No. Seventh Street, St. Louis: Frederick A. Schmidt's, 504 Ninth Street, Washington: Brentano's, 31 Union Sq., New York: Brentano's, 218 Wabash Ave., Chicago ; G. Broes Van Dort's, 218 LaSalle Street, Chicago : Charles Macdonald & Co.'s, 53 W.ishingtiin StreLt, Chicago: IIamreli. & Upham's, 283 Washington Street, Boston. While the Editor of The Architectural Review cannot hold himself responsible for the care of drawings or manuscripts which may be submitted to him, he will always be glad to consider them, and will return those that he cannot tLse when postage for the purpose is provided. THIi competition recently held in Galveston for the Rosenberg Library contained so many good points in its programme, and was so promptly and successfully carried through, that the programme is given on page i6 as a suggestion for Boards of Trustees, or Building Commit- tees. It was of the " mixed " variet)-, not in itself by any means a form to be commended, but in a case like this almost unavoidable. Three outsiders were invited, and the Galveston men were allowed to enter. The committee chose a consulting architect, Mr. Rosenheim of St. Louis, and drew up the programme under his advice. This is well written, concise and clear ; contains no con- tradictions and gives all the necessary facts. It explains the con- ditions of the site, and the limitations as to construction and the availability of materials. It gives the limit of cost, and states what that is to include and what is not included. It gives the accommodation required, but does not specify areas, thus allowing each competitor to plan to come within the limit. It provides for answering inquiries, and permits none during the last fortnight. It provides for prompt award and prompt payment of the prizes, and also the \'ery wise and just provision that the winner shall have $1000.00 on account at the time of the award. The only points that one feels inclined to question at all are : — (i) — The scale of the drawings. Sixteenth instead of eighth, and eighth instead of quarter ought to be sufficient to determine the winner, which is the only object of the competition. (2) — The requirement of a detailed estimate. To make an estimate good for anything would requnx' more drawings and a fairly good skeleton specification. This involves a good deal of additional work ; and the less work the better in a competition, especially one like this, where the prizes are barely sufficient to cover the cost, and where the uninvited men merely gamble. (3) — The signing of the drawings. This is really a moot point. Many think that a well-known name gives unfair advan- tage ; but on the whole one is inclined to think that the well-known man has a right to that advantage, whatever that may be, as he has earned it. On the whole the Board of Directors and Mr. Rosenheim may be congratulated on their work. [Note. — Of the illustrations in this number, Figs. 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are repro- duced by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Co., New York, from Clarke's " Care of Books."] IN drawing up of the competition for the Washington Hospital Mr. Wheelwright had a much more difficult task before him. There was no possibility of it being other than an open com- petition, and it was a ver\- large and a \\:\'\ technical problem, where it was evidently almost impossible to tlraw up a programme without first studying the problem in detail. In writing the oro- gramme it was evidently difficult to spy enough without saying too much ; for no sooner was the programme out than questions began to come in, both wise and foolish, as to the meaning of various conditions. Besides the vagueness of the requirements, there were also inexcusable printer's errors. Owing to these, the first step in the competition was a bad one — the changing of the date for receiving drawings. Undoubtedly one of the difficult feats in the use of English is to describe tersely and accurately a com- plicated problem ; to avoid repetition and verbiage, and to make statements which do not admit of a double meaning. It is little wonder if an architect, who is expected to be an adept in so many other things, is not a master of English to the extent required in such a task. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. ^;^:». .^v-?- jECOHS 5T0RY PLAN PUBLIC LIBRARY, PROVIDENCE, R. I. STONE, CARPENTER & WILLSON, ARCHITECTS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. PUBLIC LIBRARY, PROVIDENCE, R. I. STONE, CARPENTER & ^X'ILLSON, ARCHITECTS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. „-.t \ »i»,-iv»»«''»'*" PUBLIC LIBRARY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. FERRY & CLAS, ARCHITECTS, MILWAUKEE. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 1 IS^^ 1 ^■^^lO ^^B A r iJ i ■ fe J 'i>s^^ltt0^^ ^ ^K|^£^.' vl^H^Hk^^B^I PUBLIC LIBRARY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. FERRY & CLAS, ARCHITECTS, MILWAUKEE. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Roo7n Description. 100. Public Documents. 102. Atlases, Maps and Manuscripts. 103. Vault. 105. Current Newspapers. 107. Newspaper Consultation Room. 1 10. Newspaper Files. 111. Men's Cloak Room. 112. Toilet. 1 14. Women's Cloak Room. 115. Toilet. Room Description. 117. Janitor's Store Room. 118. U. W. Library Duplicates. 120. Mathematics Seminary. 121. Political Science Seminary. 122. Economics Seminary. 123. History Seminary. 125. History Seminary. 127. History Seminary. E 1 e. Elevator. E. Book Lift. Room Description. 200. Toilet. 203. Secretary's Office. 205. Business Office. 208. Librarian's Office. 209. Vault. 210. Closet. 211. Toilet. 212. Official Catalogue Room. 214. Delivery Room. 216. Delivery Room. Room Dfscription, 217. General Reading Room. 218. Delivery Room. 220. U. W. Catalogue Room. 212. U. W. Librarian's Office. 223. Toilet. 224. Toilet. 225. Janitor's Store Room. 22*?^. Store Room, 227. Periodical Room. Ele. Elevator. E. Book Lift. LIBRARY OF THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MADISON, WIS. FERRY & CLAS, ARCHITECTS, MILWAUKEE, WIS. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, 13 P|gn of the Ground or Rrst Story. Plan of ttie-Main or Second Story Plan of the Reference orThird Story. Scale.. 16' 3? 48' Lecture Room. Corridor. (5/053 Roof. iiBw. Ante-RoomlAnte Room". ■f I somlAnte Art Room. BlaBS Roof. Plan of the Lecture or Fourth Story, The ENQiNECniNO RE< Plans reproduced by permission, from T/ie Engineering Record, New York. PUBLIC LIBRARY, JERSEY CITY, N. J. BRITE & BACON, ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK. H THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. GROUND FLOOR. MAIN FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR. THIRD FLOOR. FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, NEWARK, N.J. RANKIN & KELLOGG, ARCHITECTS, PHILADELPHIA. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 15 i PUBLIC LIBRARY, FALL RIVER, MASS. CRAM, GOODHUE & FERGUSON, ARCHITECTS, BOSTON. i6 THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. Competition for the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas PROGRAMME The Board of Directors of the " Rosenberg Library Associa- tion," a corporation of the city of Galveston, Texas, organized under the laws of the State of Texas, herewith respectfully invites you to submit a design, in competition, for the proposed " Rosen- berg Library," to be erected on a plot of ground 120 feet by 215 feet, situated at the northwest corner of Tremont Street and Sealy Avenue, in said city of Galveston. A survey of said ground showing correct grades and levels, and containing all other information, is hereto attached. The plot is practically level. The soil is sandy and capable of sustaining safely a load of three (3) tons per square foot. The bottom of footings cannot extend more than two and one-half (2}4) feet below the level of the sidewalk curb. It is the purpose of the directors to raise the grade of the entire lot to a point five (5) feet above the sidewalk level and to establish the level of the main floor at a point ten (10) feet above said sidewalk, so as to permit of a nine (9) foot basement. The building must be of modern fire-proof construction and cost not exceeding the sum of ^100,000.00, ///(-///^////j^ " Heating and Ventilating Apparatus, Plumbing and Gas Piping, Electric Wiring, Mantels and Hardware"; but excluding the "Book Stacks, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Furniture and Decorations, Filling and Grading of the lot and Architect's fee." The exterior is to be of such material as each competitor deems best suited to the execution of his design, and the interior is to be finished generally in first-class style. In general the requirements will be as follows, the dimensions of the various rooms, etc., being left to the judgment of each individual competitor: — Basement. Receiving and packing room, with lift ; storage rooms ; bicycle room ; living rooms for janitor ; boiler and fuel rooms; separate toilet rooms for men and women. Main Floor. The necessary amount of space to be allotted to lobby, corridors, stairways, etc. General reading room (which may be also used as a reference room) ; newspaper and periodical room ; directors' room, with vault ; librarian's room, with vault and toilet room ; cataloguing room, with lift to receiving room ; delivery hall; stack room. Second Floor. The necessary amount of space to be allotted to corridors, stairwa}s, etc. Lecture hall, with seating capacity for from five hundred to seven hundred persons, equipped with stage and ante-rooms and provided with a gallery at one end — if necessary to accommodate that number of people. Children's reading room ; separate toilet rooms for boys and girls ; two rooms to be used as studies. (If deemed advisable the newspaper, periodical and file rooms may be located on this floor.) Stack room. The building is to occupy only so much of the entire available area of the site as may be necessary to fully incorporate the fore- going requirements. The stack room must be large enough to accommodate sixty thousand volumes. Entrances to the building must be from both streets and an entrance to the basement arranged on the alley side for the recep- tion of books, etc. The principal architectural front should be on Tremont Street, which is a boulevard and one of the leading thoroughfares of the city. The building must be set back from the sidewalk not less than 50 feet on Tremont Street and 25 feet on Sealy Avenue. The view of the building from the north will be equally as conspicuous as that from the south, so that the treatment of tlie north elevation should be such as will harmonize with the street fronts. Competitors are warned that the prevail- ing winds in this vicinity are south and southwest, and that warm weather prevails during nine months of the year, making high ceilings and large openings desirable. This competition is limited to three invited non resident archi- tects or firms of architects, as follows : Ackerman & Ross of New York, iN.Y. ; Eames & Young of St. Louis, Mo ; Thos. R. Kimball of Omaha, Neb., and all uf the resident architects of the city of Galveston. The Pjoard of Directors has engaged Mr. A. V Rosenheim, architect, of St. Louis, Mo., to act as their professional adviser and consulting architect, to aid them in preparing these instruc- tions, in making the award and in oilier ways. The architect whose design is selected as being the best, will be retained to prepare the working and detailed drawings and to ■ I supervise the construction of the building. He will receive, in compensation for his full professional services, a fee of five per cent upon the total cost of the building when completed, as estab- lished by the American Institute of Architects. To provide for the contingency of delay or of the discontinuance of the work, the architect, so retained, will be paid the sum of $1000.00 upon the award of the competition, the said payment to be regarded as on account of the final commission. The unsuccessful non-resident competitors will each receive the sum of ^250.00, together with their drawings, not later than ten days after the award of the competition. Of the designs sub- mitted by the unsuccessful resident Galveston architects, the two best will be selected by the Board of Directors, with the assistance of the consulting architect, and the authors of the designs so selected will each receive the sum of $250.00 at the same time the invited unsuccessful competitors are paid. Drawings. Each design submitted shall consist of the fol- lowing drawings only (no alternate design will be considered), v and shall be enclosed in a portfolio, or between stiff cardboard, securely wrapped, sealed and addressed to Mr. A. J. Walker, President "Rosenberg Library Association," Galveston, Texas: (i) Plan of basement. (2) Plan of main floor. (3) Plan of second floor. (4) Rendered elevation of Tremont Street front. (5) Sketch elevation of Sealy Avenue front. (6) Sketch elevation of north front. (7) Block section through the building, showing height of stories and the proportions of the most important rooms. All to be drawn to the scale of one-eighth inch to the foot, excepting the Tremont Street front, which should be one-fourth inch to the foot. No perspecti\'e sketch will be received. All drawings must be on " Whatman " paper, unmounted, sheets to be 19 inches by 27 inches. Plans to be blacked in solid. The Tremont Street elevation is to be rendered with shadows accurately cast, with the light falling at an angle of forty-five degrees from the left side of the drawing. One figure only may be shown on this rendered elevation to give scale. Drawings to be titled : " Competitive design for ' Rosenberg- Library,' Gaheston, Texas, (Name) Architect," and must be addressed, as before indicated, and delivered at Galveston not later than Oct. 21, 1901. Any competitor whose drawings fail in any respect to conform with the foregoing requirements and conditions will be placed out of the competition. Inquiries for additional information must be made in writing only, and forwarded by mail to Mr. A. J. Walker, and any answer, or additional information given, will be simultaneously communi- cated by mail to each competitor by circular letter ; but no such information will be given after Oct. 7, 1901. A brief description of the building, typewritten or on plain legal cap, calling attention to any special points of the design, materials proposed, etc., must accompany the drawings, together with a detailed cstiniate of the cost. Said estimate to cover all parts of the work necessary to complete the building, with the exception of the "Book Stacks, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Furni- ture, Decorations and the filling and grading of the lot." The final decision will be rendered and the award made not later than Nov. 4, 1901, at which time each competitor will be promptly notified and a copy of the report of the Consulting Architect sent to him. No drawing will be exhibited or made public until after the award, and not then without the consent of the author. Nothing original, as to this competition, in the unsuccessful designs .shall be used without compensation to the author of the design in which it appears. The amount of this compensation shall be agreed upon between him and the Board, and, in case of disagreement, it .shall be referred to the Consultinu' ' * --' whose decision shall be final, in regard not only t^- be paid, but in legard to the real existence of an Very respectfully, ]>(i\KL) 0'- DlRE( TORS OF RoSENBERG L C A. V. Rose- lEiM, Consulting Arcliitect. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. ACCEPTED DESIGN FOR THE ROSENBERG LIBRARY, GALVESTON, TEXAS _ i ■ 5^ rttf fccfxnTj miitr n^inTrr ntnarn m irtafOTiTiiTTTnTf iTrf iTrrf fm rn iTrmTTirnrirriTi < irnTiri'ni in tt r ttj ri i < << uTiw teg:'— ^Tj-^'-'-'-r 7F-:'-t'^ r- ■■ y r T^gjsg- ^- ;3'" cr~ ^- , —r -:r >jr- 'o-.-ir: ',»;- .:->/' c) i^ f f: f 5!l I ill 'I: • J ■ " /;■■■ ■ iLU : i:^« »j .,J r if^i .IS Me 1 ,' "^"-^ "^- ^-^ -Ut&.T U K E MALL- ' -^- . H f! ^^ '^^ -■ IF* its^" c::r TwrsTl I %m III J ' jLiiji " mm. •- & VOLTNG, AXH'TECTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. iS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE ROSENBERG LIBRARY, GALVESTON, TEXAS U-- "~!_. Frr ...jt- ■^ r ,.,-. -N - "If I — h^-4 I i I I ■ vV'»>-^ •■% FPr ^i, ^^mF :^i E ^^^£/v=^H~^->> - _^J..J_ Frr A vf c -^^□nn"nnn'"'Dna' *-' 4 1"! -J k 4ir u- I J L 1 r- ^ LL..,^ U DESIGN BY ACKERMAN & ROSS, NEW Y"^ -^SSM^^ife^ THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE ROSENBERG LIBRARY, GALVESTON, TEXAS prfuri rM 5r*^S»« — Mw tS^u'tt fUMBALL, ARCHITECT, OMAHA, NEB. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, U T I C A, N . Y. SIXTEEN designs were submitted in this competition which closed June i, 1901. In his preliminary report, Prof. Wm. R. Ware, the professional adviser of the Build- ing Committee, selected six designs, numbered 2, 3, 5, 10,14 and 15, as deserving the serious consideration of the trus- tees. These are published in the following pages, together with one other. No. 4. It is to be regretted we cannot give space to the publication of this last set of drawings at full size, as it is seldom such an example of masterly draughtsmanship is available for publication. After conferring with the Building Committee, Pro- fessor Ware issued a supple- mentary report advising the selection of design No. 5, this advice being accepted by the committee. In this supplementary report the scheme shown in No. 14 and in No. 15, which gives no interior courts or areas, and ' -f^r X. .,i,iiiJi 1 1 ff .^■H^^L^ '^-i AcCEflED A. C. Ja( kscin. Architect, T. E. Bl which places the four principal rooms on the four corners of the building, was considered less satisfactory than the scheme of the other four designs which, in the main, followed the tentative plan issued with the program. These four designs differ very little in merit, except that in No. 5, the access from the rear entrances to the principal rooms is more satisfactory than in the others. In this design the principal staircases are placed in the middle of the building, and are available for use from either front or rear entrances. On this account No. 5 was recommended for adoption, subject to several minor changes , in arrange- ment, and the building is now being erected substantially in accordance with this scheme. The drawings were required to be in pencil, on tracing paper, mounted on drawing paper, and expense in the preparation of the competition drawings was eliminated as much as possible. j-.,-r--^*^'S./ ,-■ , 'rrn'lir-f. ... '-i-i- -. M-^ Dksk. .\KE As i.iA'1 i':n. New York. ;Q;- ■ - -V-,;.: ^4 ^ ^~ ■'■•? > » iiif: .1 Design No. 15. Wm. B. Tunnv & Bro., Architects, New York. Design No. 3. D'Oench & Yost, Architects, New York. ..,.,..^^?^^"^'f:T^., j^juja-j^^^-^ .p ,'.(;; V •''" ._^-,-.v.'-\."--r K « ■ -ife ',^".<^.K^^^^2^~ -^^^^ -----=^^Sf; '--- Design No. jo. AcKERMAN & Ross, Architects, New \ou L)esign Xu. 14. Lord & Hewlett, Architects, New York. l^_. ilTEC'JS, NlOW VORI- I i- ;u c^ j^,_,^^^„ THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMPETITION FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UTICA, N.Y r^-- .,--_..„ jigt;. ;.^_^_ ^ _^ _ jrr| ,i H !,".£. BLAKE, ASSOCIATED, ^HW YORK. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. r '«! I ifl'i M i' iimil i ,; ''rf: TfTf ] ¥ 1. "l^TMTiTTIh H' 'HnT'TliW ::^ "-4 .r3 . . E^ . ■ f:3 . ^-*-j* ilk-'' "■'■ '^f - ■ Tl' fr ' [1 ^-.:^ JL ' i'r i'**^' ' • ■ '-T^i)-' ■ ■ ''^(i iii:sir;N 'iUMJiER 10 ACKi:RIVlAN & KC-iSS, ARCHITECTS, NEW YOK' ■ S -li i SJ .iii:n? ' _^.Z. mm r T T ■ ~T &>/ • I ' [ PL^ ' T r - -^^ I, . "X J -1 DKSHIN NU.MHKK 4. WILKINSON & MAGONIGLE, ARCHITECTS, ^ >\V \ril THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW 23 COMPETITION FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, U T I C A, N . Y. ■ --■ ]|'|rnrf[PT i^?' 1 '■ h'D'f' h'.sj,''''! P^B^' fell Nil MtiMiimq jijii_i:jai__iiCTt MM linn--. ^tr ^n ■: :pr^: - -orTrp ; r?/ATIC)H'- CE::NK".''>t:E 5T — # ikr~7K" ,-*+- iH: U.-1 I — '^ — r — T — : — JM ■^ I nlCa lJ¥ ->' idllB I I wMItt I I rMm 1 1 iiJQfai 1 4 '1 fl^TfSf^s'^t, iWVSn I 1 oMMnfil i.::L J I ;-iKi;l(. n/i' <^ 3. J. ""■■■'■ ■ t , '" ' ■" --.!l .j_i| Ir ■^ I ri>.fp;--T,*r.:^ '; ff w: n m I- I-: I m (A; I: L.f1Pl?f*r;:-V ^ p.^;:)f-: ^ "-.'■ '—'--- v — •' ^t; nnnitP!^;!E!^;i!f~f'f,n' i' I T~ QO ©& DESIGN NUMBER 2. MRDINE, KENT & JARDINE and E. A. KENT, ARCHITECTS, NEW YvORK. r'^ ill m W'' ^ ^,^:ml^' DESIGN NUMBER 3. D'OENCH & YOST, ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK. 24 THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UTICA, N.Y ,_,x^ IWTT^ ^\ It. rfTlfrjEp ^ ^Ip^^f i^^'rfO'^^ ■J^" T- t_ •r^ J£ nr^V oifj'"^ ' ''rr^ r ? ^'^:^ ~A„" zi n |Sy 1^ r"- i |c:i*«"^^r3 CHI , .. i — i & II M ■■ IS& h,. L J • fsss-v^ jp / WW V V C3 C3 r— ^1. .. ■ ■ i rr 1 J, ^^r ■-»«— ■ Lll-J-H:] DESIGN NUMBER I4. LORD & HEWLETT, ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK. WM. B. TUBBY & T^rq , ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 3(j THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. m , Ci ■■■l len ELEVATION OF SECOND PRIZZ DESIGN; SETH J. TEMPLE, ARCHITECT, URBANA, ILL. L I I LJlS: • • • • \. *■, i 1 1 • • • ^J I • • l^A DESIGN BY MAURAN : )EN, ARCH; ICTS, j). LOUIS, A THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, DAVENPORT, lA I I L . je^ '■'<-:•-»/« ^1 H-TT "V l| if * 1 .!! ''ill: , %.. v-n — f /Z:...,\, '---4. -..-. J ;ecUNDI=Li>.'Rri-fttI PLANS FOR SECOND PRIZE DESIGN; SETH J. TEMPLE, ARCHITECT, URBANA, ILL. '»* j__ c^^ ..c^' cr'^. ■^, . .c^ '^. /.t C'-' " ->*.. rt ■£>^ ll^' o ,..Js p,^ KK. 2S THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE FLOWER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, WATERTOWN, N. Y. .,%^, ;■ *^' ^M 1^7Z-J- qoi ,TSS*»^ ''^pj»^ c: k.- ji _D_ !» » ii^ 4« «« « A C C E P T I: D DESIGN. ORCH. ■■'■■■ JORA.EMON & |L/, "^ -HirHCTS, NIA. - — ' '»*», THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE FLOWER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, WATERTOWN, N. Y. ■•$>w ", , V^Jl ^ f SECOND PRIZE DESIGN; DAVIS & SHEPARD, ARCHITECTS, NEW YORK. poo] ^ I ago: :Q00 QQ THIRD PRIZE DESIGN; MARCUS T. REYNOLDS, ARCHITECT, ALBANY, N.Y. »:.^'% r" T-f* ■"•* •■<■ ■ •■I FLOWER MEMOiRIAL LIBRARY !». -fATERTOWN NEW YOHK UTT n-WLOR AND HORATIO W. OLCOTT, AKCKITTCTS, NEW YORK. ^. ^^:. T 3° THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OTTUMWA, lA I ^=^ Q I i 11 -5riiTM'6,-Gu-rTER5oM -AncH-ra- ■DesML-.lHErS'lOWA' ACCEPTED DESIGN. SMIIH & GUTTERSON, ARCHITF'^.TS, JhS MOINES, lA \ THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. COMPETITION FOR THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OTTUMWA, lA ■TRANSVERSE - SECTION LONGITUDINAL • SECTION iF^ as W r^i ^ P — ~1 ^Ei Li-rNCI: P-OUA DR.tN_% P,OQ"\- DELIVEKT ■ R.OU/^ M - . '^j! I (=S DESIGN BY F. R. COMSTOCK, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. ! 1 r I- I- L LI J— 1 II!!!!! i*il ili.ll ■Am- ■D- U'L>iI IT i } -^ wiJ'P -OVJ-ff IP ^_r - J>?.\*ftE-SK: :=<]tC1"lCv?-r T< CL: ,,P LnrrX E DESIGN BY F. R. COMSTOCK, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK. -r— THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 35 COMPETITION FOR THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SCHENECTADY, N.Y. ■v:^~':';- ^^■- ■ J ■_>>*«£;■.. f-y^ \m\ V '1 - t ' L Liiiin . S. .;:S3S5f:^^-^--^^ '■■'"-'"';:.c^i X^ V, ^ V -j: _>^ t ',1 1-^ f -..—.-I t T 1 i-ajLJ--i DESIGN BY ACKERMAN & ROSS, ARCHITECTS, K£W YO."^K. 3'^ THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. RAY MEMORIAL, FRANKLIN, MASS. RAND & SKINNER, Ak( niTECTS, BOSTON. V THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. 37 FOUR SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL HALL taUTH SIOB IVfLST ■ £ZND • NORTH &trij=. FOUR SIDES OF THE READING GALLERV RAY MEMORIAL, FRANKLIN, MASS. RAND & SKINNER, ARCHITECTS, BOSTON. 38 THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. i ^...E^: ;l..l.. J T y-i PUBLIC LIBRARY, BANGOR, ME.; FRANK A. BOURNE, ARCHITECT, BOSTON, MASS. COMPETITION DESIGN FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, WAYLAND, MASS.; T. 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PUBLIC LIBRARY, MADISON, N.J. CHARLES BRIGHAM AND WILLARD P ADDEN, ARCHITECTS, BOSTON. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, xix The Architectural Review for 1902 THE GENERAL POLICY of the REVIEW is so firmly established and so well known to its readers, that it is sufficient to announce its continuance with such changes in detail as may result from constant effort towards improve- ment. The Editorial Page which has always been authoritative, the department of "Current Periodicals" acknowledged to be the best critique of correct archi- tectural work, and the insert plates, reproducing for the most part Scale drawings from the best offices, will be features of all regular numbers. THE LEADING ARTICLES, always a strong feature, will be well up to the established standard' of interest, as the subjects and writers secured for the earlier issues indicate. Mr. C. H. 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