V C'\ ''.''i 9,5 —f ( - ?5 ROOSEVELT AVE. BINGHAMTON, N. Y.' ORNAMENTAL IRON, BRONZE AND WIREWORK FOR USE OF ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS INTRODUCTION BY HARVEY WILEY CORBETT HELMLE, CORBETT AND HARRISON ARCHITECTS NEW YORK CITY STRUCTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS IRON, BRONZE AND WIRE PUBLISHED IN 1 92.7 BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE MANUFACTURERS 62_2_-62.6 BROADWAY, CINCINNATI, O. PRINTED IN U. S. A. BY JOHN P. SMITH COMPANY, INC. ROCHESTER, N. Y. COPYRIGHT, I92.7 BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE MANUFACTURERS FOREWORD T he National Association of Ornamental Iron and Bronze Manufacturers presents herewith illustrations of various kinds of Ornamental Iron, Bronze and Wire work produced by its mem¬ bers, with brief specifications accompanying the illustrations, to make them more serviceable and useful for architects. We are convinced that ornamental iron, bronze and wire will make almost any building better; that they are more durable than the sub¬ stitutes which might take their place and, therefore, in the long run more economical. We know they are more artistic and more beautiful. This book is issued primarily for the use of the architect and his clients. The specifications that accompany the illustrations we hope may serve the architect in designing something of a similar character for a like purpose. We propose to issue other books similar to this one at intervals. In them we will show the infinite number of ways in which ornamental iron, bronze and wire can be made to serve better than any¬ thing else, in various kinds of buildings. While our purpose in endeavoring to provide a greater market for ornamental iron, bronze and wire is, in all frankness, prima¬ rily a selfish one, we feel that no apology is necessary, be¬ cause in endeavoring to promote the greater use of our products, we believe we are rendering a distinct service to both architect and owner. These products add the final touch of beauty and permanence to both inte¬ riors and exteriors that cannot possibly be se¬ cured from any substitute. We present this book, believing that it shows the possibilities of greater orna¬ mentation and finer decoration , yet en¬ tirely consistent with the aesthetic tastes and artistic desires of the man whose favor and co¬ operation we so earnestly solicit — the architect. PRESERVING TO POSTERITY THE BEAUTY AND DIGNITY OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENT BRINGING TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE LUSTRE OF ANCIENT ARTISTRY WROUGHT IRON ENTRANCE DOOR ON THE FIFTH AVENUE RESIDENCE OF HELEN M. GOULD ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE Its place in the building scheme By Harvey Wiley Corbett of Helmle, Corbett and Harrison, Architects New York City I ESS than two months ago I con¬ structed a loft building where cost was a vital item, intended solely for ^ the usual purposes of a loft. From a business angle the owner to me seemed rather hard-boiled. Yet, instead of putting in cheap stock window frames, I was able to persuade that same owner to use a care¬ fully wrought bronze finish. Not because it was more beautiful—we didn’t talk beauty. We just talked the commercial value of such an appearance. He was persuaded and satisfied, and he is delighted today. He can actually ask more rent for space on the twentieth floor of that building, because he has bronze window frames on the ground floor. That factor goes right through our whole building work. In architecture, ornamental iron and bronze are most significant. They have been part and parcel of architectural his¬ tory since its beginnings. With these metals architects today give their work the final touch—that subtle but conclusive quality — which means so much in fulfill¬ ing each one’s aesthetic conception of his particular problem. They add to architec¬ ture as, let us say, the right necktie adds to the ordinary suit or patent leather pumps to evening dress. Just the proper studs with right dress clothes can make a man appear distinguished. So, ornamental iron and bronze affect a building. Only perhaps more vividly. Grilles and entrance doors make the first public contacts for a build¬ ing; through them the public makes its first approach. The Changing Times Not many vears ago, certainly not more than fifty, the word “ornamental’’ men¬ tioned in a conference with a client would have made said client nervous at the very least. Ornament was then regarded as one of those unnecessary additions to some¬ thing practical, the sort of thing if possible to be avoided. Such “excrescences” were tolerated purely as a sop to that peculiar fellow, the architect, who for some inex¬ plicable reason was endeavoring in his crude way to add a little beauty to the harshness of everyday life. In those days America was just recover¬ ing from a devastating and disorganizing civil war. We were very seriously con¬ cerned with getting back on our financial feet. Spending money to give more pleas¬ ure to the eve seemed as bad as burning it. In point of fact, considerable sums fed the flames as victims of the drab utilitarianism that flourished during those dark ages which followed the Civil War, when we produced long lines of brownstone fronts those sombre symbols of persistent and con¬ tinued ugliness — which still stand (though happily disappearing) in mute evidence to the blackest age of American architecture. And in all other aspects of the building 5 ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE art the same was true. Ornamental then, if it meant anything, still meant ornate. Only in a few exceptional cases at best had building risen to the dignity of an art. It meant scarcely more than the enclosing of spaces for human occupancy. Architects in those days struggled with a hardened and unsympathetic public. Few fields de¬ manded the services of artists at all, and the architect — endowed with some vision and a little love of form, proportion, and color, a little appreciation of truth in the use of materials—had a rough row to hoe; or, to put the figure in terms more under¬ standable to the present generation, he only tuned in on static! Today’s Ideals Are Different What difference now! A new attitude to¬ ward all the arts, and particularly toward architecture as the mother of the other arts, has come alive and flourishes. Amer¬ ica unhampered by ancient tradition, un¬ encumbered with antiquated structures which had to be used whether suitable or not, unembarrassed by the necessity of al¬ ways doing what grandfather did, forged ahead, met the problems of changed busi¬ ness and social relationships, and the al¬ ways advancing developments of its wealth and resources. We have opened our eyes. We have gained the courage to lift them from the accountant’s statement, the metic¬ ulous and profitable production sheets, to look about us, and to ask: “What are we doing to make life pleasanter as well as lucrative? We, as a people, have just begun to learn that the strongest impulse in man, after survival and continuance of his kind, is love of beauty. Having seen the light, our commercial interests everywhere are mak¬ ing use of it. The appliances now necessary in every-day life are being made more dec¬ orative; not in the old way of adding sup¬ erfluities, but by simplification they have become more harmonious in line and form and have achieved together with a tribute to mechanical craft an utility at least doubled. A recent issue of The Atlantic Monthly , that magazine founded by literati as their official organ, is lead by an ably written article: “Beauty, the New Busi¬ ness Tool.” The Strongest Appeal Is Always Beauty Beauty is the dominant sales force in the business world today. Men have safely got over (let us thank the muses all) their once spell-bound interest in only the rapidity of machine production. Released now from the hypnotism of his first amazement at the possibilities in the mechanical products of his brain, and the accompanying, gushing desire to produce with them — no matter what, man has become accustomed to ma¬ chines, has mastered them, and is forcing them to his ends in the creation of the beautiful. The ornamental now connotes good taste, is simple, and ornate no longer. This new trend in mechanical mastery has given us our modern work in metal. The inherent charm as well as the dur¬ ability of iron and bronze has caused them to be used extensively. They have a rich¬ ness not merely of form, ornament, color, but in the realization by the beholder also that their fashioning requires effort, time, and expert knowledge. Their metallic luster has the air of something very genu¬ ine, not flimsy. They can never appear cheap. Utility and Versatility oj These Metals In all their uses iron and bronze yield a sense of permanency, a lasting quality that opens for them endless possibilities. As doors, as window grilles, all forms of screens, in combination with glass as di¬ visions for office spaces, they flourish. The enormous held of lighting fixtures, both exterior and interior, is theirs. Properly treated iron yields quite as rich effects as bronze. They can prevent distressing loss through fire, for even fireproof buildings can be almost destroyed through the burn¬ ing of their contents. Their achievements as wrought metal furniture, sometimes in combination with wood but also alone, 6 ITS PLACE IN THE BUILDING SCHEME are notable; and they are satisfying, beau¬ tiful, which matters overwhelmingly. Go into any man’s building, any man’s house, and the first things he describes and points out are its elements of beauty. Later lie may show that it is practical, that the roof doesn’t leak, that the windows let the light in, and so on, but he first points to its beauty. Those special features that the owner thus points out are the very things that the producer is creating. They are those bits of a grille in a doorway, a fine bronze casting with a lamp, or some other feature of which he is particularly proud. Such factors have to be stressed. The Genuine and Not the Substitute The architectural profession today is trying by every method possible to get away from substitutes of any kind, to use materials, even if they have to be selected from stock, that are genuine in themselves. If I were a manufacturer I would fight every effort toward substitution that would affect my business. Let’s be genuine if nothing else. Let us approach our prob¬ lems always from that angle—better ap¬ pearance and durability and genuineness. Those are three factors on which we should commingle. In that combination we can produce work worth while. But there is yet more. J Architecture in the past, in Greece, in Rome, in the Renaissance, was always de¬ signed in terms of the material to be used and man, who executed the work. Today, why should we not design in terms of the material to be used, man, and the machines that play such preponderating parts in modern execution? Manufacturers as well as architects must learn this lesson. Just plain business, adding up the col¬ umn, finding that your profits are a little greater this year than the year before, may be satisfaction; but it is insufficient in it¬ self. Producers have the opportunity to get out of their business just as much pleasure and satisfaction as any artist who, sitting in the open, paints the setting sun, or a distant cloud, or a meadow, or a bit of green, who enjoys working although he can barely earn a living in the process. When manufacturers have that creative faculty and that satisfaction that comes when a man produces something beautiful —the same thing that carries on the archi- tect and painter—achievement and happi¬ ness will follow. * 7 UNEQUALLED VARIETY IN CAST IRON CAST IRON ENTRANCE BY JAMES MC KINNEY & SON ALBANY, N. Y. FEDERAL TRUST BUILDING NEWARK, N. J. DENNISON & HIRONS, ARCHITECTS GEORGE E. JONES ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT Specifications: Variety of design is a characteristic of cast iron. This entrance con¬ sists of light open tracery, ex¬ tremely delicate in character. The eight panels directly over doors (14" x %" x 8' long) were cast in one piece and are fitted between cast iron spindles and surmounted by free standing crestings and light muntins. Window frame on the left, sim¬ ilar to all on first floor, is also of architectural cast iron. The long mullions in one piece, surmounted by intricate Gothic lanterns which carry the verti¬ cal lines from the highly orna¬ mental bulkhead upward, give height to the effect. Absolute conformity to architectural de¬ sign results. This work is cast from plaster, wood and metal patterns and includes much spe¬ cial cored work. 8 THE STABILITY OF BRONZE FOR BANKS BRONZE VESTIBULE ENCLOSURE BY SUPERB BRONZE AND IRON CO., INC. BROOKLYN, N. Y. POTTERS NATIONAL BANK EAST LIVERPOOL, O. WEARY & ALFORD CO., ARCHITECTS Specifications: Enclosure constructed of wrought and cast bronze; the entire work being curved. Most of the cast bronze work was undercut and was cast in the lost wax process. Doors built of hollow bronze seamless tubing with drawn bronze glass mouldings. 9 INVITING ORNAMENTAL RAILINGS Specifications: Horizontal Rails: i Yi" x Uprights: square. Starting Posts: i" square. Scrolls: %" x . t .%" Moulded Steel Cap Rails. Cast Picket Tops. PORCH RAILING BY F. P. SMITH WIRE AND IRON WORKS CHICAGO, ILL. DIRKS RESIDENCE WILMETTE, ILL. CLARENCE HATZFELD, ARCHITECT IO ORNAMENTAL IRON LENDS RICH TOUCH ranv STUDIO APARTMENT ENTRANCE BY BROOKLYN IRON WORKS, INC. NEW YORK, N. Y. LOCATED AT 3L WEST 9TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. HUGO MAGNUSON, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK, N. Y. Specifications: Basket weave grille of Yi" square wrought iron with forged terminals against door. False hinges of 1 W x \i” wrought iron with flat forged scrolls and terminals, fa" nail fasten¬ ings throughout with hand hammered heads. I I ORNAMENTAL ENTRANCES FOR SMALL HOMES Specifications: Frame: %" square bar. Ornament: %" x Yi" . Finish: Painted commercial. MOORE METAL COLUMNS BY MOORE METAL MFG. CO. SOUTH GREENSBURG, PA. ENTRANCE TO RESIDENCE OF CRAIG HILL GREENSBURG, PA. BARTHOLOMEW St SMITH, ARCHITECTS PITTSBURGH, PA. 12 . A N ENTRANCE ORNAMENTAL IRON I N OFFICE BUILDING ENTRANCE IN CAST IRON BY SOUTHERN ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS DALLAS, TEXAS SANGER THEATRE BUILDING SHREVEPORT, LA. Specifications: Frame of J. G. Braun moulding and plate. Transom bar, rope moulding and ornaments on vertical bars of cast iron. Vertical bars square. Doors of 2 _" tubing; Scrolls 14 " x y 2 " . Doors and transom glazed with %" plate glass. DIGNITY AND PERMANENCE BRONZE I N MAUSOLEUM DOORS OF WROUGHT AND CAST BRONZE BY DETROIT MAUSOLEUM EQUIPMENT WORKS DETROIT, MICHIGAN Specifications: Door Opening: 4/ x 6' S’'. Doors: i %" in thickness. Material: U. S. Standard Bronze. Built-up Construction: Outer sheet, -£2" thick; inner sheet, Jg" thick. Core of solid bronze bars. Grilles of heavy cast bronze with hinged glass shutters back of the grilles. Pivotal type hinges hung direct to granite. Bronze threshold and lin¬ tel bar. Draw bolts, top and bottom on left- hand door, with heavy all-bronze four-tumbler dead lock. Lion head ring handles. J 4 ORNAMENTAL CAST IRON ENTRANCE •h\ U tkm M M «.* .... w i'i M M Mlt T ■ Vi Vi *•» M V*V* M ;• ■; i' ■; in Vi v* ’ V* Vi [ .*«{] me Vi Vi m *.* »t... •• vi vi Vi .Vi ?*♦ M ♦•i *•* M ft* Vi Vi M M v» v* M M f? ■ ■ 4 ^ r MAIN ENTRANCE BY C. W. OLSON MANUFACTURING CO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. FOR GRAND RAPIDS TRUST BUILDING GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SMITH, HINCHMAN & CRYLLS, ARCHITECTS OWEN, AMES, KIMBALL CO., CONTRACTOR Specifications: Cast iron entrance with grilles over main en¬ semble 3' 3 Vi" high, having hinged steel sash glass. Specially built according to spec¬ ifications to accommodate the width and the size of revolving doors. The vertical frame or uprights are 1 ?4 " wide. 1 5 ORNAMENTAL STAIRWAYS RADIATE HOSPITALITY WROUGHT IRON SPIRAL STAIR AND RAIL BY THE ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK CO. AKRON, O. FOR RESIDENCE OF EMIL W. HOSTER, COLUMBUS, O. R. G. HANFORD, COLUMBUS, O. ARCHITECT AND BUILDER Specifications: Face Stringer : 14 " x % " plate, panel¬ ed with 1 y?." x 34 " bars. No. 187 J. G. Braun moulding. W all Stringer : 14 "\]A, " plate,with z * x z" x J4 " stiffeners top and bottom. Horse Angles: i%" x i%" x J4* angles. Newel: z" square bar. Rail: Top and bottom members i} 4 " channels. Scrolls and verticals square bars. Hand forged leaves. Ensemble completely hand forged with natural iron finish. THEATRE INTERIORS USE ORNAMENTAL IRON STAIR RAILING USING WROUGHT IRON ORNAMENTS MANUFACTURED BY J. G. BRAUN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO HOLLYWOOD PLAYHOUSE GOGERTY & WEYL Specifications . Particular attention is called to the application of the grotesque heads and figures in the stair railing, especially the manner in which these figures flow out of the scroll work as though growing from it. Work is in Swedish iron, double faced, composed of right and left orna¬ ments welded together. Finish is hand-ham¬ mered. ARCHITECTS COMFORT AND I N IRON LUXURY Specifications: Railing all undercut and was cast as was the starting scroll newel by the lost wax process. Entire job modeled and cast with heavy du¬ plex-electro-plated finish. GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE LOTOS CLUB NEW YORK CITY ALL ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK, INCLUDING GRAND STAIRWAY, IN CAST IRON BY BROOKLYN FOUNDRY COMPANY ASTORIA, NEW YORK DONN BARBER, ARCHITECT 18 ORNAMENTAL HOMELIKE STAIRWAYS STAIR RAIL BY BARNES WIRE FENCE CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN FOR C. E. REICHLE CO. Specifications: Balustrade Railing: %" and y 2 " square iron. Scrolls: y 2 " x x /i" iron. Newel: \ square, twisted iron. Cast iron sleeves and flanges. Plain finish. T 9 A DISTINCTIVE ORNAMENTAL RAILING RAILING BY ALBEE GODFREY-WHALE CREEK CO., INC. BROOKLYN, N. Y. LOBBY OF BOOK-CAD ILL AC HOTEL DETROIT, MICHIGAN LOUIS KAMPER, ARCHITECT Specifications: The main stairway of this new hotel is a com¬ bination of cast and wrought iron. 2.0 ORNAMENTAL SIMPLE, HARMONIOUS WROUGHT IRON STAIR RAIL BY KOEHLER BROS. SAGINAW, MICH. Specifications: Top Bar : Of Yi" x i yC hand hammered iron. Newel : Tapered from ih* square to % " square. Spindles: VC square alternate straight and twisted with standard cast iron collars. Fastened to the structural stringer of the stairs by two wood screws. Bottom collar is slipped down and locked in position with headless set screws. Top collars held in posi¬ tion by wire nail used as a dowel pin. Hand Rail: Punched, and spindles extend near¬ ly flush with top and then welded and ham¬ mered in place. 211 CRAFTSMANSHIP IN IRON AND BRONZE MAIN STAIRWAY RAILING BY JOHN WATSON & SON, LTD. MONTREAL, CANADA CHATEAU FRONTENAC. QUEBEC, CANADA MAXWELL Sc LITTS, ARCHITECTS Specifications: Vertical bar of i "xi J 4 " wrought iron. Horizontal bar of */i” x i%" wrought iron. Fill-in material is of cast iron but every third casting made of bronze. These bronze cast¬ ings projected through lower cover bar into marble joints and fastened into 6"x 3 "heavy angle frame of stairs. Marble facia in two pieces, the outer stringer erected first then inside facia was finished. Hand rail of extruded bronze moulded and of size t.%" x % " . It was bent in sections about 8' long, fitted into place, then welded and refinished. XX BANK INTERIORS IN ORNAMENTAL IRON STAIRWAY STAIRWAYS AND CHECK DESK BY SMITH & CAFFREY CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y. THIRD NATIONAL BANK SYRACUSE, N. Y. A. L. BROCKWAY, SYRACUSE, V. Y., ARCHITECT Posts: 3" square cast iron, paneled. Stringers: %" x 12." steel plate with cast iron moulding, top and bottom inside and out¬ side. Risers: Cast iron paneled. Treads: i%" marble. Rail: Top and bottom horizontal members, M* x y%" ; Intermediate and vertical, Vi' x ; Scrolls and rings, %" x Panels, %" x . Wood Rail: Mahogany 2." x x.". Finish: Rail and posts; triple bronze plate; Risers and stringer; painted black. CHECK DESK Frame: i x 1 y" with rings and panels x %" having a triple bronze plate finish. 2-3 O RNAMENTAL STAIR RAILING CAST IRON AND BRONZE STAIR AND RAILING BY RICHMOND & KEMP PHILADELPHIA, PA. IN CITY CENTER BUILDING PHILADELPHIA, PA. ROUSE & GOLDSTONE, ARCHITECTS IRWIN & LEIGHTON, CONTRACTOR Specifications: Posts: 2." square cast iron. Bars: Y" wrought iron bars twisted with cast bronze ornaments. Stringers: z" x ii ) 4 " marble to top of bronze hand rail. Newels: Cast iron ornamented on all sides. Rails: Bronze handrail i%" upon ornamented cast iron rail 1}4". M ECONOMY AND SAFETY I N STEEL STEEL STAIRS BY THE HUGHES-KEENAN CO. MANSFIELD, OHIO FOR THE WALPARK BUILDING MANSFIELD, OHIO VERNON REDDING & ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS SIMON SMALL & SONS, BUILDERS Specifications: Wall Strings and Platform: A" x 14" plate bent to 11 Vi" Zee with \\i" x i\i" x angle plaster stop. Face Strings and Fascias: x 14" plate bent to 11 V 2 " Zee with drawn steel moulding on face. Railing: Y»" square bars 4" on center and x 1" horizontal members and y 2 "xi" channel top and bottom. Ornaments between bars, cast iron. Newels: Cast iron, 4" x 4" shaft and 4 y 2 " x^y 2 ” base, shaft paneled three sides. 2-5 ECONOMY RIGIDITY AND RAPID ERECTION BOIS INTERLOCKING STEEL STAIRS MANUFACTURED BY E. VAN NOORDEN CO. BOSTON, MASS. NEWTONVILLE (MASS.) HIGH SCHOOL HAVEN & HOYT, BOSTON, MASS., ARCHITECTS C. S. CUNNINGHAM & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO. BOSTON, MASS. as it Interlocks Specifications; Treads and Risers: No. iz guage type A pan tread. Stringers: -ft" pressed steel “Z” section with Julius Blum & Co., No. 4153 steel moulding under top flange of all exposed stringers and facias. Tie Rods: Vi" rod with cast iron rosettes on ex¬ posed ends. Intermediate Platforms: Pressed steel Bois Anchor Pan type. Posts: 4" square steel with cast iron caps and drops. Balustrade: square palings spaced 4" o.c. Top Bar punched to take wood hand rail. SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, UTILITY PRESTEEL STAIRWAYS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY WOODBRIDGE ORNAMENTAL IRON CO. CHICAGO, ILL. Specifications: Stringers: Of Universal Mill plates pressed into the shape of channels. Size depends on length of treads and span of stringers. Treads and Risers: Of either No. it, No. 14 or No. 16 gauge blue annealed sheet steel, de¬ pending upon length of tread and the safe load required. Treads filled with cement or Terrazzo. Newel Posts: Of 3" square pipe. Railings: Of Yi' square wrought iron bars 3" on center. Top and bottom members made of 1" x Y" channel iron. 2-7 ORNAMENTAL GATES AND FENCE Specifications: All material is of wrought iron, hand forged; hand hammered leaf work in posts, and for the post finials and lanterns. Corners of Posts: iH" square bars. Horizontals: i^'x VC square bars. Verticals: square bars. Posts: 15 ” square. Gates: ii' 6" opening. ENTRANCE GATES AND FENCE BY NORFOLK IRON COMPANY NORFOLK DOWNS, MASS. ESTATE OF JESSE H. METCALF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND PARKER, THOMAS & RICE, BOSTON, MASS. ARCHITECTS ORNAMENTAL WROUGHT IRON FENCE A FENCE IN HARMONY WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS BY WESTERN WIRE AND IRON WORKS, INC. CHICAGO, ILL. RESIDENCE OF ERNEST J. KRUETGEN CHICAGO, ILL. AUGUST C. WILMANNS, CHICAGO, ARCHITECT Specifications: Pickets: y%" square and %" x W' bars, alter¬ nated about 3 %i" on centers. Top and Intermediate Rail: i %" x Yi" flat bars. Angle Bottom Rail: z x z" x } 4 ". Line posts are flat panel. Gate posts are iz" square box style. Bumpers of cast iron, integral parts of gate posts. z 9 NAVY YARD ENTRANCE GATE Specifications: Wrought Iron throughout. Pedestrian Gates: 7' 6 " wide x 12/ high, ex¬ clusive of arch. Frame bars z" x i%", scrolls 1%'' x *>/%" Pickets y s " square, 5 " centers. Arch: Circles, 2." x %" ; Scrolls, 1 \i" x V%" ■ Wrought iron anchor and lamps. The lamps are 1' 8" diameter, and 4' high. Driveway gates of same sizes, 2.4' 6" in width x iz' in height. GATES AND FENCE BY FRANK PETTIT ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS PHILADELPHIA, PA. PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD 30 PRIVATE, SECURE, YET FRIENDLY WROUGHT IRON FENCE BY THE STEWART IRON WORKS COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO RESIDENCE OF GEORGE P. ABEL FISK & MAGINNIS, ARCHITECTS LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Specifications: Fence: 3' 4" high of Ys" square pickets spaced 5 " on centers; pickets have forged points and alternate pickets are twisted. Rails: ih'x x /i' flat. Scrolls: Ys" x M "• Intermediate Posts: Y%" x i Yi" with Y%" back braces. Gates, side panels and arch are of correspond¬ ing sizes and material. Gates equipped with Stewart’s special bronze cylinder lock with bronze handles and Julius Blum & Co.’s heavy steel ball-bearing hinges. Lamps are of sheet copper with wrought iron scroll base, beveled plate glass with one panel hinged. 3 1 CHARMING ORNAMENTAL BALCONIES Specifications: Upright bars of the railing %" square, drawn down from ? 4 ” square. Top and bottom rail of i W' x %" flat with the uprights tenoned and run through these bars and riveted, i " x \i" hand oval put on top. Hand forged, hand hammered and finished in linseed oil, later painted black. WROUGHT IRON BALCONY BY LOGAN CO. LOUISVILLE, KY. EL VERNONA HOTEL SARASOTA, FLORIDA DWIGHT JAMES BAUM, NEW YORK CITY, ARCHITECT 3 X BALCONIES IN IRON SHOW CRAFTSMANSHIP WROUGHT IRON BALCONY BY THE ROSE IRON WORKS CLEVELAND, OHIO ON THE RESIDENCE OF A. C. DUTTON CLEVELAND, OHIO CHESTER N. LOWE, ARCHITECT Specifications: Floor: M" x A", i" x M", i M" x i " angle. Scrolls: Spindles: fs" square. Hand Rail: i" x xs". Channel: i yC x %". Brackets: l" x , i" x , i" x A", x M". Rosettes hot embossed of No. 14 iron. Completely hand hammered throughout every detail. 33 MODERN ARCHITECTURE USES IRON Specifications: Type of Lupton Copper Steel Residence Case¬ ments. All casements side hinged except where used for special purposes. Standardized as to manufacture and size. Specially designed hinge so that when open, easy access is given to outside of glass for cleaning. Can be opened to any degree angle. All hardware of malleable iron or bronze. Note the judicious use of ornamental iron grilles on the attic windows and the lovely effect of the iron balcony over the door. WINDOW CASEMENTS MANUFACTURED AND DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY BY DAVID LUPTOn’s SONS CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. RESIDENCE OF ROBERT MC KNIGHT PARDEE ATLANTA, GA. BURGE & STEPHENS, ARCHITECTS 34 ORNAMENTAL ANTIQUES OF THE FUTURE WROUGHT IRON BAPTISTRY GATES BY FAUCHER-MAC MURRAY, INC. ROCHESTER, N. Y. SACRED HEART CHURCH ROCHESTER, N. Y. CHARLES H. PRINDEVILLE, CHICAGO, ARCHITECT Specifications: The heavy member line representing a cross made in %" x i." iron. • All scrolls and rings )i" x %". Leaves of forged wrought iron. Finish : Antique rusted iron. 35 AN ENTRANCE IN ORNAMENTAL IRON Specifications: Hand hammered iron throughout. Pickets: square. Scrolls: Yi" x i\i". ENTRANCE GRILLE BY THEWM. F. REMPPISCO., INC. READING, PA. BERNADINE SISTERS CONVENT 36 ORNAMENTAL IRON GIVES INDIVIDUALITY WROUGHT IRON GRILLE AND MARQUISE BY ROGERS-SCHMITT WIRE AND IRON CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. HERZ CANDY STORE ST. LOUIS, MO. EWALD & ALLEN, ST. LOUIS ARCHITECTS Specifications: Completely hand-hammered wrought iron grille and marquise. This store front was originally one of twenty in a row all exactly alike. Owners of building would not permit shop to be altered so the architects realizing the possibilities of ornamental iron consulted with iron craftsmen with the distinctive re¬ sult as shown. The grille on forepart of the marquise in front of the Gothic detail of the shop permits a complete change in the ar¬ chitectural design. 37 ORNAMENTAL BANK INTERIOR IRON I N Specifications: Combination of wrought and cast iron rusted with acid fumes and some parts polychromed and the whole piece waxed. Finished with addition of small bronze frame around open spaces wicket and glass panels. BANK COUNTER SCREEN BY FEDERAL ORNAMENTAL IRON AND BRONZE CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. MAIN OFFICE, BANK OF ITALY 38 NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSN. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. BLISS & FAIRWEATHER, ARCHITECTS C RAFTSMANSHIP A HERITAGE WROUGHT IRON GRILLE FROM ST. TRINIDAD CHURCH FLORENCE, ITALY A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THE FINE WORK PRODUCED BY ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN OF XVI CENTURY This illustration is taken from one of the books in the library maintained by Julius Blum & Co., New York,N. Y.,and recently donated to the National Association Ornamental Iron and Bronze Manufac¬ turers. Architects, crafts¬ men, builders, contractors and the general public are cordially invited to make use of this library at 532.- 540 West Lind Street, New York City. Julius Blum & Co. supply such materials as wrought iron and bronze mould¬ ings, forged pickets, ros¬ ettes, leaves, flowers, or¬ namental nails and hard¬ ware to American crafts¬ men. 39 A NOVEL EFFECT IN ORNAMENTAL IRON Specifications: Arch made of i" square steel bars with two oc¬ tagon steel grilles over lights of glass in doors of Vi' x round edge steel members. A PLEASING GARAGE ENTRANCE BY INDUSTRIAL WIRE AND METAL WORKS NEWARK, N. J. PRIVATE GARAGE OF E. W. BLAKELY, M. D. ORANGE, N. J. C. L. ROOS, ORANGE, N. J., ARCHITECT 4 ° ORNAMENTAL VALUE IN RADIATOR GRILLES CAST BRONZE GRILLE BY USONA MFG. CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. ONE OF TWELVE RADIATOR GRILLES IN MASONIC TEMPLE ST. LOUIS, MO. EAMES & YOUNG, ARCHITECTS, ST. LOUIS, MO. Specifications: Cast bronze with polished bronze finish. High¬ ly ornate so as to fit into the general archi¬ tectural scheme of the main lobby. 4 1 DIGNIFIED STORE FRONT IN IRON Specifications: Fully ventilated cast iron front. Arch panels, cornice and creshing from stock patterns. Sill bar No. 6A, transom bar No. a, side bar No. i, division bar No. a, corner bar No. 9, rope pattern facing. All from stock. Facia all fastened with brass screws. STORE FRONT IN CAST IRON BY GARBE IRON WORKS AURORA, ILL. FOR THE BERNSTEIN BUILDING CHICAGO, ILL. RISSMAN & HIRSHFELD, ARCHITECTS, CHICAGO, ILL. 4 Z CAST IRON FRONTS AN AID TO SALES CAST IRON STORE FRONT BY WESTERN ARCHITECTURAL IRON CO. CHICAGO, ILL. STRAUS & SCHRAM BUILDING CHICAGO, ILL. A. EPSTEIN, ARCHITECT L. BALKIN,BUILDER Specifications: One of a group of store fronts constructed en¬ tirely of cast iron for this building upon order according to specifications peculiar to each individual shop. 43 ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY IN CAST IRON CAST IRON WINDOWS BY SMYSER-ROYER COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING PHILADELPHIA, PA. ZANTZINGER, BORIE & MEDARY, ARCHITECTS TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BUILDERS ORNAMENTATION MODELED BY LEE LAWRIE, NEW YORK, SCULPTOR Specifications: Entire opening formed of cast iron frame sec¬ tions with ornamental panels, the sash of steel. No joints nor screw heads showing. Joints in large ornamental members covered by rosettes, joints in window frame sections all machined and sections held together by rods inside each section. Frame painted a dark blue and the important members cov¬ ered with gold leaf. Lower panels represent Twelve Labors of Man and upper panels the Seven Ages of Man. Open work grilles on the outside of the arch jamb also of cast iron, painted white to imitate stone. To the right are shown the in¬ dividual window frames of cast iron with steel sash. 44 ORNAMENTAL IRON THE HOME I N RESIDENCE INTERIOR BY A. H. MARTY IRON WORKS CLEVELAND, OHIO HOME OF W. S. FERGUSON OF W. S. FERGUSON CO., ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS CLEVELAND, OHIO DESIGNED ENTIRELY BY OWNER Specifications: Console table of massive type, main members of approximately % " square hand- forged iron. These members vary considerably in size and shape. Basket in the fireplace made of i flat bars. Andirons are forged of a heavy bar with scrolls welded on. Shield of Vs" plate cut and formed to design, ornamented with bronze rosettes and forged shield riveted to plate. Shovel, poker, fork and tongs all of hand-worked iron. 45 STORE INTERIOR IN ORNAMENTAL IRON Specifications: WROUGHT IRON RAILING BY Unusual rail of continuing panels, all hand- forged with y 8 " square twisted framing. Decorative members, consisting of hand- forged leaves and hammered flats are artisti¬ cally furnished in subdued gilt and toned colors. REILING MANUFACTURING CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. reymer's CHOCOLATE CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. E. B. LEE, PITTSBURGH, ARCHITECT 46 ORNAMENTAL IRON THAT CHARMS FLOWER SHOP INTERIOR DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY KOEBER & MEDESY CLEVELAND, OHIO Specifications: Interiors such as these are the work of master craftsmen. The different ornamental members are all hand-hammered and finished in natural color with steel brushing, treated with boiled linseed oil to prevent rusting. Stair rails have yC square spindles leaded in stone steps. Scroll work of yC x ■&" flat. Newel posts i Yi" square. 47 ORNAMENTAL FIREPLACES Specifications: "Buffalo" Fire Fenders are constructed of 6" x 6" mesh No. zi W. and M. gauge steel wire cloth, %" x y s " flat iron frame. Finished dead black. Screens are also constructed in brass. FIRE SCREEN AND FENDER BY BUFFALO WIRE WORKS CO., INC. BUFFALO, N. Y. BUFFALO ATHLETIC CLUB 48 CRAFTSMANSHIP WROUGHT IRON I N - m , - yt/Sm h ’ <' > 1 iH ‘iV . H h i is? , ’ : !*»**«,,r »-.;« , A’AAU<-Ty»; i'| MM. fjlili;., !; iljliMIjiilil J;! sn: HuMUoiJm'ihhh ‘SvftJfrl ! ^13 h>.- .V r< , I SSyfr* • -* .3 r S v i J (.JU' f £sJM *-X. ■: !■: AvT ‘SSy Si jgjsggg&tA IS...S #«i «***«»** *" -.55 it 1 5 ISSSS 2 MSS ss •»#*;««*■<»*• iiM«« «*.» sur ifi'^aywa'««"» ®* IS Sts. *F 5 SfeB* ■ .>* »» *» -jkJSttSgfciW *.*•'»■*«« jrr. 8f A iwa»i*4 Sife..-;..- :r* •> ■■ 3 *«■■*». si sssssssssSss^sss: ss:: 32 ssssssi:s:s» E S ;ss?ssss 4 SSSIIiaS. iliii: :::: ■: 9 !S»l'UHi fS p»a 93t.iu«| P':‘' 2 ' s j«j«»'« 55 S 5 ;S 5 s! #:ssbs:H:suis C:fiil;::lss:ss IS ? «1 ;#2» jflSf BANK CAGES BY AUDUBON WIRE CLOTH CO., INC. AUDUBON, N. J. CHESTER NATIONAL BANK Specifi cations: CHESTER ’ PA - 1 Yi" square mesh, A" No. 17 flat ribbon wire in a 1" x yC x y s " heavy section of steel frame construction. 1 VC x 1 VC square tubing at top, center and bottom. Square tubing post. Floor shoes are bronze. Bronze sliding door locks used. Finished in polished bronze. PRACTICAL SAFETY IN IRON AND WIRE SCREENED TOWER ESCAPE BY ECONOMIC IRON WORKS, INC. UTICA, N. Y. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Specifications: This tower fabricated of 4" x 4" angle columns on concrete foundations with two 3 " channel interior columns between stairs. xYi' x T-Yi' x \i" angle braces and floor sup¬ ports. Flooring and treads of %” x 1 Yi" bars with 1 Yt" x 1 Yi' x 14" angle nosing. Stringers Y±" x 8" plate, Handrails of 1 H" pipe. Enclosed to a height of 5' in 1 Yi' iron mesh. Built in compliance with regulations of State of New York Board of Education. 6 3 W I R E A N ESSENTIAL T O INDUSTRY "U;" A# V ?-S A , ):• \r •' • \A-AV oa\Yw/.v ■' A 1 ■■ •** • • >;• *$##$&.• Specifications: 5 ' wide x 9' high. The entire cage is made of 1 " mesh No. 11 wire, nine inches wide. Wire can be furnished in any width of doth from 1" to 9" wide and in all sizes of wire mesh from Yi" to 6". Cloth is much more uniform than hand-woven cloth. WIRE CAGE AS A GUARD AND FOR PROTECTION BY GEHRET CO., INC. BRIDGEPORT, MONTGOMERY CO., PA. MANUFACTURERS OF MESH WIRE WEAVING MACHINERY AND WIRE CLOTH ACCOMPANYING CUT IS OF }'2 " WIRE MESH, AN INNOVATION IN THE WIRE WEAVING INDUSTRY 64 PROTECTION FROM TRESPASSING WIRE MESH STAIRWAY GUARDS BY ACORN WIRE AND IRON WORKS CHICAGO, ILL. Specifications: Made of No. 10 wire, i 1 ■>" diamond mesh with i" x } 2 " channel steel framing. Door is fitted with heavy brass cylinder lock operating with key from outside and knob from inside, which permits of ready exit in case of tire. 6 5 AN ANCIENT AND HONORABLE GUILD ALL the illustrations in this book are r\ from work produced by members of the National Association of Orna¬ mental Iron and Bronze Manufacturers. Ol course no small volume such as this could possibly show the complete range of ver¬ satility of these metals—and the speci¬ mens here shown are intended to be merely suggestive of the wide range of usefulness of iron and bronze in modern building. The complete list of members of this As¬ sociation follows. Each is a craftsman in his line. Each has a willingness to serve vou. There is a member near you, readv to work with you, to offer suggestions both as to design and construction. Use him freely—you will find it helpful. As an Association our desire is also to serve. Headquarters invites you to put your problems in ornamental iron, wire and bronze up to it. It is our intention that this shall be the first of a series of booklets portraying the work of our industry. We invite your criticisms and suggestions to the end that the future books may be of the maximum of service to you. LIST OF MEMBERS CALIFORNIA Braun Steeple Co., 1088 Howard St., San Francisco Federal Ornamental Iron & Bronze Co., 1890 Sixteenth St., San Francisco Friedman, Philip, & Son, Inc., 5000 Pacific Blvd., Los Angeles Michel & Pfeffer Iron Works, 1415 Harrison St., San Francisco Sartorius Company, Inc., 1530 Eighteenth St., San Francisco CONNECTICUT Adlerhurst, The, Iron Co., West Haven Atlas Iron Works, Inc., Bridgeport Clinton Iron Works, Hartford Leake & Nelson, The, Co., Inc., Bridgeport McCathron Boiler Works Co., Bridgeport McDermott, F. L., Iron Works, Inc., 172.-176 Forbes Ave., New Haven National Iron Works, Inc., Hartford Riley Iron Works, Meriden Standard, The, Iron Works Co., Inc., 1 and 3 Lawrence, New Haven Waterbury, The, Iron Works, Inc., Porter St., Waterbury DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Columbian Iron Works, Inc., 1401 und St., S. E., Washington District Ornamental Iron Works, 49 K. St., N. W., Washington Gichner, Fred. S., 1114-1x16 D. St., N. W., Washington Jorss, A. F., Iron Works, 313-315-317 13th St., N. W., Washington Washington Stair & Ornamental Iron Wks. 1014 Fifth St., N. E., Washington FLORIDA Nobis, Carl, Miami 1035-39 N. W. Miami Court, Pinellas Machine Co., Inc., 838 3rd St., So., St. Petersburg ILLINOIS Acorn Wire & Iron Works, 5911-5918 Lowe Ave., Chicago Aetna-Columbia, The, Co., 4511-4517 W. Lake St., Chicago American Iron & Wire Works, 1611-18 Carroll Ave., Chicago Angert Wire & Iron Works, 6014-31 Grove Ave., Chicago Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co., 333 N. Francisco Ave., Chicago Atlas Iron Works, 351-59 West 59th St., Chicago Baldwin, The, Brass Works, 407-413 So. Clinton St., Chicago Braun, J. G., 609-615 So. Paulina St., Chicago and 537-541 W. 35th St., New York Central Architectural Iron Works, 3101-3111 West 17th St., Chicago Central Iron Works, Rockford Central Ornamental Iron Works, 157-161 Wendell St., Chicago Chicago Architectural Bronze Co., 4740 North Clark St., Chicago Chicago, The, Wire, Iron & Brass Works, 1411-1413 Belmont Ave., Chicago Crex Patent Column Co., 1300-1310 So. Springfield Ave., Chicago Duffin Iron Co., 4837-55 So. Kedzie Ave., Chicago Eggers-Schillo Co., 364 North Harding Ave., Chicago Enos Fire Escape Co., 510-514 North Sangamon St., Chicago Garbe Iron Works, Aurora Guaranty Iron & Steel Co., 3849-63 West Lake St., Chicago Illinois Bronze & Iron Works, 917-919 South Keeler Ave., Chicago Johnson-Meier Co., 155-157 Wendell St., Chicago Klemp, The William F., Co., 6614-38 South Melvina Ave., Chicago 66 Korber, William J., & Co., 167-171 North California Ave., Chicago Majestic Iron Works, Inc., 559-561 West Fulton St., Chicago Milles, C. H., Foundry Co., 1101-1115 West 35th St., Chicago Paltridge, The, Metal Equipment Co. 341 North Crawford Ave., Chicago Richards & Kelly Mfg. Co., 309-311 West 13rd St., Chicago Richards-Wilcox Mfg. Co., Aurora Scaar, Frank & Co., 1041-1048 West nth St., Chicago Simpson-Frisch Co., 1401-1413 Wabansia Ave., Chicago Smith, F. P., Wire & Iron Works, 1340 to 1348 Clybourn Ave., Chicago Sullivan-Korber Co., 1910-16 Carroll Ave., Chicago Tressing, E., & Co., 166-168 West Lake St., Chicago United Ornamental Iron Works, 165 Wacker Drive, Chicago United States Fire Escape Co., 13-15 South Western Ave., Chicago Western Architectural Iron Co., 111-133 West Schiller St., Chicago Western Wire & Iron Works, Inc., 947-949 West 18th Place, Chicago Wetzel Iron Works, 3345-69 West Grand Ave., Chicago Weymer, E. M., Co., 1810 West Grand Ave., Chicago Woodbridge Ornamental Iron Co., 1515 Altgeld St., Chicago Wright, G. F., Steel & Wire Co., 13 West Ohio St., Chicago INDIANA Central Wire & Iron Works, 119-113 West Norwood St., Indianapolis Hoosier Steel & Wire Co., 958 West New York St., Indianapolis Kokomo Steel & Wire Co., Kokomo LIST Metal Door & Trim Co., La Porte Roch, T., Iron Works, 600 Dorman St., Indianapolis Seybold Wire & Iron Works, South Bend Steele, W. W., Wire & Iron Wks., LaFayette IOWA Wagner Manufacturing Co., Cedar Falls KENTUCKY Champion Wire & Iron Works, 417 South Clay St., Louisville Kentucky Metal Products Co., Inc., 1714 W. Burnett Ave., Louisville Logan Co., Inc., 102.5 to I2 - 5 I Franklin St., Louisville MARYLAND Duvinage Spiral Stair Co., 1100-12.08 Bush St., Baltimore Jones, L. E., Wire & Iron Works, 311 North Calvert St., Baltimore McNeill, The, Orn. Iron & Const. Co., 460 East Cross St., Baltimore Vaile & Young, Ridgely and Bush Sts., Baltimore MASSACHUSETTS American Architectural Iron Works, m-151 Liverpool St., East Boston Babcock-Davis Corp., 474 Dorchester Ave., Boston Boston Ornamental Iron & Bronze Co., 12. Franklin St., Dorchester Bravton-Wilson-Cole Corp., 163 Northampton St., Boston Builders’ Iron & Steel Co., Everett Burtman Ornamental Iron Works, 91-97 Heath St., Boston Conway-Cannon Co., 311 Atlantic Ave., 11 Storer St., Boston Eastern Bridge & Structural Co., Worcester Groisser & Shlager Iron Wks., Somerville Haarmann, G., Co., Inc., Holyoke Knowlton Iron Works Co., Everett Koralewsky, Gustav L., Co., 9-15 Dunbar Ave., Dorchester, Boston Lally Column Co., Cambridge “39” Norfolk Iron Co., Norfolk Downs Parker Bros. Iron Co., 363 Dorchester Ave., South Boston Progressive Iron Works, Inc., 150 4th St., Chelsea Quincy Ornamental Iron Works, 161 A. St., South Boston Rice &. Co., Inc., Lowell Ryan, E. T., Iron Works, Inc., 9-15 Braintree St., Allston Sta., Boston Smith, The A. L., Iron Works, 117-133 Everett Ave., Chelsea Smith & Lovett Co., 131 to 141 Tyler St., Boston Standard Steel & Iron Works, Watertown Taylor, E. B., Steel Co., Cambridge 39 Van Noorden, E., Co., 100 Magazine St., Boston OF ME West End Iron Works, Cambridge Wilson, A. O., Structural Co., Cambridge MICHIGAN Abbey-Scherer, The, Co., 11310 Cloverdale Ave., Detroit Acme Wire & Iron Works, 11340 Cloverdale Ave., Detroit Barnes Wire Fence Co., 10371 Northlawn Ave., Detroit Barnum, E. T., Iron & Wire Works, 511 Cass Ave., Detroit Detroit Mausoleum Equipment Works, 14th Ave. and Baker St., Detroit Haven-Busch Co., Grand Rapids H. & S. Ornamental Iron & Wire Works, 996 Maple St., Detroit Inglis, Wm., Wire & Iron Works, 960 Harper Ave., Detroit Koehler Bros., Saginaw McCoy, The, Bronze Co., Forsythe and Holden, Detroit Movnahan & Duchene, Inc., 1658 to 1661 Porter St., Detroit Phoenix, The, Wire Works Kirby and Dequendre, Detroit Quality Fence & Wire Co., 1715 Chene St., Detroit Weigel-Brown Iron Works, Inc., 1175 Bellevue Ave., Detroit Witzel Fence & Wire Works, 1500 Meldrum Ave., Detroit Wolverine Iron Works, 6781 Goldsmith, Detroit MINNESOTA Olson, C. W., Mfg., Co., 1314 Quincy St., N. E., Minneapolis MISSOURI Builders, The, Iron Work Co., 309 Dorcas St., St. Louis Central Wire & Iron Works, 305 to 309 Gratiot St., St. Louis Heuler Wire & Iron Works, Inc., 1906 East 18th St., Kansas City Lasar Mfg. Co., 16th and O'Fallon, St. Louis Mechanics Iron Works, 618-31 Edmund Ave., St. Louis Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co., 3117 Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis Ornamental Wire & Iron Co., 1615-17-19 University St., St. Louis Rogers-Schmitt Wire & Iron Co., 1815 to 1815 North 13rd St., St. Louis Schurk Iron Works, 5415 Manchester Ave., St. Louis Southwest Wire & Iron Works Co., 1711-1730 Tracy, Kansas City Usona Mfg. Co., 3511-16 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis NEW JERSEY Audubon Wire Cloth Co., Inc., Audubon Elevator Supplies Co., Inc., 1515 Willow Ave., Hoboken 67 M B E R S Industrial Wire & Metal Works, 95 High St., Newark Lingo, John E., & Son, Inc., Camden Newark Wire Cloth Co., 351-365 Verona Ave., Newark Park Iron Works, Inc., Bradley Beach Pole & Tube, The, Works, Inc., Avenue D and Murray St., Newark NEW YORK Adler & Neilson Co., Inc., 76 Moultrie St., Brooklyn Albee Godfrey—Whale Creek Co., Inc., Stewart Ave. and Townsend St..Brooklyn American Abrasive Metals Co., 50 Church St., New York City Becker, George, Bronze and Iron Works, 545-549 West und St., New York Bent Steel Sections, Inc., Long Island City Blum, Julius, & Co., 531-540 West und St., New York Brooklyn Foundry Co., Boulevard and Orchard St., Astoria Brooklyn Iron Works, Inc., 173-185 Van Sinderen Ave., Brooklyn Buffalo Wire Works Co., Inc., Buffalo Builders’ Iron Works, Inc., 615-617 Tiffany St., New York City Case, Shindel G., Albany Chapman, William O., Co., Inc., 30 Church St., New York City Clayville Foundry Co., Inc., Clayville, Oneida County, New York Contractors Ornamental Steel Co., Inc., 860 Seneca St., Buffalo Cutler, J., Iron Works, Inc., 95 Lombardy St., Brooklyn Eberl Iron Works, 116 Sycamore St., Buffalo Economic Iron Works, Inc., Utica Ellison Bronze Co., Inc., Jamestown Empire City Iron Works, Inc., 90-100 10th St., Long Island City Empire Fireproof Door Co., 435-437 Southern Blvd., New York City Equity Iron Works, Inc., 719-713 Kent Ave., Brooklyn Fassler Iron Works, 439-441-443 East 10th St., New York Faucher-MacMurray, Inc., 310 Franklin St., Rochester Ferro-Co Corporation, Wythe Ave. and North 13th St., Brooklyn Ferro Studio, Inc., 118 East 150th St., New York Graham & Norton Co., 116 nth Ave., New York Handcraft Iron Corporation, 583 First Ave., New York Harris, H. G., 1170 Broadway, New York Hopkins, Angus, Inc., 171 West 115th St., Room 403, New York Jackson, Wm. H., Co., 335 Carroll St., Brooklyn LIST Kitzinger, John, Jamestown Klein, J., Iron Works, 65-71 Broadway, Astoria, Long Island Kolenik Wire Mesh Corp., 4x6-430 Hancock St., Long Island City Long Island Wire Works, Inc., 481-487 Sterling Place, Brooklyn McKinney, James, & Son, 9x5-933 Broadway, Albany Moyer, J. R., & Co., Inc., 719 65th St., Brooklyn Newburgh Iron Works, Inc., Newburgh North American Iron Works, Inc., 116 to 136 57th St., Brooklyn Pan-American Iron Works, Inc., 447-453 East ixoth St., New York Penn Brass & Bronze Works, 105-117 Dobbin St., Brooklyn Perlman, A., Iron Works, Inc., I 735 West Farms Road, New York Pipe Railing Construction Co., 79 6th St., Long Island City Reynolds, J. J., Binghamton Rochester Brass & Wire Works Co., 76-80 Exchange St., Rochester Schacht, L. L., Inc. xo8 East 47th St., New York Smith & Caffrey Co., Syracuse Standard Steel Sections, Inc., 608-61X East 133rd St., New York Steel Risers & Stair Specialties Co., 855-865 East 144th St., New York Superb Bronze & Iron Co., Inc., 3064-3088 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn Thelen Iron Works, Inc., Syracuse Titchener Iron Works, Inc., X3 Griswold St., Binghamton Van Brunt, William C., Inc., 470 Borden Ave., Long Island City Vulcan Rail & Construction Co., Maspeth Wander Iron Works, Inc., 411-4x3 Whitlock Ave., New York Weiler, Carl, 537-541 West 35th St., New York Wells, The, Architectural Iron Co., East 151st St., New York White, The, Wire Works Co., 79-83 Exchange St., Rochester Williams Iron Works, Inc., 430-438 East ioxnd St., New York NORTH CAROLINA Talbert, T. L., Iron & Steel Co., Charlotte Wilkins, J. D., Greensboro OHIO Acme, The, Fence & Iron Co., 8506 Lake Ave., Cleveland Building, The, Products Co., Summit St. and Sandusky Ave., Toledo Cincinnati, The, Manufacturing Co., Gest and Evans Sts., Cincinnati Columbus, The, Wire & Iron Works Co., 540-55X West Poplar Ave., Columbus Denby, The, Wire & Iron Co., 3005 East 81st St., Cleveland OF ME Federal, The, Iron Works Co., 70-76 South Prospect St., Youngstown Hughes-Keenan, The, Co., Mansfield Knapp, The, Fence Co., 1148 East 134th St., Cleveland Koeber & Medesy, 15x8 East 49th St., Cleveland Krause Iron Works, 3589 East 93rd St., Cleveland Marty, A. H., Iron Works, 6816 Union Ave., Cleveland Meyers, The Fred J., Mfg. Co., Hamilton Newman, The, Manufacturing Co., 416 and 418 Elm St., Cincinnati Ornamental, The, Iron Work Co., Akron Portage, The, Iron & Wire Co., Akron Republic Structural Iron Works, 1x90 East 53rd St., Cleveland Riester & Thesmacher, The, Co., 15x6 West X5th St., Cleveland Rose, The, Iron Works, 1540 East 43rd St., Cleveland Seneca, The, Wire Mfg. Co., Fostoria Stafford, The A. G., Co., Canton Stewart, The, Iron Works Co., Cincinnati Toledo Wire & Iron Works, Toledo Tyler, The W. S., Co., 3615 Superior Ave., Cleveland Union Wire & Iron Co., 3407 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland Van Dorn, The, Iron Works Co., X685 East 79th St., Cleveland OKLAHOMA Klein, J. B., Iron & Foundry Co., 1004 West xnd St., Oklahoma City PENNSYLVANIA Acme Steel Construction Co., Inc., 601 3rd Ave., Homestead Allentown Iron Works, Allentown Althof’s, Henry, Sons Co., Erie Art Bronze & Iron Works, Danville Bear Engineering & Construction Co., 1518 Summer St., Philadelphia Berko Brothers Co., Randolph and Wood Sts., Philadelphia Biggin, Charles P., Co., Inc., 18x9 to 39 Harlan St., Philadelphia Christensen, Wm., York Dreyer Metal Products Co., 56th and Butler Sts., Pittsburgh Gehret Company, Inc., Bridgeport Griffith-Custer Steel Co., Johnstown Grundy, Frederick, Iron Works, Inc., 3x11-13 Amber St., Philadelphia Hanny, Chas. G., & Co., 856 West North Ave., N. S. Pittsburgh Keystone Ornamental Iron Co., Homestead Lamer-Brocke Steel A Wire Works, Inc., 315 Power St., Johnstown Lederle, Robt. B., & Co., Witherspoon Bldg., Philadelphia 68 M B E R S Lupton’s David, Sons Co., Allegheny Ave. and Tulip St., Phila. Moore Metal Mfg. Co., S. Greensburg Penn Iron Works, Allentown Penn Ornamental Iron Works, Reading Pettit, Frank, Ornamental Iron Works, 1505-1515 N. Mascher St., Philadelphia Pittsburgh Iron Works Co., 4701 xnd Ave., Pittsburgh Potts Manufacturing Co., Mechanicsburg Reiling Manufacturing Co., 66x0-6636 Kelly St., Pittsburgh Remppis, The Wm. F., Co., 7th and Chestnut Sts., Reading Richmond & Kemp, 1831-46 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia Richter, Ed. Paul, Easton Smith Nimmo & Co., McKeesport Smyser-Royer Co., York Star Ornamental Iron & Wire Co., 1319 Forbes St., Pittsburgh Taylor & Dean, Penn Ave. and 15th St., Pittsburgh Tri-Lok, The, Co., 5555 Butler St., Pittsburgh Vilsack, Martin Co., 31x1 to 31x8 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Volkwein Bros. Wire Works Co., xi6 Diamond St., Pittsburgh Watt Manufacturing Co., Inc., Gen.Robinson and Dasher St.,N.S.Pitts. Yellin, Samuel, 55x0 Arch St., Philadelphia TEXAS Moore Iron Works, El Paso Southern Ornamental Iron Works, Dallas VIRGINIA Norfolk Iron & Wire Works, Inc., 136 Evelyn St., Norfolk Richmond Structural Steel Co., 18th and Dock St., Richmond WEST VIRGINIA Moss, TheJ. E., Iron Works, x8th and Chapline Sts., Wheeling WISCONSIN Badger Wire & Iron Works, Cleveland and 15th Aves., Milwaukee Globe Wire & Iron Works, 1007 to 1015 Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee Lehmann, Emil J., 1013-1019 Center St., Milwaukee CANADA Mitchell, The Robert, Co., Ltd., 64 Belair Ave., Montreal Watson, John, & Son of Montreal, Ltd., 167 to 181 Wellington St., Montreal HAWAII Axtell Fence & Construction Co., Ltd., X015 South King St., Honolulu, T. H. c Y. CUSHMAN *5 R 008 SVBLT AVB. BINGHAMTON* N* ** To the Members of the National Association Ornamental Iron and Bronze Manufacturers With this you will receive your copy of the first pretentious effort of your Publicity Com¬ mittee—a 68 page book of specimens of ornamental iron, bronze and wire produced by members of our organization. This book contains an illustration of the work of every member of the Association who had, on August 20, 1927 (a) Subscribed to the publicity fund of the Association. (b) Furnished us with photographs and specifications from which to choose. If none of your work is shown it is for either of the above reasons. Distribution Our limited funds have forced us to keep the first edition of this booklet small. We have printed a quantity sufficient to supply each member with one copy. We are sending copies to every architect and builder on our list (about 1,300) and copies to the architectural magazines, schools of architecture, libraries, etc. We are also sending copies to manufac¬ turers who are not members of our Association—but who should be—as an evidence of the activities of the Association. Additional Copies The distribution outlined above completely exhausts our first edition of this book. We have gone as far as we could with the funds which were available. Unfortunately this did not give us a sufficient quantity to place one in the hands of every architect and builder who should have a copy. In fact, there may be architects in your own locality who have not re¬ ceived copies but who should have them. We have accordingly asked the printer to hold the forms on this book until we see whether our members desire to have more copies of it. Would you be interested in securing an additional quantity of books at actual printing cost (from 30 to 60 cents, depending upon the total quantity ordered by members)? With each copy we would propose to supply you with a neatly printed slip. “Presented with the compliments of,” followed by your name and address, so that the architect or builder would realize that it was you to whom he was indebted for the volume. Please indicate on the attached slip how many books you would be interested in securing on this basis. Whether we will reprint the book depends on whether or not our members are sufficiently interested. Future Editions It is our plan to follow this book with later editions—perhaps at regular intervals. Therefore, if you are not represented in this volume, it is to your interest to make your sub- scription to the publicity fund immediately and send us photographs of your best work with specifications so that you may surely be included. Please bear in mind that this book was hurriedly prepared—that being the first there was no precedent to follow. Many members did not understand the nature of the book and failed to supply adequate specifications. But even so we believe this book will be a mighty factor in stimulating interest in and demand for the products of our members. A sheet is attached which we wish you would use in acknowledging the book. If you will answer the questions on it, it will be of considerable help to your Publicity Committee in planning its future efforts. Cordially yours, COMMISSIONER. [please detach and mail today] National Association Ornamental Iron and Bronze Manufacturers 622 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio This acknowledges receipt of my copy of the Architects’ Handbook of Ornamental Iron, Bronze and Wire, prepared by the Publicity Committee of the Association. Comments Suggestions for Future Editions If the book is reprinted to give members additional copies, we would be interested in securing-(50 minimum order) at cost. You are to advise me what this cost will be before using this as an order. SIGNED. - aykt * u; ‘ I