The New York herald., 1867-04-21
THE NEW HERALD BUILDING.
SKETCHES OF THE ARTISTS.

OF THE ARTISTS.
The following brief sketches OF the gentlemen who
were engaged in the erection Of the Herald Build
ing
The Architect.
JOHN KEILun, 70 whose skilbn design the symmetry
and completeness Of the building due, has beer
for years especially identified with the progress OF
casscism In American ART and has probably succeeded
eicously in plans this order than any New York
builder.
Mr.. Kellum won his spurs as q knight or the pencil
and master Of constructive through contro-
versy in regard TO the building Of Messr Ball Black,
on Broadway. Of which tho plans were drawn by him
rather minute calculations in regard to the weight
Of tho several floors determining the relative bulk Of
material necessary 70 support them having elected con-
siderable discussion among members Of the profession
and given rise TO seemingly plausible objections from
those who had been accustomed TO calculate the weight
be supported and the material necessary to its solid
support, with less mathematical nicely than
the draughtsman OF the designa BY objections
Of this sort tho work the building
stopped and delay occurred though upon due
explanation and demonstration Of the validity Of his
reasonngs the part Of the young professional
the work soon resumed and tho building completed
With considerable invention and unusual powers Of
calculation the success OF Mr.. Keum was GER
tainty from the beginning andit Is not matter Of won
der to 1sd his name closely identified with the
progress Of the metropolis than the Of any other
single artist The finest business edifces IN tins city
particularly those aiterly erected OF which the esao-
lshment OF H. b. Clain Co, may be taken as an ex-
ampe-are due q happy hit OF his in the application
the essential elements OF the Grecian 70 business pur-
INTO general favor Is sucientiy obvious from the fact
that 1t combines usefulness with utility TO greater
than any other which has yet beon introduced
and cannOt therefore, fail OF popularity, uuess super
seded by some moro feIicitous adaptation. 81 sl
or adaptation Of the classical 70 the purposes OF mod
ern ns new TouI mUuse ,v 'os o nvsus
probably, the best example in New York ciiy, and
though modelled upon the principles set forth IN the
far less servile than Grard College the Philade
pha Custom House. In this building Mr. X. has adopted
the Roman -Cmnsnian column IN ai i.s proportions;
Paadio the portco has certainly no superior as
example Of Cornthian in the United slates-h
Girard College, the columns OF which are copied from
those Of the monument OF Lysicrates be excepted.
Stewards building, corner OF Thirty fourth street
and Fifth avenue the lower story OF which very pure
Mr. Keum in the adaptation OF design TO location and,
when completed will probably present tho renaissance
in It's utmost susceptibility 70 harmony ana grandeur OF
effect
In the new HERALD Building which is ornate italian,
with windows in the manner OF Pailadio-a building
which bears closer resemblance 70 the new Louvre at
travelling publicthe diculty occasoned BY the super
masked and thus in effect overcome by the use OF so
simple q device as the Mansard roof thus moung the
building with . certain loncism OF grace and
loftness which, without the device Of the
Mansard roof, would have been utterly unat-
tanabe without being Ionic and being In fact, or
very feIicously inbued with the Ionic feeliny-and
this indeed without the Introduction Of any one dis
tnctvc feature OF the Ionic anatomy Ihc use Of the
Mansard roof affords the key 70 this attaining OF Ionic
grace and loness without the Introduction OF elaborate
Ionic devices; and to this happy hit OF invention critics
ascrbe the unique ana u sss sss ous.s s
Keum s now engaged upon the designs Of T. Stewars
projected building 70 occupy the whole block now occn
Eleventh street. Goups gallery and several Other build
inRs, and covering several acres OF ground
NJ ksu% About my q Ssson 10
ing finally builder and Afterwards . Designer ne y
reckonsd BY critics the best master Of roisanc: and
tudor Gothic especially in the construction Of several
elegant villas in the vicinity Of New York.
Mr. Keum's once !, located q i1s Bsoaawsy wners,
our draughlsmen. He has anassed large fortune
In his profession though in appearance he has st the
sss dons or. C q. psorss q the classical
italian in building than any living compesr.
The Batlders
were Messrs. Stuart b Smith, ons Of the oldest nrma
In this city, both gentlemsa being consequently
Of large experience in connection with the bss'
draughtsmsu and especially In connection win John
Ksssm, now In shsvan masssr Of his ar. These
gentlemen have Attsrly bssn entrusted with sonucta
for some Of the nnsss buildings srsctsd and now
being erected IN Now York, having been
knightsd In their trade in connection with
the very extensive building Of Ciania. Melsn
Co Subsequently proposals were received BY
them ffom Stewart TO take the responsibility OF
the mason work In the erection OF the new marble
sdincs corner or Fith and Thirty fourth street.
upon which they have been engaged for several years,
and which 10 reputed TO be, ~ 70 ts mason work,
Of the solid and thoroughly durable structures In
tho metropolis great part Of their work for the past
i've years has besn done after the designs Of Mr. Keum
In connection with whom they contracted with James
Gordon Bennett for the work their department the
new building now the residence Of the NEW Y0RK
HEsALp which they reckon among their masterpieces
These gentlemen have been engaged In business about
twenty years, within which time they have erected
tho city, having their Office At No. Ill West Thirty
third street. and regularly employing from one 70 two
The Ireu work.
Tho iron work has been supplied BY the old firm Of
J. B. & W. w. Cornell. who have, in connection with
this building, triumph In tho application Of iron
70 the Of building The Messra Cornell prope-
tors Of the largest most extensive and most thoroughly
equipped works In the United states for the construction
Of nreproof buildings The nrm was founded in 1sa7
when tho two brothers H. b and W. W. CornelD having
served the duly appointed apprenticeship Of years
10 the trade began business with small capital employ.
ing at first only one man and boy; though they now
employ not less than i've hundred persons and occupy
with their foundries and workshops about twsntysix
lots OF ground Of ordinary building The original
manufactoy ID located In Centre street. upon which II
has front Of two hundred feet, extending back dis
tanos Of one hundred feet The new foundry-and now
the principal owned BY this nrm-ersssed In 1851
10 located in Twenty-si street. between Tenth and
Eleventh avenues, and Is in AREA four hundred and
twenty-five feet BY one hundred and In height from
one to foar stories. The moulding door alone has
superficial Of fifteen thousand square feet
The progress Of the uss Of iron in building may bs
gathered from the fact that twenty ysa ago there
hardly building IN the United States In which more
than $4,000 worth Of iron was employed, while to-day
sdincss numbered BY the dozen IN the construction
Of which $500 70 $500 900 have been expended
upon the iron work aons and mot little Of this pro-
grs has been due 70 the enterprise and invention Of
this nrm Mr. J. B. Cornell having been long noted for fer
tsy Of invsnton IN this department Of SCIENCE and