National Republican., 1873-03-28

pretty house on the corner Of Tenth aud streets
ron 2% plan, ,,,. o{ Mt, scaris. ...--.-.,,---
Capitol Hill, arc improving their church inside
~ nnlshlng the auditorium. There IL gallery
on each side with choir gallery and organ loit
Platform and dcek, the seats are 70 be 10
semi.cltenlar fonn, and tho whole interior TO bc
,ns ssGosH ssI,n,,d 70 neat ,msnno Al ne work n
walnut and ash. This WORK d from plans by Mr.
senator Pomeroy ha. bongn, ,hs pav,. bou.e. ON
street, and lsmakins some changes Of The inte-
ftor, and pantry and frescolng, under the dlrec-
uon q the srshitect who e Also prepar ring plans
lot; the stable, Including porch on the south
side, will be - by % feet and contain on the nrst
no2r stable OF four stall, One carrsge-room,
porch for washing carriages; on the los secoEd oor
win be livery-rOoms for the coachmAn and
family and bins for feed, aad hay loft the whole
TO be supplied with water, gas, sewer and every
he Is preparing plans for nns house for
Joseph Daniels, esqt % be built on X street, be-
basement and three stories above, the third
story TO be In French roof. The front will he
very pretty, having sven the full width Of the
patnl9r, and extending The whole height Of the
Inc BrlghtwOod Hall Association are about
bullllng Masonic temple ~ that place, and Mr.
win be 81 by 81 feet, three stories high, with
cellar under the whole, the frst story 70 bo for
% store purposes, the second story a muslc hall,
story lodge and ante-rooma; The whole 10 bo
ntted up with all the necessary eonyenlences.
70 ss Ss 9, sSf TS gsssSSeG ID
character, with pilasters all around. The roof
Win be finished with pedlment at each end, AMI
at tae west end, over the entrance, will be por-
| tlco with columns.
Brick vs.. stone.
very much attention has recently been given
TO the question Of the use OF brick and stone in
tho construction Of public and handsome private
6uildings There iss great expense IN connec-
| much cheaper that attention TO the art OF mold
| ing brick IL demanded. All accounts agree that
n Enrope, and II seems hIgh time tnst our paild.
ers had avalled themselves OF lt Any kind OF
ornamentation, Gothic, louie or composite, can
makera and cultivated architects arc required, in
order that tho start may be made. The great
Ruhkin himself strongly recommended nodded
IN iss ornsmentation % @ of Suans M The %oge ~
Iron ornament there 10 displayed IN buildings the
more the sham IA displayed. In the building Of
nodded brick can be suUstituted, and ali the ef,
/ fects OF bewn stone preserved. And the same
u true o. private bnlldlngs, Who win DO nrst to
start the mannfactory heref
hfr Guiick's New Buiidiua.
Mr.. oeorEe y. oullck, the enterpnsing mer-
chant OF Capitol Hill, proposes tho erection OF q
large and splendid Iron building for wholesale
KfOcefy btore on tne corner OF II street aud New
jersey avenue. He also proposes 10 build new
and commodlous retail grocery store on the cor
nef Of First and @ streetl, Into which his pres
/ eht business will be removed. .rI
i BuiidinE Permits.
i The following permlts TO build were Issued
YESTERDAY: Samuel Strong, q brick building on
| The north aide Of Marylnnd avenue, between
First and Second streets northeast 100 feet from
the corner OF Second street, % feet front by 90
feet deep, three stories high with French roof.
Jas. McQrew, ar, q brick building on ID street,
between rtrst and Second streets northwest, 20
feet front hy % feet deep three stories high, tin
roof; TO be arranged for store and dwelling.
y. Jacob Appich, an additional brick story on
brick building situated on PennsyivaniA avenue,
Il between Third and four-and-a-half streets
southwest, % feet front by "a feet deep, thus
making the building two stories high with Q tin
roof. Christian Kugcr, an additional story on a
twO-story frame building on Il street, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth southeast, 10 feet
front by % deep; tin roof. VIM. McKeever, a
brick building On Twentieth street, between
and northwest; 81 feet front by " feet deep,
TIN roof; the building to be two stories high. N
Hill, frame building on X, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets northwest; IS feet front
by % feet deep, to be two stories high with
TIN roof.