New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
PLANS FOE THE FINE ARTS BUILDING.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DoLLAhs eo"
scRIgrp TO THE FUND.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DoLbA"S '
scMBED TO THE FUND.
The American Fine Arts Society has accepted . ue'
SIGN for It's new building In Fifty-sevehuS"' S"' o.,
broadway and sevcnth-ave. and the excaVa" ~" 80.
the foundation have been made. 1t is hoped 70 ha'o
tho building rendy for occupancy by April ioo
10 do this $4,000 is needed In addiuon 70 'no So :.
already subscribed The architects VINO oic" ny "a s
mans are II. J. Hardenbergh Walter G. linntlns snu
ro.r y Jacobson. The structure will be as feet IN
Broadway and 200 feet Deep and the picture oi ."0
facade shows that the building win be notaoie aonr
tectural ornament 20 the city. The lot was Doue", ~
NAV. $780, for s154 900. 0f this sum SiOoooo na'
been raised one-haf Of it being subscriber py ''e
opernting societies and their members, ana "'c ie'.
coming from the sale OF life fellowship cerunea'o' '
from subscriptions TO the gft fund OF the socie'y
r, 20 sonrht 70 mise $4,000 more by further sub
sntlons TO The gift fund II the land is paid ior the
coat NJ the buihng will be provided for by mongaso
on the property the interest Of which VIII DO pa" w
the income guaranteed by the several coopera'hs e
cieties The title 10 the gilt fund u W r0'Ia' ~
twenty-one years in the trustees OF IT, henry We w
auand. Edward D. Adams, f. c. Moore, Cyr"s . h""
renee and George vanderbilt, who are TO Apply IL ior
the needs OF the society After twentyohe 'c.AS W."
trustees will vest the fund in the society ioeAi' H.
The title of Founder has been conferred on u''
toIovvine who have given $1,000 each TO the ilhu
George Vanderbilt d. o. Mills, Cornelius Nahoeron''
Henry O. Havemeyer and Charles l.. Ilnany AH0'o
who have become Patrons by subscribing Sl'ooo' VI
greater amount less than $4,000, are Henry u. mar
quand Edward d. Adams, Charles T. Barney 1oirh ~
Rockefeller John d. Archbold Robert Goelet, oeueh
Goelet f. c. Moore, Mrs. Henry Draper, Cyrus ., -
Lawrence w Bayard Cutting, William E. Dodge' WIZ
lam Allen Butler, jr, o. B. Potter and Winain F.
Uavemeysr. Many persons have bought hfe fcho"-
ships by paying 800 EACH These entitle the o"nerS
to admission to private views and TO hVe seao''
tickets each to exhibitions ~
The American Fine Arts Society, the present once
Of which Is at No. At West Forty -second-st Is ID
corporated, being formed by the Society OF American
Artists, the Architectural League of New'forA aho
the Art Students League OF New-York. The oDIec'
Was to establish a permanent home for these thiee
societies and to promote the ends for which tey were
established The building Will on It's completion
afford accommodations for the 130 artists, zoo arch
tects and about 1000 students who are connecbal
with the three organizations. The advantages oi
having the varied work of the three societies carried
on under one roof obvious. -.
The building is to be four stories high and TO nave
four galleries The Society Of American Artists Is 70
have its quarters the ground floor, ana the o6nel
societies will be housed on the upper noors Inc
trustees of the American Fine Arts society arc aS
follows: Howard Russell Butler president, NO. %
East Fifty-sixth-st. Edward III. Kendall, vlce-pres
dent: William Bailey Faxon treasurer; II. j. Harden
bergh secretary; Daniel G. French Horace BradleJ
Louis c. Tiffany, Frederic Crowfns shield, Francis u
Jones. Charles r. Lamb, Chester Loomls Charles
BroughtOn and E. d. French.