New-York tribune., 1892-04-26
FOR ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL.
FIRST PLANS OF THE NEW BUILDINGS.

THE TRUSTEES NAME THE FIVE COMPETING
FIRMS OF ARCHITECTS.
The trustees of St. Luke's Hospital, at an impo1ah.
meeting held last evening. decided upon the sene'a'
plans OF the buildings to be erected on "e "o" "O
ptel site, between One-hundred and -thrteehth anu oe
hundred and fourteenth sts., and Amsterus" ""u
MornIngsde aves. They also decided upon the names
Of the architects who to be invited 10 copo
In making the designs for the new building.
George Maccuoch Miller president OF the hospi'a',
called the meeting TO order and submitted series OF
instructions for the architects TO the considerauo Vi
the trustees. The Instructions, which emnoay "e
general outlines OF the hospital were drawh up
by Helms La Fargo, the architects Oh the Oatheurai
OF st. John the Divine, with the aid OF the cohmuoe
on buildings Of the hospital. The comm"ee CONSISTS
of samuel D. Babcock, chairman Hehry n. oanics'
George A. Crocker, Hugh n. Camp. and +. W. >.
t,prst and Mr.. Miller, Cornelius vanderbilt and
Gordon Norre, exoftdo. Inc ihs~u'"'h' "e'O
adopted after a short discussion
The future hospital, in accordance with these out
fines IL 70 face One hundred and thirteenth-st Inc
centre OF the so-caed Administration Bnidihs - " W
317 feet from M0rning gsldeave The bWioihss ae !"
be reproof throughout the Easements 10 De vi S'o'
and the upper stories Of brick with stone trimmings
In tho main building OF the hospital there Is to be
accommodation for about COO persons, including Vonls
for $50 patients In the hospital proper there VIII
be the surgical rooms, the socalled medlcal rVohs
the convalescent rooms, the quiet rooms ana 'ne pr
voto rooms There will be also accommodations loi
100 nurses. H.
The Administration Building will be one OF 'ne
chief departments connected with the lnsututoh ~
,s I'm have n main entrance, a vesbule and covercd
way for carriages. separate stairway VIII ead 10
tho dspensary in the basement and another 10 'no
chanel ON tho second and third floors. Inc chaPe''
with galleries. is to seat 300 visitors and TO be eaS'p
accessible from the various wards. Inc chs"cci - "
he arranged for the Protestant Episcoph Ses.".'
In the Administration Building there VIII NC
a,.o a watng.room for applicants for ad-
ro,ss,on doctor's examining-room, room ior
clothes left by dead patients Offices ior
c,o-,,c assistant superintendent, PASTOR CASHIER
sunorntendent head nurse, doorkeepers' comf".'c''
rooms ayatores, basement, npothecary's roon' 'our
consultation rooms, etc There Is TO be accom,r
ton for 100 patients in the operaungoofn' i"oi'
are also TO be a kitchen. laundry. accidcnt "afu'
,ntholoctcal laboratory, morgue, mortnary chaPeA
dining rooms, etc . ....,,
In eocb ward of the hospital there are 10 be twenty
hods with 500 cubic feet Of air for each patient.
Each ward Is also to have quiet room, dlnng-room'
private room for nurses. etc.
Ahont one-tenth OF the space OF the hospital Is to
he reserved for private patients. The wards In ths
mart OF the hospital will be provided also with every
convenience.
The nurses home Is 10 DC u ucuiehcu
fronting en- One-hundred and fourteenth-st. Inc
pastors and superintendents home Is to contain a
reception room library, Kitchen dningroom, pantIies'
five seeping rooms servants-rooms bathrooms, etc'
II possible there is also to be in the hospital soiariu
4 tablet will be placed on the front OF the ADMIN
stration Building, containing an inscription reerhg
to the former site OF the hospital and to It's founder
Dr. Muhlcnberg Above the tablet In niche viii be
II statue CT ST. Luke.
The five architects selected to take part In the
competition for the plans are Renwick, AsPnwau d
Renwick, No II Broadway: Helms & La Fargo NO.
Ecckman-st George f. Iarney, No. II Broadway !,
james Brown Lord, No. 121 East Twenty tlird-st
and Charles W. Clinton, No. 32 Nassau-st Each OF
these architects is to receive $iO0 But the c0mpeu
ticn however is not 10 be confined TO these men,
II is TO be open to all who wish to enter the contest
The architects who submit plans voluntarily Will
receive no money. The plans of the voluntary con-
testants however, stand the same chance OF seecuon
as those OF the five selected by the trustees Al
ready many applications for permission to enter the
contest have been received by the trustees Inc
plans must be submitted to the trustees by July 1.
between this time and July the grounds OF the EOS
ptul win bc leveled, so that the contractors can
begin work as soon as the plans chosen.
George Macculloch Miller, president OF the nos
ng said that the buildings erected now are to cover
ony about onc-half OF the site recently purchased.
II Is our opinion he added, that il IS better TO build
only what have described OF present, as we cannot
proposed building and the land has been paid for. we
d. not want to get the endowment fund so low
that we should obliged 10 abandon the
kind OF work which has always distinguished
the hospital We think also that memorial buildings.
etc. Will be built by private persons on the other
half Of the site.'