Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
ARCHITECTS IN SESSION
The Annual Meeting of Washington Chapter
Held Last Evening.
Sketch of the Organization as Given
By Ms; Glenn Brown-Elec-
tor Of Omcers.

The annual meeting of the Washington
Chapter, American Institute of Architects.
was held Last night at the chapter room
OF the institute, 900 F street northwest. 1t
was the tenth anniversary meeting of the
founding Of the chapter in Washington.
An election was hel6 at which the fol-
lowing were reelected officers for the en-
suing year: j. c. HorIblower, president; J.
g. Hill, vice president E. W. Dom, jr..
secretary: w. j. Norris treasurer; ]. r.
Marshall, w. N. Poindexter. Glenn Brown,
committee on admissions.
An Interesting paper on the history of
the chapter was read by Mr.. Glenn Brown.
He stated that before the year 1887 there
was no permanent organization of archi-
tects in Washington. although about 1880
local society started. 1t had but brief
existence.
In the spring of 1887 the American In
stitute Of Architects was represented in
Washington by the following members: W.
p. Bell, Adolf Cluss, John Moser, ]. l..
Smithmyer and Glenn Brown, as fellows.
The associate members were William Poin-
dexter, c. A. Didden, 8. NJ. Howard, O..
Won inertia, P. j. Peltz. With this number
1T was thought a chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects could be formed
here, and letters were sent to architects
requesting them to become members.
The Initial Meeting.
The first meeting was held June 9, 1887
in Mr.. Didden's office, 100 18th street, with
the following architects present: John
Moser, Glenn Brown, William Poindexter
c. A. Diddea. 8. NJ. Howard and o. Won
inertia. temporary organization was eff
fected, William Poindexter being made
temporary chairman and Glenn Brown tenn
porary secretary.
The followir names were selected at
the first meeting of architects who were
not members of the institute, to cooperate
blower & Marshall. ]. G. Hill, Read &
Kirkus, w. Bruce Gray, H. L. Page, KIM
hall & Low, E. c. GARNER A. B. Mullet,
Robert Stead, T. F. Schneider and H. H.
adopted at the meeting held July II. At a
II Getting held August II. the same year, the
organization of the chapter was completed
by the election of the following officers:
dexter vice president; Glenn Brown, sec
rotary; c. A. Didden, treasurer; j. r. Mar
shall, Adolf Cluss and c. H. Read, commit
tee on admissions. Application was made
for admission to the institute. and char
ter was issued to the chapter September
81. 1887.
The chapter has lost only one member
by death. Mr.. Paul Schultz.
Methods of the Association.
The Washington Chapter has numbered
among its me nbers three supervising arch
fleets of the United States treasury and
an architect of the Capitol. 1t held its
first meetings in the offices of its men,
bers until Mr.. Robert Stead rendered it
a room free of expense, which it has &C.
cupied since To accomplish the objects of
the organization, as stated in the con-
stitution, the chapter has awaited itself
of four methods Social Intercourse. dis
cusson and ,action on public topics of in
terest to the profession and community,
exhibitions and talks ard the collection
Of an architectural library
Several efforts have been made to elect
honorary members but, as this requires
the unanimous vote of the executive COM
mittee, only one has been thus chosen,
John s. Billings, u. s. A.
The following members have served as
presidents Of the chapter: J. L. Smith
myer. elected August IL and reelected Oc-
tober o. 1887; Adolf Cluss, October ), 1883;
w. NJ. Poindexter October 1SS9-90; J.
Rush Marshall, October, 1891 (after which
time the election was changed to january,
again January 9, 1893; Glenn Brown, jan
]. c. HornblOwer, January, 1897, and re-
elected last night.
The chapter was invited by the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia to aid
in the revision of the building regulations
in 1891 and in 1896. Among the questions
which have frequently been before the
chapter for action has been that of re-
quiring architects to pass examination
before they should be allowed to practice
their profession. but it has never been
settled definitely.