Evening star., 1900-07-23
THE NEW STAR BUILDING
COMMENTS ON THE STRUCTURE BY
THE NEWSPAPERS.
Praise From All Quarters.


Washington Correspondence New York Tribune.
The Washington Star has recently been
installed in its new home, which has
brought to its management not only COM
pliments from all over the country. but
words of praise from Its contemporaries in
Europe which are richly deserved. The
new building stands at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 11th street, SO long occupied by
The Star. and was planned by a firm Of
Washington archited6 ]. Marsh
and Walter G. Peter. 1t has a frontage Of
IS feet in Pennsylvania avenue and 1856 feet
in 11th street, and is nine stories high. 130
feet from the sidewalk to the roof.
The structure Is built of white marble
and is an extremely Interesting example of
French Renaissance. Both facades are
richly decorated with carvings. which were
executed after the marble had been placed
In blocks. The bronze lamps at each en-
trance and the bronze balconies add much
to the general effect. The interior of the
building has been arranged after the latest
and most approved models Beautiful
throughout, nowhere have convenience and
utility been sacrificed to effect, and the
staff, who write and print the paper and
who appreciate the practical side of the
new building are hearty in praise of it.
The first Office of The Star. established in
1852, was a modest two-story building on
the corner of Sth and ID streets Two years
later 1t moved to Pennsylvania avenue, just
opposite its present site, and in 1881 bought
the site it now occupies. From the issue
of its first number until today 1t has grown
In wealth and Importance, and Its early
projectors, Mr.. NoyeS and Mr.. Kaufman,
are among the most influential and highly
regarded men at the capital. Both of these
men still take an active part in its man
agement and the favorable comment ex-
cited all over the world by the installation
in the new building has been very gratify-
Ing to them. They have watched it grow
from modest paper of four small sheets
to one of the richest and most influential
papers in the country.
Some idea of its growth can be obtained
from the fact that its early issues con-
tanned 1S1 square inches of printed matter.
while Its regular edition OF today contains
some 9,912 square inches, or nearly sixty
nine square feet. Two printers set up the
paper In its early days. one of them run
ming the hand press that printed it. At
present there are nearly 500 people engaged
in writing. printing and distributing the
paper, and 1t has more advertising in
week than 1t had in a year at the time it
was started. nearly half century ago.
The Triumph of a Conscientiou. In
dependent.
From the Newburgh IN. " News
This magnificent newspaper home is the
triumph of an Independent journal con-
Sclentlously run on business principles. The
Star was founded in 1852 and was small,
four-paSe sheet, printed on hand press.
AS the editor says. comparison between
The Star of that time and The Star of to-
day would be like comparing an OK cart to
an automobile. Crosby S. Noyes the pres
ent editor-in-chief and principal owner, be-
came connected with the paper in 1853 an.
grew up with it. He made the paper, and
the paper made him.
Clean and EnterprisinE.
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
The Washington Evening Star has re-
Gently taken possession of it's new home,
which is magnificent ten-story building,
OF beautiful architectural proportions and
ftted up with every convenience and lux
ury known to modern newspaperdom. The
Evening Star Is a clean and enterprising
publlcation, and deserves all Its prosperity.
All Welcome.
From the Grand Forks a. d. Herald
The Washington Star, which was started
In 1872. and which has grown steadily ever
since has recently moved into its handsome
new stone building. eight stories high, on
the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
l1th street, where newspaper men from all
over the world will be heartily welcomed
best Newspaper House in the U. 8,
From the Los Angeles Cali Herald
The Washington Star has just moved
into magnificent new permanent home
II Is doubtful II any other newspaper in the
country is housed as we'll