Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-01
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
Program Of Final Competi-
ton of Plans.
THREE FIRMS COMPETE
COMMISSIONERS TO RECEIVE
SKETCHES APRIL 10, 1902.
Thirteenth Street to Be Carried
Through Hospital Grounds-The
Ward Buildings.

The District Commissioners have issued
the program of the final competition for
plans for the municipal hospital. The COM
petition will be between the three firms
chosen in the preliminary contest more than
a month ago. They are as follows: Frank
Miles Day & Bro, 925 Chestnut street, Phil
adeIphia; Herbert D. Hale and George B.
de Gersdorff, 10 Exchange street, Boston;
Shepley Ruttan & Coolidge, Ames building,
Boston and Chicago.
In the final program 1t is stated the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia will
receive the sketches for the final COMPETE
ton for a municipal hospital for the Dis
trict of Columbia up to pm. of April 10,
1902.
The competition IS primarily instituted
to select an architect for the hospital and
it will be conducted as follows:
The three architects chosen through the
preliminary competition are the sole COM
petitors in this final competition. The au-
thor of the design adjudged to be the best
in this competition shall be appointed the
architect of the buildings, under the condi-
lions hereinafter provided. The two other
competitors in this competition shall be
paid $1,000 each; and if the Commissioners
wish to make use of any feature peculiar
to either of the designs of said other COM
petitors they reserve the right to purchase
such sketches upon payment to the author
thereof of the sum of 81 600, the sketches to
become the property of the District of Co
lumbia.
Dependent Upon Congress.
The appointment of the architect of the
municipal hospital buildings is dependent
upon the action of Congress in the passage
of the necessary appropriation. When this
appropriation is passed the author of the
design adjudged to be the best in this COM
petition shall be duly appointed the archi
tect of said buildings, and he shall serve
in this capacity throughout the time re-
CURED for the construction of all buildings
built under the original appropriation and
as the architect of all additional buildings
for said hospital which shall be built under
appropriations made for this purpose by
Congress for ten years from the date of
the first appropriation for said buildings.
Said architect shall be employed to give
full services upon all said buildings, and
he shall be compensated for his services in
accordance with the schedule of charges
approved by the American Institute of
Architects.
Mr. Edmund NJ Wheelwright of Bos-
ton, Mass, has drawn up the program for
this competition, and he will advise the
Commissioners in the award.
The hospital. when completed, is to con-
sist OF the following buildings:
General Observation-Disclosures ton build
ing, domestic service building power house.
laundry and machine shop; clinical and
pathological buildings, chapel, superintend-
ents house, nurses home, four reception
ward buildings, nine ward buildings on
north side of administration building, five
ward buildings on south side of administra-
ton building, connecting corridors, am
bulance stable.
tuberculosis Hospital-Two ward build
ings, with one sun room each, one small
ward building. with two sun rooms; con-
Meeting uncovered corridors.
Contagious Hospital Administration
hull lirlCy 1Cfi h11il
buildings, nurses home, connecting "un-
covered corridors.
Street to Be Carried Through Grounds
1t is definitely stated in the program thai
18th street is to be carried through the hos
pital grounds There was question at one
time as to the ACCESSIBILITY of this plan. but
Nh Wheelwright, the Commissioners pro-
fcssional adviser, decided in favor of it.
An important announcement in the pro-
gram is to the effect that the exterior treat
nent of all the hospital buildings, includ-
ing the administration building, must be
simple. Expensive porticoS of stone or elab-
crate architectural features of brick are
Eot desired. If a dome is used it must not
be a prominent feature. While the admin
istration building and the nurses home
should be dignified and well proportional,
there should be no features which will In
terfere with the practical purposes of the
buildings or will greatly increase its cost
for the sake Of monumental effect. The
materials are to be red brick, with In
diana limestone trimmings. The relative
probable cost of the exterior treatment of
the designs will be consideration in the
award.
No alternative dc sign may be sent.
In each package of plans is to be en-
closed sealed letter, giving the authors
name and address, Enclosed in a plain,
Opaque, white envelope. addressed in type
writing, ITO the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia
There shall be distinguishing name,
motto, device, or mark on the package, on
any drawing. or on the letter, or any
description submitted in this competition.
Any violation of any requirements of this
competition shall debar consideration of any
sketches submitted therein.
Ward Buildings.
The ward buildings for general hospital
are to be two stories in height, with base
nent fioo. not more than four feet below
grade, clear height in basement of ten
feet, clear height of each story not less
than fourteen feet.
There shall be on each floor of each
ward building one ward of twenty beds;
one isolation ward for one patient; a con-
valescents' dining room Of 1870 square feet
area: serving room, with food lift; duty
room; toilet rooms, including accommoda-
tions for nurses; linen closet. A locker
CURED in the ward buildings; this cloth
ing will be stored in the basement of the
administration building. All these ward
buildings Except reception ward build
ings) to have sun rooms. There are 20
be no fireplaces In the open wards. The
vent and heat ducts for open wards shall
be indicated on the plan. The block of the
plan developed is to be used in the lOca-
ton of the required wards upon the block
plan.
Principal Structure.
The administration building is to be To-
Gated on the axis of Kansas avenue, and
is to be designed to meet the needs of
hospital of about 800 beds exclusive of the
contagious department, for which a sep
arate administration building is provided
In the basement are to be reception
rooms for patients of both sexes. with bath
and toilet rooms and sterilZng ROOM
locker rooms for patients clothes, emer-
gency operating room (may have eastern
Light with etheriZing room two recovery
rooms. each for four patients.
On the first floor are a waiting room for
the public: the general office. with con-
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