Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-21
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
Day & Brother to Be APP
pointed Architects.
FINAL COMPETITION
COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCE THE
RESULT THIS MORNING.
Features of Other Plans to Be Incor-
porated-Description Of the
Building.

The final competition to secure plans for
the municipal hospital was judged this
morning by the District Commissioners and
the award made to Frank Miles lay & Bro
of 925 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. These
gentlemen will be appointed the architects
of the buildings, and will serve as such for
a term of years, receiving compensation in
accord with the final cost of the buildings
to be erected. The two other firms, which
participated in the final competition, were
Herbert d. Hale and George B. de Gers
dorf of Boston, and Shepley, Ruttan and
Coolidge of Boston and Chicago
Mr. Edmund Wheelwright of Boston, the
professional adviser of the Commissioners,
arrived in the city this morning, and it was
upon his recommendations that the Com
missioners based their award. Mr.. Wheel
wright, who is an expert on hospital mat
tiers, considers the successful plans most
excellent. They show, he says, a thorough
study of .-e subject, the problems of the
situation being dealt with in mastery fash
ion. The grouping of the various buildings
which are to constitute the institution par
ticularly struck the fancy of the Commits
sioners and Mr.. Wheelwrght.
As soon as the award was made the Com
missioners communicated with Frank Miles
Day, the senior member of the firm, and
have received word that he will be in
Washington this afternoon to confer with
The Commissioners will soon present the
plans before the appropriations committee
of Congress, with view TO securing an ap-
preparation with which to begin actual
work. The site of the hospital has already
been secured. 1t is at the head of 18th
street at the intersection of Kansas and
Iowa avenues and Richmond street.
Terms of Competition.
According to the terms of the final compe
titon the Commissioners reserved the
right to make use of any feature of the
plans presented by the three architects des-
ignated. There are some features, 1t was
stated today, which they might desire to
make use of. The two unsuccessful archi-
tects are each to receive $1,000.
In the plans judged today the only build
ings shown in elevation are the administra-
ton, the surgical and pathological build
ings In the successful plan the admins
tratien building is the center and the sur
gical and pathological buildings form wings
to the main building. The arrangement is
generally satisfactory. The style of the
building is something after the colonial,
the front being rather simple and dignitied.
1t suggests old Independence Hall at Phila-
delphia. The building is capable of eco
nomic treatment or elaboration if the APP
preparations committee sees fit to make lib
eral allowances.
The plans in the final competition were
submitted without Identification marks of
any kind, and We're judged as numbers !,
and B. The names of the architects were
enclosed in plain white envelopes. All
three of the competing firms of architects
are well known in their profession. OF the
successful firm Mr.. Frank Miles Day is
one of the national officers of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. and is presi
dent of the local chapter In Philadelphia.
He and his brother designed the magnif-
cent new operating amphitheater for the
College of Physicians and Surgeons in
Philadelphia. said to be the largest amphi
theater of its kind in the world, and having
seating capacity of 800 They also re-
Gently designed the horticulture building in
Philadelphia, and have been engaged on
many other important works.