New-York tribune., 1903-06-21
4 GRE4T'ER Qt Il.
Plans for Nezv Buildings to Cost
So 900 900.
$2,O0O,OOO

ON the beautiful lake and forest site III Ne"
Works most westerly county, where Tor nearly
thirty years Chautauqua has been successi u'iS
yorkips, out its lofty aims for public education.
2 new and greater assembly will be raised Inc
scheme of reconstruction involves the eAPehul
ture Of $2OO0000 and it is on such a scare
that there can be indefinite extension "lthout
demolition. With ever increasing throhs ol
culture-hungry visitors, Chautauqua has OUT
grown the facilities which at one time were
ample Further progress was lmpossiple Will
out rebuilding, and millions of persons III All
,,2rts of the country who have protited from one
Chautauqua course or another Will welcome ue
announcement that the Improvement is under
way.
The plans OF general development and detail
MANS of several of the larger buildings were on
exhibition last week at the Art Club OF Phila-
dclphia They are the work of Albert Kelsey a
Philadelphia architect, who won the compeh-
ton announced by the trustees last year. Asso-
ciated with him are Warren H. Manning, land
scare architect, Of Boston. and j. Massey Rhlhd'
e.uIptor of New-York In all twenty-five plans
were shown and they attracted great deaI ol
attention.
The first Of the new buildings erected will lie
tie Hall of Philosophy, to replace the one Wmch
has for years figured prominently IN the
,..auatin- exercises of the assembly. 1t Will
r.
be a large and imposing structure Of stone,
purely classical in style. The cornerstone will be
laid bv the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott on August
IL if the trustees carry out their present plans.
Just what building will be next taken up is un-
de- ided, but it is likely that the new Art Gallery
and Library will be started in the fall A great
deal of preliminary landscape work will be done
this summer.
1t is possible at this time TO give a brief de
scription of the general plan decided on Ihe
prouerty will be bisected by two broad avenues,
ene extending from the steamboat wharf to the
land entrance at the back of the grounds and
the other running along the high ground at right
ANGLES to it, A boulevard will engrdle the en-
the lS,J acres which constitute the property
Various centres, representing the different de
paltments of the institution, will be created
The intellectual buildings will be grouped
around Vincent Square (2T5 feet square,, with
vast assembly hall, capable of seating seven
thousand persons, predominating. An enlarged
athletic quarter, including a gymnasium and
fields for various sports, will be near the lake,
thereby providing for aquatic sports, which are
SO popular at Chautauqua during the summer.
The educational buildings will be grouped about
a campus in another quarter. Three additional
buildings will be erected shortly, and perhaps
one Of the three now standing will be replaced
by d new and more suitable structure. A slightly
hotel with a capacity Of one thousand guests,
is planned for the site of the present hotel,
which is not nearly large enough. The resi-
dences will be scattered the entire property.
The spacing of cottages will be strictly enforced,
and the congestion existing at several
points will be alleviated.
At the extreme end of Assembly Point will
be the Angelus Tower with the famous Chimes
Of the Poets in the new tower. Connected with
ii so as to form a focal point either as seen
from the lake a terminus of one of the
principal vistas, will be a pier house. 1t
viii be an imposing structure, of a charaCt ter
btftting the official entrance to the grounds.
There will be a comfortable waiting ROOM,
various offices, lunchroom and above an open
promenade commanding a fine view of the lake.
OF late years Chautauqua has been paying
more and more attention to the arts and crafts.
Last winter the schools of this department were
kept open, and many students from different
parts Of the country spent the winter at work
there. 1t is proposed to depart from the classic
architecture for the Arts and Crafts Village,
to make it in fact a medieval village The
buildings Will surround a court, and will be con-
nected by closters. Each of the various de-
partments will have separate building. and
adjoining the square will be the residence of the
in cbarp nj he deDartmppt