The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-01-18
ARCHITECTS LEAGUE.
It VIII Give Its Annual Exhibi-
ton in the Fine Arts Build
ing, N. Y. in February.

4h0 -Vtn diliudf eAhlDitlOH OF tue Al
chiteceural League of New York will be
lnaugurated by press view of the exhi-
bition on Friday, Feb. 10, from a. M to
4 p. m. in the Fine Arts Building, No.
245 West Fifty-seventh street, New
York. The annual dinner oesurs at Z 3.
m. of the same day, and the League re-
eeption on Saturday evening, Feb. II.
The exhibition viii be open to the public
from Sunday, Feb. Il to Saturday,
March 4, inclusive. On Sunday the pub
lie will be admitted free and on every
other day, except Tuesdays and Thurs
days, when a fee of % cents will be
charged The exhibition will be open
from 10 a. M. to s p. M, and from s to
10 p m. The usual public lectures will
be given on Wednesday evenings, Feb.
Is, %, and March /.
The last days for the reception Of ex-
hibits are Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan.
81 and Feb. l, from a. m. to 6 p. m.
On the latter day at s p. m. there will be
meeting Of the Jury of Selection, con-
sisting of the following members Karl
Bitter, Edwin 81. Bashfeld. Arnold w.
Drummer, Frederic Crowninshield, Frank
Vincent DuMond, Isadore Konti. Charles
E. McKim. II. A. Mcneil, Robert Reid,
Augustus Saint Gaudens, James Knox
Taylor and S. B. Trowbridge
The exhibition will consist Of architec-
tural drawings in plan, elevation, section,
perspective and detail; photographs of
executed work; drawings of decorative
work; cartoons for stained glass; models
of executed or proposed work; work ex-
ecuted in stone, wood, bronze, wrought
iron, mosaic, glass and leather; sketches
and paintings of decorative subjects.
Portrait busts and other sculpture and
paintings, not architectural in character,
will not be eligible.
Gold and silver medals win be award
ed for selected designs for the construe-
tion Of a village block in a country town
and bronze medal for the best design
for a book place for the library Of the
League. This latter is the presidents
prize and is open to the members of the
League only. The Henry G. Avery prize
of $50 will be awarded for the best de-
sign for flower box.
4 medal of honor win be conferred by
the New York Chapter of the Architects
Institute of Architects for the best nm
ished architectural work, the plan to be
accompanied by photographs of the com
pleted structure. This is an entirely
new feature of the exhibition. Hereto
fore the designs. submitted have been of
models and not of buildings actually
erected. Mr. Herbert Adams has been
entrusted with the designing of the
medal.
The American Institute of Architects
national organization, with chapters in
many states. 1t is also in correspond
ence with nearly fifty foreign societies.
The membership numbers nearly 1000,
evenly divided between fellows and asso-
ciates. The president Of the institute is
Mr. Charles f. Mc1im, Of the New
York firm of McKim, Mead & White.
The secretary of the New York Chapter,
the first on a list Of 26, is Mr.. Grosvenor
Atterbury.
Some two years ago, the 0ctagon
House, Washington, D. G., an old
building with many historic associations,
was purchased by the institute for $780,
coo and is now the home of the society.
One of the rooms has been fitted up as
a library and here are kept numerous
publications of the art world photo
graphs Of recent architectural work in
the United States and Europe, etc, etc.
That the institute has attracted CON
siderable attention abroad IS proven by
the fact that some four years ago Mr..
Rudolph vogel, Of Hanover, organized
German institute based on the meth-
DDS of the American society.
The American Institute Of Architects
has held SO annual conventions.