Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-08
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ed by an adequate and beautiful
colonial building at the jamestown
Exposition is now a settled fact
The plans accepted by the Virgins
commi, sion for the construction O
the State building are those sub
mitted by Messrs Breese and Mitch
ell, architects OF Norfolk. Thu
building will be Of brick, of origi
nal colonial design with 116 fee
frontage including the piazzas. 81
feet deep, and two stories high,sur'
mounted with an attic.
The first floor will contain two
large reception rooms, a very large
hall, corridors with a longitundinal
the Governors suite Of rooms
also the lady commissioners suite
The second floor will contain
seven bedrooms together with tw,
bathrooms, The building as de-
signed IL a very handsome one and
] is to he permanent. The decision
of the Virginia Commission was
reached By process Of elimination
each of the designs shown being
voted upon, the one received the
lowest number of votes being elm.
mated until the final decision was
recorded. The choice was a diff
cult one, as all of the designs SUBJ
United were meritorious and at.
tractiYe. The work OF eyamina.
ton and decision occupied the
Commission for the better part of
a day.
In addition 10 Governor Swanson,
the Virginia commission consists
Of state Sen W w Sale, Of Norfolk
Col C F Dav, of Smithfield; Hon X
W. Withers, of Fansemond, Col. A.
NJ Bowman, of Salem; W W Baker
of Chesterfield and Nat Erly, of
Greene Go. Messrs Sale, Day and
Withers constitute the building
committee.
The architects were asked to sub.
original designs or a reproduction
of an historic Virginia building of
colonial architecture, but it was
suggested to them that the prefer
ence of the building committee in
clined toward a structure OF origi,
nal design, the building to be a
structure Of colonial architecture.
In accordance with this view all OF
the architects submitted original
plans and designs.
The terms on which architects
were invited to compete called for
the erection Of a state building for
irginia, the building Of which
was to be superintended by the de-
designing architect. 1t was speci-
fed that. the building is to be OF
colonial style of architecture, is to
have both land and water fronts.
1t can be an original design or a
reproduction. The cost is not to
exceed $4,000 including all sta
tionary fixtures and architects COM
missions.
The first floor will have hall
and one large reception room, four
other medium sized rooms. two
small rooms and toilet.
The second floor will contain at
least eight bedrooms with two
baths.
The VIRGINIA commission headed
by Gov Swanson met on Wednes.
May %, at the Monticello hotel,
Norfolk, for the purpose OF receiv-
ing drawings and suggestions from
architects. There were twelve ar
chitects represented in the compe-
tition, who appeared before the
commissioners. All of them sub.
mitted original designs which were
explained to the commissioners by
! the architects each in turn. Among
the architects represented were
Brecse & Mitchell. J Keyan PEBBLES
Neff & Thompson, Jamestow n Con.
struction & Amusement Go and X.
E Lee Taylor and associate, all OF
Norfolk, S. M. Williams and W. d,
Lee. of Richmond and holland &
Baskerville, of Richmond and New
port News.
The sworn statement of the