Arizona republican., 1906-01-27
CONTINENTAL HALL
 WORK OF HE D. A. K.
Description of the Memorial to the
 Revolution.

Mrs. Elizabeth c. s. Brown historian of Maricopa chapter, D. A. R., has contributed the following article on "Continental Hall,' the memorial which is being erected through the ef- forts of the Daughters of the American Revolution:
 It is recorded that favorite proiecr of Washington was the erection of thirteen memorial buildings in the Capital City which bears his name AS the years passed. the subject would occasionally come up in congress, buC each time the matter would be post poned and at last it did not receive honorable mention. Thus a century passed by. On the morning of Octo- Der Il. 1890. there was no society of the Daughters of the American ReVo- lution. Before the sun went down in the golden west there was a socIety of eighteen members, an nIustrious pres ident general, efficient officers. and $33 in the treasury
 One of the first acts of this infant society was to pass a resolution for a fire-proOf building, to be used as a museum for Revolutionary relics and the possessions and records of the so- ciety-in short, a building which should
 
 memorial hall.
 Each succeeding president general and every congress has kept this idea before the society. The growth Of Continental Hall fund, at first neccs- sarily slow. increased proportionately as the project unfoIded and the noble purpose of the society became more generally known.
 After twelve years Of untiring effort the Daughters acquired by p1rchase- ito have and to hold''-a site upon which to build the hall.
 The net expense of the ground was $50, 266. On October II, 1902 the cere- mony of breaking the ground was ap celebrated. The following February a handsome silk flaE. the gift of the Sons of the American Rev olutiOn. was raised over the site Tn the presence of delegates to the con gress and visiting and resident Daugh- ters. and the daily floating of this flag over this ground attests the legal right of the society in this property as au- tnOrized by the District commissioners.
 Tine next step was the announcement of a competition open to all American architects for a design for memorial Continental Hall. Plans were suomit- ted. seventy-two in number. all good. The question of choice from so many of such equal merit was difficult
 For two years the committee o1 ar chitecture worked faithfully and final Iy gave the award to Edward Pierce Casey. of New York, an architect well known in Washington, having been as sociated with his father in the con struction of the beautiful COngression- al Library. and comes to the work of building Memorial Continental Hall fully equipped with knowledge of the type of architecture required, which may be characterized as colonial -clas- sic. and the cost will be between si00,- | 900 and S5OO,00O.
 The site is an Ideal one, having 9 l frontage of 210 feet on Seventeenth | street extending from D to c streets, ] facing the public park known as the | White House lot, and between CorcOr- | an Art Gallery on the north and the | new Columbian university on the south.
 Tn the immediate vicinity are the | White House. Washington Monument | Executive park, and the historic Mall |
 On April 19, 1904 the members of ! the Thirteenth Continental congress, of the American RevOlu- | ton, assembled at their convention | the president general, the national | board and the state regents of forty | five states. walked from Fifteenth | street past the White House gardens, | the War. State and Navy building. and | the Corcoran Art Gallery to the square | where a most inspiring sight greeted 1 every proud Daughters eye. Old Glory | seemed everywhere; fife and drums were there, and inspiriting military music. A portion of the block was lsed. separated by protected railings around three sides. At the fourth side, he north. the speakers stand was Jlaced, gorgeously decorated in the na- ional coIors: above the speaker there