The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24

kScL avenue
ing commanding site on what will prob
ably be known in the future as Washing
| ton avenue
! The new home OF the Elks. under the
operations Of the Cassidy Company, (!
/ beginning to rise on II street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. The old build
ings on the site Of the Masonic Temple
/ are about to be torn down. and the build
/ Ing committee has invited a number Of
| competent builders 70 estimate on ths
cost. Il VIII be built Of Indiana lime
stone, brick, and terra Gotta exterior
with steel frame and fireproof construc
/ zion. Wood, Dom < Deming are ths
architects. The proposals Of the con
tractors will be opened on March 9.
Turn Verein VIII Bald.
The Columbia Turn Verein is also pre-
pairing TO erect a new clubhouse, and
will hold a general meeting OF the mem
/ bers to-day to take up the question of Z
site and to consider general plans FOL
4 the structure. 1t viii be started during
! the summer months.
The Bureau Of American Republics. tC
which Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000. vii
soon invite a competition Of architect.
tor its building on the site recently pur-
| chased on Seventeenth street from tbs
| George Washington University Il is tbs
/ purpose Of the commission having thu
/ building operations in charge 10 expedite
the erection Of the building as much as
possible and the contract viii be awarded
and work started as soon as the prelimi
/ naries can be completed
! According to plans determined by th'
! commission. ten architects will be per
mitted 20 submit designs, general notice
/ being issued inviting application from
| architects in the United States and othe,
/ American states, from whom ten "of re
/ pute" will be selected for the competition
/ The designs submitted viii be passed upor
/ by the commission, assisted by advisory
architects whom they viii name for tn
purposes. Three prizes are offered Of 8 200
5000 and SlO01, respectively, for tn,
designs deemed best, second best, an,
third best.
The District government yesterday re
ceived proposals, which were rejected o.
account Of cost, for the erection Of tht
/ new tuberculosis hospital, for which $780,,
900 IS available. X will be built upon IN,
ground purchased some years ago on The
/ BrightwoOd road. according to plan,
drawn by Frank Mills Day. OF Phlladel
phia- The main building will be fv,
stories high. with wings Of four stories
each or either side. The material will bt
/ brick, with terra Gotta trimmings. stee
/ frame, and hTeproof construction. Adver.
/ tisement for new proposals VIII be made
/ Immediately.
Spires on St. PatrIck's,
( Williams & Wagner. architects. are pre-,
pairing plans and specifications for altera.
tons upon St PatrickS Church, at Tent
and G streets northwest. including the
! erection of tWo imposing spires on tn,
front corners Of the edihce.
/ The building Of apartment houses VIII
go forward without abatement as soor
as spring opens. a round dozen Of these
/ Buildings are upder way, 10 be started al
an early day.
/ Harry Wardman the builder. will erect
/ one four stories high at 1913 Twentieth
/ street to cost $4,000.
/ Oscar Vogt has prepared plans for a
/ two-story apartment, 64XT5 feet, 10 bC
/ erected in Georgetown; brick. with stone
! trimmings, galvanized cornice. Stag roof
! with sanitary plumbing and heating sys-
TENS. It viii cost $1,000.
! Thomas Pickford will erect an apart
ment house on the northwest corner OF
/ Eighteenth street and Kalorama avenue
It will be 50 by l25 feet.
/ F. W Alexander, builder. has the con-
tract for erecting an apartment house
/ at j4 Third street northwest. to cost
/ $500, Merrill T. Vaughn being the archi
| tect. 1t will be - by 500 feet and -four
stories high, Of brick with stone trim
mings.
To Build on Quincy Place.
Harry +. Giles will erect an apartment
| house at Quincy place and Florida ave
nue. to cost $4,000. 1t will stand -four
stories high. and the materials will be
brick, with stone trimmings.
Benjamin Schwartz has commissioned
A. Goernner, architect. to prepare plans
! and specifications for two apartment
houses on NJ street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets northwest. They will be
Of brick, with stone trimmings. with tin
and tile roofs and four stories high
They will cost about $4,000.
Lewis Z. Brueninger, builder. viii erect
an apartment house on Columbia road, be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. of brick structural iron. and
steel The building viii be - by 1OC
feet and cost about $4,000. The architect
( is \. r. Grimm.
Patrick r. Moran has awarded the con-
/ tract TO James NJ. Dunn for the con-
structiou of two apartments at 1865 and
1907 Thirtieth street northwest. They will
be of brick. three stories high, and Will
cost $4,000. Julius Wenig Is the arehi-
tect
Interior alteration and other improve
ment are under way upon the Bon
he 81
street northwest.