Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-15
NEW HOME OF BUREAU
American Republics to Con-
struct Costly Building.
ARCHITECTS BIDS OPENED
Held to Be Confidential Until Finally
Passed by Board.
LIST OF THE COMPETITORS
Sum Of $500, 900 Available-Instruc-
tions to the
One Governments Interested.
ARCHITECTS BIDS OPENED
IsT OF THE COMPETITORS

tlonS, to the Architects-TWent
One Governments Interested.
The architectural competition for the new
home Of the international bureau of Ameri-
can republics in this city was closed at 2
o'clock this afternoon. That was the time
limit fixed by the executive committee of
the bureau for the submission Of plans. The
list of bidders numbered about 10, and
included nearly all the leading architectural
firms in the United States It lis stated that
this is probably the largest competition Of
its kind that has ever occurred in this coun-
try.
There were two classes of bidders, eight
who have been invited to compete, and who
will be paid $1,000 each for their plans,
whether they are accepted or not, and the
rank and file of the competitors, number
ing about 102. among whom will be divided
three prizes of 5000, $1,000 and 81 900 for
the best three sets of plans.
The eight invited bidders are Carrero &
Hastings. New York: Eames & Young. St.
& Marshall, Washington; Thomas R. Kim
ball. Omaha; Peabody & Stearns. Boston;
Whitford & King, New York, and Wood,
Dom & Deming. Washington.
Each of these firms, together with each of
the other 1O2,, was allowed by the rules
Of the competition to submit as many as
six sets of plans and many of them awaited
themselves Of that privilege. Each of the
competitors was asked to name three nom
competing architects to act as judges Of
the competition.
AS a result of this balIoting it was an
nounced today that the following named
architects Of New York city had been
chosen as judges Of the competition: Chas.
+. Mckim Of Mckim, Mead & White; Hen
~ Hornbostel OF Palmer & Hornbostel and
Austin w. Lord Of Lord & Hewlett.
These three architects each received more
than 100 ballots Of the total number cast.
They will act in conjunction with Secre-
tary Root, ex-ofiicio chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee. and Mr.. John Barrett
director of the bureau.
All the plans submitted today will be
treated as confidential until they have been
considered finally by the Judges and the
awards announced The plans will be num-
bered and the judges will have no infor
nation as to the work Of the competing
architects in any case. The drawings will
be exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
for the private inspection Of the judges.
Wednesday next to the work Of selecting
the prize winners
List of the Bidders.
The following is a list Of architects who
registered in the competition for the new
bureau building, and nearly all Of them
have submitted plans:
Lewis B. Abbott, 122 American building.
Boston. Mass; ]. Stewart Barney.~520 9Th
avenue. New York; Butler & Rodman, 10
East 23d street, New York: c. Jerome
Bailey, SO Bank street, Waterbury, Conn. !;
Louis Boynton, Thomas r. johnson, asso-
ciated architects, SO East 2Sth street, New
York; Bunting & Shrigley, COS Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, Pa: Herbert NJ. Baer.
$40 5th avenue, New York; w. Lawrence
Bottomley. 254 West la2d street, New York;
Busselle Embury. 1888 Broadway. New
York; Bissell & Sinkler 8O5 Bailey building,
Philadelphia. Pa; Boring & Tiiton, 81
Broadway, New York; Blackwell & Brown,
1850 Webster street, San Francisco, Cal;
Charles H. Bauer. sos Chestnut street, Phil
Broadway. New York; Dom Barber. "a
East .,23d street. New York; Carroll
Bennink. ~ chauncey street. Boston,
Mass: Theodore Blondel. jr., SO 9Th
Gould, 474 5th avenue. New York;
Edward Pearce Casey. New York; Appleton
P. Clark. IT.. Washington, D. c.; Cady &
See, New York; Walter B. Chambers. New
York: Copeland & Dole, New York; Jno
de M. Crawford. Philadelphia, Pa; Delano
& Aldrich, New York; John DuFais, New
York: Ethan Allen Dennison. Brooklyn. N.
Y: Richard G. Deacon, Washington, D. c.:
Arthur Dillon. New York: George B. De
Gersdorff New York: w. w. De veaux
North Yakima, Wash: P. De Gillette, jr.,
VIM. T. Armstrong associate architects),
New York: Ellicott & Emmart. Baltimore,
Md; Franklin D. Edmunds.; Virgil L; John
Pa; F. W: Fitzpatrick. Washington,
D. c.; J. H. Friedlander. New York;
Frost & Granger. Chicago, Illinois:
Foster. Gade & Graham. New York: Ford.
Fletcher, Washington. D.. c.: Laurence Hall
Fowler, Baltimore, Md; Thomas J. D. Full
Ter. Washington, D. c.; CARRIER & Wood
ward. Cincinnati, Ohio; Abraham Garfield,
Cleveland. Ohio; J. R. Gieske. Ceredo. w.
Va; George H. Gray, Louisville, KY; Glib
& Waltz, ithaca, N. Y; Alfred Morton
Citizens, Philadelphia. Pa; Edward H Gid
den, Baltimore, Md; Haight & Citizens.
New York: Arthur w. Hail. Washington.
D. c.: Hedman & Schoen and Goodwin &
Jacoby associate architects). New York:
Hewitt. Stevens & Paist. Philadelphia Pa. !;
tington, and Hutton & Buys. New York;
Haskell & Barnes, Baltimore. Md Edward
Shepherd Hewitt William Emerson (as-
Haydel New York; Hill & James. Boston,
Mass: w: g. Holford. Brooklyn, N Y;
Howes & Morse. New York: VIM. c. Haz-
lett: New York; James & Leo, New York;
Kelsey. Paul P. cret associate architects).
Philadelphia. Pa; George Keller, Hart
ford, Conn: ]. Lowell Little. jr., Boston,
Mass: Guy Lowell. Boston. Mass: Elliott
AyhSAib A>SW 4VhAs AcAIudu q Scnmltt,
Cleveland. Ohio; Little & O'Connor. New
York; J: E. Laferty. Baltimore. Md; M. J.
Lyon. San Francisco. Cal; McMurray &
Pulls. Newark. N. j.; Martin Hall, Provi
dence. R; l.; Mills & Pruitt, Columbus,
Ohio; William Luther Mowll, Cambridge
Mass; Mills & Greenleaf. New York; ii.
Van Buren, Magonige. New York; Herbert
r. Manner New York; P. Thornton Marye,
Frederick w. Brow,.y A. Ten Eyck Brown
associate architectsa. Atlanta. Ca: James
Edwin Meek, Columbus. Ohio; Irving Clark
Molier. New York; Mercer & Belaw. Az
lington. N. J.: Nelson & Van Wagner,
New York: Newman & Harris, New York:
Herbert Scott Olin, New York; Parker &
Thomas. Baltimore, Nd: PeIl &
Corbett. New York; Charles a. Platt,
New York; Pickering & Walker, New
York: Maurice Prevot New York;
F. w. Powelson. Pittsburg. Penna;
H. c. Pittman, H. H. Braun. associate
architects. New York; George Bispham
Page, Philadelphia, Pa: John Russel Pope,
New York; J. H. Phillips. New York;
Frank E. Perkins. New York; Rankin, KEEL
logg & Crane, Philadelphia, Pa; Albert r.
Ross, New York; Ripley & Russell, Mas
sachusetts; Herbert Hugh Riddle, Chicago.