The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
BIG ARCHITECTS
CONTEST BEGINS
Three Noted Experts Will Aid
Board in Awarding $4,000
Prizes

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OAKLAND. June 2o.-The first steps
in the actual work of selecting archi-
tectura1 plans for the new city hall in
Oakland were taken this morning, when
the commissioners of public works
Mayor Mott, City Attorney Stetson and
City Engineer Turner met with the
trio of eastern architects who have
been engaged as expert advisers by the
city of Oakland in the Office of Archi-
tect John Galen Howard at the Univer-
sity of California and opened the twen-
ty-eighth series of plans and specifica-
architects who aspire to design the new
municipal buildings.
The fasteners, whose opinion will
play such an important part in shap-
ing the new city hall, are w. S. Eames
of st. Louis; w. p. Laird of Philadel-
University of Pennsylvania, and E. F.
Champney, now of Seattle, a member
of the faculty of the University of
Washington.
SITE is INSPECTED
After preliminary examination of
the various plans submitted, the board
of architects, accompanied by the COM
missioners of public works, went to
the city hall site in Oakland and made
a careful inspection of the grounds,
taking numerous measurements to be
used in the final consideration of the
plans. AS result of this morning. s
deliberations it was announced that
the choice of the board would probably
be made public on or before the 1st of
July.
In calling for plans and specifications
for the new city hall, the commission
ers of public works conceived the idea
of stimulating competition among the
leading architects of the country by
offering series of cash prizes to the
designers of the best plans submitted.
To the author of the plans which are
considered best by the judges a cash
prize of $4,000 will be paid, and the
author will be appointed designing
architect of the building Prizes of
$1,000 will be given to the authors
of the 10 next best plans in the prefer
ment of the judges. 1t is stipulated
that at least two of the competing
architects must live in Oakland, or
within radius of 20 miles of the city.
Three eastern architectural firms of
national reputation-Mead, White &
McKim of New York; Peabody &
Stearns of Boston, and Cass Gilbert of
New York-were paid 81 900 each to
submit plans. and they will be con-
sidered ineligible in the competition
for the second prizes.
Following is the list of architects
who have submitted plans and specifi-
cations to the board of judges:
BakeweIl & Brown. San Francisco; Bliss &
Faviile, San Francisco; Arnold W. BURNER, I'm
ion Square. west. New York city: Delano &
Aldrich New York city: j. III. Freedlander, New
York city: Frost & Granger, Chicago; Louis p.
Hobart, San Francisco; George Koham. San
Francisco; Guy Lowell, Boston; H. Van Buren,
Magonigle. New York city; McDougall Brothers.
San Francisco; Frederick H. Meyer and Walter
d. Reed, San Francisco and Oakland; William
Mooser, San Francisco; Louis &. Mullgardt. San
Francisco: 0'Brien & Werner, San Francisco:
Palmer & Hornbostol. New York city; Pell s.
Corbett New York city; Rankin Kellogg &
Crane. Philadelphia; Loring P. Rixford and Boyd
Van Benthuysen. San Francisco; Albert Randolph
Ross. New York city; Tracy. swartwouk &
Ltchield, New York city; Ward 6 Blohme San
Francisco: Z. p. Whitman. Oakland; Wood. Dom
& Deming, Washington; York & Sawyer, New
York city.