The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-14
OLD CONGRESS HALL.
The Nations Former Capitol to be Re-
stored-s6o,o 100000 Appropriated for
the Great Work.

stored--s6o, 100000 Appropriated for
the Great Work.
With the signing Of the ordinance APP
Ipropriating $6O,0Oo,oo for renodeling
and preserving the Old Congress hall
at Philadelphia, is assured the success
OF the project which will perpetuate the
memory OF the historic structure, which
for 10 years was the capitol building of
the nation.
In a recent communication received
from d. Knickerbocker Boyd, chairman
Of the committee on public information,
18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia,
Pa, he said;
To the Editor of American Stone Trade:
Dear Sir: Only few days ago the
Mayor Of Philadelphia approved the or
dinance OF council appropriating $780,
10000 for the restoration of Congress
Hall, one of the Independence Hall group
of buildings so inseparably connected
with the history Of this country.
Now that the restoration and preser-
walton OF this important building is an
accomplished fact the whole country
will be nterestd to know that one of
its priceless heirlooms is not to be fur
ther neglected and that, moreover, the
restoration is TO be undertaken by
committee thoroughly qualified by ex-
perience and through special research
to direct the work.
Several years of effort on the part of
the Philadelphia Chapter, A. l. A., and
of its Committee on the Preservation Of
Historic Monuments are now crowned
with success, and this success should,
it seems to me, be an incentive to other
organizations in whose territory build
ings of historic or artistic exist, to take
steps to insure them against the rayages
of time or ruthless invasions.
For any further information regarding
this, matter we would refer you TO c.
A. Ziegler, chairman of the Committee
on Preservation Of Historic Monuments.
For restoration work, draughtsmen
are now drawing plans from the enor-
nous mass Of data which has been pa
tiently collected by committee OF the
Philadelphia Chapter of the American
Institution Of Architects, which body
has generously placed the expert ser
vices of its members at the disposal of
the city for the proposed work. This
committee on the Preservation Of His.
toric Monuments is composed Of Charles |
A. Ziegler chairman, Baily building, |
Frank Miles Day; George
G. Masonj Horace Wells Sellers; Emler
Stewardson.
The restoration Of the building win
mean that all improvements or recon.
structions which have been made will be /
torn out and the building, in time, will
as powerful or as well organ
ized an enemy TO oppose as that which /
blocks the path of organized labor
to have bin passed to erect building
for the use OF the County OF Philadel. |
phia, but il was not until 1862 that reso-
luton was passed giving the county a
lot on which to erect the structure.
The exterior will be arranged as it
stood when George Washington was in
augurated the second time, which and
is the principal event in the
history of the old Congress Han Quaint,
but beautiful. ideas were carried out in
he erection Of this structure, and when
he work Of restoration is finished there
win be monument to our country, to
t. forIser rulers, and to all the stauneh
.itizens who participated even IN small
way in government affairs. which will
probably never again be allowed to de-
teriorate American Stone Trade.