Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03
Construction of st
Municipal Buildings. Of If

CONSTRUCTION OF structlon as
Municipal Buildings. of whic h
are either completed or will be completed
on or before the beginning of the next
calendar year:
Chemical engine house. No. 2. Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 18th place southeast.
Mckinley Manual Training School. No.
40, third extension, Rhode Island ave-
nue. and 7th street northwest.
Playground shelter, Rosedale play
ground, 18th and Gales streets northeast.
Playground shelter Georgetown play
ground, 34th street and Volta place
northwest.
Joseph Rodman West School. No. 16S,
Farragut street between 18th and 14th
streets northwest.
Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training
School. No. 164. corner Wisconsin ave-
nue. and 33d street northwest.
Grover Cleveland School. No. 16o. cor
ner Sth and streets northwest. ~
Randle Highlands School. No. 1855. Both
and r streets southeast
Central heating plant NJ Street High,
Douglass and Simmons Schools. New Jer-
sey avenue and NJ street northwest.
Armstrong Manual Training School ad-
dition, p street between LIST and Sd streets
northwest.
Alexander Crummel School. No. 167.
Gallaudet street. opposite Central avenue.
Ivy City.
Cardozo Manual Training School, No.
l6S, list and 1 streets southwest
Engine house. No. "a. Georgia avenue
and Rock Creek Church road northwest.
TakOma Branch Library, 5th and Cedar
streets. Takoma Park, D. c.
Western High School addition, No. 1T,
35th and r streets northwest.
Mortuary building at tuberculosis Hos
pital.
Addition to District cement warehouse,
14th and D streets southwest.
Stable building for street cleaning de-
partment. 18th and G streets southeast.
Burrville School. No. 10. Division ave-
nue. and Hayes street northeast.
Military Road School, No. III. Military
road between 18th and 14th streets north
west, extended.
Police precinct stations. Nos. 1. 4. 6 and
8. making alterations and installing new
cells.
Addition to engine house. No. 20. Wis
consin avenue. 10th and Warren streets
northwest.
James Ormond Wilson Normal School,
west.
Manual Training School, No. 172. twelfth
division. o street northwest, between
North Capitol and LIST streets.
Rebuilding stable for street cleaning de-
partment, between 9th, 10th, and o
streets northwest.
Pound and stable building for health de-
partment. South Capitol street between
III and I streets southwest.
Northwest wing Western High School,
No. lit. 35th and r streets northwest.
The plans for the COlored Normal School
and the cOlored mems ward at the Home
for the Aged at Blue Plains. d. c.. have
also been completed, and these buildings
will be constructed during the fiscal year
1913.
The municipal architect has continued
to show marked ability in the construc-
ton of schoOlhouses He secures the ut
most for each dollar of expenditure, and
our schools and other buildings of recent
years are attractive in appearance and
models of convenience and safety. The
cost has been less than buildings of the
same class in other cities. 1t averaged
80. 1914 per cubic foot, while school build
ings in the cities such as st. Louis and
Boston. which are the nearest to ours in
materials and construction. average 10
and % cents per cubic foot. respectively.
OF the plans of all municipal buildings
constructed during the last year. twenty
were prepared and designed by the mu-
nicipal architect and by private archi-
tects. With a view to economy, the work
has been standardized as much as posi-
BILE.
The percentage of the entire cost of the
preparation of plans, supervision of con-
struction and commission to architects
on the average yearly cost of all .uild-
ings which have been constructed by the
municipal architect, Is less than 81 per
cent.