The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
LOCAL ARCHITECTS
WIN COMPETITION.
Design Submitted by Wood, Donn
& Deming Chosen for New
All Souls Church.

An impressive Gothic structure, to cost
about s250.0oo. Is provided for in plans
prepared by Wood. Dom & Deming.
architects, OF this city. which have been
selected for the new. All Souls Church.
to be erected on plot OF ground re-
Gently purchased IN Sixteenth street, be-
tween r and s streets. northwest. ad-
joining the magnificent Scottish Rite
Temple. s.,.,
The plans provide for the church prop
er and hall adjoining, to be known as
the Edward Everett Hale Memorial Par
ish House. The trustees Of the church.
together with one. OF their members,
Louis A. Simon, chief OF the engineer
ing and drafting division. Office OF the
Supervising Architect OF the Treasury.
invited three architectural firms to sub
NIT drawings In competition. according
to the code OF competitions Of the Amer
lean Institute OF Architects
The three firms Invited were Cram.
Goodhue & Ferguson. OF Boston and
New York. designers OF some OF the
finest church structures IN the United
States, and Marsh q Peter. OF this city.
and Wood, Dom * Deming. After care
full consideration the board OF trustees
of the church. through their president,
James A. Sample, president OF the citi-
zens' Savings Bank. have Just announces
the successful competitor
Occupy Large Lot.
The church and parish hall will oc-
cupy a lot having a frontage Of 40 feet
and depth OF 1856 feet. There Is a
fffteen-foot alley on the north side OF
the lot The overall dimensions OF the
church will be about II by L. feet, and
those OF the hall, 90 by 10 feet.
feature OF the architecture OF the
group will be the strict adherence to
the pure Gothic type for the interior as
well as the exterior. The buildings will
he built OF a white stone that will har-
monize with the color OF the Scottish
Rite Temple adjoining.
The most impressive feature OF the ex-
terror OF the bulldogs will be tall Gothic
tower which will extend above the group
about midway between the church proper
and parish hall The greater portion OF
the front OF the church will be occupied
by a massive arched window
The church proper will be located at the
front OF the building lot. but the parish
hall will set back about 100 feet from the
sidewalk The vacant spact will be thus
utilized by an open cloister with gar
den in the center. The cloister will be
slightly raised above the level OF the
sidewalk and will extend along the north
side of the lot as far back as the front
wall OF the parish hall and across the
front OF the lot as far as the north side
OF the church proper.
BY this arrangement the green In the
center. which will be about forty feet
square. will be entirely inclosed and yet
viii be seen from the street
The front portion OF the parish hall Is
TO be devoted TO class and committee
rooms There will be also supper rooms
with a well-arranged kitchen adjoining.
The rear of the structure will be devot-
ed to the hall proper. which will have
stage at one end and mezzanine bal
cony at the other.
The auditorium of the church will be
finished with an open timber ceiling. At
one end there will be recessed arch in
n ont OF which the pulpit will be located.
The finish for the woodwork and walls
has not as yet been definitely decided.