Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

10 where the court will be held when pre-
lIminary work upon the mammoth build
ing that is to cover the entire block is in
stituted.
to none in the capital. 1t will rank with
the House Office building and will cover
practically the same ground space. 1t is
planned. however, that the new building
will have vastly more floor space, for
eventually the entire building is to have
at least one story more than the House
Office building and is to be built about a
court In the same way Actual plans for
its construction have not been submit
ted. but Supervising Architect Oscar
Wenderoth of the Treasury Department
discussed the general plans of the build
ing, so far as they have been formu-
lated.
ITO begin with. said the architect
a building to cover the entire block and
TO be of modern office construction
type That is pleasing. for in that way
can the government get best value in the
way of actual working space for the
money expended In an Office building of
this type the idea of heavy walls. for the
sake of architectural effect alone. is not
the economical one. for utility is to he
the first consideration
AS to the style of architecture. We
may state that the type that is fast he
coming the most noticeable in Washing
ton, the So-called monumental type. VIII
be followed. Good illustra tons of these
types are the Senate and House office
buildings. which combine in the main the
utmost utilitarianism with the greatest
amount of graceful beauty. On account of
the enormous size OF the lot to be Gov
ered-approximatelN 400 by 400 feet-it
will not be necessary at this time to eX-
tend the building more than three stories
in height in the highest portion How
ever, the foundations will be such that 1t
will be easily possible to build several
stories more to the structure, should the
occasion arise, in the future.
The front of the building OF course
will be on F. street. although the southern
exposure. toward the Potomac might be
more desirable in some ways. The car
line. being on F street. has had much to
do with the decision that the front shall
be to the north
Here Architect Wenderoth pointed out
that, the building being on the F and G
street line of the Capital Traction Com
pany which also passes the House office
building. the Library of Congress and the
Capitol building, makes it readily ac-
cessible to members of Congress who
have business to transact with any OF
the officials to be located In the new
building.
The front part. continued Mr.. Wen
deroth, will contain the administrative
offices of the survey. and will be three
stories in height. These offices will prob
ably extend the whole length of the block
on the F street side Just back of these
offices. in the front wing of the building.
it is the plan to place the stackrooms of
the survey. and on account of the fact
that they need be but half high as the
ceiling of the Office rooms, there can be
six stories of the stackrooms. which will
take care Of the literature of the geo.
logical survey for some time to come, ]
am informed.
ION account OF the great depth of the
lot it will be necessary here, as at the
House Office building and buildings OF
similar type, to leave a large interior
court 1t may be that the rectangular
building will be intersected by wings. as
is sometimes done, it may be left pre-
cisely as was the House office building.
OF course this leaves the interior to be
developed into beautiful garden, II de-
sired. or to be sure. wings could be built
at any time.
at is probable that only the F street
side of the new building will be built