Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-04
Plans for George Washington
Memorial Building in This
City Approved.
NEW YORK ARCHITECTS
WIN IN THE COMPETITION
Drawings to Be Submitted to Conn
mission of Fine Arts Before
Final Action.

Plans submitted by Tracy 4 Swart-
wout. oI+ 9TH avenue. New York. weis
successful In the competition for tia
George Washington Memorial building I,
be erected in Washington Thirteen a..
chitects competed for the honor OF draw
ing the designs for the memorial, ana
the jury of awards today chose those
submitted BY the New York firm as be-
ing the most satisfactory and coming
most completely within the requirements
as set forth in the general specification.
The jury OF awards. consisting q
fhiHp Sawyer, Charles \. Platt aud
waiter Cook. completed It's work yes.
terday. and the announcement was
made today Of the result. The success
fui architects are to receive the first
prize OF $1,000. each of the others being
awarded $500. Tracy & Swartwout VIII
also be made the architects in chareA
of the construction of the building pro.
viding the plans submitted by them
meet the approval of the national come
mission of fine arts. which must final.
l. pass upon them.
Design Is for Colonial Building.
The drawing submitted bv the success
full competitors depicts colonial build.
ing. with pillared front and square ground
the great auditorium with a seating ca
pacity of 5000. This auditorium is arts
tically arranged in the form of an ellipse
with large stage at one end and deep
balcony encircling the hall
he site tentatively selected for the me
mortal Is that part of the Mall known az
Armory Square. facing on b street north
west between 9th and 7th streets
Inc successful plans and drawings will
,nisct. -
me arts at once, and IL is believed APP
profal or the Jurys award will be given
within short time. Actual building OF
erations. however. cannot begin until the
memorial association shall have ra sed a
fund of 100000. together with a perma-
nent endowment fund of the same amount
this being stipulation In the act OF CON
gress of March 4. 1913. authorizing the
appointment of the George Washington
Memorial Association. the erection of the
building. and approprating portion nt
the money with which to build the me
mortal
The memorial, when built. is TO he
administered by the board of regents OF
the Smithsonian Institution. as is the
permanent endowment fund. According
to the further requirement OF the act OF
Congress authorizing the memorial,
| actual construction work must be begun
before March 4, 1915. otherwise tho
authorization OF Congress for the site
for the building will lapse
MIS- henry r. DlmoCk, president OF
the George Washington Memorial As
ISOLATION. stated today that only about
half of the total OF s1.o00.000 required
to be raised has been received or
pledged. Considering the fact that thu
association has been at work for co..
siderably less than year. however.
Mrs. Dimock expressed the confident
belief that no trouble will he eNperl-
enced in obtaioing the remaining sum
necessary
Architects in Competition.
All the drawings submitted in tho
competition are to be placed on exhibi-
ton in the new National Museum build.
ing Architects who submitted draw.
ings and plans In the competition. be-
sides the successful competitors. wers
Warren & Wetmore. with Richard A.
Walker associated. Mckim. Mead AZ
White. New York: John r. Pope. New
York: Electus d. Litchfield. New York;
Allen q Collens. Boston. Mass: Pea
body & Stearns. Boston: John Galen
Howard SAN Francisco; Games IL
Young. st. Louis: Parker, Thomas ~
Rice Boston and Baltimore; Horn
blower Marshall. Washington, ID. Q:
Paul Cret. Philadelphia, and Howard
Van Doren Shaw, Chicago. Ill.