El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-21
ARCHITECTS
WORK ON EXHIBIT
Chamber of Commerce Con-
verted Into Exposition
Hall; Opens Tuesday.

Carpenters were busy all day Sunday
and Monday preparing the chamber Of
commerce building for the first an
nual exposition OF the Southwestern
Architects association. which will be
formally opened Tuesday evening at s
o'clock by mayor Tom Lea
The main assembly room Of the
chamber Of commerce is being con
verted into an exhibition halL. Large
screens have been built in all parts Of
the big room and these screens COW
cred with brown burlap. Upon these
viii be hung the framed exhibits OF the
local, southwestern and eastern archl
tects which have been prepared for the
exposition. Palms and rugs have also
been placed in this exhibit hall and a
special lighting scheme worked out so
that the fine water color drawings and
sketches may be seen TO the best ad-
vantage.
Basement Filled With Exhibits.
The basement Of the chamber OF
with crates, boxes and bundles OF
drawings and other exhibits for the
exposition. A force Of men was busy
all day Monday unpacking and hang
ing these under the direction OF the
local architects, who make up the asso-
citation. Some OF the exhibits were so
large that they could be taken into
the building only with great difficulty
and the hanging space Is not large
enough to accommodate all OF the local
and foreign work that has been con-
trihuted to the exposition.
One Of the most attractive sets OF
drawings is a contribution OF D. n.
Durham to the exposition These are
a series OF large water color drawings
Of Chicago's new city beautiful" and
scene Of the proposed civic center with
all Of the details Of building worked
out Another is Chicago harbor, show
ing the lighthouse as the center Of
five pointed star Of boat landings and
docks. Ships are shown coming and
going in the harbOr from the Wisconsin
and Michigan shores Of the lake and
long shore traffic is also shown in the
picture. Another Chicago civic center
Dfcture shows Michigan avenue in the
new scheme, while another gives the
details Of the block plan, parks and
streets. Another of the water front
shows Grant park with the proposed
civic center in the background
san Francisco Exhibit.
Another group Of drawings, which is
expected to attract unusual attention
at the exposition when 1t opens, Is the
work Of Willis Polk. the famous San
Francisco architect One is an oil paint
ine- of A residence in California, an
other of the D. O. Mills's bank, Of Sac
ramento, while another, considered one
of the best Of the group from an artis-
tic point Of view, is the Spring Valley
water station. which furnishes water
for san Francisco
East Texas is represented at the ex-
hfbftion by the work OF Carl Stats,
of Dallas One of these pictures is
the home Of John H. Kirby, Of Houston,
one Of the finest residences in Texas.
William B. liter, the st. Louis school
designer. has a number Of enlarged
and drawings OF the St
Louis and other schools. One IS OF the
Hempstead school in ST. Louis while
another shows the front elevation Of
the Oak Hill school, St Louis.
Civic Center Plans
A hotel in Vancouver is one OF the
LARGEST framed exhibits at the archi-
rects' show. having been drawn by
Braunton and Leibert, who recently
came to FL Paso.
Civic center plans from Minneapolis
and other cities have been received
and unpacked
No admission charge will be made
to the exposition and the Architects
association has issued an invitation TO
the entire city TO attend. A series Of
lectures on city planning and home
building viii be given during the week.