Evening star., 1921-12-10
new ARCHITECTS
FOR CATHEDRAL
Trustees Hope to Resume
Work on $4,000, 600 Edi-
flee Early Next Spring.

Tho board Of trustees ,of the Prot
estant Episcopal Cathedral Founda-
ton. OF which the Bishop of WASH
ington is president, has announced
the selection of new architects for
the Washington Cathedral, at the
same time stating that 1t Is hoped to
resume building in the early spring
and to continue without interruption
until the cathedral is completed.
Whether this can be done, however.
Will depend upon how literally con-
tributfons are made to the bhilding
fund.
AT present the cathedral is one
fourteenth finished, being the Bethle-
hem chapel and the eastern end,
which are visible from the city. When
finished the cathedral will cost ap-
proximately s1o.o00.Ooo. or one-fourth
the cost of modern battleship. and
there is now only about 100000 in
hand for the work. Unless funds con-
tinue to be received. it is stated. it
will be possible to finish only the re-
mainder of the foundations and por-
still being founded throughout the
country the National Cathedral Asso-
citation, which hopes for a member
ship of 100000 annual contributors.
New Architects Selected.
The board has announced the selec-
ton Of Frohman, Robb & Little, archi-
tects. Of Boston. to complete the work,
while Cram & Ferguson, also of Bos-
ton. have been retained as consulting
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ment OF. the selection Of the architects,
it is stated by the board that F'roh-
man. Robb & Little are the most
skilled in Gothic construction Of any
of the younger architects. while Cram
& Ferguson are leaders in Gothic con-
and are the architects who designed
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine,
New York city.
From 1909 until 1891 there were
twenty-eight churches designed and
built under the direction of M. Froh-
been associated. A great many of
these churches are on the Pacific
coast, for Mr.. Frohman maintained an
office for ten years at Pasadena, Calf.
During the war he enlisted in the
army. and was engaged in architec-
tIral work In washington and at the
Aberdeen proving grounds. Follow
ing the war. he opened an office in
Boston and later took into partner
ship Messrs. Robb and Little.
Expert ON Gothic Construction.
Mr.. Frohman made several trips to
Europe studying Gothic construction,
and his interest In Gothic cathedrals
found it's frst expression in some
small parish churches and later In
some larger and more monumental
structures. It was largely due to the
pure fourteenth century Gothic OF
these churches and to their similarity
in style to the work OF the late DR..
George T. Bodley and Henry Vaughan
that Mr.. Frohman's present hrm was
selected as the architect to finish the
cathedral.
For four years Mr.. Robb was
craftsman in the office of Theophilus
P. Chandler OF Philadelphia, spe-
cialist in Gothic church architecture.
He later visited England. France, Hol.
land and Belgium for the purpose OF
studying the architecture OF the mid
die ages. He made several visits to
Europe, one of them being to Eng
land, France, Spain and ITALY,, where
he studied, sketched, photographed
and measured Gothic structures IN
those countries.
Mr.. Little, q graduate Of Harvard,
became especially interested In Gothic
architecture after trip to England.
France and Italy. Returning to this
country, he took two years OF further
study at Harvard, again going to
England, Holland, Belgium, France,
Spain, Italy and Egypt to complete
his studies.