The Washington times., 1922-06-25
GEN. WASHINGTON
URGED BUILDING OF
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List OF Famous Men Who Were Entertained
There Includes Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Adams, Jackson, Decatur, Porter, Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, Randolph, lafayette, Steuben,
Van Rensselaer,, and Others.

Another interesting coihcidsnce
b the orsanization In England.
but . few years before. Of an
equally ideaiistic group OF young
men as the Pre-Raphasiits Broth.
erhood. who later came to have
great influence. especially through
their member, william Morris,
upon the revival OF taste In furni-
ture and interior decoration.
On April s. 1857. the constitu-
ton Of the American Institute Of
Architects was adopted. and Rich.
ard Upjohn was elected president,
. position he continued to hold
for the next twenty years. His
presidency was nearly parallel
with that of the celebrated Sec
retary Joseph Henry Of the Smith.
sonian Institution. The first sec.
retary of the American Architects
was Richard M. Hunt. who was
later president.
A granddaughter Of Richard
Upjohn is q well-known American
artist, Miss Anna MILO Upjohn.
who has been in washington the
last year. Miss Upjohn. who has
charge Of illustrations for the
Junior Red Cross. rendered I'm
portant service abroad during the
world war, when she was sent By
the Red Cross to nearly every
country Of Europe. to make
sketches Of the children In native
games and occupations. Her
studio ID in the national Red Cross
headquarters on ! Seventeenth
street. The family has maintain.
ed It's artistic traditions.
ITS PAST PRESIDENTS.
Past presidents Of the Ameri-
can Architects, besides the two
named. have besn Thomas q.
walter, OF Philadelphia; Edward
II. Kendall. Of New York; Daniel
H. Burnhan. Of Chicago: George
3. Post, Of New York; Henry Van
Brunt, Of Kansas City: Robert Q.
Peabody, Of Boston; Charles F.
McKim, Of New York; william s.
EAmes. OF st. Louis; Frank Miles
Day, OF Philadelphia; Cass Gilbert.
Of New York: Irving X. Pond. Of
Chicago; waiter cook. OF New
York; r. Clipston stursfs. Of Bos-
ton; John Laurence Mauran, Of
st. Louis; Thomas r. KimbaIi. OF
Omaha, and Henry H. Kendall. of
Boston.
There have been q number Of
noted secretaries, some Of whom
have become president. olsnn
Brown. Of Washington, held The
longest secretaryship. and II vas
, no doubt through his influence
that Washington was chosen as
the national headquarters Of the
organization, and eventually that
the octagon House was restored
and purchased by the Architects.
The society has conferred its
gold medal on. the following
eminent architects: Sir Aston
Webb, R.. A.. London. 1906; Charles
Folien McKim. New York. 1909:
George B. Post. New York. 1911;
Jean Louis Pascal. Paris. 1913.
and this year upon Victor Laloux.
Of Paris. .
The improved condition Of archi.
lecture in America, and the De.
velopment Of public taste. may be
traced very directly to the In.
fluence of the American Institute
Of Architects, which has increased
in numbers. character and stand,
ing. until 1t occupies today q more
powerful position than ever be.
fore. Its. presidents have been
highly honored at home and in
Europe for their important
achievements. Many have en-.
joyed interna tional fame.
. OF the Institutes future aims.
Glenn Brown predicts:
'"rhe institute win continue to
strive for beauty In design. Cor
honesty in construction. for sd.
vancement In culture and educa.
tion, for Improvement in competi.
tons. for capable designers and
efficient superintendents In pub,
lie work, for higher standards In
practice and ethics, for artistic
treatment OF landscape In has
mony with buildings. for ss,s
tematic and artistic municipal Artl
civic developmsnt. and for purity
In public taste which makes Cor
the elevation and nobility Of lite,