Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-13
TIDAL BASIN SITE is CHOSEN
FOR HUGE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
Fountain Spoutng Stream 200 Feet in Air Center
of Granite Island $50 Feet Across in Pro-
posed Plan Given to Congress-.

ture used in the design Is classical
the style recommended in the Park
Commission plan as best harmonizing
with the general architectural scheme
of Washington.
Tidal Basin Chosen.
The site used by permission of
the Congress as the basis for the
competition in which MIR. Pope was
selected as the designer for the Ma
tional Memorial to Theodore Roose-
welt is situated In what is now the
Tidal Basin, on the line of Six
teenth street projected southwark
from the White House.
in selecting this site, after close
examination of numerous other sites
and frequent consultations with mem
bers of the National Commission of
the Fine Arts, the Roosevelt Me-
mortal Association was influenced by
the knowledge of President Roose
Velt'S part in the creation Of the
park commission plan of 1901. by his
answering support OF 1t. and by his
insistenCe that each new element of
beauty or utility introduced into the
city should be in harmony with it.
In inviting the architects and sculp-
tors of the country. with the consent
Of Congress. to use this site as the
purpose of the association that the
| creation of the memorial to the
statesman who revitalized and -es-
tabltshed the rEnfant plan. should
result in the development of one Of
its hitherto undeveloped but ma jor
portions.
Mr.. Pope's design fulfiIs this pur-
pose, transforming the loosely related
and scattered areas. from the Wash
ington Monument to the Potomac. into
a monumental vista from the White
House across the river to the Virginia
hills, providing the additional setting
for the Washington Monument and
the Lincoln Memorial anticipated in
the Park Commission plan.
Pope Chosen From Many.
John Russell Pope was selected as
| the designer OF the Roosevelt Me-
mortal by a jury consisting Of Herbert
Adams. Paul Cret and Louis Ayres.
after competition in which the fol-
lowing other architects, sculptors and
landscape designers took part: Delano
4 Aldrich, James f. Fraser, John
Gregory, John Mead Howells, C. p.
Jennewein. c. Grant La Fargo.
Charles N. Lowrie, Edward McCartan,
Hermann A. MacNeil, Mckim. Mead &
| White, Charles Platt, Irving X Pond
Albert Randolph Ross, Egerton
| Swartwout, dorado Taft, Ferruccio
| WHALE.
| THE plan and design submitted by
| Mr.. Pope In the competition was ap-
| proved by the board of trustees of the
! Roosevelt Memorial Association at its
| annual meeting, held in New York
| City, on October IS. 1925. as the plan
| and design which should be submitted
| TO the Congress pursuant to the Joint
| resolution approved by the President,
February u. 1925.
Pope Has Many Honors.
Mr.. Pope is generally regarded as
one OF the greatest living American
| architects. He is a former member
| of the National Commission of Fine
Arts, fellow Of the American Insti-
tute of Architects and a member OF
the American Institute Of Arts and
Letters. He has been awarded
| the medal Of honor OF the Architec-
tural League, the medal Of honor of
the New York Chapter OF the Amert-
| can Institute of Architects, the medal
| Of the Jean Leclaire Institute of
| France and the French Legion of
| Honor medal.
Among the public structures which
| he has designed are the Scottish Rite
| Temple in Washington. the Lincoln
Memorial at Hodgenville, Ky, and the
Terminal Station at Richmond, Va"