Evening star., 1926-11-16
|ONE COURT-DEEDS
BUILDING PROPOSED
Fine Arts Body to Study Plan
to House Police Judges and
Recorder Together. =

A proposal for combined building
to house the Police Court and the
office Of the recorder of deeds will
he preached when the National Com
mission Of Fine Arts cOnfers on De-
cember with the Judges committee
on Police Court site In the office
Of Chief Justice Mccoy Of the District
Supreme Court. The commission con
ferred more than month ago Wi h
the Judges committee. but was unable
TO arrive at a decision at that time
rs to site for the Police Court.
Judge Gus Schuldt represents the Po-
lice Court judiciary on the committee
and is it's chairman.
Viewing the two projects as present
ing possibilities Of combining both
offices under one roof-a recent de-
velopment-the Fine Arts Commits.
sion. according to officials. will discuss
with the judges committee the feast
bility Of such proposal. Plans for
the building to house the office of
recorder OF deeds have been in exist
ence since 1929. when they were
drawn UP hy David Lynn. architect
Of the Capitol. and placed before the
House OF Representatives. The plans
call for an imposing structure OF the
Georgian and Ionic type to be erected
on the Fourth street side If the Su-
preme Court Building AT A cost Of
Court Of Appeals Building or the
Fifth street side Of the Supreme Court
Building.
Will Meet December ?.
When the commission met with the
Judges several weeks ago strong OBJ
lection Is understood to "have been
voiced to placing the new Police
Court Building between the prolonga-
tion Of +, and r streets in Judiciary
Square. as had been suggested sew
eral months earlier. The judges
were said to hold the view that a site
more suitable to the Police Court
would be on the Fourth street side of
the Municipal Court Building or
across the street on Indiana avenue.
1t was pointed out at that time, how
ever. that it was the evident intention
Of Congress- to surround judiciary
Square with en- impressive group of
court buildings.
The meeting Of the Fine Arts Com
mission on December is expected to
clear up also the attitude Of the Public
foul1O1nES COMMISSION OH pHFlTE tDe
new Commerce Department Building
on r street between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets. The Fine Arts
body a few weeks ago announced its
opposition to this site or to any Mall
site for a department building. and
suggested that. the original site pro-
posed by the Commerce Department
that in the triangle bounded by Fiji
teenth street. Fourteenth street, Penn.
sylvania avenue and Ohio avenue, or
even extending south to B street-be
used for this purpose.
Would Cost SI.OO0.OO0.
Plans for the Police Court building
have not been prepared, although
Congress has authorized negotiations
for a site and the beginning of work
on the plans. The building will he a
mi!lion-dollar structure Of the simplest
possible design. according To the Fine
Arts Commission. and will he con-
structed to harmonize with the pres
ent Municipal Courthouse. which was
remodeled several years ago.
Within the projected double build
ing would he fireproof vaults and
other equipment necessary to handle
the business of the Office of Recorder
of Deeds.