Evening star., 1927-03-07
merit IN BUILDING
GETS RECOGNITION
Biennial Awards by Board of
Trade for Superior Archi-
lecture Announced.

Biennial awards made by the Wash
ington Board of Trade for the most
Hneritorious buildings of various types
erected in Washington .v-ing the two
year period ending January. 1926,
which were selected after an exhaus-
tive study Of a long list of entries, to-
day were announced by Appleton p.
Clark, jr., chairman of the committee
on municipal art which authorized the
award.
Beauty of architectural lines. merit
of construction and the purposes for
which the various buildings were
erected all were taken into considera-
tion by the judges of the award.
Theodore Wells Pietsch and A. N.
Palmer of Baltimore and James Rush
Marshall of Washington, the judges,
spent much time and effort in valu-
ing the many entries in the contest.
Winners Announced.
They announced winners as follows:
Trinity College Chapel. Michigan
avenue and Harewood road northeast,
owned by Trinity College, designed by
Maginnis & Walsh, care Murphy &
Olmstead, 1413 II street, best type of
chapel erected here during the period
of the award.
Church of the Sacred Heart, Six
teenth street and Pard road, owned
by the church organization, designed
hy Murphy & Olmstead, 1413 H street,
selected as best example Of church in
terror.
Home of Frederick A. Delano. 2244
s street, designed by Waddy B. Wood.
SIG Connecticut avenue, best resi-
dence Of it's type.
Bank building. Seventeenth and G
streets. branch of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co., Ninth and F
streets. designed by Arthur B. Heaton,
best example Of this purpose building
during the peroid.
Store at 1925 Connecticut avenue.
owned by A. H. Bakshian, 1925 Con-
necticut avenue. designed by L. T.
Rouleau. 1910 Vermont avenue. best
store Of its type.
Foxhall Village Honored.
Foxhall Village houses, Reservoir
street, owned by Boss & Phelps, 1417
K street. designed by James E. Coop
er. 1417 K street.
Residence at 1920 Cathedral avenue,
owned by w. c. & A. N. Miller, l119
Seventeenth street. designed by Cor
don MacNeil, 1119 Seventeenth street.
Gas station at Massachusetts ave-
nue. and Second street northeast,
owned by the Columbia Oil Co.,
Massachusetts avenue and Second
street northeast, designed by Horace
w. Peaslee.
Store at 1926 l street, owned by
David A. Baer, Edmonds Building,
DESIGNED by r. o. Scholz, Edmonds
Budding.
Honorable mention also was given
by the judges to the residence Of c.
j. Van Epps at 2615 Thirty-first street.
designed by Horace w. Peaslee, 1904
II street, and the residence at 4400
Khngle street. owned by w. C.. & A.
N. Miller, 1119 Seventeenth street, de-
signed by Gordon MacNeil. same ad-
dress.
Medals to Be Presented.
Presentation of medals to winners
OF the awards will be made at the
meeting of the Board Of Trade to be
held next Monday night at the VIII
lard Hotel. Mr.. Clark will be incharge
OF this portion of the meeting.
Mr.. Delano, who Is a member Of the
Commission, will address the meeting
on a phase OF planning for Washing
tons development. and report also
VIII be made to the meeting by Robert
r. Beresford. chairman of the COM
mittee on public and private buildings.
Ben. 7. Webster, secretary Of the
Board of Trade, announces that at
the meeting next Monday and there
after, according to present plans, no
special cards will be issued for the
buffet supper at the boards meetings.
admittance being by membership
cards only.
Richard L. Conner, assistant Sec
retary Of the board, who has been
convalescing from illness, returned to
his desk TODAY.