Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20
PRECEDENCE GIVEN
3U.S. BUILDINGS
Agricultural Department
Structure First to Be Built
in Program.

With the Federal building program
going ahead IDder new impetus by
adoption during the past week OF the
unified architectural plan for the tri-
angle south of Pennsylvania avenue.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Charles S. Dewey announced today
that the probable order of construc-
ton of the first three buildings would
be: Department of Agriculture adj.
ministration building. connecting the
two marble wings already standing;
the Internal Revenue Bureau building,
in the block south of the Post Office
Department, and the huge Department
of Commerce building. at the west end
of the triangle on Fifteenth street,
running from Il northward to about L.
The Department of Agriculture
Building, which has not been affected
by the problems concerned in the tri-
angle, has been going forward i'll the
hands of the architectural firm of
Ranking & Kellogg and. according to
Mr.. Dewey, will now probably be the
first to be erected.
Revenue Building Urgent
The Internal Revenue Bt,Siing is
urgent, Mr. Dewey explained, because
of the fact that part of - Internal
Revenue Bureau now occISles n tenn
porary war building. known as Annex
No. ,. situated on the site for the De.
partment of Commerce Building.
Studies for the Internal Revenue
Building have been going forward in
the office of the supervising architect
and will now be subjected to further
study. not only by the Treasury, but
by the board of architectural con-
su!tants. with view to harmoniZing
the building with the great unified
plan for the rjanCle.
The board CT architectural consult
ants, which h. gradually assuming
increasing Importance in the program
as a co-ordi0ating body on which is
represented each of the various Gov.
eminent agencies interested in the
building program, will hold its next
meeting early in July. The program
of intensive work has been laid down
by this board, Mr.. Dewey said, to
develop details of the unified archi-
tecturai conception, which during the
past week wars adopted by the Public
Buildings Commission and received
the approval Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Given Prior Consideration.
Inc IfSL DulIQ1nSS on the program
for construction received prior consid.
Grafton from the board in order to
facilitate work on them. But at the
same time a board of six men will
continue their studies Of the large
architectural problems involved, such |
as the treatment to be afforded the |
connections over streets.
The Department of Commerce plans |
are going forward under the supervi- |
sion of Louis Ayres of New York City, |
who, in addition to being a member of |
this firm of York & Sawyer, which |
has the contract for plans for the |
building. is a member of the Board of |
Architectural Consultants.
The Treasury already has appropria- |
tions at hand to proceed with the first |
buildings, although Congress has not |
yet enacted the bill which authorized |
purchase of all sites in the big tri- |
angle. The bill in different forms with |
$25,000,000 authorization was passed
by each branch of Congress, which |
failed to get together to complete en-
actment. The buildings which are to
be erected now, however, are being
designed with a view TO fitting in |
precisely with the whole triangle |
plan SO that as the Federal building |
program grows and Congress adds in |
the future one building after another |
the whole group will be built up In |
harmony.