Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-06
Approve Market Plans.

The committee engaged in a bret
Iii scussion Of the future ~ the Farm
ers' Market and decided - couf r. -
action at this time 10 approving rat
part of the report Of the DiSfr.cc Goa
rnissioners which related 70 s>;er-.oD
of temporary IOcatior. The Ca.
rnissioners. following 9 couSul.a..n
with the Public Buildings CofnIal<-srr
Two weeks ago. selected the %1D--
sd. % II street IN back ~ Cent
Market as temporary stand FOR -1e
farmers in order that the Internal
Revenue Building may 20 forward
without DELAY on the Ian nos Gu
pied by the farmers between Tertn
and Twelfth. p and Little T. ~trn@tG-
Some members cf the committee
were disposed 20 proceed al the meet
ing today 10 take action toward seiec-
ton OF a perrna nent site fo- the new
Farmer Market. bat several months
interested in this problem were not
able 10 ne present. The Commission
ers had recommended that the farmers
should be taken care Of in some tern
porary way until il is known where
the com mission merchants plan 20
establish themselves when they move
out OF the triangle south OF Pennsyi-
vania avenue 10 make way for the
Federal building program. The com
| fIl4ItSe UeEEUE4l It NOA4U iIaf[
az todays meeting 10 go iaIo the Sc
lection OF a permanent site. conIsr--
ing itself with apprCsal OF the pro
posal 10 take care - the immediate
problem by temporary location.
After hearing representatives % ths
American Institute OF Architects. the
committee appointed a subcommittee
composed OF Sena tors Waterman of
Colorado. Blaine OF Wisconsin ~
King CT Utah 10 make a more careful
study OF the request OF the institute
10 have exempted from taxation rhc
historic old Octagon House at Eight
zenith street and New York avenue,
row owned by the architects.
Fearful Of Precedent.
Several members of the DiSt:lcs
committee Indicated they were SYN
pathetic 10 the request but were
somewhat fearful the case might i's-
come a precedent for the exemption
Of other property IN Washington ~
cause of its historic nature. FRANK
G. Baldwin. secretary. and f G.. Kemp
or. executive secretary az he Institute
OF Architects. explained the bill and
offered To cooperate with tina sub
committee in closer study az the
possible effect % granting their re-
quest.
Mr.. Baldwin told the COMMITTEES the
OctaSon House Is a rare structure of
aid Washington. nor only because Il
was used as the Executive Mznsfs5,
by President Madison for about two
years. after the White House had bse-
burned in 1914. but also because IL =
a relic OF the architecture es tAaE
period. He said the Institute Of Archs-
isctS had been endeavoriuS 20 reserve
the mansion as an architecture. ar,s
historic monument fer the public hare
mt. out that the rise u p~cper.y va4..eS
IN that neighhorhocvt has rlats tSs
taxation on the property a Agsyy
| burden 20 the Institute.
He said the institute uses enav :
tew OF tire rooms for office Srs<,e. ana
admits the public 20 Inspect us, t.s
mansion without charge. Tho srves
tse,tSs ne told the committee. Ne,s,.s =.
erect small building on ag &z.sssvs
.and on Eighteenth street ga~ ,,rss4
n~aaauaTters, So that the O&,-a.an
House may lie keps entirely - ~
nistoric memorial, The Cs,sas,,a.t.s..
aad before X AZ adverse rsIAsyt no,
me District Commissioners sa th.. ~
Inc committee .tut&saTS5ssi Ssfsass~s,,s, q,
tapnvf To report t3vor2hav the ~
empowering the Commissioners =,
IssaNe a settlement ct the ola s.ks s,,,S
t~ndsng IA court growing eat ~ ~.
subsistence az F3-Sg StvS@s ree~tNesS-
Ios4o~sag the construction ~ shs 80.
'tSe1 tanaes ansier sna, street. sor,s