Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
D. c. ARTISTS TOMB
DESIGN CONSIDERED
Plan for Completion of Ar
Iington Memorial Among
Five Selected.

The design for the completion of the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at Ar
lington, submitted by three artists now
In Washington, is among the five pro-
posed schemes selected by the official
jury Of award from the Is designs Of
fered by artists throughout the United
States, 1t was announced today. The
three collaborating artists are Horace
w. Peaslee, Washington, architect; Car
Nose, instructor in sculpture at the Cor
coran School of Art. and Charles Eliot
I'd, of Boston, temporarily of this city
The other successful designs which,
with the Washington mems design will
constitute the final field in the COM
petition for plans for the tombs COM
pletion, were conceived by James Earl
Frazer, sculptor, and Egerton Swart-
wout, architect of New York; Thomas
Hudson Jones, sculptor, New York:
Schweinfurth, Ripley and lie Boutillier
Of Boston; Lorimer Rich of New York
City; Henry Stemfold, architect; Boris
Riaboff, associate, and Gretana CICERO,
sculptor, of Philadelphia.
Chosen by the jury without knowl-
edge of the artists identity the plan OF
the Washington men differs from the
outset of its conception from the other
four designs. While the four out-of-
town plans call for varying treatment OF
a tomb" or sarcophogus, the Peaslee-
Nose Eliot design is for an altar" The
Washington mems plans also would re-
verse the entire aspect of the amphi-
theater and tomb, having the approach
to the tomb from the lower ground east
Of the tomb, instead OF from the higher
elevation TO the west Of the amphi-
theater
Single Column Proposed.
The Peaslee- Nose Eliot design calls
for the erection Of a simple column
upon the present tomb's base. The
sides of the column would have ten
dency TO taper slightly as 1t reached
q height considerably above mans
head. There would be no carving upon
this towering base.
The base would support a single
stone, which It's conceivers designate ar
altar stone" thus making the struc-
ture "a high altar of sacrifice" rather
than a tomb" The structure woulc
be of Georgia marble.
The top altar stone would be simply
! carved, bearing only wreath at its
| foot edge and garland Of oak leave:
| on It's sides. Contending that II mem
DRY fails the reason for a monument
/ ITO NQlAkEI ENk2tSt AitE "a tt0ho At6FC Ph@~~~
no inscription on their ALTAR"
Seek Dignified Lighting.
| The three artists would incorporate
a dignifled lighting effect on or abou
| the tomb the exact character of th'
! beacon being determined through &C
tual experimentation However, the!
suggest that a light source be i'm
+, bedded In the top OF the altar stone
| casting q fixed beacon Of distinctive
colored light 800 feet into the air
| Another suggested plan which the!
offer would be fiood-lighting the am
phitheater from the balustrade, Castini
| the tomb IN black relief against tn
cleaning marble.
The arrangement OF the steps woult
cascade down the natural slope OF tn
| land In broaA, sweeping curves TO tn
| level OF the lower ground. This, MI
Peasiee explained. would permit tn
carving our OF the correct idea Of thu
altar. which should be reached onl'
from below
Mr.. peaslee made IL clear that h
was not the sole architect OF the de
sign, while Mr.. Nose was responsible
for the sculptural design and Mr.. clio
the executor only Of the landscapinl
but that the three men elaborated II
arriving al the finished plans.