Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-27
ARCHIVES BUILDING
SITE CHANGE TO Be
STUDIED At SESSION
Department of Justice Struc-
ture Would Be Put West
of Market Area.
MODELS OF z EDIFICES
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED
Effect on Mall Cross-Axis Program
Weighs Heavily in Consid-
ering TranspOsition.

Plans to build the redeSigned Archives
Building on the site of Center Market
instead of the Department Of Justice,
will be considered tomorrow at meet
ing of the Treasury Department Beard
Of Architectural ConSultantS, with Sec
rotary of the Treasury Mellon.
The Department Of Justice, originally
planned for the market site, would be
moved to the area Immediately west
of the market, bounded by Ninth and
Tenth, B street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., where original plans had placed
the Archives structure.
Already beautiful models Of the diff
ferent Archives and Department OF
Justice Buildings have been constructed,
following architects plans, and one, the
Archives, was placed in its position In
the triangle model on the first floor Of
the Treasury Department today.
Could Be Left Alone.
The remodeled Archives Building, it
was said, probably could be placed on
either its old site, or the new one, where
the market now Is, but It was under
stood that the proposal before the board
tomorrow will be the definite transpo-
Sition of the two buildings.
Several considerations are understood
to be behind the proposed change. The
architectural conSultantS viii be able
to visualize from many angles Of the
model the improvements in the whole
triangle plan which the two buildings
are expected to make
For one thing, the site Of Center
Market lies at the cross-axiS of the
Mall, which 1t Is proposed to develop
later into prominent park feature. The
Archives Building, with its classic archi-
lecture and "Step-back" design toward
the top, with beautiful colonnade on
all four sides, would give much strong
er architectural motive to the end of
plan for the Department of Justice
Building.
Original Plans Opposed.
It is known that the original plans for
the Archives Building met with consid-
cradle opposition. That plan showed the
building rising much higher than the
others In the triangle, In bulk which
appeared to be out Of proportion to the
rest Of the architecture. The Archives
model rises somewhat higher than the
roofs Of the rest of the triangle, but it
appears much more graceful and orna-
mental, and seems to At into the general
picture OF the triangle more successfully.
The model for the Department of
Justice Building, to go between Ninth
and Tenth streets, has been completed
ahu pxOpdoAy WILL DC placed IN pOSlClOQ
this afternoon or tomorrow.
The triangle plans were considered
today in better condition to move for
ward than at any other stage of their
history. Congress has authorized In the
KeyeS-Elliott bill, now in conference,
$115,000,000 more for the District of
Columbia. As soon as this is signed By
the President the Treasury can go ahead
with the preparation Of plans and eSti-
mates to submit to Congress. Secretary
Mellon has named specifically the
projects he hopes to put under contract
this year. They are the Interstate
Commission Commission Building, cor
ner Of Twelfth and B streets; the Pub
lie Health Service Building, on north
side Of B street somewhere between
Twenty-third and Twenty sixth streets,
and remodeling Of the State, War and
Navy Building.
Now that the new plans for the De-
partment of Justice and Archives
Building have been developed to the
model stage, it is expected that If these
plans prove satisfactory the whole tri-
angle program can move along In or
DERBY fashion, as one building after an
other rises.