Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06
DESIGN FOR CHANGE
I'm STATE BUILDING
TENTATIVELY 0. KID
Fine Arts Body Sees Model
of Proposed Architectural
improvements.
CHARLES MOORE HEADS
COMMISSION 5TH TERM
Group Considers Placing of Sculp-
tural Pieces at Arlington and
Lincoln Memorial Bridges.

Architectural conformity Of the two
large Government buildings which
flank the White House drew a step
nearer completion today as the Com
mission of Fine Arts viewed and tenta-
lively approved design Cor remodeling
the old State, War and Navy Building,
west of the Executive Mansions.
The Commission was to consult later
in the day with Secretary Mellon on
the plans for complete Encouragement
of the exterior of the old State, War
and Navy Building to bring it into
architectural agreement with the clas-
sic outlines of the Treasury Department
Building east Of the White House.
The Commission, holding ITS initial
1881 meeting, viewed a model of the
proposed changes on the south side
OF the building which is to be occupied
in the future exclusively by the State
Department.
Charles Moore Renamed Chairman,
Charles Moore of Detroit, who came
to Washington early in the present CEN
fury with the late Senator Mcmillan OF
Michigan and who was one of the orig
tnal members of the commission, was
today reelected for a fifth consecutive
term as chairman of the Fine Arts
body. Mr.. Moore has been one of the
foremost figures in the DEVELOPMENT Of
Washington along the lines laid down
by LEnfant and later modified by the
Mcmillan Commission of 1901, and Is
regarded as an authority on the devel-
opment Of the Federal Capital.
Benjamin w. Morris was named vice
chairman OF the commission.
Progressing with the final steps In the
development of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial Plaza,
the commission considered the question
OF placing sculptural groups at the
bridge and the plaza and the entrance
to the Rock Greek Potomac Parkway
and the question of design for columns
on the Columbia Island Plaza.
Farmers May Get Shelters.
Farmers who display and sell their
wares on or along sidewalks near the
market centers of Washington may be
provided with shelters, If the commits
sion approves their erection. The COM
mission today conferred with Repre-
stephen w. Gambill, George w. Rob-
ertS, District superintendent Of weights
and measures, and A. L. Harris, mu-
n1c1pal architect, regarding erection of
temporary shelters for the protection Of
farmers at the market centerS Of Wash
ington. 1t is proposed to build these
shelters between the sidewalk and the
curb at the more important markets.
The commission will visit the proposed
sites before giving its final approval.
model for a building 90 feet In
height, proposed as the first unit Of the
United Masonic Temple Heights Devel-
opment, was submitted by Harvey Wiley
Corbett, New York architect. The
commission announced that it will con-
slider the designs for this structure in
connection with the suggestion that
part OF the area at Connecticut and
Florida avenues be retained for park
development.
Entrance Marker Sketches Submitted.
Sketches Of the proposed markers for
entrances to the District of Columbia.
in which the Garden Club of America
also is interested, were submitted by
Charles w. Eliot, Sd, director of PLAN
ming, and w. L. Partridge, consulting
architect of the National Park and
Planning Commission, and completion
Of Meridian Hill Park was considered in
consultation with Lieut.. Col. u. S.
Grant, Sd, and Horace w. Peaslee. Col.
Grant also submitted a design for q
Federal warehouse, to be located at the
intersection Of Virginia and Maryland
avenues.