Evening star., 1942-03-26
Architectural Merit
Noted in Citations Of
Board Of Trade Unit
CIussificotions;; Burton
Awards Made in ;
Gives Views on D. 6.

Members of the Washington
Board of Trade assembled last
night in the Mayflower Hotel *
hear Senator Burton. Republican, o.
Ohio give former Mayors impres.
sion Of Washington's mmicipa
problems and witness presentation
of the organizations biennial cita.
tions for excellence of design ir
architecture.
District Commissioner Guv MaSor
distributed the certificates of merit
after the report Of the Committee
on Architecture and Architecture.
Awards for 1912 had been submit
ted by its chairman, Leon Chatelain
jr., and lantern slides OF the winning
treatments had been flashed on q
screen.
The awards were made in three
classes, all covering work completed
between January 1. 1910. and Jan.
uary l, 1942-new buildings and re.
modelled buildings of especially mer.
itorious design and artistic signs.
Airport Building Cited.
The Federal and District Govern.
ments were among the owners cited
the former for the administration
building Of Washington Nationa
Airport and the latter for the eas'
administration building, Municipa
Center.
The airport structure was de.
scribed as "a fortunate solution of (
rather major problem" in the cita'
tions given the Civil Aeronautic.
Administration, ONCE Of the super
vising architect of the Public
Buildings Administration, with How
ard Cheney named as consulting
architect and John McShain builder
Charles l. Stanton, acting amdinis'
traitor of c. A. A.: Mr.. Cheney ane
Mr.. Cheney and Mr.. McShain &C
cepted the certificates.
The Municipal Center structure
termed "a dignified, restrained anc
well-proportioned unit" won cita-
tions for the District, Municipa,
Architect Nathan C. Wyeth and the
D. M. w. Contracting Co., Inc
which built it.
The Star Parking Plaza. Tenth
and E streets NV, owned by The
Evening Star Newspaper Co., wal
called IAN unusually effective ant
pleasingly simple exterior of = typt
OF building which has so often beel
built without any exterior finish
The application of ornamental slab
serves to screen an otherwise un.
interesting and frequently ugl!
utilitarian structure, and present!
a most pleasing establishment o.
necessary parking facilities In thu
downtown district"
Homes Also Commended.
The architectural firm of Porter
e. Locke and the Charles H. Tomp
kins Co., builder, were cited with tn
owner.
The other II choices, togethel
with owners, architects and builder
receiving certificates. follow:
Residence. 100 Brookside drive
Kenwood, Md; Thomas Somervill
III: Alvin L. Aubinoe, Alvin L
Aubinoe, Inc.
Residence, 7107 Marion street
Bethesda, Md; Mrs. Marion w
Veazey, Ben H. Dyer, T. Calvin
Owens.
Residence, 2242 Forty-ninth stree
NV: Windsor Booth, Franci
Palms, jr.; G. Morris Steinbraker.
Residence. 5503 Oak place. Bethes
da, Nd; Prof. James Kirby Neil
v. T. H. Bien. o. Berg.
Residence, Great Falls road. Nc
Lean, Va; Robert B. Eicholz, Fran
els Palms, jr.; G. Morris Steinbraker
Remodeled residence, 1914 Twenty
eighth street NV; Arthur H. Van
denberg, jr.; Francis Palms, jr.
Paul McCray.
Remodeled residences. 1922 an,
3424 Reservoir road NV; Mr.,
Mary K. Simpson and Hadley B
Ruch, Francis Palms, jr.; Harry w
Goff.
Shopping center, Columbia pix
and South Glebe road, Arlington
Va; Progressive Building Corp. D
Stafford Kelley and Evan j. Connor
Progressive Building Corp.
Warehouse Included.
Grocery warehouse, Fourth ant
c streets SW.; District Grocer.
Stores, E. Burton Corning, Jeffress
Dyer, Inc.
Transmitter building, Wheaton
Md; Columbia Broadcasting Sys
TEN, E. Burton Corning, George c
Martin.
Sign, Springbrook, Nd; Mos
Realty Co., Schreier & Patterson
Moss Realty Co.
The winners were chosen from
some ITO submissions by q jur!
/ composed of D. K. Este Fisher, jr
of Baltimore, member of the archi
tectural firm Of Taylor & Fisher
Frederic A. Fletcher of Baltimore
(See BOARD or TRADE. Pr, B.l2,