The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 03, March 1895
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An outgrowth of the Boston Architectural Club which has shown a great deal of vitality and in many ways justified its claim to a separate existence is the little club of twelve members known as the "P. D's." Without organization and with only the mutual desire for a sort of Bohemian companionship, these congenial spirits have worked together and amused each other for the last two years.
They are all members of the Architectural Club and among its most zealous supporters.
The mystic monogram of the club, the initials P and D contained in a circle, which was placed on their designs submitted in the two Beaux-Arts competitions, has probably set more than one interested person guessing its significance. Its primary meaning is said to be "Poor Draughtsmen."
Preceding the last regular meeting of the Philadelphia T Square Club an informal supper was held at "Bohemia," a charming rathsheller recently designed by Wilson Eyre, Jr., a member of the executive committee of the club. The president, Walter Cope, presided, while the fifty-four members present lubricated their supper with 158 steins of old musty ale.
The meeting which followed was of unusual interest, as the double programme brought forth a great many designs.
In the competition for a chapel located on the terrace of a wealthy gentleman's country house, Albert Kelsey, who submitted two sets of drawings, was fortunate enough to win both first and second mentions, while E. S. Powers was voted third place.
The competition for a pedestal for a monument was well contested, but the winner of the first place failed to claim his design. Mr. A. C. Munoz, a former winner of the McKim Travelling Scholarship, won second place; and Chas. Z. Klauder, third.
To the list of Architectural Clubs contained in our February issue should be added the following:—
Baltimore Architectural Club; secretary, Louis E. Simon, Builders' Exchange Building.
Cincinnati Architectural Club; secretary, John E. Zettel, 227 Main St.
Society of Beaux-Arts Architects
The Committee on Education proposes as the subject for its third competition.
A LARGE CITY CHURCH
for an Episcopal parish.
The wealth of the congregation has been lavished upon this building to give it a special character of devotion and beauty, to which the richness of material and the sedate spirit of its classic architecture alike contribute.
In addition to the vast body of the church, which is to be so arranged as to give an impression of amplitude and splendor, provision should be made for vestry, sacristy, and choir-room, conveniently situated for the service of the sanctuary. Two small chapels for the celebration of minor services will be situated so as to be accessible both from the exterior and from the interior of the church proper.
The plot of ground secured for the building is rectangular, and measures two hundred feet by four hundred feet, open to streets on all sides.
Sketches of plan, elevation, and section, at a scale of one thirty-second inch to the foot, will be required of all students wishing to compete; these sketches should be made on opaque drawing paper, not tracing paper, and forwarded not later than 22d April, 1895, to Mr. John E. Howe, 140 West 34th Street, New York City.
For the finished drawings the plan will be rendered at a scale of one sixteenth inch to the foot, the elevation and section at twice that scale, and a detail at a quarter of the size of execution. The finished drawings should in every case be mounted on stretchers. The address to which they are to be forwarded will be announced later. All drawings must be sent on or before 24th June, 1895.
(Signed) Ernest Flagg, Chairman,
John M. Carrere,
John G. Howard,
Thomas Hastings,
Whitney Warren,
John E. Howe, Secretary, Committee on Education.
This competition is open to all students of architecture. Conditions of judgment and jury to be arranged by the committee.
1st April, 1895.