Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1929, Page 18

OCTAGON HOUSE FUND 15 SDUGHT U. S. Architects’ Institute 'Plans to Raise $600,000 Among Members. . Plans. to raise $600,000 among archi- ‘Rfl.a of the United States to develop the Octagon House, historic Washing- ton structure made famous by Dolly Madison, as the national “center of architecture and the allled arts, were announced yesterday by D. Everett ‘Waid of New York Clty. chairman of the building committee of the American Institute of Architects. It is proposed to expend $400,000 in erecting and furnishing a library and administration bullding adjoining the Octagon property, at the corner of Eighteenth street and New York ave- nue. The remaining $200,000 will be added to a building endowment fund, ‘which now aggregates $70,000. New York architects have been asked to contribute $100,000, of which $50,000, principally in amounts of $2,500 each, has been promised, according to Mr. Wald. The New York chapter of the institute has voted to support the movement, and under the leadership of J: Monroe Hewlett, first vice president of the institute, will urge the co-opera- tion of the 60 other chapters of the institute throughout the country. Octagon to be Restored. ‘The Octagon, built as a colonial resi- dence in 1800 by Col. John Tayloe, a friend of President Washington, will, so | far as is possible, be restored to its original condition. As soon as the building and restoration project is car- ried out, the institute, Mr. Waid said, intends “to dedicate the Octagon entire- 1y to the public.” The_institute acquired ownership of the Octagon property 27 years ago largely through the generosity of Charles Follen McKim of New York, who at that time was president of the institute. The Octagon has since been used as the institute’s national headquarters. It is said that President Washington selected the site for Col. Tayloe, and that the architect, Willlam Thornton, who designed the wings of the Capitol, found the inspiration for the quaint structure in Portugal. The materials, however, came from England, and were paid for in Virginia tobacco. The Octagon is an octagonal brick structure, Georgian colonial in design, with a central circular hall and note- worthy staircase. Gardens surrounded it and the old brick stables and smoke- house still close the vista from the stair landing. Once Center of Social Life. ‘The house was the center of social and official life when occupied by the ‘Tayloe family, and after the burning of the White House by the British, in 1814, was used by President Madison | as the Executive Mansion. The Octa- gon has since been utilized as a Gov- ernment hydrographic office, as private studios and drafting rooms, and even for storage. However, it suffered sur- prisingly little damage. “The drawing room has been fur- nished as architects of today believe it —Star Staff Photo. might have been furnished in 1800,” Mr. Waid said. “The big kitchen also has been restored. The fireplace and the bake oven needed only slight re- pair. The old brick floor required the setting of only a few bricks. “We have discovered that furnishings and china belonging to the original mansion are still in existence. These the institute hopes to acquire, and to supplement with real utensils of the period. The octagon, when its rooms are completely refurnished, will ke a most interesting and authorative ex- ample of the American home of the period of 1800. Treaty Table Preserved. “One of the treasures of the octa- gon which his been preserved is the table on which the treaty of Ghent was signed by President Madison.” Construction of a new library. and administration building is-imperative, Mr. Waid asserted. The octagon, he pointed out, is unable to house the priceless collection of architectural books which have come into the pos- session of the institution. For exambvle, three libraries which were presented to the institution are now in storage owing to_the lack of space. Robert D. Kohn, William Mitchell Ken- |dall and other architects were associated with Mr. Waid in developing the build- ing plans. Studies extending over several years were made. It is hoped to begin the erection of the new buil ture of your trip. ing this Fall. A progress rt will be made by the building commrtoue to the sixty-second convention of the insti- tute, which will be held in Washington April 23, 24 and 25, and in New York on April 26. “The relation of architecture to the building industry,” Mr. Wald said, “Is s0 fundamentally important and fits educational work is so vital that not only is a suitable bullding to house the activities of the institute a necessity, but the want of it would be an embar- rassing reflection on the caliber and the dignity of the entire profession. “The membership of the institute has determined that it shall have head- quarters modest in character but worthy of the Capital and becoming to those who are responsible for all that is best in the present and future build- ing of the Nation.” Rumanian Women Demand Rights. 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