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Title: The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890

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Index to Volume XXVII.

January-March, 1890.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS—INTERNATIONAL EDITION

TEXT CUTS

INDEX BY LOCATION

Abattoirs, 128

Aberbrothwick. The Abbey of, 13

Aboriginal Races of America. The, 151

Accidents:—

Fall of a Hotel in Sydney, N.S.W., 184

" Scaffold, 104

St. Louis Academy of Music, 66

the Roof of the Flora Hall, Hamburg, 196

Agreement between Architect and Client, 30

Albany Capitol. Defective Gutters on the, 97

Aluminium from Bauxite, 194

Alva. Statue of the Duke of, 74

America. The Aboriginal Races of, 151

American Architect Travelling-Scholarship Design for a New White House. The, 158

American Bricks, 77

A.I.A. Convention. The, 79

" Illinois Chapter of, 182

" Philadelphia Chapter, 46

" St. Louis Chapter, 206

" Washington Chapter, 43

Amsterdam. High-level Bridge for, 47

Ancient Architecture, 19, 35, 51

André, Architect. Death of Jules, 145

" The Career of M. Jules, 162

Angelus. Millet’s, 12

Apartment-house. The, 3

Archæological:—

Burial Mounds, 99, 151

Cleopatra’s Tomb, 141

Delphi. The Proposed Excavations at, 65

Dighton Rock. The, 93

Hissarlik Controversy. The, 144

History of Habitation. The, 149, 168

Locrian Town. The Site of a, 16

Maya. Temples of Ancient, 204

Mesopotamia. Explorations in, 160

Obelisk. Protecting the New York, 178, 207

Persian Court Art, 16

Rome. Discovery of an Ancient Viaduct in, 80

St. Emilion. The Monolithic Church of, 16

Scandinavia. Discoveries in, 63

Uxmal, 204

Vikings. The Art of the, 37, 53

Yucatan. Ancient Temples in, 204

" Exploring Expedition. A New, 112

" Ruins and Works of Art in, 58

Arches. Concrete, 1

Architect:—

New York State. The, 206

Architects:—

Annoyances of. The, 194

Chimney-flues and, 146

Dismissal of. The Right of, 158

Examinations and Diplomas, 162

in Canada. The Registration of, 183

" Spanish America, 18

Incomes of. The, 1, 47, 127

Libel-suit Between. A, 206

New South Wales Institute of. Quarrel in the, 183

of Mons Cathedral. The, 114

Office. A Chicago, 50

Ontario Association of, 41

Philadelphia Master-Builders and the, 161

Reputation of. The Influence of Architectural Journals on the, 17

Responsibility of. The, 2, 130

Stray Thoughts for Young, 90

Suit against a Railroad. An, 194

Architectural:—

Club. Boston, 95

Drawings at the League Exhibition, 40, 57, 143

" Philadelphia Exhibitions of, 107, 146

Education at Munich, 181

" in France, 162

Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy, 107

Journals on the Reputation of Architects. The Influence of, 17

League Exhibition. The, 40, 57, 143

Prints. Arranging, 207

Shades and Shadows, 56

Styles. Changes of, 108

Water-color Drawings, 107

Architecture:—

Ancient, 19, 35, 51

at Evanston, Ill., 118

Civil and Domestic, 19, 35, 51, 67, 83

Decoration and, 6

Funerary, 99, 115, 131, 147, 163

History of. The, 150

in Baltimore, 187

" Brooklyn, 5

of the Brooklyn Institute. Department of, 206

Military, 179, 195

Sculpture and, 7

Spanish. Sir Frederick Leighton on a Device of, 146

Study of. The, 6

Army Engineer and our Public Buildings. The, 143

Arranging Architectural Prints, 207

Art Museum. The Cost of a Small, 23

" of the Vikings. The, 37, 53

" The Tariff on Works of, 18

Artificial-ice Skating-rink. An, 145

Artists. Quarrel among French, 80

Asphalt Paving, 82

Assyrian Architecture, 20

" Fortifications, 179

" Tombs, 116, 144

Australia. Engineering Triumphs in, 106

" Letters from, 106, 183

" Roman Catholic Buildings in, 107

Automatic Sprinklers in Mills, 177

Baltimore:—

Architecture in, 187

Building-permits in, 97

Letters from, 187

Pennsylvania Steel Company’s Works near. The, 188

Railway. The proposed Belt Line, 188

Balveny Castle, Scotland, 61

Barye Exhibition. The, 10

Barye’s English Admirer, 15

Bauxite. Aluminium from, 194

Belgian Prizes and Honors, 34

Belle Isle Dam. The Straits of, 48

Belt Line Railway for Baltimore. A, 188

Berlin Industrial Museum Exhibition, 174

" Technical College. The, 140

Beryt or Fluid Marble, 160

Bids. The Right of Revising, 194

Black-lining? What is, 65

Books on School-houses, 207

Borrowing Suburban Fire-Engines, 18, 146

Boston:—

Architectural Club, 95

Building Laws. The, 109

Fires. Water Used in, 79

Letter from, 190

Lock-out in the Freestone-Cutting Trade, 161, 177

Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Annual Report of, 177

Museum of Fine Arts. The, 175, 190

Society of Architects, 14

Walking-delegate’s Power. A, 193

Botticher vs. Dr. Schliemann. Dr., 144

Bourse du Commerce, Paris. The New, 185

Brentano, Architect. Death of Signor, 130

Brick. Cheap Unbaked Colored, 176

Bricks. American, 77

Bridge at London. The Tower, 192

" for Amsterdam. High-level, 47

" Testing the Forth, 160

" The Hawkesbury Railway, 106

Bridges in China. Ancient, 96

British Museum. Electric-Light at the, 104

Brooklyn. Architecture in, 5

" Institute. Department of Architecture of the, 206

Bronze Gates for Cologne Cathedral, 135

Brunswick Monument at Geneva. The, 18

Buenos Ayres, 18

Builders. Convention of National Association of Master, 34, 81

Building:—

Committee. A Competitor’s Suit against a, 104

Contracts. German, 82

Laws. The Boston, 109

Permits in Baltimore, 97

Safe, 121, 135, 197

Stones. Decay of, 98

Swedish Penalties for Bad, 72

Syndicate. Proposed, 81

Trades. Troubles in the, 193

Bull-fights in Paris, 130

Bull-ring for Paris. Proposed, 50

Bureau of Ethnology’s Fifth Annual Report. The, 151

Burial-mounds, 99, 151

Building and the Underwriters. Safe, 49, 97

Burmese Temples. Jewels in, 58

Burnham & Root’s Office, 50

Byzantine Architecture, 52

Canada. Letters from, 41, 104, 182

" Proposed Public Buildings in, 104

" The History of Education in, 183

" The Registration of Architects in, 183

Cast-iron and its Treatment for Artistic Purposes, 201

" Pavements, 192

Castle Campbell, Scotland, 127

" of St. Angelo, Rome. The, 208

" Vincigliata, Italy. The, 62

Casts at the Boston Art Museum, 190

Catacombs, 147

Cathedral. Bronze Gates for Cologne, 135

" Drawings at the League Exhibition, 30, 62

" of Mons. The, 114

" St. Machar. The, 27

" Strasbourg, 153

" The Completion of Milan, 130

" Towers, 92, 102

Cathedrals. Clearing away Buildings around, 162

Cats. Egyptian Mummy, 208

Cawdor Castle, Scotland, 110

Celtic Tumuli, 99

Cement. Palming off Poor, 113

Cemented Surfaces. Painting on, 146

Cemeteries. Mediæval, 164

Cemetery Vaults, 47

Centennial Hall, Sydney, N.S.W., 184

Charges. A Question of, 207

Chicago:—

Letters from, 118, 182

Suburban Building in. Rapid Transit and, 182

World’s Fair. The, 177, 182

Chimney. A Tall, 16

" flues. Architects and, 146

China. Ancient Bridges in, 96

Chinese Architecture, 19

Christians. The Primitive, 147

Church-restoring by Lottery, 128

" Towers, 91, 92, 102

Churches. The Picturesque Lighting of, 146

Cippi, 134

Circular Annoyance. The, 194

City of the Gods, Mexico. The, 172

Civil and Domestic Architecture, 19, 35, 51, 67, 83

Clark, Architect. Death of George, 63

Cleopatra’s Tomb, 141

Clerk-of-works Question. The, 79, 111, 159

Cohesive Construction, 123

Cologne Cathedral. Bronze Gates for, 135

Clearing away Buildings around, 162

Color Changes in New York Buildings, 108

Colored Brick. Cheap unbaked, 176

Columbaria, 134

Columns. Ventilating Wooden, 31

Commission on a Standing Party-wall, 142

Commissioner of the Albany Capital The, 206

Commissions. The Question of, 31, 159

Compensation. A Question of, 207

Competitions:—

Drawings, 40, 62, 65

Grant Monument. The, 145

Hartford Railroad Station. The, 194

Montreal Insane Asylum, 104

New York Episcopal Cathedral, 40, 62

Quebec City-hall. The, 63

Sheffield Municipal Buildings. The, 33

Competitor’s Suit against a Building-committee. A, 104

Composite Metal. A New, 93

Concentrated Residence in various Countries, 88, 119

Concrete Arches, 1

Concrete. Laying a Foundation of Dry, 113

Concrete. Wrong Methods of Mixing, 114

Condé. Fremiet’s Figure of, 76

Congressional Palace. The Mexican, 96

Construction. Cohesive, 123

" German, 155

" Improvements in Mill, 177

" Slow-burning, 29, 97

Contract. The Lowell City-hall, 194

Standard Form" of, 81

" taking Labor Syndicates, 194

Contracting Syndicate. Proposed, 81

Contractors. Great, 95

Contractor’s Profit-sharing. A, 2, 43

Contracts. German Building, 82

" Importance of Written, 65

Convention of National Association of Master-Builders, 34, 81

Copan in Yucatan. The Ruins of, 59

Copper-rolling. Remarkable, 80

Corrections, 79

Cotman. John Sell, 174

Count and his Machine. A Mysterious, 112

County Council. The London, 104

Coverings for Steam-pipes, 22, 157

Craigievar Castle, Scotland, 189

Dalmeny Church, Scotland, 189

Dam. The Straits of Belle Isle, 48

Dangers of Electricity. The, 15, 27

Dead. The Disposition of the, 24

Deaths from Electricity, 15, 27

Decay of Building Stones. The, 98

Decoration and Architecture, 6

Decorative Paintings in the new Bourse du Commerce, Paris. The, 185

Delphi. The Proposed Excavations at, 65

Dessication of the Dead, 25

Dighton Rock. The, 93

Directory. A Lamp-post, 98

Dismissal of an Architect. The Right of, 158

Divining-rod. The, 15

Domes. Spires, Towers and, 91, 101

Domestic Architecture. Civil and, 19, 35, 51, 67, 83

Doors. Fire, 156

Drawing Instruments. A Yale Professor’s Trouble through Prescribing, 66

Drawings at Architectural League Exhibition, 40, 57, 143

Philadelphia. Exhibition of Architectural, 107, 146

Black-lining" Competition, 65

Durand, Architect. Death of George F., 1

Duty on Window-glass. The, 31

Earnings of Architects. The, 1

East River Tunnel. The Proposed, 178

Education in Canada. The History of, 183

Effigies. Funeral, 164

Egyptian Architecture, 20

" Fortifications. Ancient, 179

" Tombs, 99, 115

Eight-hour Movement. The, 1, 93, 194

Electric:—

Light at the British Museum, 104

Lights and Motors, 79

Railways, 64, 111, 128

Reading light for Railways, 50

Welding, 176

Wire. The Queen of Greece and an, 128

Electrical Terms, 44

Electricity and Insurance, 79

" The Dangers of, 15, 27

Elevator in Stockholm. An American, 111

Emperor Frederick. A Statue of the, 208

Engine. A new Style of Railway, 82

Engineer and our Public Buildings. The Army, 143

Engineering:—

Bridge. A complete Account of the Forth, 177

" for Amsterdam. High-level, 47

" London’s Tower, 192

" Testing the Forth, 160

" The Hawkesbury Railway, 106

" in China. Ancient, 96

Dam. The Straits of Belle Isle, 48

Docks at Vizagapatam. Mud, 63

Electric Railways, 64, 111

Elevator in Stockholm. American, 111

Railroad. A Pneumatic Street, 95

" for Baltimore. A Proposed Belt-line, 188

Tower for the Exhibition of 1892. High, 177

" The Watkin, 16, 105

Tunnel. The East River, 178

St. Clair River, 128

Washington Aqueduct, 103

Water-power. A Remarkable, 47

Entombment in Mexico. A Titian, 60

Entombment. Sanitary, 24

Episcopal Cathedral, New York, Competition, 40, 62

Equestrian Monuments, 72, 170

Estimates. Builders’ and Sub-Contractors’, 161

Ethnology’s Fifth Annual Report. The Bureau of, 151

Etruscan Architecture, 36

" Tombs, 131

Evanston, Ill. Architecture at, 118

Evaporation of Water in Traps, 15

Examinations and Diplomas. Architects’, 162

Exhibition:—

Architectural League. The, 40, 57, 143

Boston Architectural Club, 95

of 1892. The Chicago, 177

Exhibitions:—

of Architectural Drawings at Philadelphia, 107, 146

Exposition of 1889:—

Algerian Pavilion at the, 105

Buildings of the, 21, 105

Cairo Street at the, 105

Cochin-Chinese Pavilion at the, 106

Colonial Sections at the, 105

Double Statue at the, 32

Forestry Pavilion at the, 105

History of Habitation at the, 149, 168

Indian Pavilion at the, 105

Palaces of Liberal and Fine Arts, 21

Pavilions at the. The City of Paris, 21

Portuguese Pavilion at the, 105

Sanitary Exhibits at the, 21

Spanish Pavilion at the, 105

Tunisian Pavilion at the, 106

Views of Old Paris at the, 21

Fall of a Hotel in Sydney, N.S.W., 184

St. Louis Academy of Music, 66

the Roof of the Flora Hall, Hamburg, 196

Ferstel. Baron, 66