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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 66, no. 1689: July 28, 1900: Supplement

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■I ,■3 '' irir^ir^-^^^ii^!>Mia^a«^-^'^:-^ WATHUSETTS AND KATAHDIN BUILDINGS, Chicago, Hi, Holabird & Roche, Artihitects building ever planned in this city the Broad Exchange Build¬ ing, which will also have the distinction of being the largest office building in the world, besides much other work. An enumeration in detail of the buildings the George A. Fuller Company have erected in their ten years' life would be unneces¬ sary, and consume too much space, but it may be interesting to note that ihe prominent ones only include 3i in Chicago, 5 in New York, 4 in Boston, 2 in St. Louis. 1 in Atlanta, Ga., 1 in Buffalo, and 1 in Pittsburg. The company has in hand at the present time 3 in New York. 3 in Boston, 2 in Chicago, 2 in Bal¬ timore, 2 in Washington and 1 in St Louis. These 61 are all really large and prominent buildings, and include designs from all the most prominent and best architects in the country. The designs of some are reproduced, and will serve to show the character of the work of the company. Besides these the com¬ pany has built many smaller mercantile structures, schools, resi¬ dences, etc. The minor work includes much that has the highest merit from an artistic standpoint of view, particuiarly that dons in the World's Columbian Exposition grounds, among which it is a pleasure to recall the Victoria House, Great Britain, owner; New Tork State Building, "Puck" Building, White Star Build¬ ing, ail three from plans of McKim, Mead & White; Baker Pa¬ vilion. Carrere & Hastings, architects; Venetian Murano Build¬ ing, ard the French National Pavilion. The principal buildings erected in this city by the company BRAZEP. BUILDING. Boston, Mass. Cass Gilbert, Architect. are: Broadway Chambers, Cass Gilbert, architect; North Ameri¬ can Trust Building, Bruce Price, architect; Battery Park and Chesebrough Buildings, Clinton & Russell, architects. They are now constructing, from plans of the last-named firm of archi¬ tects, the Bi'oad Exchange, and Victor Buildings, and the Im¬ porters' Building, of which H. J. Hardenbergh is the architect. Their important work in hand in other cities consists of the Illinois Theatre and Montgomery Ward Building, in Chicago, the latter being one of the most massive buildings there, having a tower 385 feet high; the Hotel Lenox, Hotel Essex, Riverbank Court, an enormous apartment house; South St, Trust and Proctor buildings, Boston; Willard Hotel and "Evening Star" Building, Washington; Guardian Trust, Atlantic Trust and Cal¬ vert buildings, Baltimore; and the Lincoln Trust, the largest office building in St. Louis. All this, of course, means a cumulation of experience in tech¬ nical details of construction and in meeting the problems that sites and sales present that is of priceless value. It also means an acquaintance with and command of the market for materials that a builder whose operations are confined to one locality of limited area does not possess. And, fir.ally, it means a per¬ manent organization of plant force and mo.iey to handle the biggest jobs on the shortest notice. All these things the na¬ tional builder places at the disposal of the owner, and hence his success. CALVERT BUILDING. Baltimore, Md.