Southern Architect and Building News

Southern Architect and Building News WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED “SOUTHERN BUILDING RECORD” VOL. XXX. ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER, 1912. NO. 2 Enthusiastic Meet of Texas Architects SELECTING Dallas as the place for holding next year’s associational meeting, the Texas State Architects adjourned a most enjoyable session at Houston November If, with a banquet at the Brazos Hotel. The following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: M. R. Sanguinet, president; E. Stanley Fields, Fort Worth, secretary; Ollie J. Lorehn, first vice-president, Houston; Carl Von Suter, second vice-president, San Antonio; M. R. Barnes, third vice-president, Houston; C. G. Riencaster, fifth vice-president, Marshall. There were in attendance upon this, the fifth annual convention, more than seventy architects from various parts of the state spreading the doctrine of “The City Beautiful,” and preaching the gospel of civic improvement, for it was from Houston that committees from each city with a state chairman was appointed to see that the plan of the beautification of the Texas cities was carried out and in this they voted to affiliate with the national association, The American Institute of Architects. The architects have planned a great work, and they have chosen Harre M. Bernet of Dallas to work the great plan. The appointment of Mr. Bernet as state chairman of the civic improvement committee met with unanimous approval at the convention. The city beautiful committee of the association is composed of the following members: Harre M. Bernet, Dallas; Atlee B. Ayres, San Antonio; H. L. Green, Houston; B. G. Leake, Fort Worth; F. E. Plate bv Bucher Eng. Co.. Columbus, O. San Antonio River, San Antonio, Tex., Showing Beauty of Terraced Banks and Flower Beds.