Publication:
Eighteenth Annual Report of the Seattle Public Library 1908
Publication Type:
Serial
Publisher:
Dearborn Printing Company
Date:
1909
Pages:
15
Notes:
"A competition for the selection of an architect for these branches, limited to Seattle firms and entered by thrity-three competitors, was held during the summer. Mr. John Galen Howard of San Francisco was selected as expert adviser to judge this competition and acting on his recommendation the Board appointed Messrs. Somervell and Cote as architects for the three buildings. In November, under instructions from the Board, the librarian visited twenty-two eastern cities to study branch library buildings recently constructed and in actual use elsewhere."
PCAD id:
6195