THE 
ARCHITECTURAL 
EXHIBITION 
Sketches Illustrating a Museum IN 
PHILADELPHIA 
of Art and Archaeology. 
HPHE annual exhibition of architectural 
^ drawings opened by the T-Square Club 
in Philadelphia, on January 19th, is distin¬ 
guished from its predecessors in several ways. 
The selection of works hung marks, if we 
mistake not, a broadening vision on the part 
of the Club, an increasing appreciation ol 
large problems, buildings public in character, 
and whose purpose is to serve the many rather 
than the few. As a structure erected for the 
congregation of a church, the students of a 
university, the people of a city or state has a 
greater function than that which comfortably 
houses a single owner; so the skill displayed 
in its design is more profitable of study than 
that called forth in the planning of a private 
house—a phase of architecture which has 
long characterized the Philadelphia exhibi¬ 
tions. That architecture is to reach its hip;h- 
est fruition in serving this communal rather 
than private end may have been felt by the 
jury of selection. If not expressed by them in 
words, they have emphasized it on the walls 
of the Art Club gallery on Broad Street, in 
which the exhibition is held. 
There are fewer drawings than on former 
occasions, but the smaller quantity repre¬ 
sents a higher quality of work. Only two 
temporary partitions have been inserted, so 
that the gallery this year becomes a single 
large room. Here are 355 drawings so placed 
as to prevent variety from entirely dominating 
what is by nature a miscellany. 1 he lay vis¬ 
itor has to seek the charming sketches which 
are likely to beguile him. These are now a 
scattered minority so placed as to await and 
not demand attention. Likewise have the 
designs of small houses, now being executed 
by an active circle of young architects, been 
made to occupy a background befitting an 
appreciation of more serious work in the 
shape of designs for the most important 
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ELEVATED RAILROAD STATION, HIGH BRIDGE, NEW YORK 
Reed & Stem, Architects 
