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1925
COMPETITION 		Consultant: Corbett, Harvey Wiley (1873 - 1954) (Member of Jury.)
Consultant: Fowler, Laurence Hall (1876 - 1971) (Member of Jury for Selection of Competitors.)
Consultant: Hudnut, Joseph Fairman (1884 - 1964) (Member of Jury.)
Consultant: Laird, Warren Powers (1861 - 1948) (Professional Adviser for Competition.)
Consultant: MacNeil, Hermon A. (Member of Jury. (Sculptor))
Consultant: Pringle, Robert S. (Member of Jury for Selection of Competitors.)
Consultant: Smith, D. H. (Member of Jury for Selection of Competitors.)
1st Place: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945) (Associated with Marcellus E. Wright & Berthold Nebel. Not built, placed first. The foundations were put in, then the work was halted and the commission was given to Cram and Ferguson for a bell tower.)
1st Place: Nebel, Berthold (Sculptor, Associated with Paul P. Cret & Marcellus E. Wright.)
1st Place: Wright (White), Marcellus E. (Associated with Paul P. Cret & Berthold Nebel.)
2nd Place: Armstrong & DeGelleke (Associated with Neff & Thompson and Armstrong & DeGelleke.)
2nd Place: Fraser, James Earl (Sculptor, Associated with Neff & Thompson and Armstrong & DeGelleke.)
2nd Place: Neff & Thompson (Associated with Armstrong & DeGelleke and James Earl Fraser.)
3rd Place: Amateis, Edmond Romulus (1897 - 1981) (Sculptor, Associated with Lee, Smith & Vandervoort and Buckler & Fenhagen.)
3rd Place: Buckler & Fenhagen (fl. ca. 1921 - (Associated with Lee, Smith & Vandervoort and Edmond R. Amateis.)
3rd Place: Lee, Smith & Vandervoort (Associated with Buckler & Fenhagen and Edmond R. Amateis.)
Competitor: Bartlett, Paul W. (Sculptor, Associated with Peebles & Ferguson and Carrere and Hastings.)
Competitor: Baskerville & Lambert (Associated with D. D. Ellington and John Gregory.)
Competitor: Calrow, Charles J. (Associated with Parker, Thomas & Rice and Emil Fuchs.)
Competitor: Carrere & Hastings (fl. 1885 - 1926) (Associated with Peebles & Ferguson and Paul W. Bartlett.)
Competitor: Cram & Ferguson (fl. 1915 - 1941) (Associated with T. J. Collins & Son and Cyrus E. Dallin.)
Competitor: Dallin, Cyrus E. (Sculptor, Associated with T. J. Collins & Son and Cram & Ferguson.)
Competitor: Ellington, Douglas Dobell (1886 - 1960) (Associated with Baskerville & Lambert and John Gregory.)
Competitor: Fuchs, Emil (Sculptor, Associated with Charles J. Calrow and Parker, Thomas & Rice.)
Competitor: Gregory, John (Sculptor, Associated with Baskerville & Lambert and D. D. Ellington.)
Competitor: Parker, Thomas & Rice (Associated with Charles J. Calrow and Emil Fuchs.)
Competitor: Peebles & Ferguson (Associated with Carrere & Hastings and Paul W. Bartlett.)
Competitor: T. J. Collins & Son (Associated with Cram & Ferguson and Cyrus E. Dallin.)

 

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