1840
GUSN-175034
This exterior elevation in ink and watercolor on heavy paper presents the front facade of the William Wilkins Warren House in Arlington, Massachusetts. Edward Shaw designed the house in the Greek Revival style. In his autobiography, Warren states that, after returning to Boston from St. Thomas in May 1840, he "purchased from my brother-in-law, William Schouler, a five-acre lot bordering on Spy Pond in West Cambridge. This was laid out on a plan I had drawn while at sea; a Doric villa was erected and hundreds of trees and shrubs set out the same year, the whole being completed so that we we were in full enjoyment of it the spring following. The place was much admired, and from its novel construction was called the West-India House."
Greek Revival
country houses
black (color)
ink
watercolor (paint)
wove paper
pediments
front (positional attribute)
cupolas
porticoes
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)
FRONT ELEVATION. (handwritten)
Edward Shaw, Boston Architect (handwritten)
8 ft = 1 inch. (handwritten)
DigitalID 000283
AccessID 528
Other identifier HNEDID-000283
1 exterior elevation : black ink and watercolor on wove paper ; 12 x 14 3/4 inches
AR001
General architectural and cartographic collection
1995
AR001.USMA.0100.001.001
Gift
Arlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Spy Pond (Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [pond]
Shaw, Edward, b. 1784 (Architect)
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)
Included in the Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England exhibition.
William W. Warren House, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1840
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