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Front elevation of an unidentified house designed by Joseph Hayward, ca. 1850

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1850

Location Note

Slides: Architectural Drawings

GUSN

GUSN-195206

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Description

A slide of an elevation viewed from the east of a house possibly for the Ames family in North Easton, Massachusetts. The drawing is in ink and watercolor on heavy paper. Joseph Hayward designed the house in the Gothic Revival style with crenelated parapets and towers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

battlements
parapets
Gothic Revival
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000282
AccessID 527
Other identifier HNEDID-000282

Physical Description

1 exterior elevation

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Reference Code

AR001.UNK.006

Places

North Easton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Hayward, Joseph (architect)

Material Type

exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Other Organizations

Ames family

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Slides: Architectural Drawings

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