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French House, drawn May 1, 1940

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1940

Location Note

Vertical file 3; drawer 15, folder 2

GUSN

GUSN-252719

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Description

This set of drawings includes elevations, a detail and a plan of the French House, built in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. Brown made these drawings on May 1, 1940.

1) Front elevation, some measurements, 1/4" scale
2) Rear elevation, measurements, 1/4" scale
3) Wood trim detail of room H, 1/4" scale
4) 2nd floor plan with measurements, 1/4" scale, on vellum

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
architectural drawings (visual works)
elevations (building divisions)
detail drawings (drawings)
floor plans

Physical Description

1 set of 4 architectural drawings; pencil on tracing paper

Collection Code

AR003

Collection Name

Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

Reference Code

AR003.001.015

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947 (Delineator)

Material Type

architectural drawings (visual works)
elevations (building divisions)
detail drawings (drawings)
floor plans

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3; drawer 15, folder 2

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