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Apthorp House and Wadsworth House, Cambridge, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Location Note

Vertical file 3; drawer 13; folder 8

GUSN

GUSN-253288

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Description

This photo-engraved sheet includes drawings of the mantel and dining room end of the Apthorp House ("Bishop's Palace"), and the entrance, porch, and doorway of the Wadsworth House, both in Cambridge, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mantels
entrances
porches
doorways
houses
dwellings
architectural drawing (process)
detail drawings (drawings)
photoengravings (prints)

Physical Description

1 sheet of architectural drawings; photoengraving

Collection Code

AR003

Collection Name

Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

Reference Code

AR003.001.059

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947 (Delineator)

Material Type

architectural drawing (process)
detail drawings (drawings)
photoengravings (prints)

Other People

Apthorp, East, 1733-1816
Wadsworth, Benjamin, 1670-1737

Other Organizations

Harvard University

Subjects

Plympton Street (Cambridge, Mass.)
Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3; drawer 13; folder 8

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