Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Bishop's Garden Shadow House |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Collection |
Washington National Cathedral Collection |
Description |
Shadow house; foundation plan; plan at sill level; half west elevation; half interior elevation; south elevation; many details about framing, rafters, materials to be used, notes about how to build; listed as designed by Philip Hubert Frohman; difficult to read signature in lower left |
Context |
The Washington National Cathedral Construction Archive Collection consists of roughly 32,000 drawings by architects such as Ernest Flagg, Bodley & Vaughn, Frohman Robb & Little, Phillip Hubert Frohman, Trevilian Architects, and Sergretti Tepper. The Collection dates from 1896 to 2007 and includes drawings of the Saint Albans School for Boys, the National Cathedral School for Girls, Beauvoir Elementary School, the Cathedral College, the Cathedral Library, the Deanery, and Olmsted Woods. |
Catalog Number |
2016.2.1.7300 |
Credit Line |
Courtesy of Washington National Cathedral Construction Archives Collection at the National Building Museum |
Site Name |
Bishop's Garden |
Area / Region |
Washington, DC |
Building Information |
Drawing Type: Architectural Drawing Drawing Number: 1 |
Creator |
Frohman, Robb & Little |
Year |
5/20/1927 |
Donor |
Washington National Cathedral |
Medium |
vellum, pencil |
Scale |
1/4" = 1' |
Dimension |
19.5" x 19.5 |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Search Terms |
Washington, DC Cathedral Church Bishop's Garden landscape architecture elevation foundation floor plan Frohman, Robb & Little Frohman Robb Little 20th Century |