Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Garth Fountain Layout and Construction |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Collection |
Washington National Cathedral Collection |
Description |
Layout and construction; Cathedral garth; plot plan; shows garth in relation to the north, east, and west Cloister as well as the administration building; details pool, flagstone floor; drainage; grading, etc.; note that all work is to be considered part of site work but that actual pool work will be covered by engineer drawings; this is the contract set and has multiple signatures; signed off on in July 1968; contract set likely covers bluelines 2016.2.1.7417-2016.2.1.7419 |
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 |
2016.2.1.7417 |
Credit Line |
Courtesy of Washington National Cathedral Construction Archives Collection at the National Building Museum |
Site Name |
Garth |
Area / Region |
Washington, DC |
Building Information |
Drawing Type: Site Drawing Drawing Number: 1 |
Creator |
Meade Palmer Landscape Architect |
Year |
7/3/1968 |
Donor |
Washington National Cathedral |
Medium |
blueline |
Scale |
1/8" |
Dimension |
22" x 30.5" |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Search Terms |
Washington, DC Cathedral Church Garth plot plan contract set landscape architecture Meade Palmer 20th Century |