Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Bishop's House Plumbing Layout Basement Plan |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Collection |
Washington National Cathedral Collection |
Description |
Plumbing layout; basement plan; lines 1 through 5 have squiggle marks through them as though they have been crossed out; note that blue indicates waste and soil pipes and red indicates vent pipes but no colors are represented on the blueprint; note about cesspool and city sewer is crossed out |
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 |
2016.2.1.7206 |
Credit Line |
Courtesy of Washington National Cathedral Construction Archives Collection at the National Building Museum |
Site Name |
Bishop's House |
Area / Region |
Washington, DC |
Building Information |
Drawing Type: Mechanical Drawing Drawing Number: 12 |
Creator |
Henry Vaughan |
Other Creators |
George A. Fuller Co. |
Year |
5/12/1913 |
Donor |
Washington National Cathedral |
Medium |
blueprint |
Scale |
1/4" = 1' |
Dimension |
17.25" x 30" |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Search Terms |
Washington, DC Cathedral Church Bishop's House plumbing Vaughan Fuller 20th Century |