The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
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800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE
COLLECTION
Creator: H. Graves
Title: Architectural Drawings
Dates: ca.1850-1899
Call
No.:
Acc.
No.: 65x33
Quantity: 11 items
Location: 3 I 7
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
H. Graves was a
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection consists of eleven architectural drawings of a church in
the Roman revival style. One is signed,
"H. Graves, arch. 115 Court St. Boston." Drawings depict elevations, floor plans,
timber structure plans, and designs for ornamentation. Some of the drawings include instructions. Details of the spire, bell section, and base
of the clock are sketched. Drawings are
done on an 8 foot to 1 inch scale.
ORGANIZATION
The
items are arranged in accession number order.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials
are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is
open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased
from Timothy Trace.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William),
1828-1910.
Topics:
Church architecture -
Architecture
- Designs and plans.
Architectural
drawing - 19th century -
Church decoration and
ornament.
Architectural drawings.
Architects.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 3 I 4
[note: all accession numbers
begin with 65x33]
Folder 1:
.1 Front elevation
Roman revival; center pediment supported by four Ionic
pilasters; supported by four segmented pilasters; central door flanked by sash
windows; three Roman arches between Ionic pilasters; central one is blank;
others have windows
Center surrounded by larger pediment; recessed wings;
central spire double height of building
Bottom--Roman arch
Middle--crowned cupola with balustrade top
spire topped with two acanthus leaves
.2 Side elevation (taped to .1)
Left side elevation, spire is to the right; four rows of
Romanesque windows (long thin double Roman arches) above double sash windows;
cord separates the two levels
.3 Basement. signed H. Graves. Arch. 115 Court St. Boston.
Scale 8 ft. = 1 in.
Floor plan showing walls, columns, and supports; stairs
are at either corner at the front above the plan.
Folder 2: Transverse
Section:
.4 3 diagrams
Top left: diagram for beam placement to support tower,
with instructions
Bottom left: side elevation
diagram for rafters and beams for skeletal structure
Right: two diagrams for joinery of beams to form
pediments, with directions in pencil
.5 Details of frame
Top: flooring for auditory (plan for flooring)
Bottom: basement (plan for flooring)
Right: front
elevation, 44 ft. (framing for front and tower)
diagram of joinery for tower and remarks about the
joinery all in ink
Folder 3:
.6 Sheet No. 3 (in pencil) Pedestal between bell and clock
sections
Plans for shape of cornice and base
On back: details of clock section, plans for capital and
cornice for clock section
.7 Details of piers (in pencil)
plans for cornice and piers of pilasters in lower section
of the building
On back: details of window finish, several drawings with
notes
.8 Profile
plans for balustrade of cupola in tower
On back: details of bell section sheet no. 2
structure plans of the tower
.9 Details of base of spire full size
plans for design of the base, and other drawings and
notes for sheathing and rafters
On back: Details of
bell section
Exterior details sheet no. 1
plans for cornice and capital with other notes
.10 Sheet no. 4 details of base of clock
Section: line of timber of tower
plan for ornamentation with notes
On back: more drawings and notes for cornice
.11 Plan for cornice and capital with short notes
On back: plan for base with no notes