First floor plan of stores and tenements for Matthew Bartlett, Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, Mass., 1856

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1856

Location Note

Vertical File 4A, Drawer 3

GUSN

GUSN-180776

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Description

1 floor plan : black ink, watercolor, graphite, and graphite underdrawing on wove paper ; 12 13/16 x 19 inches

Details

Descriptive Terms

stores
tenement houses
commercial buildings
dwellings
black (color)
ink
watercolor (paint)
graphite (mineral)
underdrawings
wove paper
floor plans
architectural drawings (visual works)

Inscription

Sheet No - 2 / Original Set. / adopted (handwritten)
M. Bartlett Stores & Tenementson / Broad Street. (handwritten)
Scale 8 feet to an inch (handwritten)
April - 1856 (handwritten)
L. Briggs Jr / Architect. (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 floor plan : black ink, watercolor, graphite, and graphite underdrawing on wove paper ; 12 13/16 x 19 inches

Collection Code

AR002

Collection Name

Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

Date of Acquisition

1937

Reference Code

AR002.TMP.003.001

Acqusition Type

Gift

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Briggs, Luther, 1822-1905 (Architect)

Material Type

floor plans
architectural drawings (visual works)

Subjects

Fort Hill (Boston, Mass. : Neighborhood)
Broad Street (Boston, Mass.)
Belmont Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England exhibition.

Variant Title

Stores and Tenements for Matthew Bartlett (built?), Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, 1856

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Component

Location Note

Vertical File 4A, Drawer 3

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