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Exterior elevation of the east hyphen and wing, Jonathan Leavitt House, Greenfield, Mass., ca. 1797

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1797

GUSN

GUSN-174870

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Description

1 exterior elevation : brown and black ink on wove paper ; 7 3/8 x 10 inches

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
hyphens
wings (building divisions)
Neoclassical
façades
brown (color)
black (color)
ink
wove paper
pilasters
dwellings
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Inscription

Great House (handwritten)
7 by 9 Glass / Pilasters for door 7 in wide / with a fluted Capital / [tablet?] [four?] door 1/2 in / thick (handwritten)
Stone / Drawn from a Scale 4 ft to one Inch (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 exterior elevation : brown and black ink on wove paper ; 7 3/8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1921

Reference Code

AR001.USMA.0400.001

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Date Notes

Undated.

Places

Greenfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 (Architect)

Material Type

exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)

Subjects

Main Street (Greenfield, Mass.)

Accruals Note

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

Variant Title

Jonathan Leavitt House, Main Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts, (now the Greenfield Public Library), c. 1797

Description Level

Item

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