1860
VErtical File 4A, Drawer 3
GUSN-202701
Luther Briggs, Jr. designed these additions alterations to Emerson House at Harrison Square (now known as Clam Point) in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. This one sheet of heavy paper includes six architectural drawings in ink pencil, and wash: a side elevation, rear elevation, first, second, and third story floor plans, and a detail drawing of a birdhouse.
houses
dwellings
Gothic Revival
side (positional attribute)
rear
ells (building divisions)
wings (building divisions)
additions (general components)
basements
bedrooms
fretwork
birdhouses
black (color)
ink
watercolor (paint)
graphite (mineral)
underdrawings
wove paper
ink washes
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
floor plans
detail drawings (drawings)
H. Emerson. / Alterations of House at Harrison Square. (handwritten)
3rd Story. (handwritten)
Side Elevation. / 2nd. Story. (handwritten)
1st. Story. / 4 feeto to an inch / August - 1858 (handwritten)
Rear Elevation. (handwritten)
Martin House / 1 inch - 1 foot (handwritten)
L. Briggs Jr. Architect. (handwritten)
DigitalID 000376
AccessID 559
Other identifier HNEDID-000376
2 exterior elevations, 3 floor plans, and 1 detail drawing on 1 sheet : black ink, ink and/or watercolor washes, and graphite underdrawing on wove paper ; 13 x 19 inches
AR002
Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection
1937
AR002.TMP.007
Gift
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Briggs, Luther, 1822-1905 (Architect)
architectural drawings (visual works)
exterior elevations
floor plans
detail drawings (drawings)
Clam Point (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Included in the Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England exhibition.
Ell Addition to the House of Harvey Emerson, Harrison Square, Clam Point, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, 1860 (demolished)
Item
VErtical File 4A, Drawer 3
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