1955-2004
General architectural collection / Massachusetts / Boston
GUSN-393603
The collection contains two photo processing envelopes of 4 x 6 color photographs and their accompanying negatives. One envelope holds about 30 interior photographs showing furnished rooms. Some photographs have handwritten notations on the verso regarding room locations. Handwritten notes on the processing envelopes indicate the photographs were possibly taken in 2004. A second envelope holds approximately 80 photographs of the same interiors without furnishings and before renovations. A note on the envelope indicates they may have been taken in 1979.
Also included is a copy of an architectural drawing of a kitchen by James McNeely.
A news article from the Beacon Hill News newspaper dated April 1980 entitled "Pinckney St. House of Odd Windows" by Alexander McIntyre.
There is correspondence including a postcard with an image of the façade of 24 Pinckney Street, a handwritten letter, and typed descriptions of the home possibly by prior owner Judge, Bailey Aldrich.
color photography
architectural drawings (visual works)
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence
photographs by form: color
color negatives
architectural drawings (visual works)
correspondence
clippings (information artifacts)
color photographs, news clippings, 1 architectural drawing, correspondence
AR001
General architectural and cartographic collection
2019
AR001.USMA.0250.023
Gift
Gift of Elizabeth and Robert Owens, 2019
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Owens, Robert I., d. 2022 (Compiler)
photographs by form: color
color negatives
architectural drawings (visual works)
correspondence
clippings (information artifacts)
McNeely, James
Emerson, William Ralph, 1833-1917
Items were rehoused for long-term preservation
Sub-sub-series
General architectural collection / Massachusetts / Boston
24 Pinckney Street is a remodeled carriage house and is popularly known as the House of Odd Windows because none of its seven windows is the same size or shape.
It is a private townhouse on the North Slope of Bostons Beacon Hill. The 1,626-square-foot home was designed by William Ralph Emerson, cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the building features distinctive architecture.
The building was later renovated by James D. McNeeley, a prominent Boston architect who was noted for his historic renovations of several Beacon Hill townhouses.
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