House for Henry F. Stoll, 137 Steele Road, West Hartford
ArchitectDesigned by
Smith & Bassette
(American, 1910 - 1940)
Date1916
MediumDrawings; pencil, black, brown, and orange ink, on linen paper.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 16 5/8 x 16 3/8in. ( 42.2 x 41.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Roy D. Bassette, Jr. and John H. Bassette
Object number1976.18.294
DescriptionPlans are for a two-story house with basement and attic. It has a shingled colonial revival facade, but other elevations are irregular with gambral roofs and a garage on the first floor. The house also has a projecting bay window, a lunette, trellis work, and shutters at most windows. The drawings include north, east, south, and west elevations, as well as, floor plans for the foundation, first, and second levels. The basement has a store room, laundry room, kitchen coal room, and furnace coal room. Included on the first floor are a garage, veranda, living room, hall, dining room, butlers pantry, kitchen, pantry, porch, coat closet, and "pot. closet." All rooms have oak or Georgia pine flooring. The second floor is comprised of four chambers (bedrooms), five closets, two bathrooms, one toilet room, a balcony, and a unfinished trunk room. Oak flooring is in all bathrooms and Georgia pine is in the rest of the rooms on the second level.
NotesDate Note: Records in the West Hartford Town Assessor's Office date the house to 1916. (Guiney 10/5/2010)Status
Not on view
