Details for St. Luke's Church, Hartford
MakerMade by
John J. McMahon
American, 1875 - 1958
Date1930-1931
MediumDrawings, blueprints; cyanotype, pencil, colored pencils, and black ink on tracing paper and paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 47 x 60in. (119.4 x 152.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Paul R. McMahon, Jr.
DescriptionDesigns for architectural details for a church include numerous full scale drawings of double-hung window frames, wooden louvers, interior trim, plaster capitals and cornices, doors, wainscoting, a brownstone sill, the cornerstone, and a copper-covered cross.
Object number2003.29.28.1-.16
InscribedOn recto, 2003.29.28.1 is inscribed lower right, in blueprint, "PRELIMINARY SKETCHES FOR / PROPOSED CHURCH ON EATON ST. /F OR THE DIOCESE OF HARTFORD. / RT. REV. JOHN J. NILAN, D.D. BISHOP OF HARTFORD." Other drawings are inscribed in pencil, in various locations, "ST. LUKE'S R.C. CHURCH / HARTFORD, CONN. / REV. WALTER D. CASEY, PASTOR." Other notations indicate materials, parts of building, etc.On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbers.NotesSubject Note: Wrapper is part of a blueprint for St. Justin's Church, Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford.
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