New Park Avenue School, Hartford
ArchitectDesigned by
Whiton & McMahon
American
ArchitectDesigned by
John J. McMahon
American, 1875 - 1958
ArchitectDesigned by
Frank W. Whiton
Date1920-1929
MediumDrawings, blueprints; black and yellow pencil on tracing paper, cyanotype on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 3/4 x 24 3/8in. (47.6 x 61.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Paul R. McMahon, Jr.
DescriptionDrawings include plans for basement, first, second floor, location of time clocks and detail of windows. Plans include class rooms, gym, play room, boiler and coal room, sewing room, lunch room, supplies, cooking room, location of time clocks, direction of pupils faces, coat room, kindergarten and assembly hall. Details show half interior / exterior of window with alternate drawing, radiator, jamb, door, muntin, and astragal. Numerous inscriptions identify parts of buildings, locations, etc. Scale for drawings is 3/4" = 1'0" and 1/16" = 1'0".
Object number2004.62.53.1-.5
MarkingsOn verso, in pencil, (2004.62.53.1); sketch of an elevation with dimensionsInscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil; "PLAN / FRENCH DOORS TO REPLACE WINDOWS / JULY. 19, 1929 / (drawing number) OF TWO SHEETS". Also on recto, lower left, in cyanotype; "CLOCK SYSTEM FOR / NEW PARK AVENUE SCHOOL / HARTFORD SOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT". Also on recto, lower right, in cyanotype; "NEW PARK AVE SCHOOL / HARTFORD SOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT / HARTFORD, CONN".On View
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