Bridgeport Armory
ArchitectDesigned by
John J. McMahon
American, 1875 - 1958
ArchitectDesigned by
Frank W. Whiton
ArchitectDesigned by
Whiton & McMahon
American
ManufacturerManufactured by
Berlin Construction Company
American
Date1910-1912
MediumDrawings, blueprints, reprographic copies; pencil on tracing paper, cyanotype and colored pencil on paper, blue reprographic ink on paper.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 x 40 1/2in. (66 x 102.9cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 26 1/2 x 41 1/8in. (67.3 x 104.5cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 26 1/2 x 41 1/8in. (67.3 x 104.5cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Paul R. McMahon, Jr.
DescriptionPlans, details and sections show alterations of first and second floors of an armory building. The first floor plan includes a drill hall and parlors, offices, and card room for the Fourth and Fourteenth Companies. The second floor plan includes bench seating in galleries overlooking the drill hall, plus parlors for the Eleventh Company, Hospital Corps and Naval Division, offices, equipment, and locker rooms. Blueprints include a gunfire control diagram, riveted construction details for gallery seating and of support columns, girders, and beams.
Object number2005.149.8.1-.8
Markings2005.149.8.2, .7, on verso, lower center or right, stamped in black ink, "FOR APPROVAL". 2005.149.8.3, on verso, upper center, stamped in black ink, "E.G. SOLTMANN, / 125 E. 42d & 30 CHURCH, N.Y. / ELECTRIC PRINTS."
2005.149.8.5, .6, on verso, upper center, stamped in purple ink, "BLUE AND BLACK / PRINTS / AT SHORT NOTICE / ANY SIZE - ANY QUANTITY / JOSEPH MERRITT, / 60 PROSPECT ST HARTFORD CT"
InscribedOn recto of some sheets, overall, in pencil and colored pencil, are initialed approval dates, construction and design notations.
2005.149.8.1, on recto, lower left, in pencil, "PRELIMARY SKETCHES FOR / ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS TO / STATE ARMORY, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Other sheets have variations of this title, including "BRIDGEPORT ARMORY", at lower left, right or center, in cyanotype.
2005.149.8.6, lower right, in blue reprographic ink, "FIRE CONTROL DIAGRAM FOR / MILITIA ARMORIES / C.A.C.N.G.C. - BRIDGEPORT, CONN. / FRANKFORD ARSENAL, U.S.A.; FEB. 10, 1910 / submitted: / [ illegible] Jenko / Examined: / [illegible signature] / approved: / J.A. Rice" from the "Major Ordnance Department U.S.A.".
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbers.
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