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Additions to Washington and Wilson Street Schools

ArchitectDesigned by John J. McMahon American, 1875 - 1958

ArchitectDesigned by Whiton & McMahon American

Date1913-1918

MediumDrawings and reprographic copies; black ink, red ink, and pencil on linen and tracing paper, reprographic ink on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 29 x 41in. (73.7 x 104.1cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 31 1/2 x 42 1/2in. (80 x 108cm) or smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Paul R. McMahon, Jr.

DescriptionElevations, sections, plans and details show additions to two public schools. A three-floor addition to the Wilson Street School, connected to the existing building by a corridor, includes space for classrooms, a kindergarten, a loggia, and separate play spaces for boys and girls in the basement. A two-story addition for the Washington Street School also shows classrooms, separate entrances for boys and girls, and a kindergarten entrance. The facade shows elements of the Italian Renaissance and Beaux Arts styles, in a masonry building with arched entry and bracketed pediment.

Object number2005.149.14.1-.29

InscribedOn recto, lower right or center, in black ink, project numbers "169", "157", or "210" in a circle, with the dates and the drawing titles.

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbers.

2005.149.1, on recto, lower center or left, in black ink, "WASHINGTON ST SCHOOL / THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT / HARTFORD, CONN". At lower center, in black ink,"169 / July 10, 1914".

2005.149.2-.6, on recto, upper right and lower left, in black ink, "WILSON STREET SCHOOL / WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT HARTFORD CONN". At lower center, in black ink, "157 / April 11, 1913" or "May 3, 1913".

2005.142.7-.29, on recto, lower center or left, in black ink, "ADDITIONS TO WASHINGTON ST SCHOOL / HARTFORD CONN FOR / THE WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT". At lower center, in black ink, "210 / Aug. 10 1917", "Oct 17, 1917", "Nov 7, 1917", "Feb 2, 1918", "Feb 5, 1918", "Feb 6, 1918", "March 1, 1918", or "March 8, 1918".
NotesSubject Note: The Washington and Wilson Street Schools are both in the Washington School District, Hartford, Connecticut. (Brashears 8/23/2006)

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