Attic floor plan and front elevation of the P.D. Wallis House, Chester Square, Boston, Mass., 1858

Item Information

Title:
Attic floor plan and front elevation of the P.D. Wallis House, Chester Square, Boston, Mass., 1858
Description:
Architect Luther Briggs, Jr. designed this four-story row house in Chester Square in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, in the Second Empire style. The ink and wash drawing presents a floor plan of the attic and a front elevation, with wrought iron railings on the first and second story balconies.
Architect:
Briggs, Luther, 1822-1905
Date:
1858
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
floor plans (orthographic projections)
exterior elevations
architectural drawings (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
AR002: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection
Subjects:
row houses
dwellings
Italianate (architectural style)
Second Empire
attics (exterior stories)
front (positional attribute)
façades
mansard roofs
bow windows
brownstone (material)
ashlar
iron (metal)
balconies
newels
billiard rooms
black (color)
ink
watercolor (paint)
wove paper
Chester Square (Boston, Mass.)
bowfront
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > South End
P.D. Wallis House (Chester Square, Boston, Mass.)
Extent:
1 floor plan and exterior elevation on 1 sheet : black ink, watercolor and/or ink washes, and graphite underdrawing on wove paper ; 19 x 13 3/8 inches; 19 in. x 13 3/8 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
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Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
202698
Call #:
AR002.TMP.005.001