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Architectural drawings for two schemes for an office building for Arnold & Porter, 1901-1917 N Street, N.W. (lots 1-9, square 115), Washington, D.C., 1972
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Arnold & Porter, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1664
Extent: 3 items : graphite and diazo print ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller
Note: Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5, Lot 6, Lot 7, Lot 8, and Lot 9, square 115.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing office building as plans.
Garage floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1664, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on tracing paper
Lobby floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1664, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on tracing paper
Floor plans - schemes A & B
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1664, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawing for a pedestrian bridge ("feasibility study for a bridge") for Arnold & Porter, between 1816-1820 N Street and the Jefferson Building, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1972
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Arnold & Porter, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1665
Extent: 1 item : graphite and felt pen ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing pedestrian bridge as plan and elevation.
Feasibility for bridge
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1665, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/felt pen on tracing paper
Apartment house, between 1946 and 1948
Creator: Weihe, Edwin Armstrong, -1907, architect
Related Names: Gibbs, Katherine, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1691
Extent: 1 item : blueprint ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing apartment house as plans.
4th through 7th floor plan, between 1946 and 1948
Creator: Weihe, Edwin Armstrong, -1907, architect
Related Names: Gibbs, Katherine, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1691, no. 1
Extent: 1 item : blueprint
Note: Date based on span of years that Weihe and Gibbs were associated as architects.
Note: Katherine Gibbs also acted as architect for this project.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing apartment house as plans.
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("Quebec House") for Randall Hagner, 2801 Quebec Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1950
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Hagner, Randall H., -1879, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692
Extent: 5 items : ink, wash, watercolor, stat, and photographic print ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller
Note: Client's name from mat board to which drawing in UNIT was previously adhered.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing apartment house and entrance portico as plans, elevations, perspective projections, axonometric projections, and bird's-eye views; renderings; photographs and miscellaneous supplementary materials.
Front perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : stat on paper
Bird's-eye perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692, no. 2 (C size) (photo)
Extent: 1 item : photographic print on paper attached to illustration board
Perspective rendering of entrance
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash/watercolor on paper
Note: Glue residue
Axonometric perspective floor plan, 1950
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on paper
Axonometric perspective floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1692, no. 5 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on paper
Specifications for an apartment house ("Sumner Apartments") for W.C. & A.N. Miller Development Co. : Sangamore Road and Army Map Access Road, Brookmont (i.e., Bethesda), Maryland, that lack corresponding drawings, 1948-1955
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2876
Extent: 1 folder
Summary: Includes specifications for the apartment house.
Specifications for an apartment house ("Sumner Apartments") for W.C. & A.N. Miller Development Co. : Sangamore Road and Army Map Access Road, Brookmont (i.e., Bethesda), Maryland, that lack corresponding drawings, 1948-1955
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2876, no. 1
Extent: 1 folder
Note: Date based on span of years that Drayer's office was located at 6280 Ridge Drive.
Summary: Includes specifications for the apartment house.

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