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Architectural drawings for an auditorium for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1929
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743
Extent: 11 items : graphite, colored pencil, photomechanical print, and blueprint ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 2607.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing site and auditorium as plans, sections, and site plans; sketches; miscellaneous supplementary materials.
Plan showing lots and squares
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : photomechanical print./colored pencil/graphite on tracing paper
Note: Misc. supp. was attached
Auditorium floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Mezzanine floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Balcony floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 5 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Auditorium floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 6 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Mezzanine floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 7 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Balcony floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 8 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Longitudinal section on center line
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 9 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Auditorium floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 10 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Mezzanine floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 743, no. 11 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Architectural drawings for alterations to an office building ("administration building") for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1930-1931
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744
Extent: 46 items : graphite, colored pencil, ink, colored ink, wash, blueprint, and photoprint ; in folder(s) 117 x 192 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 3013.
Note: Probably related to a later drawing for the same building, which was found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 745.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing office building, filing cabinets, stairways, doors, windows, elevators, cornices, ceiling, and portico as plans, elevations, sections, details, reflected ceiling plans, and perspective projections; schedules; mechanical systems, electrical systems, structural, and HVAC drawings; renderings; miscellaneous supplementary materials and photographs.
Site plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
M street elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 2 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Topographic map with buildings & plantings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 3 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint/colored pencil on paper
Basement floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 4 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Plan at 1st floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 5 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Plan at 2nd floor/toilet room
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 6 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
3rd floor/filing cabinets/stair/rail
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 7 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
4th floor/ceiling light
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 8 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Penthouse floor/cornice gutter-roof
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 9 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Basement and 1st floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 10 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
2nd and 3rd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 11 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
4th and 5th floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 12 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Penthouse cornice and roof
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 13 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Elevator/loading platform/skylight
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 14 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Transformer room/doors/windows
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 15 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash on linen
Projection parking plan/elev. colonnade
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 16 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Footing plan/column, billet & footing schedule
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 17 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
First floor framing/slabs/lintels
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 18 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Second floor framing/slabs/lintels
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 19 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Third floor framing/slabs
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 20 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Fourth floor framing/slabs/lintels
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 21 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Roof, penthouse, machine fl. framing/trusses
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 22 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Basement heating plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 23 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Basement plumbing plan and section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 24 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Revised layout of water service
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 25 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
First floor heating and plumbing plan
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