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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 (continued)
Second floor electrical plan (continued)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Third floor electrical plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 34 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Fourth floor electrical plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 35 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Roof electrical plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 36 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Basement & 1st fl. electrical plans pres. bldg.
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 37 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
2nd fl. electrical plan pres. bldg./risers
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 38 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
3rd & 4th fl. electrical plans pres. bldg
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 39 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Lighting, telephone, fire alarm & power risers
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 40 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Lobby floor, refl. ceiling, marble work
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 41 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Exh.rm./refl. cornice/soffits/bookcases
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 42 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Ext. elevs/penthouse/storage rm sect/sill
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 43 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Plot plan/parking/interior elevs
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 44 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
1/2 elev/portico with adjoining bay
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 45 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Front perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 744, no. 46 (Photo)
Extent: 1 item : photographic print on paper
Note: Notations on verso
Architectural drawing for alterations to a building for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1935
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 745
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Probably related to Heaton's commission no. 3013, earlier drawings for the same building, which was found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 744.
Summary: Working drawing showing room as plan and detail.
Room enlargement plan, 1st fl. old portion
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 745, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for a vault ("film storage vault") for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1937-1940
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 746
Extent: 4 items : graphite, colored pencil, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 3013b.
Note: Relationship of film storage vault to shooting gallery and bombproof shelter is unclear; drawings were found together.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing film storage vault, shooting gallery, and bombproof shelter as plans, elevations, sections, and details; miscellaneous supplementary materials.
Plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 746, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Elevation/section a-a
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 746, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
East elev./1st fl. framing/section/plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 746, no. 3 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Covered butt & range/bomb proof structure
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 746, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print/graphite/colored pencil on paper
Note: Sketch and notations on verso
Architectural drawing for a flagpole for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1930-1940
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 747
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Commission no. 3013b.
Note: Commission number from envelope in which drawing originally found; date from office records.
Summary: Working drawing showing flagpole as plan and elevation.
Elevation/plan for setting flagpoles
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 747, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawing for a podium ("speaker's reading desk") for National Geographic Society, 16th Street and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1939
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: National Geographic Society (U.S.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 748
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Commission no. 3013c.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing podium as plan, elevation, section, and detail.
Preliminary sketch for speaker's desk
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 748, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for a rest home ("John Dickson Home for Aged Men"), 14th Street, Emerson Street, Piney Branch Road, and Gallatin Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1909-1911
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: Dickson, Henry, 1838-1907, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749
Extent: 22 items : ink, graphite, wash, colored ink, and blueprint ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 1104.
Note: According to Benjamin Catchings' Henry Dickson and the John Dickson Home, the rest home was established as a bequest of Henry Dickson as "a free home to indigent men who had been bona fide residents of the District of Columbia for five years" in memory of his father.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing site, rest home, stairways, porches, mantels, stone retaining walls, and servants' rooms as plans, elevations, sections, details, and site plans; mechanical systems and electrical systems drawings; topographic maps; renderings.
1st floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 1 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
2nd floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 2 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
Basement floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 3 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on linen
1st floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 4 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash/graphite on linen
2nd floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 5 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash/graphite on linen
Attic floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 6 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash/graphite on linen
Front (east) elevation/south elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 7 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on linen
Rear (west) elevation/south elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 8 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on linen
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