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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
Elevation with sun parlor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 9 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on linen
Site plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 10 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on linen
Topographic map
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 11 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash/graphite on linen
Plumbing sections
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 12 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Plumbing sections
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 13 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Front elevation with cupola, benches
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 14 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Hall & staircase elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 15 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
North & south porches
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 16 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Dining room exteriors
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 17 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Stairway in north wing
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 18 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Dining room & mantels for main rms
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 19 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Servants' rooms
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 20 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash on linen
Stone retaining wall
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 21 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Topographic map
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 749, no. 22 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint/graphite on paper
Note: Notations on verso
Architectural drawings for a birdbath for J.J. Jusserand, John Dickson Home for Aged Men, 14th Street, Emerson Street, Piney Branch Road, and Gallatin Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1924
Creator: Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect
Related Names: Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 750
Extent: 4 items : blueprint ; in folder(s) 117 x 192 cm.
Note: Commission no. 152.
Note: Address from Arthur B. Heaton's drawings for the John Dickson Home for Aged Men, which were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 749.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing birdbath as plans, elevations, sections, and details; sketches; mechanical systems drawings.
Elevation and plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 750, no. 1 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Plan of bowl and plan below necking
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 750, no. 2 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Plumbing and stone openings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 750, no. 3 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Note: Sketches and notations on verso
Inscriptions
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 750, no. 4 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Architectural drawings for store buildings ("twin shops") for the Dickson Estate, 1206 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1912-1913
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751
Extent: 12 items : graphite, ink, colored ink, and wash ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 1206.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing store building as plans, elevations, and sections; electrical systems drawings.
Front elevation/section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Cellar floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
First floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Second floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink on linen
Cellar floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 5 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Ground floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 6 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/wash/graphite on linen
Second floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 7 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored ink/graphite on linen
Cellar floor
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 751, no. 8 (D size)
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