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Architectural drawings for an orphanage ("Washington Home for Foundlings") 42nd Street and Brandywine Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1927-1928
Creator: Heaton, Arthur B., 1875-1951, architect
Related Names: Washington Home for Foundlings (Washington, D.C.), client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881
Extent: 57 items : graphite, colored pencil, ink, wash, and blueprint ; in folder(s) 117 x 192 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. 2706.
Note: Related to landscape architecture drawings by John H. Small, III, which were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 882.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing site, orphanage, main entrance, porches, dumbwaiter, fireplaces, and mantels as site plans, plans, elevations, sections, details, and diagrams; sketches and renderings; structural, electrical systems, mechanical systems, and HVAC drawings; engineering drawings; landscape architecture drawings; topographic maps; plats; miscellaneous supplementary material.
Wood doors
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Structural detail
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Structural detail
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 3 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketch and notations on verso
Location plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 4 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Site plan showing topography
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 5 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : color pencil/graphite on tracing paper
Grades
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 6 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
1st floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 7 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored pencil/graphite on paper
2nd floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 8 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored pencil on paper
Proposed revision 2nd floor s. wing
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 9 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Plot plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 10 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/wash/colored ink/ink on tracing paper
Basement floor/window schedule
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 11 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st floor pl./elevation washroom, kitchen, dresser
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 12 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/wash on tracing paper
N. & S. elevations/main entrance/mantel/roof
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 13 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/ink on tracing paper
E. & W. elevations/play yard fence/court elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 14 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/ink on tracing paper
Sun porch/main cornice/dorm. wing/playroom
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 15 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Entrance porch/door/cornice/lunette->gable
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 16 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Stone key and impost blocks
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 17 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Minor porches and sun porch
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 18 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Cupola with Todhunter weather vane
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 19 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Dormer details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 20 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Roof sections
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 21 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Fireplace and mantel details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 22 (F size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
1st, 2nd fl. s. wing/1st fl. n. wing
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 23 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Gables/service wing/dormer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 24 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Revised plan 2nd fl. south wing
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 25 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Dresser details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 26 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Details of tablets on main porch
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 27 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Leader head?
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 28 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Play porch
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 29 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/colored pencil on tracing paper
Play room seats
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 30 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Basement heating plan/detail of breaching
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 31 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st fl. heating plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 32 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
2nd fl. heating plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 33 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Basement plumbing plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 34 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Note: Drainage plan on verso
Plumbing sections
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 35 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Basement electrical plan/diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 36 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st fl. electrical plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 37 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
2nd fl. electrical plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 881, no. 38 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Foundation plan/construction details/footings
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