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Architectural drawing for land subdivision ("Dedication of Land for Public Highway and Public Alley and Establishment of Building Restriction Lines") for Louis L. Bowdler, Gales Place, Gales Street, Benning Road, 17th Street, and 18th Street (square 481), N.E., Washington, D.C., 1939
Creator: District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2616
Extent: 1 item : blueprint and ink ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing site as site plan; plat.
Dedication of land - public highway & alley
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2616, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint/ink on paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("six family apartments") for Louis L. and Robert A. Bowdler, 1935-1945
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Related Names: Bowdler, Robert A., client; Bowdler, Louis L., client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2617
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Commission no. 412.
Note: Date based on dates of drawings for the same client that were processed as ADE - UNITS 2616, 2618, 2627, and 2628.
Note: Drawings not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing apartment house as plans, elevations, sections, and details; electrical systems and mechanical systems drawings; specifications.
Basement plan and lintel section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2617, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st and 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2617, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front and rear elevation/specification
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2617, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Plumbing sectional elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2617, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for a duplex ("two family dwelling") for Louis and Robert Bowdler, 1942
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Related Names: Bowdler, Louis L., client; Bowdler, Robert A., client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2618
Extent: 3 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Commission no. 437.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing duplex as plans, elevations, and sections; electrical systems and mechanical systems drawings; specifications.
Basement plan and mechanical section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2618, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st and 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2618, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front and rear elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2618, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("four family dwelling") for Louis and Robert Bowdler, 1935-1945
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Related Names: Bowdler, Robert A., client; Bowdler, Louis L., client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2619
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Commission no. 446.
Note: Date span based on dates of drawings for the same client that were processed as ADE - UNITS 2616, 2618, 2627, and 2628.
Summary: Includes drawings showing apartment house as plans, elevations, and sections; schedules; electrical systems, mechanical systems, and HVAC drawings; specifications.
Basement plan & plumbing section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2619, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st & 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2619, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front & rear elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2619, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st floor plan & radiator schedule
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2619, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for a house ("residence"), 34th Street (part of lot 5, square 5669), Washington, D.C., 1938
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2620
Extent: 3 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Commission no. 409.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing house as site plans, plans, elevations, and sections; mechanical systems drawings; specifications.
Basement plan, plot plan, & specific's
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2620, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front & side elevation, plumbing section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2620, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Rear & side elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2620, no. 3 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for a house ("residence") for Thomas B. Young, 1929
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2621
Extent: 3 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing house as plans, elevations, and sections; structural, electrical systems, and mechanical systems drawings.
1st & 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2621, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front & rear elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2621, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
West & East elevations & plumbing sect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2621, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for house ("residence") for Dr. and Mrs. R.C. Wiley, 1933
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622
Extent: 6 items : graphite and blueprint ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing various schemes for house and garage as plans and elevations; electrical systems and mechanical systems drawings.
Basement plan, garage plan & elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st & 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front & North elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
South & rear elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 4 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Scheme 2--South & front elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 5 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Scheme 2--1st & 2nd floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2622, no. 6 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : blueprint on paper
Architectural drawings for a house ("residence") for Mr. Huxley, lot 37, square 2736, 1928-1950
Creator: Ray, Luther R. (Luther Reason), 1892-1978, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2623
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Date based on span of years that Ray was designing houses.
Summary: Working drawings showing house as plans, elevations, and sections; structural, electrical systems, and mechanical systems drawings.
Basement plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2623, no. 1 (D size)
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