Cordelia A. Culbertson House (Pasadena, Calif.). Grounds and Outbuildings
Greene, Henry Mather, 1870-1954.
Potting house, retaining wall, [etc.], for Mr. Francis F. Prentiss, 1188 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, [Calif.] / Henry M. Greene,
Architect.
1931
18 sheets
various media
50.8 x 77.1 cm. (20 x 30 3/8 in.) or smaller
Most of the drawings are encapsulated in mylar. Many are severely damaged.
Job no. 514.
Set includes two booklets, typewritten original and carbon copy, entitled "Specifications for a one story frame and masonry
potting house for Mr. Francis F. Prentiss, Pasadena, California, June 1931, Henry M. Greene, Architect, job no. 514". Original
booklet is stamped "Set no. 1, office copy", copy stamped "Set no. 3". Both have 4 pages and neither was accessioned or photographed.
This set consists of 13 pencil drawings on tracing paper, 2 pencil drawings on paper, 1 pencil and crayon drawing on tracing
paper, 1 blueprint on paper, and 1 blueprint with crayon markings on paper.
"Charles and Henry were each involved in various additional designs for Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss who had now become as much
identified with the Cordelia A. Culbertson house as the Culbertsons themselves" -- Greene & Greene, architecture as a fine
art, by Randell L. Makinson, Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, 1977, p. 261.
Scale varies.
Set also includes a sheet of stationery from the "Williams Radiator Co." with calculations on it and a sheet of stationery
from "Edwars H. Rust, Nurseryman" with notes about plants on the verso. Neither of these was accessioned nor photographed.
Index Terms
Subjects:
1.
Houses.
2.
Retaining walls.
3.
Outbuildings.
4.
Grounds.
5.
Cordelia A. Culbertson house (Pasadena, Calif.)
6.
Francis F. Prentiss house (Pasadena, Calif.)
Geographic Names:
1.
Pasadena (Calif.)
Genre/Media:
1.
Detail drawings.
2.
Sketches.
3.
Perspective drawings.
4.
Orthographic drawings.
5.
Pencil drawings.
6.
Blueprints.
7.
Crayon drawings.
Associated Names:
1.
Prentiss, Francis F.
List of Drawings
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1.
NYDA.1960.001.03205.
Plan of shed
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2.
NYDA.1960.001.03206.
Sketch for a potting house -- plan, south elevation, west elevation : Sheet no. 1
approved June 26, 1931.
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3.
NYDA.1960.001.03207.
Potting house -- plan, typical wall section, [we]st elevation, [sketch of end elevation] : 1
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4.
NYDA.1960.001.03208.
Potting house -- section C-C, section D-D, north elevation, section B-B, plan, west elevation, f[ull] s[ize] d[etail of] boards
[and] battens, sec[tion A]-A [through wall], outside door [section], south elevation : Sheet no. 1
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NYDA.1960.001.03209.
Potting house -- section C-C, section D-D, north elevation, section B-B, plan, west elevation, F.S.D. [of] boards [and] battens,
section A-A [through wall], outside d[oor section], south elevation : [Sheet no. 1]
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NYDA.1960.001.03210.
Sketch showing proposed retaining wall in no[rth] lot -- plan : Sheet 2
Copy on white [illegible] paper sent to Mr. Prentiss 8/22/31.
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7.
NYDA.1960.001.03212.
[Retaining wall -- elevation, plan]
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8.
NYDA.1960.001.03213.
[Retaining wall steps in plan and elevation, section through wall]
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9.
NYDA.1960.001.03214.
Elevation of west wall, [plan of wall], elevation of north wall by new greenhouse, section of high wall part B
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10.
NYDA.1960.001.03215.
Section D-D, section C-C, section B-B, section A-A, section E-E, section F-F, section G-G
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11.
NYDA.1960.001.03216.
[Wall and steps] -- sectional elevation of So[uth] side A-A, [perspective drawing of same]
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12.
NYDA.1960.001.03217.
Sect. A [and] sect. B [through wall]
"R.W.P.".
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13.
NYDA.1960.001.03218.
Section A-A [through wall], rear elevation of A-A, [detail drawing]
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14.
NYDA.1960.001.03219.
Section B-B [through wall]
Sheet includes many measurements and calculations.
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15.
NYDA.1960.001.03220.
[Section through wall? at potting house]
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16.
NYDA.1960.001.03221.
Section C-C [through wall]
Sheet includes many measurements and calculations.
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17.
NYDA.1960.001.03222.
[Rough sketch of unidentified plan showing steps]
It is unclear whether this drawing belongs with this set or not.
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18.
NYDA.1960.001.03223.
[Unidentified partial floor plan]
It is unclear whether this drawing belongs with this set or not.
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