Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
 

Series II: Project Drawings

Kate A. Kelly House (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). Alterations and Additions   Michael Kew House (San Diego, Calif.)


Norman Kerry House (Beverly Hills, Calif.). Garden
Design for a garden for Mr. Norman Kerry at Beverly Hills, [Calif.] / Henry M. Greene, Architect. 1922 24 sheets various media 54 x 89 cm. (21 3/8 x 35 in.) or smaller

Scale varies.
Job no. 443.
"At this time the original Earle C. Anthony house (1909) was set for demolition to allow for the construction of a multi-story apartment building when it was rescued by the distinguished actor of the silent screen, Norman Kerry. He and his wife had the house moved in three sections to Beverly Hills and engaged Henry Greene to handle the resiting and rejoining of the structure and to design the grounds and gardens." -- from Greene & Greene, architecture as a fine art, by Randell L. Makinson, Salt Lake City, 1977, p. 242.
This set consists of 15 pencil drawings on tracing paper, 3 pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, 3 ink drawings with pencil markings on cloth, 1 sepia process print on paper, 1 blue line print with pencil markings on paper, 1 ink drawing with pencil markings on tracing paper, and 1 blueprint on paper.

Index Terms
Subjects: 1. Houses. 2. Gardens. 3. Garden structures. 4. Norman Kerry house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 5. Earle C. Anthony house (Los Angeles, Calif.) Geographic Names: 1. Beverly Hills (Calif.) Genre/Media: 1. Site plans. 2. Sketches. 3. Detail drawings. 4. Orthographic drawings. 5. Pencil drawings. 6. Ink drawings. 7. Sepia prints. 8. Blueline prints. 9. Blueprints. Associated Names: 1. Anthony, Earle C. 2. Kerry, Norman.

List of Drawings (View All Thumbnails)

1. NYDA.1960.001.02052. [Plan of property, elevations of property] looking north [and] looking east : Sheet no. 1 "See cloth tracing". JPEG | Zoom

2. NYDA.1960.001.02053. [Plan of property, elevations of property] looking north [and] looking east : Sheet no. 1 Printed in reverse. JPEG | Zoom

3. NYDA.1960.001.02054. [Plan of property, elevations of property] looking north (section A-A) [and] looking east on pool axis : Sheet no. 1 "Plan used for taking levels etc.". JPEG | Zoom

4. NYDA.1960.001.02055. [Plan of property] "Original sketch, preliminary". JPEG | Zoom

5. NYDA.1960.001.02056. [Sketch of plan of property] JPEG | Zoom

6. NYDA.1960.001.02057. [Plan] -- revised part of sheet 1, [illegible] change of position of [illegible] drive wall ; [sketch of unidentified mechanical device] JPEG | Zoom

7. NYDA.1960.001.02058. [Partial plan, unidentified sectional elevation of grounds], sectional elevation looking east on axis of pool Revised 12/3/22. JPEG | Zoom

8. NYDA.1960.001.02059R. [Sketch of plan of lily pool area] JPEG | Zoom

9. NYDA.1960.001.02059V. [Sketch of plan of lily pool area] JPEG | Zoom

10. NYDA.1960.001.02060. [Sketches of plans of lily pool area] JPEG | Zoom

11. NYDA.1960.001.02061. Elevations of house, garage and walls, showing natural and finish grades -- west side, south side, north side (house), canon drive wall : Sheet no. 2 JPEG | Zoom

12. NYDA.1960.001.02062. [Elevation of] west side [of house and walls] "See cloth tracing". JPEG | Zoom

13. NYDA.1960.001.02063. [Elevation of] south side [of house and walls] "See cloth tracing". JPEG | Zoom

14. NYDA.1960.001.02064. [Elevation of] north side [of house, walls and garage] "See cloth tracing". JPEG | Zoom

15. NYDA.1960.001.02065. [Elevation of] west [and] south [sides of house, walls and garage] : 2 JPEG | Zoom

16. NYDA.1960.001.02066. Details of arches and gates : Sheet no. 3 "Note -- wood for gates to be clear vertical grain O[regon] p[ine], surfaced". JPEG | Zoom

17. NYDA.1960.001.02067. Details of arches and gates JPEG | Zoom

18. NYDA.1960.001.02068. Details of pool and steps -- part plan, part elevation [with] section of wall, section on axis : Sheet no. 4 JPEG | Zoom

19. NYDA.1960.001.02069. Plan of wall for south lot : Sheet no. 5 "Driveway changed, moved farther so[uth] & made [illegible] to avoid trees planted, done by MacDonald [illegible] while I was sick". JPEG | Zoom

20. NYDA.1960.001.02070. [Plan showing change in driveway] JPEG | Zoom

21. NYDA.1960.001.02071. [Elevation of] Bedford Drive wall : Sheet no. 6 "For south lot". JPEG | Zoom

22. NYDA.1960.001.02072. [Partial plan of grounds including] garage JPEG | Zoom

23. NYDA.1960.001.02073. Elevation [of] north wall, elevation of west wall, pla[n of] new greenhouse [and adjoining walls and area, details of walls and steps in sections] Encapsulated in mylar. JPEG | Zoom

24. NYDA.1960.001.02074. Elevation [of] north wall, elevation of west wall, plan [of] new greenhouse [and adjoining walls and area, details of walls and steps in sections] Encapsulated in mylar. JPEG | Zoom

25. NYDA.1960.001.04519. [Plan of property, elevations of property] looking north (section A-A) [and] looking east on pool axis : Sheet no. 1 JPEG | Zoom


Kate A. Kelly House (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). Alterations and Additions   Michael Kew House (San Diego, Calif.)