1898 Competitive Design for a Twenty Room School-House by G. Wood Taylor
date: label: date made
content: 1898-04-09
notes: label: Description
content: This color drawing of a stone, twenty-room schoolhouse was submitted to an architectural competition held in Boston, MA in the late 19th century. The design envisions a top story with central Romanesque arches and trefoil windows. There is also an inset of the first floor plan.
label: Description
content: The architect’s name is G. Wood Taylor (1868-1921), a prominent architect who was based in Springfield, MA. He designed a number of private residences in the upscale Forest Park neighborhood of Springfield, some of which were in the Colonial Revival style. This schoolhouse plan appeared in the American Architect and Building News of April 9, 1898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.390
label: accession number
content: 2014.024
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.390
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 7 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 27.305 cm