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[Two office buildings for B.F. Saul (15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) First floor. Plan] / George N. Ray, Architect. – Historic Photograph Print

[Two office buildings for B.F. Saul (15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) First floor. Plan] / George N. Ray, Architect., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Two office buildings for B.F. Saul (15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) First floor. Plan] / George N. Ray, Architect., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Two office buildings for B.F. Saul (15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) First floor. Plan] / George N. Ray, Architect.

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A first-floor plan for two office buildings on 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C., built for the real estate developer B.F. Saul, this sheet shows how the ground floor was laid out across two adjoining lots on Square 218. George N. Ray, of the Washington firm Waggaman & Ray, signed the drawing, which was made as a blueprint with graphite notations. Office construction in the city grew during the 1920s, and plans like this one record how developers and architects fit commercial space onto urban lots. The drawing is part of the firm's archive, so it also documents the working practice of a busy architectural office of the period.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
GenreCommission no. 250, drawing no. 2. Buildings located on lots 69 and part of 10, square 218. Inscription: First floor plan." Signed by architect. Waggaman & Ray Archive."
Notes1 architectural drawing on paper : blueprint and graphite.
SubjectsOffice buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,263 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180302

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