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[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Cellar floor plan] – Historic Photograph Print

[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Cellar floor plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Cellar floor plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Taverns & Saloons 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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Cellar floor plan]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few hotel plans show the working basement, and this one lists it room by room: oyster cellar, liquor and wine vaults, a bar, a larder, coal and fuel cellars, and a furnace room. The drawing is inked and watercolored and labeled with the architect's name, John Haviland of Philadelphia, and the date 1847. The building began as the Fountain Inn, became the Irving Hotel in 1848, and was renamed the Kirkwood House in 1854 under owner Azariah Fuller. The hotel stood at Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street NW until it was demolished in 1875. Its guests included Vice President Andrew Johnson, who was staying there in April 1865 when Lincoln was assassinated, and the plot against Johnson was linked to the hotel.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
GenreInscriptions on recto: Cellar ; John Haviland Arch Philadelphia 1847 ; Oyster cellar ; Liquor vault ; Ces-pool ; Furnace ; Coal vault ; fire makers room ; Vestibule ; Bar ; Coal cellar ; Coal bin ; Wine vault ; Arched passage ; Fuel cellar ; Larder. Building originally Fountain Inn, then Irving Hotel (1848), then The Kirkwood House (1854). Demolished in 1875.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,152 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219381

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