Investigation of Stresses in Foundation Walls of Centre Block of Royal Victoria Hospital
- CA CAC 1-1-9
- File
- February 1906
Part of Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds
File consists of 4 measured drawings (floor plans, elevations, sections) of hospital.
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Investigation of Stresses in Foundation Walls of Centre Block of Royal Victoria Hospital
Part of Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds
File consists of 4 measured drawings (floor plans, elevations, sections) of hospital.
Part of Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds
University laboratory and hospital; stone; steel frame.
6 survey drawings: topographical plan; sections, site plan, plot plan, park
2 sketch drawings: plan, elevations, section
3 presentation drawings: elevation to University St., elevation to yard, elevation and section to Pine Ave.
17 development drawings; floor plans, elevations, sections
40 working drawing: excavation plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections, landscaping, reflected ceiling, tunnel
116 detail drawings: staircases, gateways, stonework (including gables, arches, windows, granitework, coping, dormers, gab lets, vase finials, ornament, chimney), refrigerator, entrance hall and doorway, elevator door, inscription panel, lettering, plinth, skylight, sill, turret, cornice, corbel, ironwork (incl. staircase, gate, vanes, lamp brackets, railings), room interiors, doors, steps, theatres, eaves, woodwork (including stair, doors, trims, lighting, beams, columns), copper, ridges, screens, gates, vent stacks, ceiling, fittings, plasterwork (including cornices, ornament), marblework
39 consultant drawings: heating and ventilation floor plans, plumbing and electrical floor plans (including equipment and rooms), foundation, structure, windows, elevator
5 record drawings: block plan, floor plans, elevations, section, exterior perspective
22 photographs: 1 elevation; 2 plans; 8 perspectives; 5 construction; 4 finished exteriors; 1 finished interior; 1 other
1 file folder: correspondence
The fonds includes 27 drawings (1888-1896) of, notably, a house for George Drummond on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal and the Montreal Diocesan Theological College on University Street are documented in watercolour drawings of plans, elevations, and sections. In addition, there are measured drawings of the Hugh Allan house on Pine Avenue West in Montreal, designed by John William Hopkins (1825-1905) in 1861. These drawings were used for Taylor and Gordon's designs for additions to the Allan house. There is also an undated photograph of a measured drawing of the Hugh Allan house. In addition, there are also drawings by Andrew Taylor for the Montreal Maternity Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc), 1903. The fonds contains one published volume: Andrew T. Taylor, "The Crowns and Steeples Designed by Christopher Wren," (London: B.T. Batsford High Holborn, 1881)
Taylor and Gordon