Block plan showing location of reservoir
Category:
Archive
Property:
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
Title:
Block plan showing location of reservoir
Type:
Architectural documents and designs
Description:
Architectural designs of a reservoir to be placed at Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts. This one-page design, designed by the Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge architectural firm of Boston, Massachusetts, is marked as plan No.3 and shows the potential location of the reservoir on the property in relation to the Italian Garden and the Italian Rennaissance Revival villa. Additional information handwritten on the item: CR.1925.BP.Reservoir. The architecture firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which was formed by Boston architects, George Foster Shepley (1860–1903), Charles Hercules Rutan (1851–1914), and Charles Allerton Coolidge (1858–1936) in 1886, after famed architect and designer of Trinity Church in Boston, Henry Hobbs Richardson's death. In 1911, the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge was to design and construct a summer home for the Crane Family at Castle Hill. A sumptuous 65-room Italian Renaissance Revival villa was built with forecourt, east terrace, north terrace, Allée, casino, tennis court and salt water pool. The villa was torn down in 1925 and replaced by the "Great House" Stuart-style mansion.
Creator:
Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge
Date:
1911 - 1925
Extent:
1 blueprint
Object ID:
CH.MS.019
Subjects:
Building
Tags:
Reservoirs
Rights:
CC BY-NC-ND The Crane Family Collection is the physical property of The Trustees of Reservations. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.