Traymore Hotel collection

Contains elevations, floorplans, roof plans, details and sections for the Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Includes drawings for the elevator, stores, 1st-14th floors, the American Plan and European Plan dining rooms, the banquet room, cafe, kitchens, laundry rooms, bedrooms, balconies, the do...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 1906-1924
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Summary: Contains elevations, floorplans, roof plans, details and sections for the Traymore Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Includes drawings for the elevator, stores, 1st-14th floors, the American Plan and European Plan dining rooms, the banquet room, cafe, kitchens, laundry rooms, bedrooms, balconies, the dome, beauty salon, music room, the fountain, and the warehouse addition to the garage. Also included are plans for the ash disposal system, plumbing and heating plans and electrical plans. Of note are details for doors and doorways, buttresses, brick and terra cotta work, millwork, columns, cornices and ceiling ornamentation, as well as "developed elevations" of various rooms.
Item Description: Drawings done after 1919 credited to McLanahan & Bencker, successor firm to Price & McLanahan.
Physical Description: 53 architectural drawings : blueprints
52 architectural drawings : pencil, pen and ink on linen
8 architectural drawings : diazo photoprints
445 architectural drawings : drawings on paper
Finding Aid: Inventory available.