Tower Grove Gatehouse - 1870
- Building name: Tower Grove Gatehouse
- Designer/Architect: Francis Tunica
- Date of construction: 1870
- Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
- Style: Gothic Style Home
- Number of sheets: 2 sheets measuring 24" x 36"
Sheet List
- First & Second Floor Plans, Elevations, 1/4"=1'-0"
- Elevations, 1/4"=1'-0"
This listing is for prints on 20# bond paper. It is for architectural drawings only. Any photos shown in the description are informational only and not included in this package.
This is a rare and outstanding example of Victorian Gothic design applied to the small home. In appearance an imposing castle, but in reality a spacious 2 bedroom home, this ingenious Victorian Gothic home plan delights the eye as well as the heart.
As a work of art these prints are worth purchasing in their own right. For those of you interested in building a historically inspired house, these plans offer an excellent starting point. At the ground level a large, open porch surrounded by arches leads to the entry, which is directly into the main social space of the house. Beyond this is a room that would serve well as a kitchen and could be extended to include dining. At the end is a bedroom suite. Stairs off the main space lead to a single room on the second floor. With the addition of a bath this could serve as another bedroom suite. This imaginative miniature Gothic castle plan could be built equally well in the suburb or countryside. The home has outside dimensions of approximately 27' x 77'.
Please visit my other listings for many other drawings I am offering. I have house plans in wide variety of styles including Colonial, Craftsman, and Prairie, as well as plans of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Irving Gill, Purcell & Elmslie and others.
SHIPPING: Your drawings are shipped to you, rolled, not folded, in a Priority Mail tube. This listing includes architectural prints ONLY. Any photos shown in the description are for information only and are NOT included in your purchase. Thanks.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD: These plans are not complete architectural drawings as might be required by your local permitting agency and do not contain all the structural, waterproofing and other details and information necessary for construction. But your local builder or architect should be able to adapt these drawings and add to them as necessary. What they do provide is accurate design information about a REAL historic house, not a pseudo-historic tract house as you will find in the house plan magazines on your supermarket shelf
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Orders shipped to addresses outside the USA may be subject to customs duties at their destination. The buyer is responsible for any such duties.
The original drawings from which these dimensionally accurate scans were made are kept at the Historic American Building Survey, in the Library of Congress. (TU009)
