Library & Archives: Architectural Drawings
Robert W. Hill, 1890 (click to enlarge)
The Torrington Historical Society has 748 sets of architectural drawings.
The collection is divided into two categories.
Drawings donated by McLean Construction (664)
Drawings of Carl Victor Johnson. (84)
McLean Collection:
This collection includes drawings predominately of Torrington buildings. The collection originated with Hotchkiss Brothers Company in the late nineteenth century. When Hotchkiss sold the construction part of its business to the Torrington Building Company around 1900, the collection was acquired by the Torrington Building Company and greatly expanded over the next half century.
When McLean Construction acquired the Torrington Building Company, McLean donated the historical drawings to the museum. The collection included residences, commercial buildings, schools, and factories in and around Torrington.
Drawings in this collection include pencil on paper, ink on linen and blueprints. Architects represented in the collection include. William H. Hunt, Edwin H. Waterbury, Ernest Greene, Theodore B. Peck, C.D. Janssen, Charles S. Palmer, Hotchkiss Brothers Company, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Robert W. Hill and Marcel Breuer.
Carl Victor Johnson Collection:
This collection includes residential, commercial, and municipal buildings in and around Torrington . Carl Victor Johnson was active in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
Header Image: 1890 drawing of the Major Albert F. Brooker House, 190 Albert St, Torrington
The collection is divided into two categories.
Drawings donated by McLean Construction (664)
Drawings of Carl Victor Johnson. (84)
McLean Collection:
This collection includes drawings predominately of Torrington buildings. The collection originated with Hotchkiss Brothers Company in the late nineteenth century. When Hotchkiss sold the construction part of its business to the Torrington Building Company around 1900, the collection was acquired by the Torrington Building Company and greatly expanded over the next half century.
When McLean Construction acquired the Torrington Building Company, McLean donated the historical drawings to the museum. The collection included residences, commercial buildings, schools, and factories in and around Torrington.
Drawings in this collection include pencil on paper, ink on linen and blueprints. Architects represented in the collection include. William H. Hunt, Edwin H. Waterbury, Ernest Greene, Theodore B. Peck, C.D. Janssen, Charles S. Palmer, Hotchkiss Brothers Company, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Robert W. Hill and Marcel Breuer.
Carl Victor Johnson Collection:
This collection includes residential, commercial, and municipal buildings in and around Torrington . Carl Victor Johnson was active in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
Header Image: 1890 drawing of the Major Albert F. Brooker House, 190 Albert St, Torrington