House plans - traditional Antebellum Mansion southern living - printed drawings

Description

Shadows on the Teche, a Greek Revival masterpiece - circa 1834
Building name: Shadows on the Teche
Designer/Architect: Unknown
Date of construction: 1834
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Style: Antebellum
Additional Information: Drawings prepared circa 1934, Historic American Building Survey
Number of sheets: 17 sheets measuring 18”x24”
Sheet List
Cover Sheet, Site Plan, 1"=20'
3 sheets of floor plans, 1/4”=1’-0”
3 sheets of elevations, 1/8”=1’-0” and 1/4"=1'-0
3 sheets of sections, 1/4”=1’-0”
7 sheets of details, various scales
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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. To purchase an emailed PDF file go
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Shadows on the Teche, once seen, is never forgotten. The name of its designer is lost to history but the owners were the David Weeks family, whose ancestors had fled England after backing the Royalists in the Cromwellian revolution. David Weeks died the year the house was finished, leaving a wife and children behind. She later married but two of her children died too, victims of a hurricane. After the Civil War the her surviving son inherited the estate but struggled to keep it intact. Over the following decades it gradually reduced from 158 acres down to just 2 1/2 acres.
The design exemplifies the Greek Revival style as it was perfected for the southern, hot/humid climate, with spacious porches providing shade while allowing breezes to flow through the house. The detailing throughout the house is of the highest quality, both in design and execution.
The prints you are purchasing are crisp, high resolution black line copies on 20# white bond paper. The original drawings were delineated around 1934, with the beautifully draftsmanship typical of that time. Any photos shown in the description are informational only and NOT included in this order, which consists only of architectural drawings.
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.
Please visit my other auctions 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. The pictures on eBay show a typical sheet with border, in this case the attic plan, and details of other sheets including first floor plan, elevation and section. If you have any questions about these drawings or others that I am offering, please contact me. I will do my utmost to answer your questions. A low resolution photo will be included with your purchase.
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 Antebellum house, not a pseudo-southern tract house as you will find in the house plan magazines on your supermarket shelf.
FOR ORDERS OUTSIDE THE USA: You may be required to pay customs duties in your country. These seem to be applied inconsistently and we cannot calculate them when they do apply. Also, at the present time we are unable to offer shipment tracking with our international orders.
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