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RISD Architectural Drawings: Metcalf Building

Building History

Name Metcalf Building
aka Textile Building
Jewelry Building
Location 7-14 North Main Street
Acquired 1915 December 29
1921 January 26
Construction Date 1915
1920
Original Plans Yes
Architect Day and Klauder
Bellows & Aldrich
Plat / Lot 12/89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
12/81, 82

Metcalf Building, 1914-2004

Descriptive Title Date
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building 1914
Textile Building Floor Plans 1960
Textile Building Floor Plans 1960
Textile Building Floor Plans undated
Plumbing Layout of Underground Pipe 19--
Addition to the Textile Building - Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building 1919
Jewelry Building circa 1919
Metcalf Bridge Detail 19--
Textile & Jewelry Building 1936
Textile & Jewelry Building 1936
Textile & Jewelry Building 1936
Textile & Jewelry Building 1936
Passenger Elevator 1958
Electrical Power Distribution System: Alterations to Existing Building for New Transformer Vault. 1962
Proposed Alternations to Office Area - RISD - Division of Architecture - Jesse Metcalf Building - 2nd Floor 1965
Foundry Overhead Rail System 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Proposed Additions and Alterations to the Jesse Metcalf Building 1966
Revised Layout of Stairs for Proposed Mezzanine Floor in Metcalf Building. 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building 1967
Mezzanine Floor Framing 1967
Fire Protection Coverage under New Mezzanine 1967
Basement Plan 1970
Basement Plan Alterations 1970-1973
Ventilation Systems 1972
Floor Plan: 1st and Basement 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972
Ventilation Systems 1972-1973
Alterations to Basement Plan 1973
Ventilation Systems 1973
Ventilation Systems 1973
Basement Plan 1973
Ventilation Systems 1973
Windows 1977
Windows 1977
Windows 1977
Windows 1977
Proposed Smokewall North Stair Tower 1977
Room Numbers 1978
Metcalf Building Floor Plans 1979
Proposed Class Room Division 3rd Floor 1979
Proposed Accessibility Entrance 1979
Glass Department 1981
Glass Department Furnace Piping Diagram 1981
Supply Fan, Exhaust Fan, and Damper Control 1981
Glass Department Furnace Piping Diagram 1981
Windows 1981
Floor Plans 1981-1983
Floor Plans 1981-1983
Basement Plan 1981-1983
Metcalf Building Floor Plans 1981-1984
Alterations to Metcalf Building: Lavatories - Handicapped Access. 1982
Alterations to Room 305 1982
Alterations to Metcalf Building: Lavatories - Handicapped Access. 1982
Metcalf Building Floor Plans 1983
Floor Plans 1983
Floor Plans 1983
Floor Plans 1983
Elevations 1983
Metcalf Building Floor Plans 1983-1984
Floor Plans 1983-1984
Floor Plans 1983-1984
Floor Plans 1983-1984
Paint Spray Booth 1986
Paint Spray Booth 1986
Grinding Room Improvement Sketches 1989
Fume Exhaust - 2nd Floor. 1989
Existing Conditions of Room 102, Metcalf Building 1989
Cooling Tower Addition 1995
Electrical Upgrades RISD Campus - May 1997 1997
Electrical Upgrades RISD Campus - May 1997 1997
Electrical Upgrades RISD Campus - May 1997 1997
Electrical Upgrades RISD Campus - May 1997 1997
Electrical Upgrades RISD Campus - May 1997 1997
Gantry Assembly; Room 102, Metcalf Building 1999
Replacement of the Metcalf Building 2000
Renovation to Metcalf Bldg. Elevator 2000
Replacement of the Metcalf Elevator 2000
Replacement of the Metcalf Elevator 2000
Renovation to Metcalf Bldg. Elevator 2000
Spray Booth Addition to Metcalf Building 2004
Cross Section of Conduit Connecting Textile and Auditorium After 1941
Metcalf Building Floor Plans undated
Metcalf Building Floor Plans undated
Floor Plans undated
Foundry Installation - Alterations to Jesse Metcalf Building undated
Detail of Well between Metcalf & Power House undated
Second Floor Plans undated
Proposed Classroom Division, 4th floor with Glass Case Framing undated
Basement Textile Building undated
200 Foot Radius Plan undated
Floor Plans undated
Proposed Glass Room Division on 4th Floor undated
Alterations to Fire Tower (Never Built) undated
Alterations & Additions to Glass Department undated
Fourth Floor Plan - Metcalf Building undated
Alterations to the Fire Tower - Metcalf Building undated