https://202s15.cesaunders.net/files/original/baae8c6c129aa6e85c4d9b92e7291af3.png b294ce3a1d4abba7447814b5341c233d https://202s15.cesaunders.net/files/original/e6c39403e949d77d4edbf368df09413c.png 2ad4d3ab4ef78e30d8ba25f71c8be3db https://202s15.cesaunders.net/files/original/3517cd739a3ae7445603fcfcdc3a27fe.png 3621f9d6c7d96c201af40c800e700aab Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Enter the title exactly as printed in the document or image. If there is no title, provide a brief descriptive title enclosed in square brackets. If the item is an excerpt, follow the title with "excerpt" in square brackets. See fields guide for more information. Executed Design for the House of H. L. Pratt, Esq. , Glen Cove, Long Island, NY Creator Enter the name of the author or other creator of the document or image exactly as (s)he is identified in the document. If no author is specified there, see fields guide. Brite & Bacon, architect(s) Date The date the document or image was originally published or created, in YYYY-MM-DD format (see fields guide for further details) October 27, 1900 Description Describe key features of the primary source and how they help to answer the research question at hand (usually the significance of a space or place to a text and/or its author or readers) This image is of a plan for a home to be built on Long Island in 1900. What is featured here is an original plan drawn by Brite & Bacon, architect(s) and featured in American Architect and Building News. For years Long Island, New York was only able to be reached by boat, but upon the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, the people of New York gained increased access to Long Island. That, along with the newly developed Long Island subway and elevated rail system spurred a surge of population to the outer boroughs of New York City. By the early part of the 20th century, Long Island housed both immigrants spilling over from Manhattan, as well as the Manhattan elite of the time, seeking to build secondary and vacation homes. The plan featured here is of a house built for the latter and could be described as a rare find because very few architectural plans of that time included coloring. Long Island plays a roll in The House Of Mirth as the place where the Gromers, a family who lives among the elite class in Manhattan, are building their country house. This item depicts plans for a house that is very similar to that which this well-to-do fictional family could have been building in the early 20th century. These houses were some of the first fully electrically wired houses of their time, allowing Mrs. Gromer to “plunged into problems of lighting and sanitation,” as the novel states. Contributor The name of the person who obtained, uploaded, and described the item. Please use the same form of your name throughout the site. Whitney Olson Source* Provide an MLA-style "works cited" entry specifying details of both the original publication or distribution of the document, and where you found it (e.g. a library database). See fields guide for details. Brite & Bacon, Architect(s). "Executed Design for the House of H. L. Pratt, Esq. , Glen Cove, Long Island, NY." American Architect and Building News (October 27, 1900): n. pag. Web. 7, April 2015. Retrieved from http://www.stcroixarchitecture.com Rights Please copy and paste the most appropriate of the three boilerplate statements provided in the fields guide. Original document is out of copyright (it was published before 1923). Every effort has been made to comply with the provisions of any licensing agreements associated with digitization of the original document. For further information, please see the “about” page. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Country House Gromers Long Island