Recommendations for John Mason’s mansion
Subject(s): Architecture--Designs and plans--Presentation drawings, Excavations (Archaeology), Historic American Buildings Survey, Washington (D.C.)--Theodore Roosevelt Island
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Memorandum providing recommendations for how to handle the ruins of John Mason’s mansion on Theodore Roosevelt Island. Stuart M. Barnette and O. F. Northington of the Historical American Buildings Survey recommend that a project be set up to further investigate the ruins. They cite the mansion as an important building in the development of U.S. architecture and provide a method for excavation based on the National Park Service. Barnette and Northington also recommend that a marker detailing the mansion’s place in history be placed near the site of the ruins. Accompanying these recommendations is a drawing depicting a conjecture of how the house may have appeared, a plan of the grounds showing the layout of all the buildings, and several photographs showing the ruins.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Creation Date
1936-03-19
Creator(s)
Barnette, Stuart M. (Stuart Moffett), 1905-1992; Northington, O. F.
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Repository
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Page Count
11
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Recommendations for John Mason’s mansion. [March 19, 1936]. Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o274007. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Barnette, Stuart M. (Stuart Moffett), 1905-1992; Northington, O. F.. Recommendations for John Mason’s mansion. [19 Mar. 1936]. Multi-image.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o274007.
APA:
Barnette, Stuart M. (Stuart Moffett), 1905-1992; Northington, O. F.., [1936, March 19]. Recommendations for John Mason’s mansion.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o274007.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-island-national-memorial. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-island-national-memorial.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-island-national-memorial.
