Description: Looking toward Tyson driveway and steps. (This was probably taken after the roadbed was moved and reconstructed as Peabody Drive (route 3)
Description: Built by Bishop Alexander MacKay-Smith, Washington DC listed from 1914-36. Then listed under Charles Marlatt of Washington DC from 1937-41. Property demolished, sold to Rockefeller. David Rockefeller Sr. planned a public park and started to develop it before he died. Property then became the home of David Rockefeller Jr. See also "Wildcliff".
Description: Exterior shot of large, 2/3 story home with short bushes surrounding it and the front entrance. See also "Wild Cliff" Bishop Alexander McKay Smith cottage designed by C. A. Candage.
Description: Floor plans, sections, elevation Roc's Comments: This was my first job. It was for Neva Goodwin who has remained a good friend ever since. The work began back in the 70's and was first a kitchen renovation with bay window addition. Bob Patterson who suggested me to Neva was cajoled into designing the beautiful garden in front. Neva and I worked well together and she truly enjoyed the new space when it was completed. Edgar Walls did the construction and Barb Sassaman helped with the drawings. We went on to do about 5 or six additional tasks for Neva there including moving and renovating the Jordan house across the road. [show more]
Description: Options A, B, C in a found booklet. Sketches, floor plans, site plans, height restrictions, topological plans. Includes drawings for Perigee drawn in 1995/6.
Description: Elevations, floor plans, sketches Roc's Comments: So Findlay and Joanie are two delightful friends. Findlay is a fan and collector of old steam engines and various mechanical objects of functional beauty. I had done a renovation of a kitchen of a house he owned in an earlier life nearby and when he asked me to help work up a new home on land he owned between the beautiful Grosvenor Atterbury church and the Greenrock staging area I suggested that his new home might be mostly big barn and work area for his heavy machinery passion with a smaller, functional home attached. When the time came to begin the project I was overwhelmed with other projects and recommended the Surrey firm of Bingham and Woodward to do the project and helped during the construction supervision phase. I think it came out well and have since enjoyed many wonderful dinners in the "barn" which has become more of an art gallery than workshop. [show more]
Description: Elevations, floor plans, details Roc's Comments: Joanie Matheson needed a get away place. A garden house or teahouse. A place that was hers alone and she could escape to it and read or write or just sit and think. It is interesting how many of these little "getaway" places there are here on MDI. A phenomenon of the intense summer season and its sometimes draining impact on the matriarch and hostess. This project was a real pleasure to do. Joanie is a special person and I could sit and draw it by hand and do it all without staff and complications and I love the result and think Joanie does as well. [show more]
Description: Floor plans, elevations, sketches Roc's Comments: I love Maude March. When she and John asked me to design their home I was delighted to do it. Their family and John's legal career were young and it was difficult to satisfy all of John's requirements. I don't think I succeeded as, once it was done, I never heard from John again. I still love Maude March.
Description: 2 tracing papers oversized and rolled 1 copy of Specifications for Cottage. 1 Copy of Specifications for Plumbing. 1 letter and some sketches.
Description: Side elevation, entrance elevation, greenhouse site design (project terminated), contour plan, floor plan and elevation, specifications and details, porch details, sketches