Unique FDR WHITE HOUSE ARCHITECTURE Design Photographs

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"Report To The President Of The United States On The Proposed Landscape Improvements For The Executive Mansion Grounds" (By Lorenzo S. Winslow, Architect of the White House) Washington, DC: Federal Works Agency/ Public Buildings Administration, nd (circa 1940's?). A large comb-bound, gilt titled hardcover book. Measures 19-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches. Either an extremely limited printing or possible unique proposal submitted by the Architect of the White House office during the FDR or Truman administrations. No other copies located in any collections, no mention of it via google search. Unpaginated, (front and rear blank end pages + 8 leaves (16 pages), each comprised of 2 photographic paper sheets pasted together). With 16 numbered illustrations of watercolors, photographs, etc., plus text, all printed photographically. I nscribed (by? for?) Architect of the White House, Lorenzo S. Winslow ; additionally annotated and apparently initialed by Winslow in one passage. Tape remains to front pastedown, otherwise in very good overall condition with no institutional markings. Shipping @ $8.95 anywhere Mainland USA; Expedited and insured shipping available, international bidders welcome. Combined shipping gladly offered for multiple purchases. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check prior to bidding/buying concerning shipping charges as well as with your country’s customs office to determine what any additional costs will be.” Biography Lorenzo Simmons Winslow (August 20, 1892 - June 20, 1976), practiced architecture in High Point and Greensboro, North Carolina, in the years between the World Wars before moving to Washington DC, where he became architect to the White House. With the onset of the Great Depression and loss of private commissions, by 1932 Winslow moved to Washington DC to work with the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the national capital and worked on several projects including the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument, bridges and roadways in Washington's Rock Creek Park, and the National Training School for Boys. He also entered a competition to design a heated swimming pool for the White House, to enable President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to practice a regular swimming routine as therapy for the effects of polio. Winslow won the competition--and pleased the president. Roosevelt wrote to him, "I have just examined the new swimming pool and dressing rooms, for which I am informed you did the architectural work. Allow me to commend you for the excellent taste you have exhibited in your selection of colors, materials, and proportions. The whole result is most harmonious and agreeable to the eye. I appreciate your efforts. Very sincerely yours, Franklin D. Roosevelt." Winslow thereby became the architect for the White House for the next twenty years, supervising increasingly significant alterations and becoming somewhat of a celebrity, known for his partiality to tweeds, his love of the arts, his signature corncob pipe, and his ancient car. Among numerous projects, Winslow designed and reconstructed the West Wing Offices, a new East Entrance Building, a bomb shelter with tunnel leading to the Treasury Building, and new utility and kitchen areas. He added the second-floor balcony on the south side, known today as the Truman Balcony. He was also architect for the removal and reconstruction of the interiors of the White House between 1948 and 1952. read more

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