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Title
Plans for House and Grounds
Creator
Washington Hood (1808-1840)
Description
Plans for a house and its grounds. The main house is the focus of the drawing; other buildings (laundry, sheds, barn, etc.) are depicted as well as activity areas of the surrounding grounds (drying yard, farm yard, etc.). Plans for a house and its grounds. The main house is the focus of the drawing; other buildings (laundry, sheds, barn, etc.) are depicted as well as activity areas of the surrounding grounds (drying yard, farm yard, etc.). Hood graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1827. Between 1831 and 1836, he served on topographical duty and then worked as a civil engineer in Cuba for a year. He then reentered the army as captain of the Topographical Engineers. In 1835, he worked with Robert E. Lee determining the boundary line between the state of Ohio and Michigan Territory and later did some mapping of the Oregon Territory. In addition to his topographical work, Hood designed buildings and worked as a portrait copyist.
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