When you look at the House of Patterns page, it will look...slightly different. The thumbnails are a tiny bit larger. But when you click on those thumbnails, the full size images are now quite a bit larger. With the exception of this one:
and the two drawings of the Egyptian keyhole doorway, which now open at their full size of 612x792, the images of the plans will open at a width of 1920 and a height between 1506 and 1510. For those who want to get a good look at the plans for 1239 First Street, the larger size should be A LOT more helpful.
I have never been able to find any plans like this for the second or third floors of the house. There are photos of the master bedroom and at least one other bedroom for real estate listings, but that's about it. The closest I've been able to find to see what the second floor of the house might look like is other houses like the First Street house.
One is the Morris-Israel house, which the McEnery Company took several photos of during renovation. Some of them can be seen on Exploring New Orleans Architecture. A link to the McEnery Company website's content on the Morris-Israel house can be found on that page, as well.
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| The Morris-Israel House, New Orleans |
This house does look a lot like another house that is closer to 1239 First Street, the Carroll-Crawford house, doesn't it?
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| The Carroll-Crawford House, New Orleans |
Obviously not a carbon copy, but the architectural details sure are similar, aren't they? Both houses were designed by Samuel Jamison, so perhaps the details on both houses were something of a "signature" of his as well as New Orleans as a whole?
There are a lot of houses in New Orleans that are structurally similar to 1239 First Street. Even the Soria Creel house has similarities that stand out, and no doubt made it possible to be used as the Mayfair house in the AMC series. I've always had an eye out for anything that could possibly give a better idea of the layout of the second and third floors of the Mayfair house. Several key things happened on the upper floors of the Mayfair house that being able to visualize its layout helps to better picture and understand.