From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Fred L. Savage Collection
Note to Fred Savage from Mary Pearl Evens Cramp
Note from a client to Fred Savage ca 1922 relating to plans for a home in Redlands Ca. Original drawings are in Northeast Harbor Library collection 2012 exhibit text: Home, Mary Pearl Evens Cramp Redlands, CA, ca 1921 Ink and ink wash on vellum. The Gerrish Collection, Northeast Harbor Library These sketches show Savage's development of a more sophisticated rendering style and facility to work in different styles. Two elevation studies for the same owner and the same floor plan are renditions of the Spanish Colonial Revival style typical of California. One study utilizes long horizontal roof lines, while the other emphasizes towers and dormers which produce a less horizontal composition