Study for the Clubhouse of the Golf Club of Newport

Architect Whitney Warren Jr.'s sectional elevation drawing presents a proposal for Newport's golf clubhouse, rendered in watercolor and ink. The design combines Beaux-Arts formality with seaside leisure architecture: a mansard-roofed central pavilion flanked by symmetrical wings, articulated by rusticated stonework and classical detailing. Warren's cross-section reveals interior spatial relationships—a grand central volume beneath the prominent roof, supporting rooms arranged horizontally. The minimal landscape notation and scale bar situate the structure within its coastal setting. This drawing exemplifies the presentation techniques of Gilded Age architectural practice, where precise orthographic projections communicated both aesthetic ambition and programmatic function to patrons in America's premier resort community.