The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Title:               Architectural drawings and prints

Dates:             1748-ca. 1930s

Call No.:         Col. 210

Acc. No.:        [various]

Quantity:        9 boxes and 3 map case drawers

Location:        3 J 1-7, and map case E, drawers 1-3

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This artificial and still open collection consists of hand drawn, painted, engraved, and lithographed illustrations of architectural structures, including public and commercial buildings, private homes, churches, schools, factories, farms, and prisons.  Scale drawings, building facades, room layouts, elevations, engineering plans, and buildings in landscape settings are all present.  Almost all are located on the east coast of the United States, primarily in the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia areas.  The majority date from the middle of the 19th century.

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The items are arranged by size, and then in accession number order.

  

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are primarily visual, but captions are mostly in English, with some in French and German.

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

PROVENANCE

 

Gifts and purchases from various sources.    

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

 

Topics:            Architecture, Domestic.

                        Architecture - Designs and plans.

                        Architectural drawing - Detailing.

                        Dwellings - Designs and plans.

                        Room layout (Dwellings).

                        Interior architecture.

                        Church architecture.

                        Hospitals - Designs and plans.

                        Factories - Design and construction.

                        Bridges - Designs and plans.

                        Drawbridges - Designs and plans.

                        Mantels.

                        Buildings.       

                        Walkways.

                        Mills and mill-work.

                        Factories.

                        Quaker church buildings.

                        Libraries - Designs and plans.

                        Blacksmithing.

                        Cabinetwork.

                        Living rooms.

                        Tombs.

                        Landscape architecture.

                        School buildings - Designs and plans.

                        Doors - Virginia.

                        Neoclassicism (Architecture).

                        Wharves - Massachusetts.

                        Farm layout.

                        Mural painting and decoration.

                        Ceilings.

                        Prisons - Design and construction.

                        Public buildings.

                        Hotels.

                        Theaters.

                        Universities and colleges.

                        Warehouses.

                        Wood engraving.

                        Capitols.

                        Bank buildings.

                        Furniture.

                        Farms.

                        Commercial buildings.

                        Breweries

                        Courthouses

                        Booksellers and bookselling.

                        Sepulchral monuments.

                        Museums.

                        Aqueducts.

                        Theological seminaries - Massachusetts.

                        Office buildings.

                        Castles.

                        Watercolor painting.

                        Pencil drawing.

                        Pen drawing.

                        Lithography.

                        Engraving.

                        Iowa - Capital and capitol.

                        London (England) - Pictorial works.

                        Philadelphia (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

                        United States - Centennial celebrations, etc.

                        Architectural drawings.

                        Watercolors.

                        Sketches.

                        Engravings.

                        Lithographs.

           

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Section I Drawings

(Note: See Section II for Prints)

Architectural Drawings

Call Number

Accession Number

BUILDING NAME

ADDRESS

PLACE

DATE

OWNER

ARCHITECT

ARTIST

SUBJECTS

Description

Col. 210

2019x5.2a

Architecture

Greyscale watercolor of "picture frame elevation" with measurements

Col. 210

2019x5.2b

Architecture

Greyscale watercolor of "base board elevation with door corner" with measurements

Col. 210 box 1

67x122

[Exhibition Room]

14 Newman Street

1810-1820

West family [?]

Interior architecture

inscribed "A slight sketch of our exhibition room", room with paintings on walls; dimensions of room

col. 210 box 1

68x019;2852

St. Albans

[1880-1899]

M.G. Collins

Church architecture

Watercolor of blind double arch

col. 210 box 1

68x099.1-2; 3034

1. Plantation House 2. Farm

1. S. Carolina 2. [Southern]

1. 1872 2. [1800-1849]

1.D. Wiles 2.Unknown

Architecture, Domestic

2 watercolors, one signed; not by same artist

col. 210 box 1

69x204; 3328

Candle and Rosin Factory

Prince's Bay, Staten Island, NY

1854

Factories

Oval watercolor with figures

col. 210 box 1

69x217b

Architecture, Domestic

small watercolor and pencil; front of house

col. 210 box 1

73x118; 6082

Mill

Hartford, CT

1854

M.S. Pillsbury

Mills and mill-work

Pencil on paper

col. 210 box 1

76x097.1; 6903

Milnor Place

Gambier, OH

[1840-1869]

Helen Thrall

Architecture, Domestic

Pencil on paper

col. 210 box 1

76x186; 6979

Tunnicliffe House

Richfield Springs [Otsego County, NY]

ca. 1840

Architecture, Domestic--New York

Pen and ink;

col. 210 box 1

76x206.1-8; 6997

[New York, NY]

[1860-1879]

Mantels; Facades

7 drawings Neo-Grec mantels; 1 drawing building exterior

Col. 210 box 1

PH 1177.1-.2

A.J. Jackson home

Bouthillier & Fourth Sts.

East Galena, IL

1859-1860

A.J. Jackson

William Dennison

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

written specifications for house; plans for basement, first, and second stories, elevations, details of doors & cornices

Col. 210 box 1

PH 1228

Jay Farm House

Katonah, NY

1962

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

drawing of first floor plan made from 1897 blueprint to show development of house; dates are written in rooms

Col. 210 box 10

2017x013

Parish House, St. Paul's Church

Augusta, Georgia

1916

H.T.E. Wendell

L.J.W.

Church architecture

Drawing of south elevation.

Col. 210 box 10

2017x014

First Baptist Church

Georgetown, South Carolina

F. Arthur Hazard

Church architecture

Watercolor drawing of exterior.

Col. 210 box 10

2017x018

1913

William J. Kist

Architecture -- Details

Drawing of rooflines, windows, doorway, portico, and people.

Col. 210 box 10

2017x019a-b

Church architecture

Watercolor drawing of an early Christian pulpit.

Col. 210 box 10

2017x020

Room layout (Dwellings)

First and second floor plans of dwelling.

Col. 210 box 10

2017x023

Cathedrale von Bordeaux

Church architecture

Watercolor drawing of chapel enclosure.

col. 210 box 2

53.40.1; 48

[France]

Cabinet-workers--France

Grisaille of interior of cabinet shop showing tools & details; inscribed "Designe per Bertes et Limonneau le fils"

col. 210 box 2

57x013; 1035

Triphamer Shop

n.d.

Blacksmithing

Ink drawing of plans, "Demention of Triphamer Shop". On reverse: "To Jonathan Peekm, West Port"

col. 210 box 2

66x110

Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

1836

E.B. Gibson

Hospitals

Drawing in sepia; inscribed "View from our house, S.E.Corner of Spruce & Eighth Sts. Phila....

col. 210 box 2

69x034; 3220

Quidenham,Norfolk (England)

[1800-1849]

[May Lindley]

Room layout (Dwellings); Libraries

Ink & wash; Library with furnishings and figures

Col. 210 box 2

69x186.22

C.T. Baldwin Del.

Architecture, Domestic

ink drawing of exterior of mansion with Gothic windows

col. 210 box 2

70x008; 3372

[New Orleans, LA]

[1800-1850]

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor; house with pillared porches and trees

col. 210 box 2

70x042; 3406

[1800-1850]

Room layout (Dwellings); Interior architecture

Pen and ink; interior with furniture

col. 210 box 2

76x164; 6953

Residence of R.B. Holt

Ellenburgh Centre, NY

1852

Architecture, Domestic

Pencil on paper

col. 210 box 2

76x177; 6971

Boardwalk

North Pier at Straight Cut Harbor, MI

[1850-1899]

Walkways; engineering drawings

Pen & ink; plans & specs.; materials est.

col. 210 box 2

78x170-171; 7831

1. Donnells 2. Lyceum of Nat. History

1. Water Street, [New York, NY] 2. New York, NY

1. n.d.2.1835

1. unknown 2. Town & Davis

Public buildings; Facades

2 drawings: #1 inscribed "Donnells Water Street adjoins Tammany Hall; exterior and floor plan;#2 inscribed Lyceum of Nat. History"

col. 210 box 2

79x166; 8112

Draw bridge H.[udson] R. [iver} R. [ail] R.[oad]

Fishkill, NY

Bridges; drawbridges

some color. on reverse: Draw Bridge H.R.R.R. Dennings[?] Point 21

col. 210 box 2

80x030.2

Room layout (Dwellings)

outline of room with measurements for windows

col. 210 box 2

94x050.1

Hopkinson House

Bordentown, NJ

Architecture, Domestic

watercolor of house with trees and figures

Col. 210 box 2

PH 1140

Phillips Home

[West Chester, PA]

Charles D. Phillips

Room layouts

Plan of first and second stories, with key for rooms

Col. 210 box 2

PH 1141

Beaver Home

[West Chester, PA]

John Beaver

Architecture; Domestic

elevation of house and barn with notes

Col. 210 box 2

PH 1142

Architecture

drawing of unidentified building

Col. 210 box 2

PH 992.1-.2

Academy of Music

Philadelphia, PA

1854

S.D. Button

Public buildings

drawings of elevations on Locust and Broad Sts.

col. 210 box 2 and box 9

85x218.1-3

[New England, attrib.]

[1775-1789]

Room layout (Dwellings)

Three unidentified interior drawings with measurements

Col. 210 box 3

03x132

Church architecture

Pencil drawing of small church with steeple with cemetery. Illegible inscription.

Col. 210 box 3

07x150.2

Allen Cottage

1885

Evelyn L. Cox

Architecture, Domestic

Pen and ink sketch of house with gingerbread decoration, awnings, and porches on first and second floor. Man in rocking chair on porch, hammock on side porch, and fence in front. Also has negative.

Col. 210 box 3

10x018.1a-b

Tendring Hall

1786

Architecture -- Details

Drawings of six fireplaces, labeled eating rooms, drawing room & dressing room, library.

col. 210 box 3

96x132

Buffalo, NY

1830

E. Gilbert

Henry Bragman

Room layout (Dwellings)

3 layouts, showing windows, stairs, placements; with written agreement for building

col. 210 box 3

96x134

Grand Rapids, MI

1855

Br. Ossian

Joel A. Simonds

Room layout (Dwellings)

letters about farm property, newly built barn, with floor plan of house would like to build

Col. 210 box 3

97x033.113

Sanford Homestead

Sandy Hook, CT

Sanford

L. Sanford

Architecture, Domestic

watercolor drawing of small house, another building, people, animals, trees

col. 210 box 3

97x039.1-.5

ME

ca. 1850

WM. Wood

Schools; Room layout (Dwellings)

written details of school, with layout, exterior, and framing patern

col. 210 box 3

99x055.1-.2

[1700-1799]

Architecture -- Details

1. Arched doorway 2. Classical doorway

col. 210 box 4

65x105.1-.9; 1993

New York State prison

1827

[George W. Cartwright]

Public buildings

Pencil and ink and wash drawings of elevations, cross-sections, and floor plans.

col. 210 box 4

66x099; 2459

Newton Theological Institution

Newton, MA

[1835-1840]

August J. Hanson

Theological Seminaries

Pencil drawing of buildings and grounds

col. 210 box 4

66x156.1-2; 2593

n.d.

Architecture, Domestic

Unidentified drawing; found with letter Conrad Doll to Henry Snevelly, 1786; both found in "British Architect" by Abraham Swan (1775) in RBR

col. 210 box 4

68x110.1-.4

Villa

Newfoundland, Canada

1844

Hon. Charles Fox Bennett

J. Purcell

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawings of three elevations and plan of principal story of Gothic Revival house.

Col. 210 box 4

69x186.21

Belfast Castle - Seat of the Marquess of Donegall

C.T. Baldwin Del.

Architecture, Domestic; Castles

ink drawing of exterior of castle and surrounding land

Col. 210 box 4

69x186.23

Clinton Chase

Architecture, Domestic

watercolor drawing of shingle-style Victorian house

Col. 210 box 4

69x186.24

Architecture, Domestic

ink drawing of large house with many gables

Col. 210 box 4

69x186.25

Architecture, Domestic

ink drawing of large house

col. 210 box 4

69x189; 3313

Friends Meeting House

20th St. near 3rd Ave., New York, NY

[1859]

[King & Kellum]

Church architecture

Pen & ink; exterior

col. 210 box 4

70x023.1-5; 3387

.3 & .5 1855

.3 & .5 Felch and Chesley

Architecture, Domestic

5 watercolors of domestic exteriors;.3 & .5 inscribed "Signed and delivered this the thirtieth day of June A.D. 1855. In the presence of Mrs. A. M. H. Greenman[,] Anna Ch. Harding[,] Felch and Chesley"

col. 210 box 4

70x032; 3396

[1850-1900]

Church architecture

Watercolor; Tuscan Revival Church

col. 210 box 4

70x033; 3397

Philadelphia Dispensary

Philadelphia, PA

[1750-1800]

Hospitals

Pen & ink; inscribed "Plan and Elevation of the Philadelphia Dispensary

col. 210 box 4

70x045; 3409

ca. 1825

Church architecture; Schools

End elevation of a church or school

Col. 210 box 5

02x137.7

Steers House

Water Mill, New York

James R. Steers

G. Curtis Gillespie

Architecture -- Details

pen and ink drawings of fireplaces after designs of Count Rumford

Col. 210 box 5

06x009

Greenwich Landing

Greenwich, NJ

1793

John Sheppard

Jonathan Wood

Architecture

Reproduction of drawing showing several houses and buildings.

Col. 210 box 5

06x174

ca. 1865-1875

Architecture

Drawing in pen and ink of a house with a Mansard roof.

col. 210 box 5

71x165; 3655

Estate of Sam. R. Filley Esq., West Farms

Westchester Co., NY

1872

A. Fteley C.E.

Farm layout

Watercolor; aerial view with references to water systems

col. 210 box 5

72x076; 3817

India Wharf

Boston, MA

[1809-1814]

J[ohn] R[ubens] S[mith]

Wharves

Pencil and wash drawing

col. 210 box 5

74x297; 6436

[Hudson Valley, NY]

[1800-1849]

1.Architecture, Domestic--N.Y.; Neoclassicism (Architecture)

Pencil drawing of Greek Revival house; Possibly along Hudson R. near Claverack, N.Y.; possibly Plum Point, Haverstraw, N.Y. ca. 1838 for Samuel Verplanck

col. 210 box 5

77x488.1-2; 7558

1. Tomb of Wm. Byrd 2. Byrd Mansion

Westover, VA

1891

Century Co.

J.D. Woodward

1. Tombs; Landscape Architecture 2. Architecture -- Details

2 ink & wash drawings: 1. Inscribed "Tomb of Wm. Byrd and Old English Gateway, Westover, Va.", used by The Century Co. for an article in Century Magazine, June 1891. 2. Inscribed "Doorway to the Byrd Mansion, Westover, Va.", in Century Mag., June 1891

col. 210 box 5

81x050-51; 8547

Betsy Ross House

Philadelphia, PA

n.d.

Hobart Nichols

1.Architecture, Domestic 2. Landscape Architecture

2 pen drawings: 1. Betsy Ross House 2. Gazebo

col. 210 box 5

85x227.1-3

[probably Italian]

[1815-1830]

Mural painting and decoration; Ceilings

Three watercolor designs for ornamented plaster ceilings; 1. ceiling compartmented in Gothic style with neo-classical ornament 2. neo-classical/late Empire 3. Ada (style)

Col. 210 box 5b

07x080

North Bergen [NJ]

1853

Architecture

Drawing of side and front elevation of a barn with underground level.

Col. 210 box 5b

08x126.2

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing of large house.

Col. 210 box 5b

08x126.3

Peabody Hall

Architecture -- Details

Three drawings of staircases, doorways, mirrors, woodwork.

Col. 210 box 5b

09x019.1-.5

Paris, France

1930s

M. Chouchon

R. Valance et Cie

Interior architecture

drawings of interiors of apartment showing fireplaces and furniture

Col. 210 box 5b

10x089.1-.2

T.S. Underhill house

St. Johnsville, NY

1919

T.S. Underhill

Enterprise Iron Works, Indianapolis, IN

Architecture -- Details

Two drawings of outline of gate frame with location of hinges and iron gate.

Col. 210 box 5b

16x032

Town Hall

Public buildings

Exterior of Town Hall.

Col. 210 box 5b

16x073.1

Architecture -- Details

Wall with staircase, balusters, and decorations.

Col. 210 box 5b

2017x021a-b

1911

G. T. Barrows

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing of dwelling.

Col. 210 box 5b

2017x146.5

Architecture -- Details

Drawing of sectioned elevation showing doorways, windows, staircases.

Col. 210 box 5b

2017x146.6

Interior architecture

Watercolor drawing of alcove and staircase.

Col. 210 box 5b

2017x146.7

1949

Richard Wood Baldwin

Interior architecture

Watercolor drawing of interior of room with fireplace.

Col. 210 box 6

65x071; 1950

Newark B[ros. ?] Insurance Co.

111 Broadway, New York

[New York, NY]

[1860-69]

Richard Upjohn & Co.

Office Buildings

Watercolor; Inscribed "Wheaton & Brown Stone Cutters [and] Richd Upjohn & Co. Architects 111 Broadway, N.Y.

Col. 210 box 6

65x093.1-.4

Bridgeton, NJ

1815

Ezekial Foster

Commercial Buildings

3 drawings of elevation and layout with measurements of fireproof building with cost estimate

Col. 210 box 6

69x186.27

Architecture

ink and wash drawing or portico with 4 columns and elaborately carved pediment and 5 statues on top

Col. 210 box 6

70x104; 3478

Hutchinsens Island, Savannah, GA

[1842]

Nathaniel Campfield

Factories--Design and construction

Wash drawing inscribed "Savannah River. Diagram of Sketch of lot No. 1 on Hutchinsen Isand...at the time it was purchased by the Savanah Steam Saw Mill Company"

Col. 210 box 6

71x100; 3590

Chatham Row and Ann St., New York, NY

[1850-1899]

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing of two elevations of building

Col. 210 box 6

72x005; 3762

Washington, D.C.

1798

Nicholas King

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor of house and room layout inscribed "A Plan and Perspective-View of a house and other buildings belonging to Mr. Edwd. Langley, on Square No. 651 in the City of Washington"

col. 210 box 6

75x011.1-2; 6558

Pawcatuck, RI

[1750-1799]

Bridges; engineering drawings

Ink of plan of a bridge with measurements inscribed "Plan of the Bridge" along with list of the length of bridge timber inscribed "Length of Pawcatuck Bridge Timber"

col. 210 box 6

75x012; 6559

York Bridge

County of York [Maine], Commonwealth of Massachusetts

1761

Bridges

Ink and watercolor; inscribed "Draught of a Bridge, built over York river in the county of York of commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1761. Copied from Majr Saml Sewall's draft"

col. 210 box 6

76x153; 6943

[Frederick County, MD]

ca. 1860

A.S. Bailey

Architecture, Domestic

Pencil drawing of house and barn with trees and animals

col. 210 box 6

77x340

Dayton, OH

[1875]

B.B. Lehman

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing inscribed "Front Elevation Design for a Residence for Henry Stoddard Esq."

col. 210 box 6

78x268; 7928

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Morningside Heights, NY

1901

C.A. Vanderhoof

Church architecture

Pencil drawing of interior of church, signed and dated by artist; with label of Art Dept.,Century Co., N.Y.

Col. 210 box 6

PH 1139a-b

Minor St.

West Chester, PA

R.E. Monaghan

Addison Hutton

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Elevations and floor plans for two houses.

col. 210 box 7

79x267; 8186

n.d.

Facades

Ink and wash drawing of building front; inscribed "Elevation on Court Street"

col. 210 box 7

83x156

Car Lining Works of Cha's Husband & Co.

Taunton, MA

1873

Factories--Design and construction

Ink drawing of multi-building layout inscribed " Plan of the Car Lining Works of Cha's Husband & Co. Taunton. May, 1873. J.F. Montgomery Eng'r."

Col. 210 box 8

03x071.1-.2

Elm Street

Long Island City, NY

1899

Gustave S. Scherer

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Front elevation and floor plans for a three story double flat frame dwelling.

Col. 210 box 8

03x072.1-.4

Rockaway Beach, NY

H.W. Nolte

Julius A. Jezek

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Front elevation, floor plans, attic & roof plan, section of club house, and plan of spiling for house.

Col. 210 box 8

03x073.1-.6

Woodland Ave.

Woodhaven, Long Island, NY

John F. Reichard

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Front and side elevations, floor plans for two stories, cellar, and attic for house.

Col. 210 box 8

03x074.1-.4

A.T. Harmer

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Front and rear elevations, floor plans. First floor has store in front with a laundry room behind; second floor is living space.

Col. 210 box 8

03x075.1-.2

[NY]

Peter Schreiner

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Front and west side elevations, floor plans for basement and first floor. Store in basement.

Col. 210 box 8

04x103

Engineering drawings

Design for a forge or kiln; text in German.

Col. 210 box 8

05x066.10

1920

Doan

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing of elevation of house with columned portico, dormer windows, porte cochere.

Col. 210 box 8

10x040.2

S.G. Brown house

Hanover, NH

ca. 1845

S.G. Brown

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

drawing of elevation of home with floor plans for cellar, entrance story, chamber story, and attic; watermark reads "J Whatman/Turkey Mill/1845."

Col. 210 box 8

12x138.5

Architecture, Domestic

Watercolor drawing of house with a Palladian window, a piazza, set in a garden with a fountain. 12x138.6 may be its floor plan.

Col. 210 box 8

12x138.6

M. Biderman

Architecture; Room layouts

Floor plans for basement, ground floor, and first floor. May be plans for 12x138.5.

Col. 210 box 8

16x001.1

1874

Robert C. Simons

Architecture

Exterior of building with double doors, cupola, and weathervane.

Col. 210 box 8

16x001.2

1870s

Robert C. Simons

Architecture -- Details; Music

Drawing of pipe organ in case with many woodwork details.

Col. 210 box 8

16x001.3

1870s

Robert C. Simons

Architecture

Drawing of exterior of three bay building.

Col. 210 box 8

16x001.4

1870s

Robert C. Simons

Architecture -- Details

Drawing of set of two pedimented windows.

Col. 210 box 8

16x002

Architecture

Front elevation of building with mansard roof and elaborate details. Note: As the old building would appear with two additional stories. Mounted on board.

Col. 210 box 8

16x031

Blackburn & Charlot (crossed out)

Architecture

Front elevation of a building.

Col. 210 box 8

16x033

Architecture, Domestic

Elevation of a dwelling.

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.2

Architecture; Room layouts

Plans of two floors. First floor has entrance, oval room and four square rooms. Second floor has several rooms of different sizes. Two pieces with German text glued on.

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.3

Modena, Italy

1820

Luigi Poletti

Architecture

Drawing of exterior of domed building, possibly for a garden in Modena. Text in Italian.

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.4

Architecture

Drawing of section of building with arched door, columns, and two different pediments. Also oval floor plan. Matted.

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.5

Architecture -- Details

Drawing of section of wall along hall showing a series of doors between columns. Titled "sezione per lungo della sala."

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.6

Architecture; Room layouts

Drawing of exterior of building with many bays. Also floor plan with notes in French.

Col. 210 box 8

16x073.7

Architecture

Drawing of exteriors of arcaded buildings overlooking water with ship. Also plan of garden.

col. 210 box 8

90x089

Schuylkill Run Bridge; Landcaster Schuylkill Bridge

Lancaster Co., PA

ca. 1834

Bridges; Farm layout

Watercolor and ink; 1 piece containing 6 images: 4 of farms with drawings of house exteriors, room layouts and farm layouts inscribed "Plans of Farms"; 2 of bridges inscribed "Schulkill Permanent Bridge [and] Upper Ferry or Lancaster Schulkill Bridge"

Col. 210 box 8

98x143

Rochester, NY

1875

Bridges

Drawing from Leighton Bridge & Iron Works showing wrought iron trestle work over Alder Run, Elmira & State Line Railroads. Letter from company.

col. 210 box 9

02x011

Architecture, Domestic

pencil sketch of Victorian home; on lined paper from Globe Hotel, Syracuse, NY

col. 210 box 9

02x061.1

Madison Mill

[1825-1850]

Hugo O. Sheerbarth (?)

Commercial Buildings

pencil sketch of 3 and 1/2 story building; bottom left corner with details torn

col. 210 box 9

02x061.2

Concord

[1850-1899]

Nicholas Pyle

Dr. Isaac Lea

Architecture, Domestic

pencil sketch of 2 story dwelling with written details at bottom

Col. 210 box 9

03x063.14

Architecture

drawing of doorway and several windows with circular staircase

Col. 210 box 9

04x082

castle

Hamburg, Germany

1818

Castles

Color drawing in ink of castle grounds. Each section labeled with letter and written explanation.

Col. 210 box 9

05x155.1-.2

Court Room of First Court house

Northampton, MA

after 1820

Public buildings; Room layout

layout of courtroom with descriptions of sections; drawing of fence oustide building

Col. 210 box 9

07x046

Ackworth

England

Architecture; Schools

fragment of drawing of large country house called Ackworth; still serves as main building of a Quaker school founded in 1779 south of Leeds.

Col. 210 box 9

10x099.1-.2

1819

Architecture -- Details

two drawings of ornamented columns.

Col. 210 box 9

12x138.4

Architecture, Domestic

Elevation of a house with a mansard roof.

Col. 210 box 9

12x138.7a

ca. 1880

Architecture -- Details

Drawing of window with colored glass, on back of decorative paper.

Col. 210 box 9

12x138.7b

ca. 1880

Architecture, Domestic

Drawing of part of house in Carpenter Gothic style, with rough sketches of several houses (one may be a castle) and mathematical calculations.

Col. 210 box 9

16x070.18

Octave

Octave

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Ground plan of house with key for spaces; description on reverse.

Col. 210 box 9

2017x036.4

W.H. Derham’s house

Rockford, Illinois

ca. 1880

W.H. Derham

Shand & Gilbert

Architecture, Domestic

Pen and ink sketch of exterior.

col. 210 box 9

82x097.1-2

Eastern Penitentiary

J. Haviland

Prisons--Construction

2 aerial views of prison; "inscribed "Plan of the Eastern Penitentiary"

col. 210 box 9

91x063.17

Architecture, Domestic

watercolor drawing of flank elevation of Victorian home

col. 210 box 9

96x132

1860

Andrew Nichols

Room layout (Dwellings)

floor plans for a 2 story dwelling with measurements, pencil notes

col. 210 box 9

96x135

ca. 1860

G. Deveruex

Room layout (Dwellings)

sketch of 2 floor plans, framing pattern, one outside view

col. 210 box 9

97x028.15

Room layout (Dwellings)

pencil sketch of floor plan with bedrooms, parlor, hall, dining room, kitchen, buttery

Col. 210 map case E dr 3

2017x017

Home du Grand Air de Liege

Architecture

Principal façade of building.

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

63x098

Leland Palace

New Rochelle, NY

ca. 1855

Simon Leland

W.T. Beers

Architecture, Domestic; Gothic Revival (Architecture)

Large watercolor of facade of ornate mansion; stored framed

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

65x017; 1872

Hon. Rodney French's Farm

Berkley, MA

1846

Geo. A. Briggs

Farm layout

Large drawing of farm with several inscriptions

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

65x101

Lyndhurst

[New York]

Tarrytown, NY

1842

John Johnston

Architecture, Domestic

Large watercolor of facade; stored framed

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

67x106.36

ca. 1900-1930

Paul Roecklin

Interior architecture; Mantels

4 watercolor elevations of Gothic style rooms and furnishings. Possibly French.

Col. 210 map case E drawer 1

69x186.26

Architecture

ink and wash drawing of front elevation and partial rear elevation of four story building

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

76x405;7110

Church of Our Savior

Philadelphia, PA

[38th Ludlow St., Philadelphia]

1881

David S. Gendell

Church architecture

Ink and wash; inscribed "David S. Gendell, Architect, 1881"

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

87x072

[Iowa State Capitol]

[Iowa]

ca. 1840

U.B. White

Capitols; Public buildings

Large pen & watercolor drawing of building facade

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

87x073

[Iowa State Capitol]

[Iowa]

ca. 1840

U.B.White

Capitols; Public buildings

Large pen & watercolor drawing of building façade

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

94x078

Hopedale or Milford (MA)

ca.1896

J.D.Smith

Schools

watercolor of parochial school building with female figures

Col. 210 map case E drawer 3

06x160

Elson Glass Co.

Factories

Watercolor drawing of buildings of Elson Glass Co. with automobiles in street. Company started in the 1880s, was taken over by the West Virginia Glass Co. in 1893, and its buildings went dark in 1903. Fenton Brothers then opened the business again.

Col. 210 map case E drawer 3

08x161.1

Bigot House

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Fortification

blueprint of exterior; brochure about fortress.

Col. 210 map case E drawer 3

08x161.2

Magazin General

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Fortification

blueprint of exterior; brochure about fortress.

Col. 210 on top of map cases 1-3 in grey box

69x205

Private city residence

ca. 1880

O.V. Clark

Architecture, Domestic

pen on tracing paper; Romanesque Revival style house

Col. 210, box 10

2019x058.1

Architecture

Watercolor of unidentified gothic ceiling

Col. 210, box 10

2019x058.2

Architecture

Watercolor of unidentified gothic ceiling

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.18

Mount Vernon

1937

George Washington

Frederic Dalrymple

Architecture, domestic

Watercolor of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.19

Nassau Hall

Princeton, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Schools

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.20

Old Barracks

Trenton, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.21

Springfield Presbyterian Church

Springfield, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Church architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.22

McKonkey Ferry House

Washington Crossing, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.23

Tempe Wick House

Morristown, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture, domestic

Sketch of the façade

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.24

Colonel Jacob Ford Mansion

Morristown, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture, domestic

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.25

Theunis Day Mansion

Totowa, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture, domestic

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.26

Christ Episcopal Church

Shrewsbury, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Church architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.27

Indian King Tavern

Haddonfield, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.28

Morven

Princeton, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture, domestic

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.29

Wallace House

Somerville, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Architecture, domestic

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 5b

2018x058.30

Tennent Church

Freehold, New Jersey

1976

Lucille Hobbie

Church architecture

Sketch of the façade.

Col. 210, box 9

2019x058.3

Coatesville Country Club

Coatesville (Pennsylvania)

Architecture

Sketch of exterior of building.

Col. 986

10x097

J.M. Howe house

ca. 1890

J.M. Howe

Nolan Brothers, Rochester, NY

E.B. Nolan

Interior architecture

drawing of woman and dog in sitting room with fireplace; another version of this drawing appeared in "American Architect and Building News" Feb. 1, 1890.

 

 

Section II Prints

Archtectural Prints

Call number

Accession number

BUILDING NAME

PLACE

DATE

OWNER

ARCHITECT

ARTIST

ENGRAVER

PUBLISHER

SUBJECTS

Description

col. 210 box 2

72x060; 3801

Bank of the United States

Philadelphia, PA

W.Strickland

F.Kearny

Banks

Facade of bank building

col. 210 box 5

72x061; 3802

Troy Female Seminary

Troy, NY

[1850-1899]

Schools

Black and white litho of buildings and grounds

col. 210 box 5

72x063; 3804

Chancy Hall School & First Congregational Church

Boston

1857

W.Wand

Prang & Mayer's Lith.

Schools; Church architecture

Colored lithograph of buildings with figures

col. 210 box 2

72x124; 3830

Greene Co., PA

J. Randolph Bayard

Farms

Color litho of house built about 1785 and grounds; titled Res. of J.Randolph Bayard.Dairy Farm, 120 Acres.Situated on the Monongahela river. At Rice's Landing.Lock No.6.Greene Co. Pa.

col. 210 box 1

72x136; 3837

Bank of the United States

Philadelphia, PA

W.Strickland

Bibliogr. Instituts in Hildburghhausen

Banks

Engraving with color; titled in German

col. 210 box 1

72x137; 3837

Girard's Bank

Philadelphia, PA

Bibliogr. Inst. in Hildbh.

Banks

Engraving with color; Buildings with figures

col. 210 box 1

72x149.2

Merchants exchange

New York

[1800-1849]

Commercial buildings

color litho of building with figures; on blank lettersheet

col. 210 box 1

72x249; 3877

Patapsco Female Institute

Baltimore, MD

[1851-1870]

E.Sachse & Co.

Schools

Color lithograph

col. 210 box 5

72x255; 3883

United States Capitol

Washington, D.C.

1866

T.U.Walter

T.U.Walter

Geo.E.Perine

Johnson's Atlas

Capitols

Engraving with written description of of the building and history of the U.S.Capitol Building

col. 210 box 1

72x256.1-4; 3884

1.Arcade 2.State House 3.Ruins of the old fort Connanicut 4.First Baptist Church and Unitarian Church

1.Providence, RI 2. Newport, RI 3.Rhode Island 4. Providence, RI

[1850-1899]

2. 7 3. drawn by G.Wall

Public buildings; Church architecture

Engravings with historical vignettes and designs surrounding central image

col. 210 box 1

72x269; 3897

Capitol of New Hampshire

Concord, NH

[1800-1849]

Capitols

Wood-engraving of facade with trees and people

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

76x413

New State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, PA

J.Haviland

C.G.Childs

R.de Silver

Prisons--construction

Large engraving of aerial view of prison showing design for cell blocks and facade

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

70x118

Croton; Engineering Drawings

New York

[1840-1842]

John B. Jervis, Chief Engineer

Theophilus Schramke

Hayward's litho

Aqueducts

Titled "Profile of lower part of the Croton Aquaduct" from Westchester County to New York City. Color litho. shows several N.y.C. buildings

col. 210 map case E drawer 1

77x151; 7309

Mount Pleasant Prison

[Sing Sing, NY]

ca. 1840

T.J.Carmichael

P.Desobry

Prisons--construction

Large black & white litho. of plan, elevations & sections of prison

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

78x084

The Bluffs

Mt. Desert Ferry, ME

[1880-1889]

Geo.H.Walker & Co.

Hotels

Large colored litho. of hotel on cliff with boats surrounding

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

78x269; 7929

Central Baptist Church

Newport, RI

1879

J.P.Newell

J.P.Newell

J.P.Newell

Church architecture

Large colored litho. of church with figures

col. 210 map case E drawer 2

79x268; 8187

Ohio Head-Quarters, Centenial Grounds

Philadelphia, PA

1875

Heard & Sons

W.J.Morgan & Co.

U.S.--Centennial celebrations

Large colored litho of building with figures

col. 210 box 1

76x083.1 &.4

1.State House 4.The Eight Square Schoolhouse

1.Annapolis, MD 4.Lumberville, PA

4.[1823-1868]

4.Gatchel & Manning

1.Columb. Mag[azine]

1.Capitols 4.Schools

1.Black & white engraving 4.Magazine illustration. Accompanied by manuscript history of school

Col. 210 box 1

71x025

Paris Opera House

Paris, France

1970

Schyler Watts Typography

Public buildings

Cross section of Opera House; used on invitation for Golier Club exhibition opening; engraving from Charles Garnier's "Le Nouvel Opera", 1875-1881

col. 210 box 1 .1-.5; box 2 .6-.7

76x097.2-7; 6903

2.Res. of Arthur Middleton 3.Tontine Hotel 4.&5.Mount Holyoke Seminary 6.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 7.American Mills

2.Charlestown, SC 3. [New Haven, CT] 4.&5. Springfield, MA. 6.[Pennsylvania] 7.n.p.

2.[1850] 3.[1825-1835] 4.&.5[1850-1899] 6.1863 7.[1850-1899]

2.Arthur Middleton

2.J.H.Bolles 3.O'Brien & J.W.Barber 6. S. Geil

3.O'Brien &J.W.Barber 4.&5.Thos.Chubbuck

2.Architecture, Domestic 3.Hotels; 4.-6. Schools 7. Mills and millworks

2. Color lithograph; 3.-6. lithographs; 7. engraving

col. 210 box 1

76x271

Andover Theological seminary

Massachusetts

Pendletons lith.

Schools

buildings in landscape; on blank lettersheet

col. 210 box 1

76x418.39-41; 7117

1.Rutland High School 2. Ripley Female College

1.Rutland, VT 2.Poultney, VT 3.Ipswich, MA

1. [1850-1899] 2. [c1869] 3.1839

1. F.Mowrey

2.Richardson

Schools

1.Color lithograph of school exterior and yard; "from a photo by F. Mowrey 2. Color lithograph 3.Color woodblock titled "Meeting House Hill"

col. 210 box 4

66x088; 2439

Aston Ridge Seminary for Young Ladies

Delaware County, PA

T.Sinclair's Lith.

Schools

Color lithograph

col. 210 box 4

69x005;3186

Brooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies

Brooklyn, NY

[1826-1837]

J.M.Roberts

Imbert, Lithographer

Schools

Colored lithograph of building

col. 210 box 4

69x226.1;3351

Independence Hall

Philadelphia, PA

1861

E.B.Wells

J.B. Neagle

Room layouts

Engraving of interior of Independence Hall with figures; inscribed "Ledger Carriers Annual Greeting 1861 The Hall of Independence" with poem engraved below image

col. 210 box 1

69x047.1-2; 3235

Holland

167?

Johannes Teyler

Architecture, Domestic

Two-color prints of city houses in Holland

col. 210 box 1

69x087; 3264

Court House

St. Louis

[1838]

Court houses

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 1

69x088; 3265

Astor House

New York

[1830]

Bibli. Institin Hildbhsn.

Hotels

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 1

69x089; 3266

U.S. Capitol

Washington, D.C.

[1800-1850]

Gottlieb Haase Sohne

Capitols

Black & white engraving of Capitol (unfinished) with figures; title in German

col. 210 box 1

69x162; 3284

J. Dorsey's Gothic Mansion

J.Dorsey

B.Tanner

Mills

Architecture, Domestic

Engraving with color of elevation

col. 210 box 1

69x188;3312

T.W. Dyott Glass Works

Philadelphia, PA

T.W.Dyott

W.L.Breton

Factories

Black & white litho. of factories on the river with boats

col. 210 box 1

69x190; 3314

Race Bridge Fair Mount Water Works

Philadelphia, PA

C.Burton

Bridges

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 4

70x013; 3377

Girard College

Philadelphia

1848

Aug. Kollner

Deroy, Lithographer

Goupil, Vibert & Co.

Schools

Colored litho of buildings with figures and horse drawn streetcar

col. 210 box 4

70x014; 3378

General Post-Office

Washington, D.C.

1848

Aug. Kollner

Deroy, Lithographer

Goupil, Vibert & Co.

Public buildings

Colored lithograph of building with figures

col. 210 box 1

70x016; 3380

Foots-Cray Place

Kent (England)

[1748]

Bourchier Cleeve Esqr.

Robt.Sayer

Architecture, Domestic

Engraving with color of manor house in pastoral landscape with figures

col. 210 box 1

70x017; 3381

Northumberland House

London

[1748]

Robt.Sayer

London--Description--Views; Commercial buildings

Engraving with color showing buildings, statues, figures

col. 210 box 4

70x018;3382

Royal Exchange

London

[1748]

J.Caldwell

Robt.Sayer

London--Description--Views; Commercial buildings

Engraving with color of street with buildings, horse-drawn vehicles and figures

col. 210 box 1

70x019; 3383

Ironmongers Hall

London

[1748]

Robt.Sayer

London--Description--Views; Commercial buildings

Engraving with color of street with buildings, horse-drawn vehicles, and figures

col. 210 box 1

70x026; 3390

Philadelphia, PA

[1800-1849]

T.Nelson and Sons

Philadelphia--Description--Views

Folder of 10 engraved colored views of Philadelphia buildings

col. 210 box 1

70x036; 3400

Dawson's Brewery

Philadelphia, PA

[1850-1899]

Dawson

W.E.Brelon

Breweries

Black & white litho. of building

col. 210 box 1

70x037; 3401

Gould & Co. Furniture

Philadelphia, PA

[1850-1899]

Gould

Galaxy Pub. Co.

Commercial buildings

Engraving of building

col. 210 box 1

70x058; 3422

Moore & York Cabinet Manufactory

Philadelphia, PA

[1850-1899]

Thos H. Moore & Henry York

Galaxy Pub.Co.

Commercial buildings

Black & white engraving of warehouse with horse-drawn delivery van

col. 210 box 5

71x096; 3586

Washington Hall

Broadway, New York

Public buildings

Colored lithograph of facade with figures

col. 210 box 5

71x143; 3632

W. K. Vanderbilt House

5th Ave., New York

W. K. Vanderbilt

Joseph Pennell

Century Co., N.Y.

Architecture, Domestic

Reproduction, probably for magazine illustration

col. 210 box 5

71x169; 3659

First Congregational Church

Broadway, New York

1845

D.H.Arnot

Penmork Lith.

Church architecture

Colored lithograph of church facade with figures

col. 210 box 5

71x170; 3660

Philadelphia Bank

Philadelphia, PA

ca. 1840

Banks

Colored engraving inscribed "Philadelphia Bank on Fourth Street Philadelphia, Built 1809 Taken down 1837

col. 210 box 3

71x227.1

Goubernent Wesleyan Seminary

1855

Miss E.W. Wright del.

Schools

engraving of buildings with coach; on lettersheet; social letter from R.W.Keene

col. 210 box 1

71x232; 3722

Bank of the United States

Philadelphia, PA

W.Strickland

Kneass, Young & Co.

M. Thomas

Banks

Engraving titled "Front elevation of the Bank of the U.S."

col. 210 box 1

71x233; 3723

City Hall

New York

I.Baker

Pendleton

Public buildings

Black & white

col. 210 box 2

71x250; 3740

White Hall

Bristol College, PA

n.d.

Alex. J.Davis

Currier's

Schools

Black & white litho of plan and elevation

col. 210 box 1

71x251; 3741

Clifton Hall

Bristol College, PA

n.d.

Currier's [?]

Schools

Black & white litho of elevation

col. 210 box 2

71x254; 3744

Springfield Academy

New York

[1850-1899]

D.Needham

C.E.Parmele

E.B.&E.C.Kellogg

Schools

Color litho of building with grounds and figures

col. 210 box 5

73x245; 6176

United Presbyterian Church & Parsonage

Coils, NY

[1800-1849]

Church architecture

Colored litho

col. 210 box 6

73x248; 6179

Bridgeport, CT

[1850-1899]

Robert T. Clarke

Packard

Architecture, Domestic

Color litho. of house in landscaped setting with horse-drawn carriage

col. 210 box 5

73x249; 6180

Golden Hill

Bridgeport, CT

[1800-1849]

Jacob Kiefer

Packard

Architecture, Domestic

Lithograph of house with landscape and figures; inscribed "Residence of Mr. Jacob Kiefer, Golden Hill Bridgeport, Conn."

col. 210 box 5

74x360; 6485

Wardwell's Ferry

Allegheny River, above Warren Pa.

Mills and mill-work

Black & white litho of mill, ferry houses figures

col. 210 box 5

74x410; 6522

New Jail

District of Columbia

1856

Edward Clark

P.S.Duval & Sons Lith. Press, Phila.

Prisons

Facade and layout for prison

col. 210 box 5

75x013; 6560

New York, NY

[1850-1899]

John Keim

Johm Keim

Hay Brothers

Architecture, Domestic

Engraving of large ornate house with some walls and ground cut away to display gas lines and lighting in interior

col. 210 box 1 .2; box 2 .1

75x263.1-.2; 6759

Upper Ferry Bridge and Fair Mount Water Works

Philadelphia, PA

1830

C.Burton

Fenner Sears & Co.

Jennings & Chaplin & IT.Hinton

Bridges

Engraving of bridge with boats and figures; along with letter to Jacob Ridgway discussing management of bridge

col. 210 box 2

75x272

Williams College

Massachusetts

J.C.C.

J.C.Sharp's Press

Schools

Black & white litho. of buildings in landscape

col. 210 box 1

75x273

Williams college

Massachusetts

[1800-1849]

E.B.& E.C.Kellogg

Schools

buildings in rural setting; on blank lettersheet

col. 210 box 5

75x275.1

The College of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

ca. 1790

Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere

Schools

Modern reproduction of simple line drawing of buildings

col. 210 box 5

75x275.2

Philadelphia, PA

[1799]

W.Birch & Son

W.Birch & Son

Architecture, domestic; Schools

Modern reproduction of engraving of house intended for the President of the U.S. in Phila. also Home of the University of Pa. 1800-1829

col. 210 box 5

77x141

Lafayette Coffee-House

Salem, MA

Joseph S.Leavitt

Pendletons Lithog

Restaurants; Commercial buildings

Black & white litho of front of building

col. 210 box 1

77x306

Washington College

Lexington, VA

1846

Schools

buildings; on lettersheet; to James Munroe from H.Calhoun concerning missing shipment

col. 210 box 1

77x395.1-.4

lift bridge over Champlain Canal

Mechanicville, NY

1887

(ll.)

New York State Engineer on Canals

bridges

four prints of bridge design

col. 210 box 1

77x508

U.S.Naval Asylum [and] State House

Philadelphia, PA

Hospitals; Public buildings

on letterhead; titles in German

col. 210 box 1

77x509

State House

Philadelphia, PA

1850

A.Kollner's lith

public buildings

on lettersheet; title and subtitle in German

col. 210 box 1

77x513

Continental Hotel

Philadelphia, PA

[1850-1879]

Whitechurch

W.Syckelmore

Hotels

on lettersheet; building with figures

col. 210 box 1

77x607

Troy Female Seminary

Troy, NY

E.Forbes del.

W.L.Ormsby

Schools

buildings with trees and figures; on blank lettersheet

col. 210 box 1

78x135a

Smithsonian Institute

Washington, D.C.

1862

E.Sachse & Co.

C.Boln

Museums

color litho. of building; on lettersheet; letter frm George H.Allen to wife describing what he had seen

col. 210 box 2

78x160.2

Tomb of Frederick Graff

[Philadelphia]

[1850-1899]

J.J.Egan

S.Dainty

B.Granville

Sepulchral monuments

Black & white engraving of cemetary monument in park setting. Titled To the memory of Frederick Graff who designed and executed the Fair Mount Water Works

col. 210 box 7

78x244; 7899

The Troy Woolen Co.

Troy, NY

[1850-1899]

P.Catherwood

G.& W.Endicott

Factories

Tan, black,& white litho. of factory buildings

col. 210 box 2

78x270;7930

Washington Hose House; Diligent Engine House, Medical Building

Philadelphia, PA

[1807-1829]

Philadelphia--Description--Views; Hospitals; Fire-departments

Black & white engraving (proof) of 9th St between Chestnut & Market St., Philadelphia showing several buildings

col. 210 box 7

78x289; 7946

Wadsworth Atheneum

Hartford, CT

ca. 1845

[A.J.Davis]

a lady

Kellogg & Hanmer

Libraries; Museums

Black & white litho. of front view of building

col. 210 box 1

79x039.1

Moravian seminary for young ladies

Bethlehem, PA

1846

G.Grunewald

F.Humphrey

Schools

school buildings, with terms and prices listed; on lettersheet with letter describing the school from Henry A.Shultz

col. 210 box 2

79x184; 8129

The Mount Pleasant Classical Institution

Amherst, MA

V.Balch

Schools

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 1

79x294

Yale University

New Haven, CT

1849

Schools

buildings with printed invitation to attend graduation reunion

col. 210 box 1

79x296

Providence conference seminary

East Greenwich, RI

1848

Schools

buildings with figures; on lettersheet; letter fromWilliam T.Strong to parents discussing school

col. 210 box 1

80x042; 8308

Wm.H. Horstmann & Sons

Philadelphia, PA

ca. 1865

Wm.H.Horstmann

Commercial buildings

building formerly Friends Meeting House; also shows German Lutheran Church

col. 210 box 2

80x046;8311

Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul

Philadelphia, PA

[1860-1899]

P.S.Duval & Son Lith.

Church architecture

Black & white Litho of facade

col. 210 box 1

80x168; 8421

Ware near Sunderland (England)

[1790-1799]

WC

Bridges

Engraving in green titled "The effect of commerce", and "A West View of the IRON BRIDGE over the Wear near Sunderland Foundation stone laid by R.Burdon Esq. M.P. 1793. Span 236 Feet height 100d SOLD by Thos.Kirkup Ironmonger &c

col. 210 box 1

81x039; 8537

Astor House

New York

[1800-1849]

Astor

A. Dirk

A. Dirk

Bradbury, Soden & Co.

Hotels

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 1

81x040; 8537

Methodist Book Concern

[1800-1849]

Booksellers

Black & white engraving

col. 210 box 1

81x072; 8559

The Peoples Church

Boston, MA

1878

John Welsh

J.H.Buffords Sons

Church architecture

Color litho of red brick church

col. 210 box 1

81x075

The Arlington [and] Fort William Henry Hotel

Washington, D.C. [and] Lake George, NY

R.Roessle & Son

Hotels

Two black & white vignettes of hotels with food designs between

col. 210 box 2

81x122;8603

Old Bushwick Church L.I.

New York

1864

Cornelia T.Meeker

G.Hayward

McCloskey's Manual

Church architecture

Colored litho. of octagonal church and surrounding buildings

col. 210 box 1

81x265;8697

Iron Warehouse

New York

1854

John B.Wickersham

J.B.Wickersham

W.Roberts

Gleason's Pictorial

Furniture; interior decoration

Illustration of interior of warehouse of ironwork

col. 210 box 2

81x293

Old State House

Boston, MA

Tappen & Bradford's Lith.

Public buildings

Front and side view with figures

col. 210 box 1

81x298.1-7

Columbia College

New York

1825; 1839; 1846

Schools

Set of 7 small engraved cards for college commencements and college society anniversaries; 3 depict facade of Columbia College

col. 210 box 1

81x300

Furniture Warehouse

Warehouses; Wood-engraving

Woodblock with design of furniture warehouse

col. 210 box 1

81x301

Volunteer Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Hospitals

Woodblock with design of hospital; tissue proof from block

col. 210 box 1

81x303-304

1. Washington Hotel 2. Bowery Theater

1. Broadway, New York 2. New York

1. Jos. Harris S.C.

1. Hotels 2. Theaters

Small engravings of facades

col. 210 box 2

82x271

Meeting House

Boston, MA

C.Bullfinch

Church architecture

engraving on gray paper of east view of building

col. 210 box 7

85x112

West Boston Planing and Moulding Mill

Boston, MA

n.d. [1850-1899]

Wm.Washburn Jr. & Co.

Haskell & Allen

Mills and Millwork

Large color litho. of building with horse-drawn wagons and figures; advertising around building

col. 210 box 9

86x156

La Grange Terrace

No. 43 La Fayette Place, New York City, NY

Rev. John S.C. Abbott

Dakin

Architecture, Domestic

Engraving

col. 210 box 2

92x014

Missouri Female College

Boonville, MO

[1840-1870]

Ennis & Cheever

Schools

on stock certificate

col. 210 box 9

92x089

Schuylkill Bouldvard at Market...

Philadelphia, PA

[1850-1899]

Horace Trumbouer

Philadelphia--description--views

col. 210 box 2

92x162.113

Croton Aqueduct at Harlem River

New York

1850

G.Hayward

drawn for D.T.Valentine's Manual

Bridges

litho. with color

col. 210 box 5

94x050.4

General Store/Ralston N.J. Post Office

Ralston, NJ

[1950-1990]

H.E.Thompson

Post Offices

pencil notation on reverse "oldest post office in country"

col. 210 box 9

97x033.43

St. Stephen Walbrooke

[England]

Church architecture; Interior architecture

engraving of inside view of church

col. 210 box 9

97x033.47

Blackwell Hall

[England]

Facades

engraving of west front of Hall

col. 210 box 9

97x033.48

Presbyterian Meeting House

Federal St., Boston, MA

Warrall

Church architecture

engraving of meeting house

col. 210 box 9

97x033.49

Bromley College

Kent, England

Schools

engraving of façade of college, with scale

col. 210 box 9

97x033.51

Residence of Isaac Dyckman

Kingsbridge, NY

1861

Isaac Dyckman

Geo. Hayward, 171 Pearl St., New York, NY

D.T. Valentine's Manual

Architecture, Domestic; Landscape

view of house and surrounding landscape - outbuildings, trees, man with horse-drawn buggy

col. 210 box 9

97x033.52

Old Storehouses

cor. Pearl & Chatham Sts., New York, NY

1861

Lith. Of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York, NY

D.T. Valentine's Manual

Commercial buildings

view of several stores - boot & shoe store, children's clothing store, at crossroads

col. 210 box 9

97x033.55

President's House (White House)

Washington, D.C.

H. Brown

J. Andrews

Public buildings

engraving of White House with people strolling in front and gardening

col. 210 box 9

97x033.56

Churches on Green

New Haven, CT

1830

A.J. Davis, NY

Fenner Sears & Co.

Jennings & Chaplin & I.T. Hinton, London

Church architecture

handcolored engraving of view looking south west, across green, towards Yale College of churches on New Haven Green

col. 210 box 9

97x033.68

Crystal Palace

New York, NY

[1850-1859]

Carstensen & Gildemeister

Public buildings

colored lithograph of exterior of palace, with many people in front

col. 210 box 9

97x033.72

Christ Church

Church architecture

exterior of church

col. 210 box 9

97x033.73

St. Mark's Church

Church architecture

exterior of church

col. 210 box 9

97x033.74

Jacob Reed's Wholesale Clothing Establishment

S.W. corner of 5th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, PA

1852

Jacob Reed

Commercial buildings

exterior of store

col. 210 box 9

97x033.75

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Schools

exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.77

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul

1852

Church architecture

exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.78

Trinity Methodist Church

Philadelphia, PA

1852

Church architecture

exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.79

Preston Retreat

Philadelphia, PA

1852

Hospitals

exterior (lying-in hospital for women)

col. 210 box 9

97x033.80

Pennsylvania Military Academy

Chester, PA

1885

Schools

cut-out ad from magazine

col. 210 box 9

97x033.87

Gould & Co. Furniture

Ninth & Market Sts.

1876

Commercial buildings

exterior of store

col. 210 box 9

97x033.91

Old Bridewell in the Park

NY

1859

Geo. Hayward, 120 Water St., NY

D.T. Valentine's Manual

Prisons

exterior of prison as it stood about 1834

col. 210 box 9

97x033.92

La Pierre House

Philadelphia, PA

Hotels

colored view of exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.94

Pennsylvania Bank

Philadelphia, PA

Gilbert

Banks

exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.95

Hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences

Philadelphia, PA

1830

C. Burton, NY

Fenner Sears & Co.

Simpkin & Marshall & I.T. Hinton

Museums

handcolored view of exterior

col. 210 box 9

97x033.97

Girard's Bank

Philadelphia, PA

Banks

colored view of exterior

col. 210 box 9

98x056.1

Shirley Hill House

Shirley Hill, NH

19-

Hotels

view of exterior; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 9

98x103

New York Crystal Palace

New York, NY

[1850-1859]

J. Laing & Co.

Public buildings

exterior; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 9

01x044.12

Cooper House

Cooperstown, NY

Arthur S. Doane & Co. Eng's, Boston, MA

Hotels

exterior, with vignettes of Oswego Lake and Cooper Monument; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 9

01x044.14

Ingleside School

New Milford, CT

Schools

exterior; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 9

01x044.16

Imperial Hotel

Russell Square, London, WCI, England

Hotels

exterior, with illustrations of Winter Garden & Minstrel Gallery, entrance to Dining Room, Imperial Hall, & Turkish Baths; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 9

02x041.7

Burbank Hotel

Pittsfield, MA

[1890-1899]

Hotels

exterior; on lettersheet

col. 210 box 2

76x098.1007

Lancaster County Court House ?

Lancaster County, PA

Court houses

exterior; woodcut

col. 210 box 3

95x008.1-.7

Lake Mohonk Mountain House

Mohonk Lake, NY

ca. 1920s

Hotels

floor plans of 6 floors and office floor with sizes of some rooms; also grounds layout

col. 210 box 3

97x033.22a-I

Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA

1851

Commercial buildings; Streets

outlines of Chestnut St. from Second, Third, Fifth, Eighth & Ninth Sts. with names of buildings on either side; for complete set see RBR F158.67 C52* (Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory and panoramic advertiser)

col. 210 box 3

97x033.31

1. Church of St. George 2. Church of St. Paul

1. Queen Square, London, England 2. Covent Garden, London, England

Church architecture

exteriors showing north east prospect of both churches

col. 210 box 3

97x033.32

1. Church of St. Swithin 2. Church of St. Edmund 3. Church of St. Nicholas Coleabby

1. Cannon Street 3. Old Fifth Street

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.33

Church of St. George

Hanover Square

B. Cole

Church architecture

north west prospect

col. 210 box 3

97x033.34

1. Excise Office 2. Church of St. Olave

2. Southwark

B. Cole

Church architecture; Public buildings

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.35

1. Church of St. John 2. Church of St. Thomas

1. Hackney 2. Southwark

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.36

1. St. James 2. St. Anne's

Westminster

B. Cole

Church architecture

1. South prospect; 2. North prospect

col. 210 box 3

97x033.37

1. St. John 2. St. Mary

1. Southwark 2. Rotherhith

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.38

1. St. George 2. St. Ann

1. Ratcliff highway 2. Limehouse

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.39

1. St. Mary Magdalen 2. St. Mary

1. Bermondsey 2. Newington Butts

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.40

1. Christ Church 2. Church of St. Mary

1. Surry 2. Lambeth

B. Cole

Church architecture

south east prospects of both

col. 210 box 3

97x033.41

1. Church of St. Mary le Bone 2. Church of St. George

1. Middlesex 2. Bloomsbury

B. Cole

Church architecture

exteriors

col. 210 box 3

97x033.42

1. Chapel Royal of St. Peter 2. Church of St. Giles

1. In the Tower 2. Cripplegate

B. Cole

Church architecture

1. South east prospect 2. West prospect

col. 210 box 3

97x033.45

Bank of Pennsylvania ?

South Second St., Philadelphia, PA

W. Birch

W. Birch

Banks

exterior; many tears around edges

col. 210 box 3

97x033.93

Stephen Girard's Bank

Philadelphia, PA

1831

C. Burton, NY

Fenner Sears & Co.

I.T. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall, London, England

Banks

handcolored, exterior

col. 210 box 3

97x033.98

Wm. & Harvey Rowland's Steel & Spring Works

Frankford, Philadelphia, PA

Galaxy Pub. Co., Philadelphia, PA

Factories

exteriors of several buildings

col. 210 box 1

67x007b

Southampton Bar Gate

Bennett

Fortifications

gate with flag on top

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2a

Public Library

Boston, MA

Public buildings; Libraries

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2b

Masonic Temple

Boston, MA

Temples

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2c

Bunker's Hill

Charlestown, MA

Monuments

color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2d

Old Hancock House

Boston, MA

Architecture, Domestic

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2e

Old South Church

Boston, MA

Church architecture

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2f

King's Chapel

Boston, MA

Church architecture

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2g

State House

Boston, MA

Public buildings

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 9

05x064.2h

Custom House

Boston, MA

Commercial buildings

exterior; color

Col. 210 box 5

10x018.2a-d

1917

Arthur Heineman

Ladies' Home Journal

Architecture, Domestic

dimensions for kitchen and breakfast alcove amd bathroom cabinets; envelope address to Mrs. Ehrman, Akron, OH; card from Interior Decoration Dept. of Journal stating sending material requested.

Col. 210 box 9

11x057.4

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus, Caria, Southwest Asia Minor

1960

Broadcast Specialties Co.

Tombs

Color souvenir picture in series ”Wonders of World” put in Nabisco packages. Shows tomb with information on reverse. Destroyed in the Middle Ages.

Col. 210 map case E drawer 3

14x041.1

R.E. Dietz Co. factories and office

Syracuse, NY; New York, NY

R.E. Dietz Co.

Woodbury-Carlton Co., Worcester

Factories

Modern print showing R. E. Dietz Co. buildings in Syracuse and New York, NY. The Dietz firm, which made lighting fixtures, was established in 1840

Col. 210 box 9

16x036.91

Architecture, Domestic

Color print of horse-drawn carriage with people in front of colonial style house.

Col. 210 box 9

16x036.92

Old Homestead

Currier & Ives

Architecture, Domestic

Color print of "The Old Homestead in Winter."

Col. 210 box 9

16x036.90

Old Coffee House

Providence, Rhode Island

Commercial Buildings

Reproduction of print showing people and horse-drawin carriage on street in front of Coffee House.

Col. 210 box 9

12x138.2

Trinity Church & Rectory

Boston, MA

Church architecture

Printed photo with description on reverse.

Col. 210 box 9

12x138.3

Oread Institute

Worcester, MA

Schools

Exterior of Gothic style building, probably removed from a sheet of stationery. Institute operated from 1847-1881, another school there until 1934.

Col. 210 box 3

12x138.7c

Netherwood, NJ; Cold Spring on Hudson, NY; Berlin Falls, NH

1880

Rossiter & Wright; F.H. Fassett

American Architect and Building News

Church architecture; Architecture, Domestic; Schools

Two pages from periodical showing churches, school house, and cottages for various locations, some with floor plans.

Col. 210 box 8

12x138.1a-k

Old Ship Church

Hingham, MA

1960

Edgar T.P. Walker

Historic American Buildings Survey

Church architecture

Map of area, floor plan, framing plan, elevations, architectural details.

col. 210 box 2

53.40.1; 48

[France]

Cabinet-workers--France

Grisaille of interior of cabinet shop showing tools & details; inscribed "Designe per Bertes et Limonneau le fils"

Col. 210 box 9

06x116

Parish House, Church of the Redeemer

Providence, RI

1895

Church architecture

Issue of "The Parish Record" with 8 pages. First page has image of exterior of house, inside has floor plans. Textual description of the house and program for opening ceremony.

Col. 210 box 3

05x136.2

Washington Monument

Washington, D.C.

ca. 1870s

Albert Noerr

Monuments

Design for the Washington Monument with textual description.

Col. 210 box 5

01x080.9

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Set of blueprints for house showing façade, front and side elevations, foundation plan, first and second floor plans.

Col. 210 box 5

01x106.9

Glen Ridge, NJ

1908

Mrs. Charles F. Maurice

H.K. White, New York, NY

Architecture, Domestic; Room layouts

Set of blueprints for house. Plans for basement, first and second floors, 4 elevations.

Col. 210 box 4

PH 1250.1

Royal Palace

Amsterdam

1768

Interior architecture; Palaces

Group of people seated inside room with elaborate chandeliers, murals, and wall decorations.

Col. 210 box 4

PH 1250.2

Opera

Amsterdam

1768

Interior architecture; Public buildings

Man on stage looking out at packed audience in elaborately decorated hall.

Col. 210 box 4

PH 1250.3

Amsterdam

Interior architecture

Group of people around table in room with candles, chandeliers, portraits.

Col. 210 box 9

08x159.1

Main Building

Philadelphia, PA

1875

Centennial Album Co.

Public buildings

Exterior of Main Building at Centennial Exhibition and people on grounds.

Col. 210 box 9

08x159.2

Art Gallery

Philadelphia, PA

1875

Centennial Album Co.

Public buildings

Exterior of Memorial Hall at Centennial Exhibition and people on grounds.

Col. 210 map case E drawer 1

69x183

1881

Palliser, Palliser & Co.

Volume I of "Palliser's Useful Details": working architectural drawings of gates, doors, porches, elevations, etc.

Col. 210 box 8

09x025

Libby & Son Ship Chandlers & Grocers

Richmond, VA

1889

Charles Pollock

Prisons

Men outside tents, one reads "C S A", in front of building with sign "Libby & Son"