The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator:
Title: Architectural drawings
Dates: 1983-1990
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 94x23
Quantity: 63 items
Location: 3 D 12, map case C, drawer 1
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
The
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection consists of 63 pencil
drawings of historic homes and homesteads as well as Quaker meeting houses
located in southeastern
ORGANIZATION
The collection is arranged by building. Each building has its own record in Virtua,
in addition to the overall record for the entire collection.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Bernie
Herman from the
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Architectural
drawing.
Architecture - Designs and plans.
Vernacular architecture.
Quaker church buildings.
Architectural drawings.
Additional
author:
Historic American Buildings Survey.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 3 D 12, and map case C, drawer
1
[note: the accession numbers begin with 94x23]
.1-.5 Pencil sketches of Benjamin Blackston's
frame dwelling house in Kent County, Delaware.
Sketches were done as part of a
recording project undertaken with funding from the Bureau of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. The fieldwork was done under the direction of
Bernard L. Herman,
Sketches show: location map, site
description (text), site plan, floor plans, interior door trim, framing
sections, and front and side elevations.
.6-.11 Pencil sketches of West Grove Meeting House,
Sketches show: elevations, floor
plans, southwest gable section, decorative metal work.
.12-.16 Marlboro
Meeting House, Marlboro Twp,
Sketches show: front and side
elevations, framing, floor plans, interior doors, and trim.
.17-.22 Centre
Meeting House,
Sketches show: floor plan,
elevations, side and roof framing with part of the stone foundation showing,
roof shingles, and extension masonry.
.23-.27 Brick meeting house,
Sketches show: south elevation,
sectional drawing, detail drawings of the doors, stove, and bench sides; east
elevation with stone work partially sketched in; first floor plan.
.28-.31 Hedgelawn,
near Middletown, St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, De.
Measured by Charles Bergengren and
William Macintire. Drawings by William
Macintire
Sketches show: crib barn--front and
side elevations; main elevations; first floor plan; second floor plan;
.32-.36 Greenlawn
Carriage Barn and Stables, near Middletown, St. George's Hundred, New Castle
County, De. Measured by Charles
Bergengren, Melinda Fike, Brian Fletcher, William Macintire. Drawn by William Macintire.
Sketches show: Front and side
elevations showing framing; floor plans.
.37-.44 Woodlawn,
Rt. 429, near Odessa, St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, De. Measured by Charles Bergengren, Melinda Fike,
Brian Fletcher, and William Macintire.
Drawn by Brian Fletcher, William Macintire, Charles Bergengren.
Sketches show: south elevation of
main barn and cart sheds; corn crib and granary elevations and floor plans;
piggery/carriage house/chicken coop plans; main barn east elevation; sectional
drawings of the east and west cart shed; floor plan of the barn; sectional
drawing of the main barn/west cart shed; main barn second floor plan; east
carriage shed--front and side elevations.
oversize
.45-.50 Cochran's
Grange near Middletown, St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, De. Measured by Charles Bergengren, Bernard L.
Herman, and William Macintire; Drawn by William Macintire; Charles Bergengren.
Sketches show: south elevation and
sectional drawing of the barn; floor plan; sectional drawings of the thrashing
barn; crib barn with elevations, floor plans, and sectional drawing; main barn
east elevation; floor plans and sectional drawings for the threshing barn.
oversize
.51-.52 Brick
store at the end of Road 488, near
Sketches show: front and side
elevation with part of brick and stone work drawn in; and floor plans.
Oversize
.53-.63 Alexander
Wilson House
Alexander Wilson Agricultural Works,
ca. 1850, County Route 4, Newark Vicinity, Pencader Hundred,
The Works first operated as a
machine and wagonwright's shop and then, under the ownership of J.T. Wilson,
Alexander's son, as a steam powered grist mill.
The property was condemned in 1983,
and at that time the
The recording project was undertaken
with funding from the Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of
Highways, and the Federal Highways Administration. The field work, measured drawings, historical
research, and photographs were prepared under the direction of Bernard L.
Herman,
Sketches show: site plan;,floor plan
of the agricultural implements shop, sectional drawings of shop, stable, front, and side elevations of the barn
showing framing, elevations of the agriculture works (one showing framing, stone
work partially drawn in), and front and side elevations of the house.
one
oversize: floor plans.