Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

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Davis

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Alexander Jackson

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1803-1892

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Davis, A. J. (Alexander Jackson), 1803-1892

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Davis

Forename :

A. J.

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Alexander Jackson

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1803-1892

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1803-07-24

1803-07-24

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1892-01-14

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Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), the American architect, started working as a draftsman for Josiah C. Brady and Ithiel Town in New York City. He became Town's partner in 1829 and they collaborated on public structures, including the New York Customs House (1832) and various state capitols. When Davis went into business on his own, he continued to design public buildings but concentrated on designs for large country and suburban houses. Collection consists of the papers of Alexander Jackson Davis and his son Joseph Beale Davis. A.J. Davis papers contain correspondence, accounts, legal papers, lectures, writings, architectural specifications, drawings and engravings, diary, scrapbooks, catalog of his library, and miscellaneous materials. Bulk of the correspondence consists of letters, 1829-1890, to Davis concerning architectural projects and other business and personal matters. Writings and notes of Davis include diary, 1827-1853, and lectures with related materials. Scrapbooks contain engravings and woodcuts from books, drawings and watercolors of architectural details by Davis, and clippings. Also, architectural specifications, drawings and engravings for his designs. J.B. Davis papers include correspondence, mostly letters, 1895-1937, to Davis; materials related to the Davis and Beale families; biographical notes; and other materials, such as photographs, engravings and clippings.

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Subjects

Architecture, Domestic

Architecture, Domestic

Architecture, Domestic

Theater

Education

Alteration

Anatomical illustrations

Angels

Architects

Architectural drawing

Architectural libraries

Architectural studios

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture, Greek

Arsenals (Deployment facilities)

Art, Egyptian

Art, Greek

Art, Roman

Arts, Gothic

Asylums

Auditoriums (rooms and spaces)

Balconies

Banks

Banks and banking

Book design

Bridges

Buildings

Business cards

Capitals (columns)

Capitols

Carriage houses

Castles

Chimneys

Church architecture

Churches

Cities

City halls

Classrooms

College

Columns

Commercial buildings

Commodity exchange

Concert halls

Concert pavilions

Concert pavillions

Conservatories (Rooms and spaces)

Cottages

Country houses

Courthouses

Custom houses

Doghouses

Dormitories

Dwellings

Farmhouses

Federal government buildings

Fences

Flues

Forts

Galleries (Rooms and spaces)

Gardener's houses

Gardens

Gate houses

Gates

Geometrical drawing

Gothic revival (Architecture)

Gothic revival (Architecture)

Gothic revival (Architecture)

Grands

Grounds

Harbors

Heraldry

Historic buildings

Historic buildings

Historic buildings

Houses

Human figure drawings

Interior architecture

Landscapes

Landscapes (representations)

Libraries

Private libraries

Libraries (rooms and spaces)

Library buildings

Lighthouse

Light House Board

Literary and scientifiec institutes

Mansions

Memorials

Military education

Military schools

Monuments and memorials

Octagonal houses

Offices (rooms and spaces)

Orphanages

Pavillions

Porticoes (Porches)

Portraits

Public buildings

Public buildings

Pulpits

Quotations, English

Rivers

Roads

Rooms

Row houses

Seascapes

Silhouettes

Smithsonian Publications

Staircases

Steps

Stereotyping (Printing)

Stores

Streets

Symbolism in art

Temples

Tool sheds

Towers

Towns

Unexecuted designs

Unidentified buildings

Universities

Villas

Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.)

Watercolor painting

Windows

Nationalities

Americans

Activities

Occupations

Architect

Artists

Lithographers

Legal Statuses

Places

West Orange

NJ, US

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Death

New York

NY, US

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Birth

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