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At the time of this project the address of Cram & Ferguson was given as 248 Boylston St. (Boston, Mass.).

From the description of Christ Church, Methodist, New York, [N.Y.] [graphic] : [window and wall tile details in sections, plan, and elevations] / Cram and Ferguson, architects. June 21, 1948-Oct. 7, 1948. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78567484

At the time of this project the address of Cram and Ferguson was given as 248 Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.).

From the description of Boston University, Boston, Mass. [graphic] : [detail drawing of] cloister & paving at campus center / Cram and Ferguson, architects. May 2, 1949-Sept. 17, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 77979038

In 1887 Cram joined with Charles Wentworth to open an architectural office (Cram and Wentworth) in Boston. In 1891 Bertram G. Goodhue joined them. Shortly thereafter Wentworth died and the firm became Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, which it remained until 1910 when Goodhue left to form his own firm in New York. Cram & Ferguson kept that name even when younger partners joined in 1925 and after Ferguson died in 1926.

From the description of Chapel for Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida [graphic] : working drawings] / Cram & Ferguson, architects ; Kiehnel and Elliot, Associate architects; Dr. Hamilton Holt, President [of the college]. 1931. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 84445726

In 1887 Cram joined with Charles Wentworth to open an architectural office (Cram and Wentworth) in Boston. In 1891 Bertram G. Goodhue joined them. Shortly thereafter Wentworth died and the firm became Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson, which it remained until 1910 when Goodhue left to form his own firm in New York. Cram & Ferguson kept that name even when younger partners joined in 1925 and after Ferguson died in 1926.

From the description of All Saints Church, Peterborough, N.H. [graphic] : [working drawings] : Job number 690 / Approved by R[alph] A[dams] C[ram], F[rank] W. F[erguson]. [1912?] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82318299

In 1887 Cram joined with Charles Wentworth to open an architectural office (Cram and Wentworth) in Boston. In 1891 Bertram G. Goodhue joined them. Shortly thereafter Wentworth died and the firm became Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, which it remained until 1910 when Goodhue left to form his own firm in New York. Cram & Ferguson kept that name even when younger partners joined in 1925 and after Ferguson died in 1926.

The church was completed in 1930.

From the description of Church of the Holy Rosary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [graphic] : [perspective views and working drawings] / Cram & Ferguson, Architects, Boston. [1926-1929] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 79368999

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C. [graphic] : [detail drawings of tile vaults, transepts, choir, and nave] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, N.Y. [graphic] : [detail drawings]. [Part 2] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Covenant Presbt. [sic] Church, Church & Chapel, Charlotte, N.C. [graphic] : [detail drawings of vaulted ceiling in sections and plan / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Grammar Schoolhouse, South Boston, [Mass.] [graphic] : roof plan / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Chapel for St. George's School, Newport, R.I. [graphic] : [detail drawing of nave vault in developed plan and half section] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Chapel for Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, [Pa.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of East transept and apse in sections and half plans] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. Boston University, Boston, Mass. [graphic] : [detail drawing of] cloister & paving at campus center / Cram and Ferguson, architects. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Evanston, Ill. [graphic] : [detail drawings of sections through chapel and vaults] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942. Fellner House, Chestnut Hill, [Brookline, Massachusetts] [graphic] : [perspective rendering] / drawn by R.A.C. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Roger Hayward Papers, 1899-2007 Oregon State University LibrariesSpecial Collections & University Archives Research Center
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, N.Y. [graphic] : [detail drawings]. [Part 1] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. Chapel for Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida [graphic] : working drawings] / Cram & Ferguson, architects ; Kiehnel and Elliot, Associate architects; Dr. Hamilton Holt, President [of the college]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Cal[if.] [graphic] : [key plans and detail drawings of vaults, in sections] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 12: Files, Illinois, 1893-1939. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. New chancel, Trinity Church, Princeton, N.J. [graphic] : Guastavino ceiling arches [in longitudinal and cross sections and plan] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company architectural records, 1866-1985 (bulk, 1890-1942). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 26: Files, New Jersey, 1896-1960 (bulk 1903-1916). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Leopold Arnaud papers and architectural drawings, 1914-1980, bulk 1914-1945 Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Madison Avenue M.E. Church, New York City, [N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawings] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Conventual Church & Monastery, Cambridge, Mass. [graphic] : plan of apse dome [and] section A-A / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Williams College. Office of the President. Harry A. Garfield college buildings and property records, 1908-1934. Williams College, Sawyer Library
referencedIn Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers, 1882-1980 Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Chapel, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. [graphic] : [detail drawings of vaults, galleries, and vestibules] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962. St. John the Divine [graphic] : [perspective rendering] / [Hugh Ferriss, renderer]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. [graphic] : [detail drawings] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Holy Rosary Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. [graphic] : [detail drawings of vaulted ceilings] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. All Saints Church, Peterborough, N.H. [graphic] : [working drawings] : Job number 690 / Approved by R[alph] A[dams] C[ram], F[rank] W. F[erguson]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. Church of the Holy Rosary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [graphic] : [perspective views and working drawings] / Cram & Ferguson, Architects, Boston. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. Christ Church, Methodist, New York, [N.Y.] [graphic] : [window and wall tile details in sections, plan, and elevations] / Cram and Ferguson, architects. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Cram and Ferguson. Architectural Drawings Collection, 1903-1928. Lynchburg Public Library
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. John Hancock Mut[ual] Life Ins[urance] Co. bld'g [sic], Boston, Mass. [graphic] : vaulted ceiling in Berkeley St. portico / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Arnaud, Leopold, 1895-1914 person
associatedWith Boston University. Campus center. corporateBody
associatedWith Christ Church (New York, N.Y. : Methodist) corporateBody
associatedWith Church of the Holy Rosary (Pittsburgh, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942. person
associatedWith Doran, John. person
associatedWith Ferguson, Frank W., 1861-1926. person
associatedWith Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962. person
associatedWith Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 person
associatedWith Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. corporateBody
associatedWith Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. corporateBody
associatedWith Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. corporateBody
associatedWith Hayward, Roger. person
associatedWith Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951. person
associatedWith Kiehnel and Elliot. corporateBody
associatedWith Randolph-Macon Woman's College. corporateBody
associatedWith R. Guastavino Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Sweet Briar College. corporateBody
associatedWith Turner Construction Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Williams College. Office of the President. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
New York (N.Y.)
Boston (Mass.)
United States
United States
United States
United States
Subject
Acoustical tile
Architecture
Chapels
Churches
Cloisters
Cloister vaults
College
Flag poles
Guastavino vaults
Lighting
Mosaics
Ornament
Universities
Wall tile
Windows
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1903

Active 1928

Americans

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