Everett Ortner photographs of Litchfield Villa circa 1965

Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

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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 D...

Ortner, Everett

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Edwin Clark Litchfield (1815-1885) was a Brooklyn lawyer turned businessman. He was the son of New York State Assembly member Elisha Litchfield (1785-1859) and Percy Tiffany (1786-1827) of Delphi, N.Y. (now Delphi Falls, N.Y.). Edwin Litchfield graduated from Hamilton College, located in Clinton, N.Y., in 1832, and went on to study law. Around 1852, he gave up practicing law to focus on business ventures, primarily railroad and real estate ventures. Litchfield partnered with his bro...

Litchfield Villa (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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