Architectural drawings collection, 1853-1916.

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Architectural drawings collection, 1853-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155515684

Original drawings by Calvert Vaux of Wodenethe, H.W. Sargent's house at Fishkill Landing, 1853, and other drawings of Wodenethe and its grounds, ca. 1840-1916; drawings of the Sargent Industrial School at Beacon; plans of the Masonic Hall, 1905; layouts of the buildings at the Matteawan Manufacturing Company, 1893 and 1912; and photocopies of drawings by Richard Morris Hunt of the Craig house owned by Gen. Joseph Howland, ca. 1870.

4 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6879363

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Beacon Historical Society (Beacon, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Beacon, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518410 ...

Matteawan Manufacturing Company (Beacon, N.Y.)

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Sargent Industrial School (Beacon, N.Y.)

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Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895

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Richard Morris Hunt (born October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont – died July 31, 1895, Newport, Rhode Island), American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and many Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed. Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest ...

Craig House (Beacon, N.Y.)

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Howland, Joseph, 1749-1836

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Merchant and ship owner, of Norwich, Conn. From the description of Joseph Howland order, 1787 Mar. 30. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986071 ...

Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882

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Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895

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Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) was a British-born landscape architect who practiced in the U.S. He worked on the designs for the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. In 1857 he began collaborating with Frederick Law Olmsted on the construction of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Central, Morningside and Riverside Parks in Manhattan. They also worked on the South Park in Chicago and the state reservation at Niagara Falls, N.Y. Vaux was the landscape architect for the departm...