Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 29: Files, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), 1890-1929.

ArchivalResource

Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 29: Files, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), 1890-1929.

This subseries contains contracts, correspondence, order forms, application for payment, and notes pertaining to R. Guastavino Co.'s projects in Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. Correspondents are Miller-Reed Co. and George Hildebrand. Notes were added to the files by Prof. George Collins as a result of his research.

0.3 linear ft.

Related Entities

There are 35 Entities related to this resource.

Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf1sh9 (corporateBody)

Rafael Guastavino (1842-1908) was an architect and a builder. Born in Valencia, he studied architecture in Barcelona and built his first house in 1866. For the next 14 years, he established his reputation for fireproof construction and built factories, warehouses, and apartment houses in the Barcelona area. In 1881, he emigrated to the U.S. with his son, Rafael Jr. (1872-1950). They settled in New York City, and gained success as contractor and builder with their patented tile vaulting system. (...

Miller-Reed Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6810k14 (corporateBody)

Collins, George R. (George Roseborough), 1917-1993

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv3czd (person)

Arturo Soria y Mata (1844-1920) acknowledged by some authors as the inventor of modern linear planning, was clearly one of its most enthusiastic advocates in late nineteenth century Spain. During the 1880's he elaborated his theory through a series of articles in the newspaper El Progreso, and during the 1890's he administered the pilot project of the Ciudad Lineal of Madrid. The original marketing of the Ciudad Lineal was announced in 1892 in a brochure Ferrocarril-Tranvía de Circunvalación de ...

Kimball, Francis H. (Francis Hatch), 1845-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s47qs0 (person)

Fischer, Adam

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6573752 (person)

Kobre, I. E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb04b5 (person)

Parkway Station (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf3cck (corporateBody)

Public School Number Eighty-Two (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw303c (corporateBody)

Montauk Club of Brooklyn

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg7835 (corporateBody)

Political clubs were among the earliest clubs to be organized in New York City. In the 1760s, along with pre-revolutionary rumblings in America, political clubs formed in support of the colonists or the loyalists. Following the American Revolutionary War, political clubs were established to support newly formed political parties, chiefly the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists. During the 19th century, as the idea of civic responsibility grew among citizens, so did the establ...

Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.). Bridge.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k12n59 (corporateBody)

Public School Number Three (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx025k (corporateBody)

John Kennedy & Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6770xw7 (corporateBody)

Public School Number Twenty-Three (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p6gd5 (corporateBody)

Edwards & Flood, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg782q (corporateBody)

Queen of All Saints Rectory (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c87stx (corporateBody)

Store and restaurant building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6451435 (corporateBody)

McKim, Mead & White

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h8fbr (corporateBody)

At the time of this project the address of McKim, Mead & White was given as 160 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Prospect Park, entrance shelters at Plaza entrance, [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of dome in section and plan] / McKim, Mead & White, architects. Aug.24, 1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960919 Architectural company. From the description of Photographs, [ca. ...

Apartment house entrance (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k98r3p (corporateBody)

Public School Number Seventy-Four (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd9gww (corporateBody)

Brooklyn City Railroad Company building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk0244 (corporateBody)

Hoyt residence (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k1v8m (corporateBody)

Daus & Otto.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69369mq (corporateBody)

Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.). Shelters.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hj22mn (corporateBody)

Steinback, Gustave E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67s9h2f (person)

Hildebrand, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hd827m (person)

Elks Club (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk5zr7 (corporateBody)

St. Joseph's Commercial School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ps3cmq (corporateBody)

John Auer & Sons.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v7zmc (corporateBody)

Helmle & Huberty

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr1s13 (corporateBody)

R. Guastavino Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6158drq (corporateBody)

At the time of this project the address of Ewing & Chappell was given as 101 Park Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Connecticut College for Women, New London, Conn. [graphic] : Guastavino ceilings-plant house vestibule #101 & Allyn House vestibule #19-101 / R. Guastavino Co. June 10, 1915. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78040652 At the time of this project the address of H. Van Buren Magonigle was given as 7 West 38 St...

Helmle, Frank J., 1869-1937.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks8mcf (person)

Public School Number One-Hundred-and-Seven (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w14pdd (corporateBody)

St. Ambrose Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw01cj (corporateBody)

Prudential Savings Bank (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb7md3 (corporateBody)

German Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j15m3t (corporateBody)