Frederick Clarke Withers architectural drawings and papers, circa 1852-1890.

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Frederick Clarke Withers architectural drawings and papers, circa 1852-1890.

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Included are ten original architectural drawings and photographs and prints of drawings by Withers. Among these are designs for the Van Schaick Free Reading Room (now the Huntington Free Library and Reading Room), Bronx, N.Y.; reredos proposed for the Church of the Transfiguration, New York City; Chapel of the Good Shepherd on Blackwells Island (now Roosevelt Island), N.Y.; a competition design for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; and drawings by others, including Sullivan Jones and Rowland Plumbe. This collection also includes manuscript copies of three letters from Withers to his mother written at sea in 1852 and describing his trip to America.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.)

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Jones, Sullivan.

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Church of the Transfiguration (New York, N.Y.)

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Chapel of the Good Shepherd (Blackwells Island, New York, N.Y.)

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Plumbe, Rowland

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Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901

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Architect. Withers was born in England and emigrated to the United States in 1852. From the description of Frederick Clarke Withers architectural drawings and papers, circa 1852-1890. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505720062 ...

Van Schaick Free Reading Room (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

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Huntington Free Library

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