Charles R. Lamb architectural drawings and papers, circa 1897-1911.

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Charles R. Lamb architectural drawings and papers, circa 1897-1911.

Drawings and maps, with related clippings, showing proposals for traffic routes; railway and ship terminals; boulevards and streets; buildings; public spaces; bridges; and other projects, located mostly in Manhattan, with some in Brooklyn. Also, a rendering by Jacob Wrey Mould of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New York, is included.

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Lamb, Charles R. (Charles Rollinson), 1860-1942

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Architect. From the description of Charles R. Lamb architectural drawings and papers, circa 1897-1911. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505720137 Architect, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Lamb was the designer and architect of the Dewey Arch. Born in New York City, Lamb studied there as a pupil of the Art Students League of New York, where he also served as president, 1886-1887. Lamb was the first to suggest the idea for t...

Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn's Plymouth Church was founded in the Congregationalist tradition in 1847 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. Its first building was erected on Cranberry Street between Hicks and Henry Streets in that same year. The Church's first pastor, the charismatic orator Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), quickly catapulted the church to a position of national prominence and regularly filled the pews to overflowing. When the church's building was destroyed by fire in 1849, a new red...

Mould, J. Wrey (Jacob Wrey), 1825-1886

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