Edmund Beaman Gilchrist architectural records, 1908-1984, bulk 1908-1945.

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Edmund Beaman Gilchrist architectural records, 1908-1984, bulk 1908-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63661117

This collection is the primary archive of the work of architect Edmund B. Gilchrist, comprising architectural drawings and blueprints, photographic prints, photographic negatives and office files documenting buildings and projects spanning the years 1908-1945. The vast majority of Gilchrist's major commissions are represented by drawings in the collection, with the exception of the Unitarian Church of Germantown. The collection includes some additional materials dated 1955 and 1984 related to alterations to the Cosmopolitan Club in Philadelphia. In addition to Gilchrist's sketches and numerous development and construction drawings, the collection contains a small number of architectural drawings by Gilchrist's collaborators and drawings documenting existing buildings designed by other architects (for which Gilchrist was designing additions or alterations). Notable names are: Amenta, William A., 1910-1994; Baker & Dallett, Architects; Frank Miles Day & Brother, Architects; Furness, Evans & Co., Architects; Harrison, Mertz & Emlen, Landscape Engineers and Architects; McGoodwin, Robert Rodes, 1886-1967; Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects; Puckey & Jenkins, Architects; Savage, Fred L., Architect; Taylor, A.D., Landscape Architect & Town Planner; Walcott, Russell S., Architect; and Wheelwright, Robert, New York City, Landscape Architect. The collection contains nearly 1800 photographic prints and negatives of buildings, drawings, construction and sites. Also included are a large number of photographs and a few drawings of architectural details (from existing or demolished buildings) offered for sale by European dealers. A substantial number of project files contain building specifications. Some project files contain small quantities of correspondence and financial records, including correspondence with builders J. S. Cornell & Son and architects W. Pope Barney and Ralph Bencker. There is no correspondence with George Woodward. The collection contains a small amount of personal material.

Architectural drawings 3056 sheets : various media and.Project photographs 1330 photoprints + 466 photonegatives and.Files 2 cubic feet.

University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7902905

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Harrison, Mertz & Emlen.

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Frank Miles Day & Brother

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Amenta, William A., (William Anthony) 1910-1994.

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Puckey & Jenkins.

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Olmsted Brothers

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The Olmsted Brothers firm was formed in 1898 by John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. These two stepbrothers were the son and stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., an early American landscape architect and designer of New York's Central Park. The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous large projects, including comprehensive park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, and state capitols. The two stepbrothers were also among the founding members of the America...

Wright, Andrade, & Amenta.

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McGoodwin, Robert Rodes, 1886-1967

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Baker & Dallett.

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Bencker, Ralph B. (Ralph Bowden) 1883-1961.

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Walcott, Russell S.

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Barney, William Pope (American architect, 1890-1970)

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Woodward, George (George Stanley), 1863-1952.

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Savage, Fred L.

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J.S. Cornell & Son.

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Wheelwright, Robert, 1884-1965.

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Gilchrist, Edmund B. (Edmund Beaman), 1885-1953

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Edmund Gilchrist was born in Philadelphia, son of William W. and Susan (Beaman) Gilchrist. He took courses in architecture at the Drexel Institute and at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in the offices of Horace Trumbauer and Wilson Eyre. He first worked with his most important early client, developer Dr. George Woodward, while in Eyre's office. Woodward gave Gilchrist his first independent commissions near the end of the first decade of the twentieth century. Together with...

Taylor, A. D. (Albert Davis) 1883-1951.

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Furness, Evans & Co.

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Furness, Evans & Co. was the architectural firm of Walter Rogers Furness, son of Horace Howard Furness. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1894. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883302 Frank Furness practiced architecture in Philadelphia under the firm names Fraser, Furness & Hewitt (1867-1871), Furness & Hewitt (1871-1875). Frank Furness (1876-1880), Furness & Evans (1881-1885) and Furness, Evans & Co. fr...