Papers, 1826-1877 1826-1854.

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Papers, 1826-1877 1826-1854.

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Papers consist of a number of formats--artistic and architectural drawings, lithographs, watercolors, photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, letters, etc.--that document the architectural training and career of A.J. Davis. A significant part of these papers relates to the house Davis designed for William J. Rotch in New Bedford, MA., including letters, watercolors, drawings, blueprints, and exterior and interior photographs of the place. There are also letters to Davis from D.S. Swain, a North Carolina governor, that reveal friendship between the writer and the recipient and that discuss house plans. In addition, there are three floor plans drawn by Bela Hubbard, a Michigan real estate operator, geologist, and lumberman. Identifiable public buildings represented by material in this collection are chiefly in New York City and include the Branch Bank of the United States, Merchant's Exchange, Phenix Bank, Masonic Hall, Washington Institute, Bowery Theater, Second Congressional Church, Trinity Church, St. Paul's Church, St. Thomas Church, and St. John's Chapel. There is one depiction of the Indiana state capitol building. Finally, Davis kept a slim volume on Fonthill Abbey, located in Wiltshire, England. Miscellaneous items include a scrapbook, presumably kept for sources of design, unidentified elevations and floor plans of a variety of dwellings and public buildings, three drawings of furniture, the Davis family crest, and a copy of Metropolitan Improvements : Or London in the Nineteenth Century, by James Elmes (London: Jones and Co., 1829). A diary kept by Davis from 1827 to 1853 is also available on microfilm at this repository, Mic. 90. A microfilm copy of Davis' catalog of his library is on Mic. 717. (The original of this catalog is held by the New York Public Library.).

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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

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Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), the American architect, started working as a draftsman for Josiah C. Brady and Ithiel Town in New York City. He became Town's partner in 1829 and they collaborated on public structures, including the New York Customs House (1832) and various state capitols. When Davis went into business on his own, he continued to design public buildings but concentrated on designs for large country and suburban houses. Collection consists of the papers of Alexander Jackson D...

Elmes, James, 1782-1862

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Masonic Hall (New York, N.Y.)

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Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896

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Born in Hamilton, New York on April 23, 1814, Bela Hubbard was the son of Thomas H. Hubbard. He came to Detroit in 1835. Bela Hubbard married Sarah E. Baughman of Adrian, Michigan on March 2, 1848. After his admission to the Michigan Bar in 1842, Hubbard practiced law for a time with Charles Collins, but he soon gave up the law to devote his time to real estate. Hubbard was selected as assistant geologist of Michigan by Douglass Houghton when the geological survey of Michigan was reorganized, 18...

Rotch House (New Bedford, Mass.)

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St. Thomas' Church (New York, N.Y.)

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Campbell, A., fl. 1878.

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Branch Bank of the United States (New York, N.Y.)

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St. Paul's Church (New York, N.Y.)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...

Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Phoenix Bank (New York, N.Y.)

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Second Congregational Church (New York, N.Y.)

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Fonthill Abbey

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Rotch, William James, 1819-1893

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Merchant's Exchange (New York, N.Y.)

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St. John's Chapel (New York, N.Y.)

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Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.)

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First Church of England parish established in New York City. From the description of Trinity Church records, 1697-1837. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782915 The first Trinity Church was chartered by King William III of England in 1697; the first church opened in 1698. From the description of Rector, Church Warden, and Vestrymen records, 1696-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155528655 From the mid-19th cent...

Indiana State Capitol (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Washington Institute (New York, N.Y.)

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Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

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Chapel of the Cross is an Episcopal Parish in Chapel Hill, N.C. The congregation was formed in 1842 and a church was built which was consecrated in October 1848. This first church was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), a builder and architect of Philadelphia, Pa. A new church and an enlargement of the parish house was designed and built by Hobart Brown Upjohn (1876-1949) of New York, N.Y., which was consecrated in 1925. Another parish house wing was added, 1957-1958, by the firm of S....