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2 ink and wash drawings of Meridan Hall, Commodore David Porter's house in Washington, D.C. Signed George Hadfield, September 1798. Front elevation and ground floor plan. Garden front elevation and storey plan. One drawing includes a note: "Hadfield exhibited Arc. designs at Royal Academy in 1780-82. Brought to Washington from London by Col. Trumbull."

Also, correspondence with Norman Bel Geddes, Monroe Biddle, John M. Blair, Harry T. Carman, Carolyn K. Christenson, Joseph S. Clarke, Jr., Thomas H. Creighton, Paul Cret, C.C. Cunningham, F.G. Fassett, Jr., Loring Dowst, John E. Harbeson, Oliver Hall, Jared C. Ingersoll, Gaylord P. Harnwell, William Fontaine Jones, Joseph Judge, William Lescaze, John D. Morse, William F. Paris, Charles E. Peterson, Ruth C. Roberts, Henry Shapiro, Oscar Stonorov, J.J. Sweeney, James M. Willcox, Owen J. Wister, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruno Zevi, and others. This relates to proposed development of air rights over New York City's Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 1955; architectural projects in Pennsylvania relating to mental health, 1955; proposed new Independence Mall Building in Philadelphia, 1955; the 1954 Boston Art Festival Architectural Exhibit; sculpture committee on the design of the Ella Butt McManus monument, Connecticut, 1954-1955; the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, building designed by Howe & Lescaze (with related memoranda, manuscripts of articles and talks, press releases, and architectural analyses), 1930-1939; and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis (with related printed material, clippings, and photograph)

This collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings, project files, photographs, correspondence, and professional papers related to preservation architect Giorgio Cavaglieri's architectural work, professional associations, and writings.

Original drawings for published series containing illustrations of facades, floor plans, interiors and decorative details from 77 of America's most beautiful homes representing the Georgian era (1714-1830).

Architectural drawings and papers.

This small collection includes correspondence and photographs relating to Atterbury's residence in Southampton, N.Y., designed by New York architect Stanford White; also a clipping and photograph of Atterbury.

From the New York Mirror. Includes: Rawdon, Wright & co., engravers. Bowery Theatre, New-York, 1828; Rawdon, Wright & Co., engravers. St. Thomas' Church, Broadway. 1829; W.D. Smith, engraver. View of St. John's Chapel, from the Park. 1829; Fenner & Sears, engravers. Masonic Hall, Broadway, N.Y. London, 1830.