I. N. Phelps Stokes architectural drawings and papers, 1900-1933

Creator:: Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944, Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1838-1913, Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959, Olmsted Brothers, and Howells and Stokes
Extent:: 1.6 cubic feet
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Architectural drawings for projects designed by Howells & Stokes, and by Stokes working independently, particularly, residence for Stokes' father, financier and philanthropist Anson Phelps Stokes (1838-1913) at Collender's Point, Darien, Conn., 1902-1905; a house for himself"High-Low House" Greenwich, Conn., 1901-1917; house for his wife at Indian Harbor, Greenwich, Conn., 1927, undated; outdoor pulpit for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, 1912-1915 (built in 1916); proposal for an apartment house at 953 Fifth Ave., New York, 1924-1926; competition entry for the Chicago Tribune Tower, undated (the competition, 1922, was won by Raymond Hood); and St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, New York, 1904-1930. Also, miscellaneous designs; competition entries; designs for unidentified buildings; designs for apartment buildings and housing projects; photographs of buildings by Stokes; landscape designs done by the Olmsted Brothers firm for Stokes for an unidentified project or projects. Also included are documents relating to the planning, construction, and, later, repairs and the addition of memorial tablets to St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, which was designed by Howells & Stokes and built in 1907. Correspondence, with related memoranda, estimates, specifications, accounts, contracts between Howells and Stokes or Stokes with Columbia University officials, and contractors and suppliers date from 1903 to the 1930s.
Biographical / historical:: Architect, housing expert, historian. Stokes was the author of THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND. He worked independently, and in partnership with John Mead Howells (1868-1959) as Howells & Stokes, based in New York City. The firm dissolved in 1917.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Gift.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Other information:

The architectural drawings for St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia Univ. and Arthur Curtiss James residence (Newport, R.I.) are cataloged separately in CLIO. Their CLIO ID numbers are NYDA96-F551 through -F556; their accession numbers are 1000.030.00001 through.00257R and V

There are additional St. Paul's Chapel and Arthur Curtiss James residence drawings in the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins Records and Drawings

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Preferred citation:: I. N. Phelps Stokes architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architctural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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