Construction of airplane hangar and workers' housing / Hugh Ferriss10160938Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-27 18:43:21 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Construction of airplane hangar and workers' housing / Hugh Ferriss Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962 10160938 English . 5 drawings charcoal on paper mounted on board 12 x 17.5 inches or smaller 1945 Publication Date

1942-1945

General Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Restrictions on Access

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.

Scope and content

The drawings are of the construction of an airplane hanger, as part of WWII war effots.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bernard Smitherman. Method of acquisition--Purchased;; Date of acquisition--2013.

Biographical / Historical

Ferriss (1889-1962) was born in St. Louis, Mo. and practiced as an architectural renderer in New York City.

Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans Airplanes, Military Architectural drawings -- American Air transportation buildings Perspective views (images) Request Drawings: Construction of airplane hangar and workers' housing / Hugh Ferriss, 1945 Request Drawings