Ernest Flagg papers 8539656Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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1888-1972

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Project Records, Writings, and Other Papers.

 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.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

 Biography

Ernest Flagg (February 6, 1857 – April 10, 1947) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He married Margaret E. Bonnell, with whom he had one daughter, Betsey Flagg. A student of l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Flagg's work refers to classical architecture.

 Biography

After completing his studies, in 1891, Flagg and John Prentiss Benson started Flagg & Benson, (later Flagg, Benson & Brockway), and the firm designed St. Luke's Hospital, in New York.

 Biography

In 1894, Ernest Flagg went into a partnership with Walter B. Chambers to form Flagg & Chambers. Together, the two designed the Corcoran Gallery of Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Singer Building, which was once the tallest building in New York. Flagg, a favorite of the Scribner family, designed the Scribner Building on Fifth Avenue, as well as residences for Charles Scribner, and his son, A.H. Scribner. Flagg is also known for designing buildings for the U.S. Naval Academy, and many residences in New York and Connecticut.

 Biography

The Beaux-Arts study of classicism did not stop after college for Flagg. His Greek travel journals include studies on proportions and ratios in classic Greek architecture, and were the basis for Le Naos du Parthenon, published in 1928.

 Biography

As a writer in the progressive era, Flagg wrote on New York tenement houses, taxation, city planning, and building regulations. He also wrote prolifically on design, architecture, and specifically on Greek classicism.

 Processing Information

Processed; Zoe Milgram 2011.

 Scope and Content

The collection is made up of diaries, correspondence, photographs, project records, Flagg's writings, and clippings.

 Preferred Citation

Ernest Flagg architectural records and papers, 1888-1972. Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

 Architects -- New York (State) Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York Diaries Photographs Correspondence Flagg, Ernest, 1857-1947 Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) Singer Building (New York, N.Y.) Series I: Personal PapersScope and Contents

includes diaries ranging from 1890-1937, genealogical studies, correspondence, family photographs, and records from l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

"Memorandum of Events in the Life of Ernest Flagg"undated0117Autobiography of Ernest Flagg19230116Scope and Contents

Handwritten manuscript

Besty Flagg Illustrations19240125Scope and Contents

Includes clippings from McCall's magazine and Junior League Bulletin.

Coat of Arms19130120Scope and Contents

Includes 2 Coats of Arms (Pomeroy Family)

Concours D'Emulation, Ecole Des Beaux-Artsundated0202Correspondence1892-19360205Scope and Contents

44 letters

Dark Island, Clippings19050129Scope and Contents

5 newspaper articles

Dark Island, Photographsundated0130Scope and Contents

Includes 1 black and white panoramic photograph, 63 photographs, 1 color picture postcards, 2 black and white picture postcards, 1 photographic exposure table

Diary6 Feb. 1908-[31 May 1908]0104Diary19 Nov. 1908-31 May 19090106Diary1 Jan. 1909-1 Jan 19100107Diary9 Sept. 1890011Scope and Contents

"Trip from Nimes to Brow"

Diary3 Nov. 18900102Scope and Contents

"Perugia, Assisi, Rome, Naples, Pompeii"

DiaryDecember 18900103Scope and Contents

"Siena, Genoa, Lucerne, Paris"

Diary19100108Diary1 Aug. 1910-6 Feb. 19110109Diary6 Feb.1911-27 Sept. 19110110Diary22 Sept. 1911-1 Aug. 19120111Diary1 Aug. 1912-1 May 19130112Diary1 May 1913-6 Feb. 19140113Diary19360114Diary19370115Diary31 May 1908-18 Nov. 19080105Scope and Contents

"Trip to Europe"

E.F.'s Office Force19070207Scope and Contents

1 black and white photograph

Ernest Flagg, Photographs?-19220122Scope and Contents

Includes 5 photographs

Family and Baby Photographs1898-19460123Scope and Contents

17 photographs.

Family Photographsca. 1888-18890124Scope and Contents

Includes 18 photographs. Includes notes on back written in 1922-1923.

Flagg & Flegg Genealogical Notesundated0119Genealogyundated0118John Harper Bonnell, Photographundated0127Scope and Contents

1 framed photograph

Letters from Ernest Flagg to Arthur T. Sutcliffe1906 [?}-19100206Scope and Contents

4 letters

Liste Et Adresses Des members et des Associes Etrangers de L'Institute De France19240204Margaret C. Bonnell, Photographundated0126Scope and Contents

1 framed photograph

Membership Card, Ecole Des Beaux-Artsundated0201Scope and Contents

1 card in leather envelope

Mrs. Flagg's Correspondence1971-19720121Scope and Contents

3 letters, 2 copies of biography of Mr. Flagg, 1 Family Tree, 1 Coat of Arms and Historiography for the Flagg family (3 pages)

Remarks by Roger M. Blough19680209Scope and Contents

Announcing plans for an office building in New York.

Shiphaven Church, Photographsundated013`Scope and Contents

Includes 2 picture postcards (Shiphaven Church)

Subject de Concours1889-18940203Scope and Contents

4 Subject de Concours from Ecole des Beaux Arts

The Architectural League of New York Resolution19460208Scope and Contents

Framed letter

Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Riverundated0128Scope and Contents

Photograph album

Series II: Project RecordsScope and Contents

includes plans, drawings, photographs, and clippings regarding a particular project. The A.H. Scribner records are the most complete, and also contain contracts, billing records, and correspondence with contractors.

109 E. 40th Street (New York, NY)undated0210Scope and Contents

Photographs : 22 items

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Business Card (A. Peanroy) : 1 item

111 East 40th Street (New York, NY)1908-19340211Scope and Contents

List of Patents in Safe

Automobile Club of America (New York, NY)1907-19120231Scope and Contents

The American Architect and Building News(4 May 1907) : 14 p.

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The Club Journal(9 Nov 1912) : 1 copy

Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Dark Island, Chippewa Bay, NY)1903-19040239Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 19 items

Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Oakdale, NY)undated0239Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawing : 1 item

Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Oakdale, NY)undated0240Scope and Contents

Photograph : 1 item

Charleston Baptist Temple (Charleston, WV)1923-19260253Scope and Contents

Includes programs from Hugenot Day of Remembrance (6 Jun 1926) and the National Hugenot-Walloon Memorial Dedication Ceremony (18 May 1924), and an issue ofThe Baptist(3 Feb 1923)

Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Hartford, CT)undated0246Scope and Contents

Includes 3 floor plans

Count Szechenyi Palace (Budapest, Hungary)undated0255Scope and Contents

Magazine clipping : 1 item

Eaton, A.W., Residence (Pittsfield, MA)19260251Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 2 items

Flagg Court (Brooklyn, NY)undated0217Scope and Contents

Brochure : 1 item

Flagg, Ernest, Residence (New York, NY)19070213Scope and Contents

3 copies of article fromThe Architectural Record(Sept 1907)

Flagg, Ernest, Residence(New York, NY)undated0214Scope and Contents

Photographs of Exterior : 41 items

Flagg, Ernest, Residence (New York, NY)undated0215Scope and Contents

Photographs of Interior : 15 items

The Flegg Ridge Estate of Ernest Flagg (Dongen Hills, NY)undated0216Scope and Contents

Includes 1 pamphlet, 1 photograph

The Flegg Ridge Estate of Ernest Flagg, Dongen Hills (Staten Island, NY)undated24406Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 17 items

Scope and Contents

Also includes drawings of a small bridge and other structures located in Staten Island,

Gwynne Building (Cincinnati, OH)undated0254Scope and Contents

Includes clipping from NWEM.

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.undated0233Scope and Contents

Advertisements : 7 items

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.1958-19600234Scope and Contents

Newspaper Clippings : 4 items ; "Why the Model Fireproof Tenement Company," clipping from Cantilever Flat Slabs, and an article from Turner Construction.

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.19590235Scope and Contents

Correspondence : 3 letters, 1 set of letterhead

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.19510236Scope and Contents

Minutes from 2 meetings

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.19280232Scope and Contents

Photograph : 1 item

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.undated0238Scope and Contents

Prospectus : 3 booklets

Model Fireproof Tenement Co.1951-19560237Scope and Contents

Stockholder Information; includes "Brief Review of Model Fireproof Tenement Co.", Certificate of Incorporation, and Report to the President for the year 1956.

Patent # 498.03419190212Pomfret School Chapel (Pomfret, CT)undated0243Scope and Contents

Photographs : 3 items

Pomfret School Chapel (Pomfret, CT)undated0242Scope and Contents

Includes pencil sketch of floor plan, blueprint of plaque in the memory of William Brach Olmsted, photograph book containing 15 black and white photographs of Pomfret School campus.

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1903-19050222Scope and Contents

Agreements For Extra Work : 116 items

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1903-19050225Scope and Contents

Billing Records; includes 25 receipts, 18 statements and estimates of contracts, extras, and payments to contractors.

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1903-19050223Scope and Contents

28 Building Agreements with various contractors

Scribner, A.H. Residence (New York, NY)1904-19050224Scope and Contents

Includes 2 contracts for utility service and 1 permit.

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1905-19060227Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Flagg and Chambers : 13 letters

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1904-19060228Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Gagneau & Cie : 9 letters

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)19040230Scope and Contents

Correspondence from J.H. Jansen : 3 letters, 1 color postcard

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)19040229Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Roswag et Fils : 2 letters

Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY)1903-19060226Scope and Contents

131 payment vouchers issued by the Office of Ernest Flagg

Scribner Building (New York, NY)undated0221Scope and Contents

Photographs : 2 items

Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY)1903-19070219Scope and Contents

Includes 1 pencil sketch, printed pamphlet, floor plans, clipping from Owners and Builders Magazine September 1907, clipping from New York Tribune January 20, 1907, 1 copy of "The Rational Skyscraper" from The Architectural Record, March 1904.

Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY)19070220Scope and Contents

Photographs : 15 items

Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY)1897-195722401 to 04Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 105 items

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Later additions done after 1920 were by other architects.

Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY)undatedA05.25Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 2 items

Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY)undatedA05.29Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawing : 1 item; "detail for the U of an office"

Singer Building, Broadway and Prince (New York, NY)1902-190322401 to 04Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 5 items

Singer Building, Broadway and Prince (New York, NY)1902A10.04Scope and Contents

Photograph of sub-basement plan drawing : 1 item

Soldiers' Monument (New Britain, CT)undated0247Scope and Contents

Includes 1 magazine clipping

St. Luke's Convalescent Hospital (Greenwich, CT)undated0245Scope and Contents

Photographs of pencil drawings : 2 items

St. Luke's Hospital Convalescent Home (Greenwich, CT)19280244Scope and Contents

Includes clipping from Kohler of Kohler News May 1928, 5 black and white photographs.

St. Luke's Hospital (New York, NY)ca. 18930218Scope and Contents

Includes 5 prints of a drawing signed Ernest Flagg, Arch., 1 floor plan, 1 drawing of exterior, clipping from Harper's Weekly, Jan. 1893.

St. Paul's School, Sheldon Library (Concord, N.H.)undated0252Scope and Contents

Photograph : 1 item

Tablet for W.W. Lord, DD. (Cooperstown, NY)ca. 19070241Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawing : 1 item

US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)1908-19540248Scope and Contents

Includes article from Cooper & Brass Bulletin May 1954, 4 clippings from various publications, article from The American Architect and Building News, July 1908, copies of The American Architect and Building News July 1908 regular and international editions.

US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)undated0249Scope and Contents

Architectural Drawings : 5 items

US Navel Academy (Annapolis, MD)undated0250Scope and Contents

Photographs : 14 items

Series III: WritingsScope and Contents

includes both published and unpublished works. The collection also includes Flagg's Greek Documents and studies, drafts, manuscripts, and corresponding materials relating to Le Naos du Parthenon.

"A Fish Story"29 Mar. 19400313Scope and Contents

6 copies of a speech read at a luncheon in honor of Mr. Flagg by the American Institue of Architects.

"Architect Offers Some Plans to Avert Traffic Stagnation"27, Nov. 19270310Scope and Contents

4 Clipping from the New York Herald Tribune

"Influence of the French School on Architecture in the United States"undated0403Scope and Contents

From The Architectural Record

"L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts"18940301Scope and Contents

From The Architectural Record, July-September, 1894

"Reduccion De Los Costes Por Un Adecuado Planeamiento De Las Casas"19240306Scope and Contents

1 copy from El Problema De La Vivienda En Lod Estados Unidos, 1924

"Study of Certain Greek Standards of Measure"undated0408"The City of the Future"19270309Scope and Contents

2 copies from Safety Fall Pictoral Note Book, Vol. XIII, No. 4

"The New York Tenement-House Evil and Its Cure"18940302Scope and Contents

From Scribner's Magazine, July, 1894. Includes draft.

"The So-Called Temple of Poseidion"undated0417Scope and Contents

Inlcudes chapter of manuscript, 2 prints

"The Works of Ernest Flagg"April, 19020303Scope and Contents

1 copy. The Architectural Record, Vol. XI, No. 44, April 1902

Again The New York Tenement House Evil and Its Cure19360312Scope and Contents

1 copy

Articles on Various Subjectsundated0325Scope and Contents

1 binder

Basics of Greek Design19300311Scope and Contents

3 copies from Architecture, September, 1930

Building Regulation Sanity and Congestion19260308Scope and Contents

2 copies

Copies of letters from the members of The French Institute on receipt of Ernest Flagg's book "The Parthenon Naos"1924-19370510Scope and Contents

7 letters

Ernest Flagg's Buildings, Writings, Plans, Comments. Newspaper Articles 1893-19011893-19010327Scope and Contents

1 scrapbook

Greek Documents, Folder 1 of 31924-19370405Scope and Contents

Includes index, documents 1-19

Greek Documents, Folder 2 of 31925-19300406Scope and Contents

Includes documents 20-30

Greek Documents, Folder 3 of 3ca. 1920-ca. 19300407Scope and Contents

Includes documents 31-46

Le Naos du Parthenon. Rapports et Articles des Donneesca. 19270507Scope and Contents

Manuscript

Le Naos Du Parthenon: The Parthenon Naos1928-19370508Scope and Contents

I hardcover book, with inscription by the author, 1 letter

Le Parthenon, Donnees Generalesundated0502Scope and Contents

Manuscript

Letters to the Editor1921-19440321Scope and Contents

11 letters

List of Published Writing of Various Kindsundated0326Scope and Contents

1 binder. Contains 7 photographs of letters written by ancestors.

Misc. Writings1925-19400317Scope and Contents

12 essays

Misc. Writings on Architecture1909-19250315Scope and Contents

15 essays

Misc. Writings on City Planning19340318Scope and Contents

6 essays

Misc. Writings on Design1924-19250316Scope and Contents

13 essays

Misc. Writings on Finance and Taxation1930-19390319Scope and Contents

13 essays

Misc. Writings on Flagg Houses and Small Houses1924-19340320Scope and Contents

6 essays

Nouvelles Lumiers Sur L'Art Grec19240307Scope and Contents

Paper read at the French Academy, copy of the Journal of the Royal Institue of British Architects, December, 1924.

Peristyle Du Temple De Theseus a Athenesundated0419Scope and Contents

Manuscript

Peristyle of the Parthenonundated0503Scope and Contents

Includes 17 drawings

Peristyle of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnusundated0418Scope and Contents

Includes 1 typewritten manuscript, 1 handwritten manuscript

Proposed Building Ordinance for New Yorkundated0324Scope and Contents

Manuscript

Roads and Pavements19100304Scope and Contents

3 copies

Small Houses1922-19260322Scope and Contents

18 letters, 7 reviews of Small Houses in fabric covered folio

Temple of Theseus, Drawingsundated0420Scope and Contents

Includes 32 drawings, 2 prints

The Cella of the Temple of Theseus. Ratios and Dataundated0414Scope and Contents

1 binder. Includes La Cella du Temple de Theseus. Rapports et Donnees.

The Ecole Des Beaux-Artsundated0404Scope and Contents

2 articles

The Ernest Flagg Envelopes From Avery Library, 12 Foliosundated0402Scope and Contents

5 pages

The Flagg Carundated0323Scope and Contents

3 pamphlets

The German Conquest of Taste19460314Scope and Contents

2 copies of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, January 1946

The Lighting of Grecian Templesundated0409Scope and Contents

Includes 2 typewritten manuscripts, 1 handwritten manuscript, 1 letter.

The Lighting og Grecian Temples, Drawingsundated0410Scope and Contents

9 drawings

The Mayor's Committee on Pavements19120305Scope and Contents

1 copy of First Report (March 1912), 1 copy of Second Report (December 1912)

The Parthenon Cella. Ratios and Items of Data (Original)undated0505Scope and Contents

Manuscript in English and French.

The Parthenon Naos, Correspondence19370509Scope and Contents

14 letters

The Parthenon Naos, Reviewca. 19280511The Parthenon Naos. Ratios & Items of Data (All corrections made)ca. 19270506Scope and Contents

Manuscript

The Parthenon Peristyle, Ratios and Items of Dataundated0504Scope and Contents

Manuscript

The Parthenon: General Dataundated0501Scope and Contents

Manuscript

The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis19450423Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript, handwritten copy with revisions

The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis, Drawingsundated0421Scope and Contents

32 drawings, 1 plate

The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis, Translationsundated0422Scope and Contents

Translations of 4 articles

The Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pola, Drawingsundated0416Scope and Contents

5 drawings

The Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pola. Ratios and Items of Dataundated0415Scope and Contents

Includes 1 handwritten manuscript, 2 typewritten manuscript

The Theseum19450413Trophie des Alpesundated0401Scope and Contents

Includes 1 manuscript chapter, 3 copies of article by J. Formige from L'Architecture, Vol, XLV, No. 12.

Various Entases19330412Scope and Contents

Includes 13 essays on various entases, 5 drawings

Various Templesundated0411Scope and Contents

Includes drawings, ratios, and memoranda for 26 various temples.

Series IV: Other PapersScope and Contents

includes various clippings.

La Revve Moderne Illustree19260512Scope and Contents

1 copy

Misc. Clippingundated0514Scope and Contents

1 page

Unidentified Buildingundated0513Scope and Contents

1 black and white photograph