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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
The collection documents the design development and construction of the Randolph and Amalie Rothschild Residence in Baltimore, MD. The papers, collected by the owners, Randolph and Amalie Rothschild, consist primarily of correspondence, specifications, and floor plans and sketches by architect Percival Goodman. There is a significant amount of correspondence between the Rothschild's and Goodman regarding alterations to the design. This correspondence underscores the larger theme of client-architect relationships and its influence on the design process.
1948-1952
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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Source of acquisition--This collection was donated by Amalie Rothschild, daughter of Randolph and Amalie Rothschild in 2004 (accession no. 2004.006).
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Percival Goodman (1904-1989) was an American architect, teacher, urban planner, artist and writer. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, Goodman achieved renown as one of the most prolific synagogue architects in the United States and was instrumental in the development of a critical discourse around the building of modern religious architecture.
In the late 1940s, Randolph (1909-2003) and Amalie Rothschild commissioned architect Percival Goodman to design their residence in Baltimore, MD. Randolph Rothschild was an insurance lawyer and president of Chamber Music Society of Baltimore and Amalie Rothschild (1916-2001) was an accomplished artist. Randolph and Amalie Rothschild married in 1936.