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 call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.columbia.edu.
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).
1932-1937
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 call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.columbia.edu.
Source of acquisition--unknown accession.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Committee organized by Julian Clarence Levi to combat the rising unemployment of draftsmen and apprentice architects during the American depression. In 1932, trained architects and draftsmen began producing measured drawings of the plans, plats, elevations, and details of America's historic houses, which appeard in Great Georgain Houses.
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