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Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers,
circa 1793-1936,
(bulk, circa 1890-1936)
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Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers, circa 1793-1936, (bulk, circa 1890-1936), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Creator(s): | Codman, Ogden. |
Title: | Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers,
circa 1793-1936,
(bulk, circa 1890-1936)
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Physical description: | circa 3,474 items.
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Language(s): | In English
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This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
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This collection contains one series:
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Scope and Content
Architectural drawings and specifications for Codman's projects,
circa 1890s-1930s, including the Martha Codman house in Washington, D.C.;
alterations for Edith Wharton and her husband at their three residences,
the Mount in Lenox, Mass., Land's End in Newport, R.I., and their Park Avenue
home in New York City; work for the Thayer family of Boston, Mass., specifically
Nathaniel Thayer's three homes in Boston, Lancaster, Mass., and Newport, R.I. ("Edgemere"),
Bernard Thayer's Beacon Hill houyse in Boston, and Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer's
two houses in Boston and Lancaster, Mass.; the Lucy Dahlgren house in New York City;
the Archer M. Huntington house on Fifth Avenue in New York City; interior design for
John D. Rockefeller in his house "Kykuit" at Pocantico Hills, N.Y.; interior design work
for the Vanderbilt family including Cornelius Vanderbilt's "Breakers" at Newport, R.I.
and Frederick William Vanderbilt's mansion in Hyde Park, N.Y. and his house on Fifth Avenue
in New York City; Oliver Ames' mansion at Pride's Crossing, Beverly, Mass., and his house
in Boston; and interior decoration and alterations for Codman's own homes in Newport, R.I.
and Roslyn, N.Y. and his villa in France, "La Leopolda", at Villefranche-sur-Mer. Also, lists,
descriptions, and postcards of French chateaux, with related correspondence, circa 1900s-1930s,
relating to Codman's bibliography on the chateaux of France; and miscellaneous lists of houses
in England and France, correspondence, and printed material.
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This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
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Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see
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Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.
Preferred Citation
Ogden Codman architectural drawings and papers, circa 1793-1936, (bulk, circa 1890-1936), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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History
Architect, author and interior decorator.
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