Birch Burdette Long architectural drawings, 1906- 1935

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460630 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Long, Birch Burdette; Price, Chester B. (Chester Boyce), 1885-1962; White, Stanford, 1853-1906; McKim, Mead & White
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
30 Sheets
Language(s):
English .
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Description

Summary

This collection primarily contains architectural renderings executed by Long in 1906 for a memorial issue of BUILDINGS magazine dedicated to New York architect Stanford White. These drawings represent White's most famous structures designed while he was a partner with McKim, Mead & White. Buildings depicted include Madison Square Garden, the New York Herald Building, and the Washington Memorial Arch, all in New York City, among others. Also included in this collection are miscellaneous architectural drawings by Long, Chester B. Price, and others, circa 1920s-1930s; and printed material.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Birch Burdette Long architectural drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1973.007.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Architectural renderer.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
architectural drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New York Herald Building, Herald Square (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Washington Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Herald Square (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Washington Square (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Auditoriums -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Music-halls -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID