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Series 4: Papers

Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture, 1853-1937, bulk 1933-1934

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Series 1: Mounted Photographs

N. B. Numbers in parentheses indicate quantity of duplicate prints.

This series is subdivided into four major geographic areas, and therein projects are listed in alphabetical order by state, city, and project name.

Subseries A: Hudson River Valley, New York


Box 1 Folder 1 Wardhaven Hall, Albany., 1926, 1933, Items: 2 (2)


Box 1 Folder 2 Ingleside, Dobbs Ferry. A. J. Davis, arch., 1853., undated, Items: 7 (4)


Box 1 Folder 3 Hurst Pierrepont, Garrison. A. J. Davis, arch.,1863., undated, Items: 12 (12)


Box 1 Folder 4 Lovat, Hastings-on-Hudson. Built by Thomas Fraser, circa 1850, undated, Items: 15 (15)


Box 1 Folder 5 Edmund Coffin Residence and Gatehouse, Irvington. Built circa 1850., undated, Items: 7 (1)


Box 1 Folder 6 Gray Gables, Irvington. Built by T. A. Strange, circa 1882., undated, Items: 3 (3)


Box 1 Folder 7 Lyndhurst, Irvington (now Tarrytown). A. J. Davis, arch., 1840., undated, Items: 8 (38)

Exterior views.


Box 1 Folder 8 Lyndhurst, Irvington (now Tarrytown). A. J. Davis, arch., 1840., undated, Items: 14 (5)

Interior views.


Box 1 Folder 9 Ridgeview or Stern Castle, Irvington. A. J. Davis, arch., circa 1874., undated, Items: 1 (1)


Box 1 Folder 10 Strawberry Hill, Irvington. Built for John Thomas, circa 1855., undated, Items: 1 (1)

Also known as the William Barton residence.


Box 1 Folder 11 Fonthill Castle, Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson. Thomas C. Smith, possible arch., 1847., undated, Items: 23 (23)


Box 1 Folder 12 a) Gothic gateposts, b) Urn at former Van Duser Place, c) Gate House at Frederick Delano Place, d) Washington's Headquarters, all in or near Newburgh., 1933, Items: 4 (4)


Box 1 Folder 13 Gate House, south of Poughkeepsie., 1933, Items: 4 (4)


Box 1 Folder 14 Ericstan or Eric's Castle, Tarrytown. A. J. Davis, arch., 1855., undated, Items: 1 (1)


Box 1 Folder 15 Pokahoe, Tarrytown. Built by J. W. Webb, 1848., undated, Items: 8 (8)


Box 1 Folder 16 Rockwood Hall (orig. William Rockefeller House) and Gatehouse, Tarrytown. G. Wheeler, arch., circa 1854., undated, Items: 8 (8)


Box 1 Folder 17 Mt. Ida, Troy. A. J. Davis, arch., 1838., 1933, Items: 16 (15)


Box 1 Folder 18 United States Military Academy, library, arsenal and cottage, West Point., 1933, Items: 9 (18)


Box 1 Folder 19 Beechwood, Yonkers. Built circa 1861., undated, Items: 10 (10)

Includes windmill and summer house on Kingman estate.


Box 1 Folder 20 Belvoir, Yonkers. Thomas S. Wall, 1854., undated, Items: 28 (27)


Box 1 Folder 21 Gothic House, 107 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers., undated, Items: 4 (4)


Box 1 Folder 22 Lyndhurst, Ericstan, and Rockwood Hall., undated, Items: 3 (3)

Color photomechanical prints

Subseries B: New York City, New York


Box 1 Folder 23 Kingsbridge Hotel, Broadway and Old Farmers Bridge Rd., Bronx., 1910, Items: 2


Box 1 Folder 24 Old Dyckman Cemetery, near Fordham, Bronx., 1910, Items: 5

Includes view of Morris with her husband and their first car, a Matheson.


Box 1 Folder 25 Seaman-Drake Mansion, Kingsbridge, Bronx. Built by Valentine Seaman, circa 1890., 1933, Items: 12


Box 1 Folder 26 Two unidentified residences, near Morris Heights, Bronx., 1910, Items: 3


Box 1 Folder 27 Brooklyn City Prison, Lafayette St. and Ashland Pl., Brooklyn., 1933, Items: 4 (4)


Box 1 Folder 28 Views of Manhattan's southern tip and New York bay., 1932, Items: 7


Box 1 Folder 29 Mrs. Robert Bacon Townhouse, 1 Park Ave. at 34th St., Manhattan., 1933, Items: 5 (4)


Box 1 Folder 30 Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan., 1910, Items: 3


Box 1 Folder 31 William Dyckman House, Broadway at 204th St., Manhattan. Built 1783., 1910 and undated, Items: 2, with 7 postcards


Box 1 Folder 32 George Washington Bridge, official opening ceremony, Manhattan., 1931 Oct 24, Items: 9


Box 1 Folder 33 James W. Gerard Townhouse on Grammercy Park, Manhattan. Built circa 1830-1840., 1907, Items: 1

Image copied from an unidentified published source.


Box 1 Folder 34 Archibald Gracie Mansion, Manhattan., 1924, 1925, 1927, Items: 7


Box 1 Folder 35 Hunter College, Park Ave. at 68th St. and 69th St., Manhattan. D. I. Stagg, arch., circa 1870., 1933, Items: 10 (9)


Box 1 Folder 36 Jumel Mansion, Manhattan. Built by Roger Morris, 1765., 1910 and undated, Items: 7, with 10 postcards

Includes view of Morris' first car, a Matheson.


Box 1 Folder 37 James Lenox townhouse, 53 Fifth Ave. at 12th St., Manhattan. Built by James Lenox., undated, Items: 1


Box 1 Folder 38 Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Townhouse, Second Ave, Manhattan., 1932, Items: 2


Box 1 Folder 39 St. Marks-in-the-Bowerie, Manhattan., 1917, Items: 14


Box 1 Folder 40 Abigail Adams Smith Mansion, "Mount Vernon," 421 E. 61st St., Manhattan. Built by Col. William Smith, 1796-1798., undated, Items: 10


Box 1 Folder 41 Tombs Prison, Lafayette St., Manhattan. Withers & Dickson, archs., 1896., 1933, Items: 6 (6)


Box 1 Folder 42 Townhouses, 9 and 11 Lexington Ave. at 22nd St., Manhattan., 1933, Items: 2


Box 1 Folder 43 Woodcliff, Fort Washington, Manhattan. A. J. Davis, arch., 1855., 1924, Items: 7 (3)

Includes views of unidentified hexagonal residence and Washington Heights.


Box 1 Folder 44 Banker House, Staten Island. Built by Obadiah Brown (?), circa 1804., 1933, Items: 2 (2)


Box 1 Folder 45 Christopher Billop House, near Tottenville, Staten Island, circa 1699., 1932, Items: 4


Box 1 Folder 46 Janssen House, New Brighton, Staten Island. Built by P. Kissam(?), circa 1845., 1933, Items: 3 (3)


Box 1 Folder 47 Smith-Ely House, New Brighton, Staten Island. A. J. Davis, arch., 1849., 1933, Items: 4 (4)

Subseries C: Eastern Westchester County, New York


Box 1 Folder 48 San Souci, New Rochelle. A. J. Davis, arch., 1859., undated, Items: 4 (4)

Images are copied from earlier views.


Box 1 Folder 49 Wild Cliff, New Rochelle. A. J. Davis, arch., 1852., 1870, Items: 1 (1)

Copy of image given to Morris by Mrs. Stuart Scott, descendant of owner's family.


Box 1 Folder 50 Bolton Priory, Pelham. Built by Rev. Robert Bolton, 1832., 1860, 1932-1933, Items: 6 (1)

Includes view from unidentified source showing house in 1860.


Box 1 Folder 51 Gothic Pavilion on former Jay Estate, Rye. A. J. Davis, arch., 1849., 1932, Items: 5 (5)

Includes copy of earlier image given to Morris by Miss Mary Rutherford Jay.


Box 1 Folder 52 Whitby (Rye Country Club), Rye. A. J. Davis, 1852., 1932, Items: 10 (7), with 2 postcards

Includes copy prints of earlier views.


Box 1 Folder 53 S. E. Lyon House, White Plains. A. J. Davis, arch., 1842., 1933, Items: 6 (6)

Subseries D: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island


Box 1 Folder 54 Montevideo, Avon, CT., 1933, Items: 14 (12)


Box 1 Folder 55 Bishop House, Bridgeport, CT. Built by S. R. Tomlinson, circa 1840-1850., 1933, Items: 11 (11)


Box 1 Folder 56 Harral Mansion, Bridgeport, CT. A. J. Davis, arch., 1846., 1933, Items: 12 (12)


Box 2 Folder 1 Mrs. Franklin B. Dexter Residence, 178 Prospect St., New Haven, CT., 1933, Items: 5 (2)


Box 2 Folder 2 Martinstow, near New Haven, CT. James Renwick, arch., 1851., 1933, Items: 9 (9)


Box 2 Folder 3 Stonington Manor Inn, Stonington, CT., 1933, Items: 9 (8)


Box 2 Folder 4 Garrison House, Orange, NJ. A. J. Davis, arch., 1859., 1933, Items: 11 (11)


Box 2 Folder 5 Joseph Howard House, Orange, NJ. A. J. Davis, arch., 1933, Items: 6 (6)


Box 2 Folder 6 Main Gate Lodge for Llewellyn Park, Orange, NJ. A. J. Davis, arch., 1862., 1933, Items: 3 (3)


Box 2 Folder 7 Thomas Merrick House, Llewellyn Park, Orange, NJ. A. J. Davis, arch., 1858., 1933, Items: 3


Box 2 Folder 8 Unidentified residence and barn, Llewellyn Park, Orange, NJ., 1933, Items: 10


Box 2 Folder 9 Unidentified house, Orange Mountain, Orange, NJ., 1933, Items: 5


Box 2 Folder 10 Wildmount, Montclair or Bloomfield, NJ. A. J. Davis, arch., 1863., 1933, Items: 7 (7)


Box 2 Folder 11 "The Highlands," Ambler, PA. Built by A. Morris, 1796., 1929, Items: 3 (3)


Box 2 Folder 12 Gothic House, Mary St., Newport, RI., 1933, Items: 3 (2)


Box 2 Folder 13 Kingscote, Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Richard Upjohn, arch., 1838., 1933, Items: 21 (18)

Series 2: Ringbound Photographs, All images date from 1933.

Two binders, A and B, were compiled by Morris and contain 170 individual black and white photographic prints and black and white and color postcards of varying sizes, cornered in pages, with brief descriptions of the properties, architects, and owners. In addition to Morris's own photography, images include views, renderings, and plans from other sources. Many photographs and views are dated.

Photographs in this series are listed in the order in which they are found in each binder.

Subseries A: Ringbinder A


Box 3 1. David Kennedy Residence, 41 Fifth Ave. (at 11th St.), Manhattan, NY., Items: Interior - 3

Includes two photographs of watercolors by Alethea Hill Platt, 1890.


Box 3 2. Smith-Ely House, New Brighton, Staten Island, NY. A. J. Davis, arch., Items: Exterior - 2

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 3. Woodcliff, Fort Washington, Manhattan, NY., Items: 3

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 4. Fonthill Castle, Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson, NY., Items: 3, 4


Box 3 5. Cottage Lawn, Ludlow, NY. Built 1836., Items: 3, 5


Box 3 6. Belvoir, Yonkers, NY., Items: 5, 1


Box 3 7. Ingleside, Dobbs Ferry, NY., Items: 2, 3

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation


Box 3 8. Lyndhurst, Irvington (now Tarrytown), NY., Items: 9, 9


Box 3 9. Mt. Ida, Troy, NY., Items: 4, 1

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 10. Ericstan, Tarrytown, NY., Items: 9, 7

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 11. Rockwood Hall and Gatehouse, NY., Items: 4


Box 3 12. Oatlands, Queens, NY. Built 1838., Items: 2, 2

Subseries B: Ringbinder B


Box 3 1. Bolton Priory, Pelham, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 2. San Souci, New Rochelle, NY., Items: 3


Box 3 3. Wildcliff, New Rochelle, NY. A. J. Davis, arch., 1852., Items: 1


Box 3 4. Gothic pavilion on former Jay state, Rye, NY., Items: 7


Box 3 5. Whitby (Rye Country Club), Rye, NY., Items: 8

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 6. Harral Mansion, Bridgeport, NY., Items: 5

Includes photograph of original plan and elevation.


Box 3 7. William Rotch House, New Bedford, NY. A. J. Davis, arch., Items: 2


Box 3 8. Garrison House, Orange, NJ., Items: 1


Box 3 9. Belmeade, Powhaten County, VA. A. J. Davis, arch., Items: 2


Box 3 10. Wardhaven Hall, Albany, NY., Items: 3, 4


Box 3 11. Malbone, Newport, RI. A. J. Davis, arch., 1849., Items: 3, 4


Box 3 12. Kingscote, Newport, RI., Items: 5


Box 3 13. Llewellyn Park Gate Lodge, Orange, NJ., Items: 1


Box 3 14. Old St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, NY. Built circa 1823., Items: 1


Box 3 15. Grace Church and rectory, Manhattan, NY., Items: 1, 1


Box 3 16. Old Bleeker Street Church, Manhattan, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 17. Church of the Transfiguration, Manhattan, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 18. New York University, Washington Square, Manhattan, NY., Items: 3


Box 3 19. "Old City College," Manhattan, NY. James Renwick, arch., Items: 1


Box 3 20. Strawberry Hill, Irvington, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 21. Ridgeview, Irvington, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 22. Montevideo, Avon, CT., Items: 2


Box 3 23. "Colonnade Row," Lafayette St., Manhattan, NY., Items: 1


Box 3 24. Unidentified residence., Items: 1

Photograph of plan and elevation.


Box 3 25. Two unidentified buildings., Items: 2

Series 3: Loose Images

Items are gelatin silver photographic prints, unless otherwise noted.

Photographs in this series are listed in alphabetical order by state, city, and project name.


Box 2 Folder 14 Montevideo, Avon, CT., circa 1930s, Items: 6


Box 2 Folder 15 Harral, Bridgeport, CT., 1933, Items: 9


Box 2 Folder 16 Bishop House, Bridgeport, CT. Built by S. R. Tomlinson, circa 1840-1850., circa 1933, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 17 Mrs. Franklin B. Dexter Residence, 178 Prospect St., New Haven, CT., circa 1933, Items: 3


Box 2 Folder 18 Martinstow, near New Haven, CT. James Renwick, arch., 1851., circa 1933, Items: 3


Box 2 Folder 19 Bowen House, Woodstock, CT. Joseph Collins Wells, arch., undated, Items: 1

Image trimmed from stereocard.


Box 2 Folder 20 Unitarian Church, Charlestown, NH., undated, Items: 2

gelatin silver print postcards


Box 2 Folder 21 Strange Residence, Ingleside, Dobb's Ferry, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 22 Hurst Pierrepont, gates, Garrison, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 23 Lovat, Hastings, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 3


Box 2 Folder 24 Lyndhurst, Irvington (now Tarrytown), NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 2

2 gelatin silver prints and 1 printed card


Box 2 Folder 25 Hunter College, Park Ave. at 68th St. and 69th St., Manhattan, NY., 1937 Oct 20, Items: 6

Photographer identified as "ER"?


Box 2 Folder 26 "Suburban Gothic Villa, Murray Hill, N.Y. City. Residence of W. C. H. Waddell, Esq., 5th Avenue between 37 & 38th Street," Manhattan, NY., undated, Items: 2

Perspective rendering and plans from unidentified publication.


Box 2 Folder 27 Woodcliff, Fort Tryon, Manhattan, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 10

A. C. Richards Residence. David Milton Jones, photographer.


Box 2 Folder 28 Fonthill Castle, Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson, NY., undated, Items: 1

color photomechanical postcard


Box 2 Folder 28 Marillac Lodge, Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson, NY., undated, Items: 1

black and white photomechanical postcard


Box 2 Folder 29 San Souci, New Rochelle, NY., undated, Items: 1 (2)

black and white lithographic prints

Perspective rendering fromHistory of Westchester County,1886.


Box 2 Folder 30 Winslow Gate Lodge, south of Poughkeepsie, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 31 Jay Residence, Rye, NY., undated, Items: 1

Noted on verso, "Original Jay house - at Rye, N.Y. Property bought 1745. Taken from a wash drawing made in the early 1800's."


Box 2 Folder 32 Aspinwall Tower, Staten Island, NY., undated, Items: 1

printed paper


Box 2 Folder 33 Smith-Ely Residence, New Brighton, Staten Island, NY., 1932 Mar, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 34 Ericstan or Eric's Castle, Tarrytown, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 2

E. White Studio, photographer. Noted "Herrick" on versos.


Box 2 Folder 35 Washington Irving Residence, "Sunnyside," Tarrytown, NY., undated, Items: 1 color photomechanical print


Box 2 Folder 36 Mt. Ida, Troy, NY., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 1


Box 2 Folder 37 Kingscote, Newport, RI., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 2


Box 2 Folder 38 Malbone, Newport, RI., undated, Items: 5


Box 2 Folder 39 Hospitals, various New York state locations., circa early 1930s, Items: 5

printed papers


Box 2 Folder 40 Unidentified residence[s?]., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 10

David Milton Jones, photographer.


Box 2 Folder 41 Unidentified residences., circa 1920s-1930s, Items: 3


Box 2 Folder 42 Unidentified interior rendering., undated, Items: 1

Noted on verso "Pugin." From unidentified published source.

Series 4: Papers

Materials in this series are listed in alphabetical order by folder title.


Box 2 Folder 43 "Architects Told Upjohn Guided Reform in U.S." New York Herald Tribune., 1933 Apr 27

Printed paper


Box 2 Folder 44 J. Lawrence Aspinwall (Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard) to Nathalie Morris., 1933 Aug 16

Typed letter, signed

Regards buildings designed by James Renwick.


Box 2 Folder 45 Emma Clifton Austin to Nathalie Morris., 1934 Sep 10

Autograph letter, signed, and 2 gelatin silver photographs

Relates history of Austin's house in New Bedford, MA, and encloses two photographs of exterior.


Box 2 Folder 45 Emma Clifton Austin to Nathalie Morris., 1934 Sep 16

Autograph letter, signed

Thanks Morris for sending photographs of Austin's house, expresses regret that she will have to leave home to uncertain future, relates information about her brother.


Box 2 Folder 46 J. J. Champenois to Nathalie Morris., 1933 May 11

Typed letter, signed

Regards drawings by Baroness Hyde de Neuville.


Box 2 Folder 47 "Fashionable Days on Lower 2d Av." Unidentified newspaper., undated

Printed paper


Box 2 Folder 48 "Fire Crumbles Bolton Priory In 100th Year." New York Herald Tribune., 1932 Jul 02

Printed paper


Box 2 Folder 49 Gleason's Pictorial, pp. [369]-370., 1853 Jun 11

Printed paper

Includes "View of Carve's Mill, at Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, New York."


Box 2 Folder 50 "Grace Church to Celebrate Its 125th Year." New York Herald Tribune., 1933

Printed paper


Box 2 Folder 51 John Mead Howells to Nathalie Morris., 1933 Mar 31

Typed letter, signed

Suggests that Morris view exhibition of Sanford Ross at the Macbeth Galleries.


Box 2 Folder 51 John Mead Howells to Nathalie Morris., 19-- Jul 20

Autograph letter, signed

Thanks Morris for her notes on "Old Morrisania," regrets dating errors made in his earlier publication, and relates ongoing research on Portsmouth Colonial architecture.


Box 2 Folder 52 Cornelius G. Kolff to Nathalie Morris., 1933 May 22

Typed letter, signed, with brochure

Relates history of involvement in development of Emerson Hill property; with "Emerson Hill, Staten Island, New York," brochure printed by Cornelius G. Kolff, Inc.


Box 2 Folder 53 List of A. J. Davis images held by the Museum of the City of New York., 1933

Typescript


Box 2 Folder 54 "Modern Houses Built by Hans Hermansen, Builder and Contractor.", circa 1920s-1920s

Printed paper

Two images of houses in Emerson Hill annotated by Morris.


Box 2 Folder 55 Museum of the City of New York (Grace W. Wayer) to Nathalie Morris., 1933 Mar 06

Typed letter, signed

Regards photographs of buildings at Morrisania and "Ravenswood" lithograph by A. J. Davis.


Box 2 Folder 56 "Nobility Shrouds Bronder's Hollow." New York Herald Tribune., undated

Printed paper


Box 2 Folder 57 "Oatlands." Architecture, pp. 297-300., undated, Items: 1

Photostat copy


Box 2 Folder 58 Research notes and drafts., circa 1930s

Holograph and typescript papers


Box 2 Folder 59 Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, newsletters., 1927-1932, undated

Printed papers


Box 2 Folder 60 Robert B. Sterns to Nathalie Morris., 1933 Nov 08

Typed letter, signed

Relates history of family's ownership of residence at Irvington, NY, built by Mr. Richards.


Box 2 Folder 61 I. N. Phelps Stokes to Nathalie Morris., 1934 May 28

Typed letter, signed

Regards Mrs. Bacon's house at 1 Park Avenue, Manhattan, being part of the Waddell Villa.


Box 2 Folder 62 Union Club [Manhattan, NY], invitation to Miss Leta Morris., 1933 Nov

Engraved card

Permits Morris to "inspect the new Club House." Signed by Charles K. Beekman.


Box 2 Folder 63 "W. Renwick, Architect and Sculptor, Dies." New York Herald Tribune., 1933 Mar

Printed paper