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This volume contains pasted-in accounting sheets of building construction and operational financial costs -- including detailed information about contractors, suppliers, utilities, square footage, and employees -- for a variety of bulding types in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Buildings are primarily identified by address; a few by name only.
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.
Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.
Gift of Susan Roth, 1986.011.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Volume Processed AvR 02/01/08.
The creator of this account book is Ignatz Roth (1865-1949) and was a builder likely involved in the construction or real estate development field. He may have worked for one or more of the following companies noted in the book : Maxel Realty Co. ; Douglas L. Elliman & Co. Real Estate ; Pease & Elliman ; and Brown, Wheelock, Harris, Vought & Co.
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