Competition entry for the Washington Monument, Union Square, New York City,, 1843

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
9054895 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Pollard, Calvin, 1797-1850
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
1 drawing
Language(s):
English .
Access:

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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.

Description

Scope and content

Presentation drawing of the front elevation. In pen and ink with wash and watercolor on paper (mounted on linen, 22 7/8" x 37 1/8").

Publication Date

1843

Pollard's competition design and drawing is cited in "The Washington Monument Project in New York" by Jacob Landy, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historicans, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec., 1969), pp. 291-297.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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.

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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..

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Method of acquisition--Purchased;; Date of acquisition--2011. Accession number--2011.018.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical sketch

New York architect Calvin Pollard (1797-1850) design submission for a memorial to Washington in New York was accepted by The Washington Monument Association of the City of New York in June 1844. Pollard designed the monument to be a 425 feet tall Gothic tower to be located in Union Square. By December 1847, the public outcry over Pollard's design was so strong that the Washington Monument Association began to accept new submissions by other architects.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Competition drawings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Washington Monument Association (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- : Monuments. CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans. CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gothic revival (Architecture) -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Monuments -- New York (State) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID