Guard Box / Guard House / Guard Shelter
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
A guard house for George Woodward, Lincoln Drive above Allens Lane, plans, elevations and sections. [1 sheet], 1932 June 9
Item — Drawer W5 & W6, Folder: 3
Dates:
1932 June 9
City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission. Park guard headquarters, 44th Street and Parkside Avenue. [1 sheet], n.d.
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 5.2
Identifier: FP.2019.0
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
n.d.
Cobbs Creek Park: Morris Park. Sketches of Benny’s Guard Box at Morris Park. [4 sheets], 2002
Item — Drawer Gen-C7, Folder: 3.1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to Cobb’s Creek Park, as well as a very limited number of related correspondence. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in items relating...
Dates:
2002
Cresheim Valley Guard House Shelter and Toilet [1 sheet], 1936 June 30
Item — Drawer Wissahickon General, Folder: 1
#F00-22 (Fairmount Park); ID: 182 a-b: Plan of guard box., 1922
Item — Shelf BR-1.1
Identifier: 182a-b
Dates:
1922
Fairmount Park System, guard houses: History - images, memos, newspaper clippings and research, n.d.
File — Drawer 8.2
Dates:
n.d.
Floor plan and elevation of park guard headquarters including garage at 44th Street and Parkside Avenue. [1 sheet], n.d.
Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 9.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
n.d.
Guard Houses
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...
Dates:
c.1855 - c. 2012
Headquarters of Park Guards at 44th Street and Parkside Avenue, alterations to hearing room. (fragile) [1 sheet], 1936
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 4.1
Identifier: FP.2019.0
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1936
Kitchens Lane shelter [1 sheet], 1938 May 3
Item — Drawer Wissahickon General, Folder: 1