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Guard Box / Guard House / Guard Shelter

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

1876 Centennial Guard Box: front view, sheet 1 of 2; aerial view, sheet 2 of 2, 1987

 Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 4.2
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates: 1987

Centennial Guard House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Rear elevation, sheet 1 of 2; plan, sheet 2 of 2, 1987 May

 Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 4.2
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates: 1987 May

City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission. Park guard headquarters, 44th Street and Parkside Avenue, n.d.

 Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 5.2
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 Guardhouse area, 1971 January

 Item — Drawer C10-C14, 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: 1971 January

Elevations and floor plans of shelter building at 44th Street and Parkside Avenue, 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.