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
A guard house for George Woodward, Lincoln Drive above Allens Lane, plans, elevations and sections, 1932 June 9
Item — Drawer W5 & W6, Folder: 3
Dates:
1932 June 9
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
Cresheim Valley Guard House Shelter and Toilet, 1936 June 30
Item — Drawer Wissahickon General, Folder: 1
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.
#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.
First floor - Wissahickon guard house, 1960 February 10
Item — Drawer W23 & W24, Folder: 2
Dates:
1960 February 10
