Guard Box / Guard House / Guard Shelter
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Map of Philadelphia showing locations of guard houses, boxes, etc. for Fairmount Park communication system. [1 sheet], 1952 February 5
Item — Drawer Fb, Folder: 4
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:
1952 February 5
Park Guard Headquarters, 44th Street and Parkside Avenue. Plans, elevations and details of garage addition. [1 sheet], 1948 February 2
Item — Drawer F11, Folder: 1.2
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:
1948 February 2
Park guard shelter, various locations. [2 sheets; 1 unique sheet], 1969 July 19
Item — Drawer Fc, Folder: 1.1
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:
1969 July 19
Shelter, toilet and guard houses, Lincoln Drive and Wissahickon Drive: cross section of storage room, frame details, cross section thru shelter, north elevation, west elevation, Wissahickon Drive elevation (south), and Lincoln Drive elevation (east) [2 sheets; 1 unique sheet], 1939 January 24
Item — Drawer Wissahickon General, Folder: 1
Shelter, toilet and guard houses, Lincoln Drive and Wissahickon Drive: plan showing door detail, chimney detail, fireplace section, roof plan, toilet cubicles, and foundation plan [2 sheets; 1 unique sheet], 1939 January 24
Item — Drawer Wissahickon General, Folder: 1
Washington Square guard box sketches. [6 sheets], n.d.
Item — Drawer Fc, Folder: 1.1
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.
Washington Square. Historic American Buildings Survey: Washington Square Guard House, elevations, floor plan, and cross section. [1 sheet], 1988
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 3.1
Identifier: 10
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:
1988