Washington Monument
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Construction plans of the Washington Monument [3 copies], 1890 April 25
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
1890 April 25
#F18-64 (Fairmount Park): Plan of proposed location for Washington Monuments at Green Street entrance, n.d.
Item — Shelf BR-8.3
Dates:
undated
Fairmount Park, Washington Monument: Washington's Monument, 1907
Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.
Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Dates:
1907
Foundations for Washington Monument - plan [3 copies], 1959 May 20
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
1959 May 20
Fountain in plaza - south of Washington Monument, n.d.
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
undated
Philadelphia Museum of Art area [3 copies], 1966 October 17
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.1
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:
1966 October 17
Plan of site for Washington Monument, n.d.
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
undated
Plan showing coordination axis line of Washington Monument at Fairmount Plaza, with new west harbor line of the Schuylkill River and line of 30th Street, 1929 August 7
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 1.3
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:
1929 August 7
Untitled plan showing trenches, pipes and temporary AC units near Washington Monument, n.d.
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
undated
Washington Monument, 1872-2009
File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding site selection for the monument, during which the Green Street entrance, a knoll near the Humboldt statue, and a plateau near the McMichael Monument were each proposed before a final site was selected (1872-1890). Also includes correspondence regarding arrangements for U.S. Army troops to encamp in the park following the Grant Monument dedication in New York before attending the Washington Monument dedication ceremonies (1897), a letter notifying the Commission that...
Dates:
1872-2009
