Architectural drawings
Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Bartram's Garden Maps, Plans and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: FP.2012.003
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes maps, plans and drawings of Bartram's Garden and the Bartram House and building complex, which includes the Bartram house and additional buildings such as seed house and barn. The Schuylkill River Trail project is also documented in this collection. Items are in a variety of formats, including paper, linen and blueprint, as well as a variety of sizes. The majority of items in this collection were created between 1920 and 1980. While the types of maps included are...
Dates:
1892-2023
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Benjamin Franklin Parkway), 1918-1923, 1956-1962
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Includes 1919 architectural plans of proposed memorial pylons by Lord & Hewlett.
Dates:
1918-1923; 1956-1962
Cobbs Creek Maps, Plans and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: FP.2011.007
Abstract
Part of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park System, Cobb’s Creek Park has a rich and diverse history of transformative use. Located in the western and southwestern regions of Philadelphia, Cobb’s Creek Park was developed alongside the Cobb’s Creek watershed and contains approximately 800 acres of preserved land. Park development along such watersheds is fairly unique to the city of Philadelphia, and is not nearly as common in other urban park systems. While Cobb’s Creek is the predominant waterway...
Dates:
1902-2019
Cobbs Creek Park, Blue Bell Tavern: Restoration - Reports, plans, and images, 2001-2011
File — Drawer 1-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
2001-2011
Colony in Schuylkill, 1946-1962, 2007
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Includes 1954 correspondence regarding the possible relocation of the memorial due to the construction of the expressway, 1946 blueprint design of the tablet with annotations and approval stamp by the Art Jury on verso, 1947 architectural drawings by Willing, Sims, & Talbutt, and 1959 site plans by Wheelwright, Stevenson, & Langran.
Dates:
1946-1962; 2007
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, 1962-2024
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
1962-2024
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, 1916-1961
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Records related to the planning, design, and construction of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, including an extract from Samuel's will, a contract with architect Paul Philippe Cret, a preliminary report on sculpture and inscriptions, and a 1933 Cret architectural drawing. Also includes correspondence between Henri Marceau, C.L. Borie, Emory McMichael, Joseph Carson, and Cret regarding the sequential approval of individual sculptural elements — the Ploughman, the Gold Miner, Spanning the...
Dates:
1916-1961
Embodying Thoreau: dwelling, sitting, watching, 2001-2004
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates:
2001-2004
Evelyn Taylor Price Memorial Sundial, 1946-1947, 1962
File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the proposed location of the sundial in Rittenhouse Square, including Henri Marceau's suggestion that it replace the Giant Frog (1946), architectural drawings by Sydney E. Martin titled 'Memorial to Mrs. Eli Kirk Price by Beatrice Fenton' (1947), and correspondence regarding the pedestal design and inscription — notably a debate over whether Mrs. Price's given name should appear. Also includes Art Jury resolutions and related correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1947; 1962
Fairmount Park Maps, Plans and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: FP.2010.004
Abstract
Items in this collection relate to East and West Fairmount Park, the original components of what has become the vast Fairmount Park system. Unique in its composition, these areas not only contain naturalist landscapes, but they are also home to a truly diverse set of historic and functional structures. In addition to a vast trail system and traditional recreational facilities (such as swimming pools and baseball diamonds), these parks are also home to an array of 18th and 19th century...
Dates:
c. 1750-2023