Frederick Clarke Withers architectural drawings, 1874-1900.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901, architect.

Contributor:

Dickson, Walter, 1835-1903.

Astor, William B. (William Backhouse), 1792-1875, honoree.

Withers and Dickson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901.

Withers, Frederick Clarke.

Architects--Archives.

Architects.

Architectural design--History--19th century--Sources.

Architectural design.

Architectural drawing--United States.

Architectural drawing.

Architecture--United States--History--19th century--Designs and plans.

Architecture.

Church architecture--United States.

Church architecture.

Gothic revival (Architecture)--United States.

Gothic revival (Architecture).

Genre:

Architectural drawings -- American.

Physical Description:

75 sheets : various media.

Other Title:

Frederick Clark Withers collection.

Place of Publication:

1874-1900.

Biography/History:

Born in England, Frederick Clark Withers worked in the London office of Thomas Henry Wyatt (1807-1880) before emigrating to the United States in late 1851 to work with Andrew Jackson Downing. Downing's death in 1852 led to his four year partnership with Calvert Vaux. Independently, Withers is known for his Jefferson Market Courthouse of 1874 and his design of Gallaudet College, in Washington, DC, 1867-1880. He was an important contributor to the Gothic Revival in the United States.

Summary:

The collection comprises 64 architectural drawings, 8 blueprints and 3 photo-lithographs documenting 14 projects, 1872-1900, primarily late ecclesiastical works, most notably Trinity Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1891-94 and the reredos and altar built in Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, in memory of William Backhouse Astor. The collection includes some works of his partnership with Walter Dickson (Withers and Dickson). The collection does not include material related to his collaboration with Calvert Vaux or Andrew Jackson Downing; nor for his independent works, the Jefferson Market Courthouse and Gallaudet College.

Finding Aid/Index:

Printed finding aid available at the Architectural Archives. For electronic finding aid see Web Link.

This collection is indexed in Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a searchable database of architectural research materials. See Web Link.

Cited as:

Frederick Clarke Withers Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.

Access Restriction:

This collection is available for research by appointment only.

Online:

Finding Aid

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings