John Thomas Grisdale architectural drawings, 1928-1954.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Grisdale, John Thomas, 1904-1985.

Contributor:

Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects--Archives.

Architects.

Architectural design--History--20th Century--Sources.

Architectural design.

Architectural drawing--United States.

Architectural drawing.

Genre:

Architectural drawings -- American

Physical Description:

42 sheets 38 originals + 5 prints.

Other Title:

John Thomas Grisdale collection.

Place of Publication:

1928-1954.

Biography/History:

John Thomas Grisdale was born in Minneapolis, the son of Charles and Frances Ruth Orvis Grisdale. He graduated from Central High School there and entered the University of Minnesota. After attending several years of the architecture course at the University of Pennsylvania, he left in 1928 before completing his degree. In 1930 he won the Pencil Points competition and also received an Honorable Mention in the competition sponsored by the Pan American Union for the Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse. Grisdale worked for Mellor, Meigs & Howe and then Mellor & Meigs for over ten years (1928-1939). In the early years of World War II he was in the office Paul Cret (1940-1943). At the conclusion of the war he and J. Roy Carroll formed a partnership, joined the following year by William L. Van Alen. Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen was one of the most successful firms in the region from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Summary:

The collection comprises 38 rendered competition drawings delineated by Grisdale, documenting a series of competition entries designed between 1928 and 1945. The collection also includes 5 diazotype prints of preliminary drawings for the Bucks County Courthouse by the firm of Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen dated 1954.

Finding Aid/Index:

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

Cited as:

John Thomas Grisdale Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

247036057

Access Restriction:

Collection available for research by appointment only.

Online:

http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org