Architectural graphics and records of the Estates of Edward T. Stotesbury, [ca. 1915-1979]

Format:

Archive

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Stotesbury, Edward Townsend, 1849-1938.

Contributor:

Gréber, Jacques.

Stotesbury, Edward Townsend, 1849-1938.

Stotesbury, Eva R.

Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

mansions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

mansions--Florida--Palm Beach.

mansions--District of Columbia--Washington.

mansions--Maine--Bar Harbor.

gatehouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Gardens.

Gates.

Whitemarsh Hall (Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.).

Marly (Washington, D.C.).

El Mirosol (Palm Beach, Fla.).

Wingwood (Bar Harbor, Me.).

Local Subjects:

Whitemarsh Hall (Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.).

Marly (Washington, D.C.).

El Mirosol (Palm Beach, Fla.).

Wingwood (Bar Harbor, Me.).

Physical Description:

88 items

20 items

160 items

7 items

Other Title:

Paintings, furniture, works of art from the collection of the late Edward T. stotesbury, Philadelphia.

French XVIII Century furniture ... the property of Mrs. Eva R. Stotesbury ... removed from her former residences, Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hil, Pa., and Marly, Washington, D.c.

Valuable furnishings and art collection at Wingwood House, Bar Harbor, Maine.

Valuable furnishings and art collection at El Mirasol, Palm Beach, Florida.

Photographs of the Stotesbury Mansion before the furnishings were sold at auction and before the mansion was bought for a laboratory by Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company.

Arrangement:

Drawings cataloged by specific architectural project, if known. RLIN visual materials file.

Place of Publication:

[ca. 1915-1979]

Summary:

This record is parent to 13 architectural project records, and uncataloged drawings, for the buildings and grounds of the Estate of Edward Townsend Stotesburg, Esq. in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. The drawings collection encompasses survey drawings, prints representing the work of the original architect Horace Trumbauer, landscape development by French architect Jacques Grèber and later alterations and additions by a variety of agents. Included are drawings from 1979, which show the development of the old estate into the Stotesbury Townhomes. Included from the original estate are drawings for the main mansion, Whitemarsh Hall, as well as for the entrance, gates, and gardens, and several outbuildings, built & unbuilt.

Accompaning the drawings are 7 manuscript items, including reference copies of auction cataloges for Stotesbury's properties: [1] Paintings, furniture, works of art from the collection of the late Edward T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia / Parke-Bernet (1944) [2] French XVIII Century furniture, ... The property of Mrs. Eva R. Stotesbury (Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury), removed from her former residences, "Whitemarsh Hall", Chestnut Hill, Pa. and "Marly", Washington, D.C. / Samuel T. Freeman (1944) [3] Valuable furnishings and art collection at "Wingwood House", Bar Harbor, Maine / Samuel T. Freeman (1946) [4] The Valuable furnishings and art collection at "El Mirasol", Palm Beach, Florida : the residence of the late Eva R. Stotesbury (Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury / Samuel T. Freeman & Co. (1947)

Additional manuscript items include reference copies of [5. Images of El Mirasol] [6. Images of Wingwood] [7] Photographs of the Stotesbury Mansion before the furnishings were sold at auction and before the mansion was bought for a laboratory by Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company / Mattie Edwards Hewitt.

The photographs (b&w) appear to be reference copies from Mattie Edwards Hewitt's work, and are accompanied by photocopies of the images. The slides appear to be selected reference images corresponding to the photocopied reference images above.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Marie Kitto,