Architectural drawings collection, [ca.1823-ca.1887]

Format:

Archive

Author/Creator:

Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Historic buildings--Washington (D.C.).

Historic buildings.

Banks.

Churches.

Houses.

monuments.

Schools.

Public buildings.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

items

Contained In:

Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural archive.

Arrangement:

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

Place of Publication:

[ca.1823-ca.1887]

Summary:

This record is parent to 89 subseries records for Walter's identified architectural projects, representing commissions primarily from the Philadelphia area, but also incorporating his Venezuelian commissions, and his Washington, D.C. works, including the United States Capitol Dome & Extension. Also summarized by this record are: --6 sets of unidentified drawings, generally collected together by building or drawing type, and --21 sets of architectural drawings by other architects for Walter projects or used by Walter as reference. These other architects include John E. Carver, William B. Franklin, John Haviland, Joseph D. Koecker, John McArthur, Montgomery C. Meigs, Robert Mills, William Rodrigue, John Skirving, John Trautwine, and Robert H. Walter. Included are interior sketches for the U.S. Capitol by Constantino Brumidi.

Notes:

Forms part of: Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural archives.