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Plan of Mt. Prospect Mansion, Fairmount Park, [Chamounix] [graphic] / Engineer's Office, Fairmount Park.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Visual Materials FAR*001*001
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- Format:
- Image
- Author/Creator:
- Fairmount Park. Engineers Office.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- historic houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Mt. Prospect Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Chamounix (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Local Subjects:
- Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Mt. Prospect Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Chamounix (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- 8 photomechanical reproductions : stats ; 36 x 24 cm.
- 1 photomechanical reproduction : blueprint ; 40.5 x 50.5 cm.
- Contained In:
- American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter. Archives.
- Place of Publication:
- n.d.
- Notes:
- Pencilled identification exist on most stats: "Chamounix", often with "Mt. Prospect" crossed out. Blueprint has "Chamounix Mansion" as the formal identification and shows the same footprint as the principal floor plan of the stats. The blueprint, probably created at a different time period than the stats, has only the initials "F.P.C.", possibly for the Fairmount Park Commission, as corporate identification.
- Stamp imprint for Engineer's Office, Fairmount Park, includes: "P.B. [no]". Set includes nos. 7-10, positive and negative copies.
- Forms part of: American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter. Archives.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Previously housed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Archives of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects were given to the Athenaeum in 1986.
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