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John Mills House "Cherry Hill", 312 Park Avenue, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia [graphic] / John M. Dickey, A.I.A., Media, Pa., under direction of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, Historic American Buildings Survey.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Visual Materials HABS*VA*733*004
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Format:
Image
Author/Creator:
Historic American Buildings Survey.
Contributor:
Mills, John.
Dickey, John M.
Anderson, Kenneth L.
Steenhusen, Allan H.
Rosenblum, Martin Jay.
Wrenn, Tony P.
Riley, Joseph S.
Falls Church Historical Commission.
Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
historic houses--Virginia--Fairfax County--Falls Church.
Architecture, American--19th century--Designs and plans.
Architecture, American.
312 Park Ave. (Falls Church, Va.).
Cherry Hill (Falls Church, Va.)--Architectural survey drawings--1972-73.
Local Subjects:
312 Park Ave. (Falls Church, Va.).
Cherry Hill (Falls Church, Va.)--Architectural survey drawings--1972-73.
Genre:
Architectural drawings -- American.
Blackline prints.
Penn Provenance:
Athenaeum purchase,
Physical Description:
15 photomechanical reproductions : blackline on mylar ; 48.5 x 61.5 cm.
Contained In:
Dickey, John M. Architectural archives.
Place of Publication:
1973.
Notes:
Stamm entry given as: "Cherry Hill (Harvey-Riley House), 312 Park Ave."
HABS survey number not yet present on these original HABS project drawings, from the creator's office.
Set complete in 15 sheets. Sheet 1 is the title sheets and has a site plan, location map, and historical & identification data, as follows: "The John Mills House, commonly called 'Cherry Hill', was built c. 1840 ..Mills sold the property in 1843 and it has changed hands several times since. Among the owners was Judge Joseph S. Riley, uncle of the poet, James Whitcomb Riley ... The house and barn on the property known arcmonly as Cherry Hill were measured and drawn in November, 1972 through February, 1973, by Kenneth L. Anderson and Allan H. Steenhusen for John M. Dickey, Architect. These drawings were produced with the cooperation and assistance of Henry Douglas, Chairman, Falls Church Historical Commission, and Mr. Thomy P. wrenn, author of "Cherry Hill, Falls Church". Drawing 1 also has: "Drawn by: Martin Jay Rosenblum, Feb. 1973".
Forms part of: Dickey, John M. Architectural archives.
Cited in:
Stamm checklist (Historic America), p. 645, HABS-VA-733

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