House at Bryn Mawr, Pa. for Mr. Samuel B. Eckert [graphic] / Mellor & Meigs, Architects, E.F. Hoffman, 2008 Architect[s Building]

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Mellor & Meigs.

Contributor:

Hoffman, Edward F., 1888-1971.

Yerkes, Milton R.

Fretz, S. S.

Eckert, Samuel B., client.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

country houses--Pennsylvania--Bryn Mawr.

Rose Lane at Avon & Avonwood Roads (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

Haverford (Pa.).

Samuel B. Eckert Residence (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)--Alterations & additions--1937-1939.

Local Subjects:

Rose Lane at Avon & Avonwood Roads (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

Haverford (Pa.).

Samuel B. Eckert Residence (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)--Alterations & additions--1937-1939.

Genre:

Architectural drawings -- American.

Pencil drawings.

Blueprints.

Physical Description:

21 drawings : pencil on paper ; 203 x 105 cm. or smaller.

6 photomechanical reproductions : blueprints ; 72.8 x 103.4 or smaller.

Contained In:

Meigs, Arthur I. The Arthur I. Meigs collection of architectural graphics & records, including works from the offices of Mellor & Meigs (1906-1915), Mellor, Meigs & Howe (1916-1927), and Mellor & Meigs (1928-1940).

Place of Publication:

1937-1939.

Notes:

Title from MAM309*001.

Summary data, on firm stationary, lists 22 sheets for this set, most drawn by E.F.H[offman], but also by C.W.P. The Athenaeum set does not contain sheets nos. 1, 2, 19 & 22 listed in this summary, but does contain other drawings not listed in the summary. Drawings for the civil engineering subcontractor, Milton R. Yerkes and the General Electric Air Conditioning System subcontractor, S.S. Fretz, Jr., are also included in the Athenaeum set.

Firm account book [1] A-H lists 3 entries for Samuel B. Eckert with a Haverford, Pa. location. Two entries, 1937 and 1938, are without commission numbers, with one entry dated 1939 for commission number 309. The Haverford house is believed to be the house in Bryn Mawr, given as the location for commission no. 309 on the drawings themselves. Drawing no. MAM*017*002 show Eckert's property in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co. at Rose Lane and Avon & Avonwood Roads.

Forms part of: Meigs, Arthur I. The Arthur I. Meigs collection of architectural graphics & records, including works from the offices of Mellor & Meigs (1906-1915), Mellor, Meigs & Howe (1916-1927), and Mellor & Meigs (1928-1940).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Meigs family,

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p.145, MAM309/20 [sic, MAM309/23]

Laverty, v.1, p.145, MAM*017/004