[Female Orphan Asylum, Norfolk, Va.] [graphic] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., Philada.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887.

Contributor:

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphan asylums--Virginia--Norfolk.

Norfolk (Va.).

Female Orphan Asylum (Norfolk, Va.).

Local Subjects:

Norfolk (Va.).

Female Orphan Asylum (Norfolk, Va.).

Physical Description:

2 drawings : ink & wash on paper ; 67 x 70 cm. overall or smaller

Contained In:

Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural drawings collection.

Place of Publication:

May 24, 1847.

Notes:

No specific project identification is given on these plans for the cellar & first story. However, Walter's diary entries from Apr. to the end of Nov. show that he was working on a Orphans Asylum for Norfolk, as well as the City Hall. A newspaper clipping from the Norfold Herald, Sept. 10, 1947, located in the Athenaeum's reference file for this building, discusses the Female Orphan Society and Asylum, and notes that the cornerstone for the new building was laid on Wed. Sept. 8th.

Forms part of: Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural drawings collection.

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p.234, WTU*044/002