Design for railing for Chester County Court House, [West Chester, Pa.] [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):

Courthouses--Pennsylvania--West Chester.

Railings.

West Chester (Pa.).

Chester County Courthouse (West Chester, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

West Chester (Pa.).

Chester County Courthouse (West Chester, Pa.).

Physical Description:

2 drawings : ink & wash on paper ; 32.5 x 29.5 cm. or smaller

Contained In:

Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural drawings & graphics collection.

Place of Publication:

May 5, 1848.

Notes:

Title from drawing WTU*045*002, which shows design scheme nos. 2 & 3 for the railing. Drawing WTU*045*001 is unidentified & attributed to this project by its similarity of subject, size & rendering style. It shows design scheme no. 1 for a railing.

Walter's diaries, also part of the Athenaeum's Walter Archives, show entries for the Chester County Court House at West Chester from Feb. 1946 to May 9, 1948. These railing drawings are the last drawings Walter documented for this project.

See also 2 manuscript items located in the Walter archives: [1] Specifications for building a new court house in the borough of West Chester ... [signed] William Ingram, Chalkley Jeffers, James Powell, D.H. Taylor ; drawn up by Tho. U. Walter, arch. Feb. 25, 1846. [2] [Receipt] from Pascal Iron Works, patterns for the foundry received and castings delieved ... bouth of Morris, Tasker & Morris ... [signed] T.U.Wlater, 1846.

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

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p.233, WTU*045/002