Collection ID: 3460564
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892, Elliot, William P, Dakin, James H., Upjohn, Richard M (Richard Michell), 1828-1903, Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895, Walker, Thomas V, Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920, Casilear, John William, 1811-1893, and Davis, J. B. (Joseph B.)
- Extent:
- 3,000 items
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Also, biographical manuscripts, illustrations of coats of arms, pedigree, and lists of his drawings and his library, to circa 1900, much of it done by Joseph B. Davis.
Also, biographical manuscripts, illustrations of coats of arms, pedigree, and lists of his drawings and his library, to circa 1900, much of it done by Joseph B. Davis.
- Biographical / Historical:
Architect. Davis worked both independently and as a partner in the New York architectural firm of Town and Davis.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Various purchases and gifts.
- Arrangement:
Consists of two collections, each with its own inventory: Alexander Jackson Davis I and Alexander Jackson Davis II.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Barrytown
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Tarrytown
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Llewellyn Park
Public buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Banks and banking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Church architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Powhatan County
Asylums -- New York (State) -- New York
Military education -- Virginia -- Lexington
Architects -- New York (State) -- New York
Buildings
Architectural libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
Heraldry
Maps (documents)
architectural drawings (visual works)
Photographic prints
Architects - Names:
- Lyndhurst (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Llewellyn Park (N.J.)
Custom House (New York, N.Y. : 1842-1962)
Federal Hall National Memorial (New York, N.Y.)
Bank of the United States (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Indiana State Capitol (Indianapolis, Ind.)
North Carolina State Capitol (RaleilogoffC.)
New York University. Chapel
Belmead (Powhatan County, Va.)
Virginia Military Institute
Sunnyside (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Montgomery Place (Barrytown, N.Y.)
Blithewood (Barrytown, N.Y.) - Places:
- Indiana -- Capital and capitol
North Carolina -- Capital and capitol
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Access
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
-
300 Avery Hall1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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212) 854-6199avery@library.columbia.edu