Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Long, Birch Burdette, Price, Chester B. (Chester Boyce), 1885-1962, White, Stanford, 1853-1906, and McKim, Mead & White
- Extent:
- 30 Sheets
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Birch Burdette Long architectural drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection primarily contains architectural renderings executed by Long in 1906 for a memorial issue of BUILDINGS magazine dedicated to New York architect Stanford White. These drawings represent White's most famous structures designed while he was a partner with McKim, Mead & White. Buildings depicted include Madison Square Garden, the New York Herald Building, and the Washington Memorial Arch, all in New York City, among others. Also included in this collection are miscellaneous architectural drawings by Long, Chester B. Price, and others, circa 1920s-1930s; and printed material.
- Biographical / Historical:
Architectural renderer.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1973.007.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
Music-halls -- New York (State) -- New York
Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York
Auditoriums -- New York (State) -- New York
architectural drawings (visual works) - Names:
- Washington Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.)
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)
New York Herald Building, Herald Square (New York, N.Y.) - Places:
- Herald Square (New York, N.Y.)
Washington Square (New York, N.Y.)
Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.)
Access
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
Birch Burdette Long architectural drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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300 Avery Hall1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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212) 854-6199avery@library.columbia.edu