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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

Carrère & Hastings architectural drawings and papers, 1899-1930 

Creator: 
 Carrère, John Merven, 1858-1911
Phys. Desc: 
 1295 items
Location: 
 Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
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Biographical Note

Architectural firm in New York City.

Scope and Contents

Architectural drawings and photographs of architectural drawings with some related correspondence of residential and public buildings, churches, libraries, theaters, monuments, and bridges including: the Henry Hudson Bridge, Triborough Bridge, and the Manhattan Bridge in New York; Edward Henry Harriman's Arden House in Harriman, N.Y.; the Alfred I. Dupont mansion in Roslyn, N.Y.; the David A. Reed house in Washington, D.C.; the reconstruction of the Grand Army Plaza in New York City; the Memorial Amphitheater for Arlington National Cemetery; and various bicentennial buildings for Yale University. Of note are drawings of the grounds, details of buildings, and furniture for the New York Public Library, 1908-1909.

Subjects

Alfred I. Dupont mansion (Roslyn, N.Y.).
Architectural drawings
Architectural firms--New York (State)--New York
Architecture, Domestic--New York (State)--Harriman
Architecture, Domestic--New York (State)--New York
Architecture, Domestic--New York (State)--Roslyn
Architecture, Domestic--New York (State)--Washington (D.C.)
Architecture--Details
Architecture--New York (State)--New York
Architecture--United States--Designs and plans
Arden House (Harriman, N.Y.).
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.).--Memorial Amphitheater.
Bridges--New York (State)--New York
Carrère & Hastings,
Cemeteries--Virginia--Arlington
Church buildings--New York (State)--New York
College buildings--Connecticut--New Haven
David I. Reed house (Washington, D.C.).
Du Pont, Alfred I (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935
Furniture--New York (State)--New York
Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)
Harrison, Edward Henry, 1848-1909
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929
Henry Hudson Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Landscape architecture--New York (State)--New York
Libraries--New York (State)--New York
Manhattan Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Monuments--New York (State)--New York
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York Public Library.--Humanities and Social Sciences Library.
Photographic prints
Public buildings--New York (State)--New York
Reed, David A,
Theaters--New York (State)--New York
Triborough Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Yale University.--Bicentennial Buildings.

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

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