Image Text 2 Items Architectural drawing of a tomb, [1750?] Preliminary architectural drawing of a tomb prepared for Henry Lloyd ca. 1750. View Item
Image Collection 8 Items New-York Historical Society original buildings planning and construction records, 1848-1946 The New-York Historical Society original buildings planning and construction records include material concerning construction of the two buildings that served as New-York Historical's home from 1857 to 1908 (2nd Avenue and 11th Street) and from 1908 to the present (Central Park West, between West 76th Street and West 77th Street). The collection covers both the construction of the Central Park West building's central portion in the first decade of the twentieth century and the major expansion of the building in the late 1930s. View Collection
Still Image [Grand Central Terminal, elevation on 42nd Street, Warren & Wetmore, circa 1904] Ink on linen with pencil revisions and annotations. View Item
Still Image John McComb, New York City Hall, front elevation, 1802 Ink, wash, and graphite. John McComb, in consultation with Joseph F. Mangin, made 105 drawings of a proposed new City Hall building, all of which are preserved in New-York Historical's library. The city fathers accepted his plans. As soon as the building was completed in 1811 it was recognized as one of the finest public buildings in America and it has remained one of the nation's architectural treasures. View Item
Collection 1 Items Marion Mahony Griffin's The Magic of America Typescript of over 1,400 pages with approximately 650 accompanying illustrations written and compiled by Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), architect, designer, delineator and artist, with her husband Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937), architect, landscape designer and city planner. Their architectural practice spanned almost four decades on three continents. The Magic of America: Electronic Edition collates in a digital format all the texts and illustrations from the three known copies of the work, including the New-York Historical Society's copy. View Collection
Image Collection 3 Items Alexander Jackson Davis collection, 1837-1888 Correspondence, drafts of essays and speeches, drawings, and autobiographical writings of Alexander Jackson Davis, a successful New York City architect. Includes letters to Davis and miscellaneous papers, 1835-1859, chiefly about building residences. The correspondents include Francis H. Smith of the Virginia Military Institute, Joel Rathbone, W.J. Rotch, and H.K. Harral. The collection also includes numerous examples of autobiographical writing, and notes and essays on the philosophy of architecture, all in draft form, many scribbled in pencil on the backs of advertisements or old letters. View Collection