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Lynne Templeton Brickley papers
2019-87-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2019-87-0
Abstract
Research materials, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the life of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019), an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society. A resident of Litchfield, CT, since 1968, Brickley was president and trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and a...
Dates:
1930-2018
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
H. Allen Brooks, Architectural Historian Autobiography
00-2012-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2012-27-0
Scope and Contents
The H. Allen Brooks, Architectural Historian Autobiography (2012-27-0) is a five-page typed story of how the auhor became an architectural historian. It includes information on his childhood, education, and professional experience.
H. Allen Brooks was an architectural historian and longtime professor at the University of Toronto. He wrote books on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School (the name, Prairie School has been credited to Brooks) and the early years of Le Corbusier.
H. Allen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ludlow Bull house renovation papers
1986-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1986-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Ludlow Bull house renovation papers include detailed architectural drawings and schedules designed by Richard Henry Dana Jr. dated 1925-1926; Clay & Corigill, 1937-1938 and 1946; and a landscape plan designed by Nelva M. Weber, 1954. The Ludlow Bull house was originally built in 1793 by Julius Deming and has been known as the Deming-Perkins house and The Lindens. It is located on North Street in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1954; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Congregational Society of Northfield subscription records
00-1954-50-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1954-50-0
Scope and Contents
The Congregational Society of Northfield subscription records (1954-50-0) are comprised of three subscription documents relating to the Congregational Society of Northfield. Included are subscriptions records from 1840 and 1844 for repairing the Meeting House, as well as subscription records from 1866 for the construction of a new Meeting House. The 1866 records not only include lists of subscribers, but also written specifications for the construction of the new building which was designed...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840-1866; Other: Date acquired: 05/05/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Peter A.J. Dalton-Morris architectural records
2006-49-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2006-49-0
Scope and Contents
The Peter A.J. Dalton-Morris architectural records (2006-49-0) consist of written and drawn project records of Dalton-Morris's professional practice situated at Beecher Lane and Woodruff Street, Litchfield, CT from 1965-2003, with additional documents dating from 1953. The majority of projects involved residences in and around Litchfield, CT, and include new houses and alterations and additions to existing houses. Dalton-Ross also created designs for several commercial projects in Litchfield...
Dates:
1953-2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Richard Henry Dana papers
1997-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-16-0
Scope and Contents
The Richard Henry Dana papers relate primarily to the renovation that Dana designed and supervised in 1925 and 1926 of Ludlow Bull's house at 114 North Street, Litchfield, Conn. The papers also include materials regarding design work for Bull's New York City apartment. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, specifications, orders, wallpaper samples, photographs, and other documents. The correspondence primarily consists of Dana's carbon copies to Bull and vendors regarding design...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1931; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1998
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection
2006-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2006-18-0
Scope and Contents
The First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection provides documentation on the church from 1845-1999, although the church was founded in 1721. The collection brings together records given by the church and a number of other donors, and includes annual reports; addresses, sermons, and discourses; several editions of the church manual and membership roll; Sunday School Library catalogue (1859) and records; histories; photographs; financial records; correspondence; and other records....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1845-1999; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Suzi Funnell Photographs
2013-121-0
Collection
Identifier: 2013-121-0
Abstract
Nine 16x24 photographic prints of Litchfield buildings and architectural details taken by photographer Suzi Funnell in 2005 for a local restaurant. They are unedited prints from 35mm film.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Graves-Ray House Blueprints and Contracts
00-2013-81-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2013-81-0
Scope and Contents
The Graves-Ray House Blueprints and Contracts, 2013-81-0, consists of two contracts and 13 blueprints for the building of a garage, an extension of the dining room, and alterations to the house at 153 South Street in Litchfield, CT. Ross & McNeil Architects from New York City were hired by Elbert B. Hamlin in 1915 for the renovations. Ross & McNeil were also the architects who designed the Noyes Memorial Building, the home of the Litchfield Historical Society Museum.
The house was...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915; Other: Date acquired: 10/05/2014
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert W. Hill lecture
00-1907-17-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1907-17-0
Scope and Contents
Robert Wakeman Hill (1828-1909) was a noted architect. He received his early education in the schools of Waterbury and attended the Young Men's Institute in New Haven. He studied architecture with Henry Austin of New Haven and A. C. Nash of Milwaukee, Wis. He returned to Connecticut in 1858 and practiced architecture for a short time in Naugatuck. In 1863, he moved to Waterbury and spent the remainder of his life there. Hill was architect for the state under Governors Bigelow, Waller,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906 Jul 30; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1907
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society