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Collection: Thomas Ustick Walter Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

MARC Description:
Previously unidentified, this item is identified as a proposal drawing for the Mariner's Church, Norfolk, Va. in The Making of Virginia architecture (1992), Survey item no. 36, p. 268. Walter's drawing supplies the date of 1843. His only diary entry for this church, date Jan. 13, 1843, however, read "Mariners Ch., Norfolk, Front elevation, 6 col. Ionic ..." but also "a Gothic front, letter of direction, Jan. 13, 1843." The fron elevation in this Walter 1843 drawing is Gothic, but no Ionic columns are apparent. The image does not correspond to other known churches of this time period, and may be the Mariner's Church cited in Walter's diary, or an alternative design for one of the other structures of this period.

Quantity: 1 drawing : ink & wash on paper ; 61 x 47 cm.

Local Call: WTU*039

RLIN: PAPV95-F606

Item dates: 1843

Holding types: Drawings

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Documented Projects

• Mariner's Church
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Walter, Thomas Ustick (1804-1887) (Architect)

Location

Virginia (Norfolk )

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[Mariner's Church] Front Elevation (T. U. Walter, Architect, 1843) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*039*001

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