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Collection: Thomas Ustick Walter Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

MARC Description:
Set includes multiple copies of: [Drawing 1] Perspective view [Drawing 2] Plan of first story [Drawing 3] Plan of second story [Drawing 4] 2 images: [1] Front elevation [2] Side elevation [Drawing 5] 2 images: [1. Plan of skylights] [2] Vertical section. The perspective image and additional copies of the other view for this building have been located in the Walter Collection since the Laverty (1986) citation WTU*073/006. Walter's diary entry of Sept. 26, 1873 includes "Commenced design for new congressional library." The entry of Sept. 24, 1873 indicates that he travelled to Washington in the morning and met with "Mr. Clark about Library", returning to Philadelphia the next day. As the address on the drawings indicate, the drawings were created in his office in Philadelphia. Walter had returned there in 1865 after living in Washington since 1850 during the period when he was Architect of the Capitol. Walter lost this competition for the new building to Smithmeyer and Peltz. Walter was responsible for the design and construction of the previous Congressional Library, as rebuilt after the fire in 1851, and documented in Walter's 1852 diary.

Quantity: 14 photoprints of 5 drawings

Local Call: WTU*073

RLIN: PAPV95-F747

Item dates: 1873

Holding types: Photographs

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Documented Projects

• Jefferson Building
  Client: Library of Congress
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

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

Location

Washington, D.C.

Image Gallery

[Design for a new building for the Library of Congress] Front & Side Elevation (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 10/27/1873) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*073*001	[Design for a new building for the Library of Congress] 1st Story Plan (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 10/27/1873) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*073*002	[Design for a new building for the Library of Congress] 2nd Story Plan (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 10/27/1873) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*073*003
[Design for a new building for the Library of Congress] Perspective (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 10/27/1873) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*073*004	[Design for a new building for the Library of Congress] Vertical Section (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 10/27/1873) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*073*005

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