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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Title: Building and Construction

Extent: .66 cubic feet, 2 oversized folders

Scope and Content: This collection consists primarily of scattered correspondence on

letterhead stationery, bills and receipts, trade cards, building specifications, publications,

periodicals, contracts, stocks, expense schedules and building permits. Most of these

materials are from manufacturers of, and dealers in building products. These include terra

cotta tile, lumber, doors, sashes, moldings, balusters, stairs and cornices. There are also

materials from builders, carpenters, joiners, stone cutters, masons, plasterers, stucco

workers, bricklayers, house painters, decorators and architects.

Most of the buildings are for public use; however there are companies such as Sears,

Roebuck & Company that produced specifications and products for private use including

homes, summer cottages, garages, and shelters. Public buildings represented include

those for use by railroads and their passengers, power plants, storage facilities, work

shops, municipal voting houses, telephone booths, hunting lodges, boat houses, bath

houses, docks, film projection booths, bunkhouses, and portable school houses. The

buildings are mostly stone, brick, iron and steel structures. Some of these are fire-proof.

Other materials include periodicals and publications relating to the building trades.

Included is a 1913 book of plans for a model fire-proof farm house. A group of general

materials includes building permits, contracts, specifications and caricatures of builders.

Series 1, Builders, Carpenters, and Manufacturers and Distributors of Building

Products, circa 1860-1920, consists of individual builders, carpenters, bricklayers,

masons, and the like as well as large and small companies producing a variety of

materials and products for use in building construction and repair. These businesses are

arranged alphabetically by name. Publications such as catalogues and promotional

booklets are named where they appear.

Series 2, Publications, 1887-1928, are arranged in two series:

Subseries 2a, Periodicals Related to the Trade, 1888-1927, relates to building,

carpentry, equipment, and contracting are arranged alphabetically by title.

Subseries 2b, General Publications Related to the Trade, 1887-1928, publications are

arranged alphabetically by title.

Series 3, General Information, circa 1835-1910, contains contracts, specifications,

permits, specifications, caricatures, bills and receipts, and a letter from the president of

the National Builders Association. Much of this material is hand written.

System of Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for Isadore Warshaw’s aggregation

of thread materials has been created by the Archives Center. It is arranged in three series.

The three series are:


Container Listing

Box Folder

SERIES 1, Builders, Carpenters, and Manufacturers and Distributors of

Building Products, 1860-1920

1 1 Aberthaw Construction Company

Boston, Massachusetts

Abbott, C.E., and Company

West Randolph, Vermont

Aladdin Company

Bay City, Michigan

Architectural Fireproofing Company (not found)

New York

Ashmead and Kellum

San Francisco, CA

2 Bagley, George F.

Norwood, Massachusetts

Bailey H.

Philadelphia, PA

Baker and Ziegler

Oil City, PA

Banta, A.S.

New York

Bateman, R.V.

New York

Baxter, William H.

Petersburg, VA

3 Beckley, William A.

New Haven, CT

Beckwith, G.C., and Wilcox

Biggersville, IL

Berrian, Edward

New York

Beetam, William E.

Philadelphia, PA

4 Biscoe, Warren E.

Philadelphia, PA

5 Bonafide Portable Building Manufacturers

Long Island, New York

Catalogue of garages, circa 1925

Bossert, Louis and Sons, Incorporated

New York

Catalogue of houses, 1921

6 Bourn and Leavitt,



Bowen Brothers

Waterbury, CT

Boyles, John

Ashtabula, OH

7 Bridegford, John

Albany, New York

Brokowski, Edwin

New York

Burt, J.H. and Company,


8 Brown, J.M.

Brooklyn, New York

Brown, J.N.

New York

Brown, Joseph R.

West Philadelphia, PA

Brueggemann, F.C.

St. Louis, MO

Budd, Chas W.

Philadelphia, PA

9 Buffalo Builders Supply Company, Incorporated

Buffalo, New York

10 Carlen and Gallagher,

East Boston, Massachusetts

Cassidy and Gallagher

Albany, New York

11 Chamberlin, E., and Company

New York

Cheney, W.E., and Son

Troy, New York

Clark, David H.

New Haven, CT

Cleverly, T.F.,


Clifford, Woodbury


12 Cohen, Harris

New York

13 Cook, J. Frederick

Albany, New York

Cooney, Joseph

Philadelphia, PA

Co-Operative Building Plan Association

New York

Costigan and Steel

New York


Covert and Goulds Self Supporting Rafters

Location unknown

14 Daley, M.

Albany, New York

Darrow, Rufus

New York

Davis, Fred

Somerville?

Davis, James M.

Bangor, ME

Dean, Jarvis

Roxbury, Massachusetts

Deaves, George W.

Location Unknown

Dieterler, Theo

Location Unknown

Dobbins, R.

Philadelphia, PA

Dodd, Charles

New York

Dow, Daniel


15 Duncan and Richardson

Philadelphia, PA

16 Dunn, W.E.

Holland, MI

Basic Facts Concerning a

Great Business Opportunity

Publication about Duntile

17 Easton, Rising and Worden

Hoosick Falls, New York

Edwards, L.

Long Branch, New Jersey

Edwards Manufacturing Company

Cincinnati, Ohio

Catalogue of steel garages, circa 1925

18 Elredege, Charles Q.

Hoosick Falls, New York

Ezray, J.

Philadelphia

Fairchilds, Samuel A.

East Bloomfield Station, New York

Farrar, Joseph

Philadelphia, PA [?]

Feeney and Sheehan,

Albany, New York


Ferguson, J.A.

Philadelphia, PA

Fey, Jacob

New York, New York

19 Field, Charles J., and Sons

Philadelphia, PA

Fisher, Henry,

Albany, New York

Fitzgerald, John J.

Philadelphia, PA

Foote, Rice and Company

Chicago, IL

Gamon and Harris

Philadelphia, PA

20

Gardner, I. and Son,

New York

Gardiner and Bowers

Philadelphia, PA

Gibbons Company, The

Brooklyn, New York

Gilpin, Charles

Philadelphia, PA

Ginnodo and Son

Philadelphia, PA

Gipson, D.M.

Dorchester, New York

21 Goldschmidt, Th., A.-G.

Germany

Publication “Tego” ca. 1940s

22 Gordon-Van Tine Company

Davenport, IA

Millwork catalogue, ca. 1910

23 Granux Corporation

Chicago, IL

Granite building facings

24 Haffey, Samuel

New York, NY

Catalogue of heating and

Bathroom supplies, circa 1920

Hardin-Lavin Company

Chicago, IL

Hardley, James,

New York

25 Harris, Hubbard G.

Coeymans, New York

Harris, Myron

New York, New York


26 Harris Brothers Company

Chicago, IL

Catalogue of building materials, undated

27 Hay Foundry and Iron Works

Newark, New York

A Century of Building, 1930

28 Head and Dowst

Manchester, NH

Hendrick, J.W. and Company


Hennessy, L.

New York

Henrich, Bernard,

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York

Hill, Albion L.,

Biddeford, ME

29 Hoagland and Bell

New York

Hoffman, Henry

New York

31 Hoggson Brothers

New York

The Hoggson Single Contract

Building Method, 1913

31 Hollingsworth and Coughlan

Chicago, IL

Home Builder’s Club (not found)

Batavia, IL

32 Hood, James

Philadelphia, PA

Hoover, B.V.

Philadelphia, PA

Hoover, F.J. and Brother

Philadelphia, PA

Hoover, F.L.

Philadelphia, PA

Howard and Rowley

Sequasett, Massachusetts

33 Hull, John J.

Lebanon, New York

Huttig Sash and Door Copany

St. Louis, MO

Iroquois Manufacturing Company

Cleveland, OH

34 Johnson, C.L.

Brooklyn, NY


Johnson, Charles,

Portland, [ME?]

35 Kallendorf, F.N. and D.,

Cincinnati, OH

Kearney, John

Pittsburgh, PA

Kearnes, James

Location Unknown

Kemper, Kuhlmann and Company

Cincinnati, OH

Kinne, M.V.B.

Manchester, NH

King, James A.

Boston, MA

King, V.C. and C.V.

Knickerbocker Plaster Mills, New York

Kinner, M.V.B.

Manchester, NH

Kite and Dalzell

Philadelphia, PA

Knapp, Stephen

Location Unknown

36 Ladon, P.

Albany, NY

Leeder and Hoyt

New York

Lemmon and Robinson,

Troy, NY

Lilly, J.E.

Knoxville, TN

Loughlin, Patrick

New York

37 Lubbe, Charles

Nyack, NY

38 Lukens, John B.,

Philadelphia, PA

Lutkins, Andrew,

Yonkers, NY

39 Lynch, Thomas A.

Philadelphia, PA

Lyons’ Fireproof Construction Company

New York, NY

Catalogue of materials

40 McArthur and McIlvain

Philadelphia, PA

McCahey, Michael,

Philadelphia, PA


MacClary, J. S.

Minneapolis, MN

McConnell, Matthew

Philadelphia, PA

McElroy, Charles,

Nyack, NY

41 McGill, James H.

Washington, DC

McGill, John

Troy, NY

McIlvain, H.S.

New York

McKiernan and Finnegan

Paterson, NJ

42 McMurray, Andrew and Son,

Albany, NY

McReynolds, Samuel

Philadelphia, PA

43 Magill, John (not found)

Troy, NY

Marriner and Buckingham

Philadelphia, PA

Marshall, John B.

Pedor Hill ?

Marshall, William

Boston, MA

Master Builders Company

Cleveland, OH

Maxon and Jackson

Jersey City, NJ

44 Miller and Howe

Brooklyn, NY

45 Mills, F. W. and Company

Carbondale, PA

46 Mills and Bush

Brooklyn, NY

Moore, W. H.

New York, NY

47 Morgan Woodwork Organization

Baltimore, MD, et. al.

Building with Assurance, ca. 1920

48 Montgomery and Demarest

New York

Moulton, J.T. and Sons

Chicago, IL

Moyer, J.W.,

Philadelphia, PA


Munroe, Henry, Jr.,

Boston, MA

49 Nace and Bishop

Perkasie, PA

National Fireproofing Company

Pittsburgh, PA

Fireproof Houses of Terra Cotta

Hollow Tile and how to Build Them, 1910

50 Neeper, J.F. and W.H.

New Salem, NY

51 New York Asphalt Construction Company

New York, NY

Newcomb, F.H.,

Long Branch, NJ

52-54 Norcross brothers

Worcester, MA

55 O’Connor, John A., and Company Inc.

New York

Oughton, Robert,

West Meriden, CT

56 Patson, J.W. and Company

Philadelphia, PA

Patterson, G.H. and Son,

Boston, MA

Patton, A.F.

St. Louis, MO

Paxson, John W.

Philadelphia, PA

Payne, E.C.

Ashland, OR

57 Peck, Martin and Company

New York

Peck and Wandell

New York

Pennock, J.E. and A.L.

Philadelphia, PA

Petrino, Sebastian L.

Buffalo, NY

58 Phillips, H.,

Brooklyn, NY

Pierson, J.C.,

Indianapolis, IN

Pioneer Fireproof

Construction Company

Chicago, IL

Piper, A.J.

Cleveland, OH


Piper, Erastus E.

Boston, MA

Porter Company

CT

Potts and Brown,

Saco, ME

2 1 Quick, S. Francis

New York

Read, Henry,

New York

Reehm, E.

Philadelphia, PA

Redman, Colman and Company

Washington, DC

Rheiner, William

Philadelphia, PA

Ribble, Nicholas,

Philadelphia, PA

2 Richards, Edmund,

Utica, NY

3 Richmond and Irvine

Construction Company

Louisville, KY

Stock certificate

Robinson and Hewes

Philadelphia, PA

4 Ruby Manufacturing Company

Jackson, MI

Steel buildings

Ruggles-Robinson Company

New York, NY

Scanlan, C.C.

Philadelphia, PA

Schopmann, Fredd

West Hoboken, NJ

Seaman, L.W., Jr.

Brooklyn, NY

5 Sears, Roebuck and Company

Chicago, IL

Modern Homes

Catalogue of designs, ca. 1915

Schibli, Gustave, A.G.

Bremen, et. al., Germany

Publication illustrating

building projects, ca. 1910


6 Shannon, J.B. and Sons

Philadelphia, PA

Builders Hardware

Catalogue, 1890

7 Shear, A. and Company

Schenectady, NY

Sherman, J.J.,

Chicago, IL

8 Shoch, Z.R.

Philadelphia, PA

Shoppell’s Modern Houses

New York, NY

9 Smith, Elward and Company

New York

Smith, I.S.

Greenpoint, NY

Snaith, John

Albany, NY

Spare, Ben F.

Philadelphia, PA

10 Sterling Built Houses

Bay City, MI

Stilley, William,

Philadelphia, PA

Stone, George

Boston, MA

Storms, Issac A.

Patterson, NJ

Supplee, Chas D.

Philadelphia, PA

11 Texas Pre-Fabricated

House and Tent Company

Dallas, TX

Victory Homes, 1940s

Thomas, H.M.

Long Island City, NY

o/s

86

6 United Stataes Gysum Company

Chicago, IL

12 Vansant, Chas G.

Philadelphia, PA

Van Nostrand, G.

New York, NY

Van Wagner and Son

New York, NY

Van Winkle, John

Jersey City, NJ


Voorhees and Noland

New York, NY

13 Waller, W. and W.B.

New York, NY

Walsh Brothers

Albany, NY

Washburn, G.

New York, NY

Watkins, Fred D.

Baltimore, MD

Watkins, Chas H.

New York, NY

Watson, George

Philadelphia, PA

o/s

86

7 Wheeler and Wells

Nashville, TN

14 Wheeling Corrugating Company

Wheeling, WV

Wickham, Richard

Albany, NY

Wilfong, I.N.

Philadelphia, PA

Willis, W.O.

New York, NY

Williams and M’Nichol

Philadelphia, PA

Wolf, A.N. and Son

Allentown, PA

SERIES 2, Publications, 1887-1928

Subseries 2a, Periodicals Related to the Trade, 1888-1927

2 15 American Builder

Subscription materials, 1923

16 Building Age and the Builders’ Journal

February, 1913

Subscription materials, 1923,

17 Building Materials

Letter, 1921

18 Building Supply News

Letter, 1924; advertisements, n.d.

19 Carpentry and Building

October 1888 [miniature]

March and May, 1889

20 Construction Methods and Equipment

October 1949

21 Construction News

March 17, 1906


22 Eastern Contractor

January 4, 1893

23 The Ladder

January 1927

Subseries 2b, General Publications, 1887-1928

24 Harvard Bureau of Business Research:

“Schedule of Operating Expenses of

Building material Dealers, “ 1928

25 “Model Fire-Proof Farm House

or Country Home,” 1913

26 Metal Lath News, ca. 1950s

Publication about shopping centers

Metal Lath Manufacturers Association

27 Rules of the Amalgamated Society

of Carpenters and Joiners, 1893

28 “Service Index,” August 1918, May 1919

Architectural Service Corporation

29 To Builders, Contractors and Others.

Extracts from Ordinances of the City

Of Brooklyn, (1835-1855) 1874

29 “Valuable Tables and Memoranda

for the Use of Builders,” 1887

Series 3, General Information, circa 1835-1910

31 Building Contracts, hand written

1859 and undated

32 Carpenters Synopses [specifications]

.Hand written, undated [early 19th

century]

33 Office of the Inspectors of Buildings, Philadelphia, PA

Building permits 1860s, 1875

34 Sample of builders inventory sheet, undated

35 Specifications for masonry and carpentry

Hand written, undated

36 Caricatures of Builders, circa 1890-1900

37 Miscellaneous bills and receipts

From builders and carpenters, hand written

1833-1894

38 Miscellaneous bills and receipts

New-York Central Rail-Road Company

39 Letter from Jno. Stevens, President

National Association of Builders

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