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Haverford College Architectural Drawings and Plans
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Many of the architectural drawings and plans were completed by Philadelphia firms, including William S. Vaux; Morris and Vaux; Savery, Scheetz, and Savery; Addison Hutton; Price and Walton; E. Nelson Edwards; Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, and Larson; Vincent G. Kling; George Spencer Morris; Louis T. Klauder; G.M. Ewing; Carroll, Grisdale and Van Alen; Robert E. Lamb; Mellor, Meigs, and Howe; Baily and Bassett; and others. Many of the landscaping plans were created by Stevenson W. Fletcher, Jr., Director of Campus Planning.
This collection consists of architectural drawings, blueprints, site plans, and other visual works representing the architecture and landscaping of Haverford College from the 1870s to the 2010s.
Most materials are arranged by building or site. Groupings of plans by specific architects and landscape designers have been maintained where possible.
This collection is likely to grow as additional drawings and plans are transferred to the College Archives.
The majority of material in this collection was transferred from various offices and departments at Haverford College to the College Archives. Some materials were donated by individuals.
Processed by Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger; completed February, 2022.
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- Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger
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- February, 2022
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Collection Inventory
Lawson, Oscar A. Lithographic prints. Founders Hall front view and interior floor plans with letter of same size advertising the college and requesting objects of Natural History, etc. dated 4th Mo. 13th 1833.
Physical Description1 items38 cm x 56 cm
"Plans for Founders Hall, Haverford College." "First floor," "Second Story Third Story," "Basement Story Attic Story." These appear to be originals, although not architect originals.
Physical Description1 items37 cm x 46 cm
Founders Hall renovation plans. April 6, 1988. Four pages: ground, first, second, third floors. Final Draft. Photocopy.
Physical Description1 items28 cm x 43 cm
Blueprints, William S. Vaux, "Revision of Third Floor Founders Hall," May 29, 1907 (2 copies)
Physical Description1 items75 cm x 48 cm
Founders-Brass Tube Dumb Waiter. George Massa. Phila, Pa. Architect
Physical Description1 items70 cm x 35 cm
Underground Heating System-Gymnasium to Founders Hall. Morris and Vaux Architects, Phila, Pa. Map and diagrams of tunnels and heating pipes for Alumni Hall, Founders, the Gymansium, Chase Hall and Whitall Hall (no longer in existence). Also includes notes for construction.
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 67 cm
Founders HC Dining Hall-Kitchen and Basement Fixtures. W.S. Vaux Architect. Includes locations of appliances.
Physical Description1 items68 cm x 44 cm
Founders Porch-Steps-Iron Railing-Granolothic Porch Floor Section. Savery-Scheetz-Savery Architects-Phila, Pa.
Physical Description1 items79 cm x 60 cm
Founders Hall-Third Floor Renovations. Walter J. Johnson and Company Architects. Plans of the second and third floors of Founders Hall with what appears to be short-term housing for campus guests
Physical Description1 items88 cm x 40 cm
Sketch of the exterior of the library by Price & Walton. Matted 36cm x 56cm. Print of pencil drawing, 16cm x 25cm.
Physical Description1 items36 cm x 56 cm
Exterior view of the proposed library building. by E. Nelson Edwards. Predates Magill. Print of pencil or charcoal drawing. Two copies: 33cm x 47cm, 42cm x 55cm.
Physical Description2 items33 cm x 47 cm ; 42 cm x 55 cm
"Proposed Library for Haverford College." By E. Nelson Edwards. Exterior view of the proposed library. Predates Magill. Print of pencil or charcoal drawing
Physical Description1 items39 cm x 48 cm
Details of plans for renovation of Library. "Alterations to the Philips Room". Harbeson Hough Livingston and Larson. Interior details.
Physical Description1 items73 cm x 103 cm
Details of plans for renovation of Library. "Alterations to the Philips Room". Harbeson Hough Livingston and Larson. Exterior details.
Physical Description1 items71 cm x 102 cm
Copy of floor plan for library addition. 1924. "Proposed Extension to Haverford College Library". Price and Watson, Architects. 26cm x 36. Matted, 36cm x 56cm.
Physical Description1 items36 cm x 56 cm
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson, ''The Haverford College Library, East Elevation of South Wing Showing Christopher Morley Alcove." Color drawing on heavy paperboard. Transparent overlay showing balcony and staircase detached.
Physical Description1 items56 cm x 76 cm
Blueprint. E. Nelson Edwards, "Plan Showing Proposed Alterations & Additions to Old Library Building Haverford College," February 13, 1941.
Physical Description1 items76 cm x 66 cm
Blueprint. E. Nelson Edwards, "Alteration to Old Stack Building to House the Quaker Collection," January 24, 1941.
Physical Description1 items93 cm x 56 cm
Blueprint. Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, "Haverford College Library: Second Tier," 2/18/1965.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 68 cm
Blueprint. Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, "Haverford College Library: First Tier," 2/10/1965.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 66 cm
The Library Stack Addition-Sections-Foundation-First Tier Plans-Second and Third Tier Plans-Framing Plans-Column Schedule-Elevations. Architect E. Nelson Edwards, Phila, Pa. Includes mounting points and foundation floor plans as well as floor plans for all other areas of the library, including elevations. 6 sheets.
Physical Description1 items104 cm x 76 cm
Library building plans by Virginia Metal Products, 1st set-Plan and Details of Bookstacks, Main-Basement-First Tier Plan-Second Tier Plan-Third Tier Plan-Fourth Tier Plan-Details. Inlcudes the layouts of carrels. 6 sheets.
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 58 cm
Library building plans by Virginia Metal Products, 2nd set-Plan and Details of Bookstacks, Main-Basement-First Tier Plan-Second Tier Plan-Third Tier Plan-Fourth Tier Plan-Details. 6 sheets.
Physical Description1 items
Library building plans by Virginia Metal Products, 3rd set-Plan and Details of Bookstacks, Main-Basement-First Tier Plan-Second Tier Plan-Third Tier Plan-Fourth Tier Plan-Details. 7 sheets.
Physical Description1 items87 cm x 56 cm
4 sheets. Plans for the alteration of the north wing of the Haverford College library. Plans include interior steel, exterior detailing and stacks layout.
Physical Description1 items100 cm x 70 cm
Proposal by Louis T. Klauder and Associates. 4 copies.
Physical Description1 items125 cm x 77 cm
Preliminary floor plan for Stokes. Print. Vincent G. Kling, Architect.
Physical Description1 items28 cm x 35 cm
Artist's conception of Stokes' exterior, "Haverford College Physical Sciences Building." Vincent G. Kling, Architect. Mounted on cardboard. February 14, 1961.
Physical Description1 items61 cm x 91 cm
Architect's plan for Barclay. "Revised elevation showing dormers of wood". Labeled "Sheet No.6". 1876. Addison Hutton.
Physical Description1 items43 cm x 58 cm
Barclay Hall Floor Plans-No architect listed. Floor plan of the residential spaces of Barclay hall. Includes handwritten notes and annotations done in pencil.
Physical Description1 items85 cm x 75 cm
Barclay Hall Extension Underground Heating System- George Spencer Morris, Architects. Plans for the extension of the udnerground heat pipe tunnel system, from Barclay Hall to the gymnasium, using boilers connected to the pipes in Barclay basement.
Physical Description1 items99 cm x 64 cm
Barclay Fire Restoration- Floor Plan and Sections. E. Nelson Edwards- Phila Pa. Floor plans and fire restoration of Barclay Hall including stairs and fire exits.
Physical Description1 items68 cm x 40 cm
Barclay Hall Fire Escape and Exits. E. Nelson Edwards-Architect. Plan of the fire exits and fire escapes for Barclay Hall after a fire. Shows all floors of the building and cross sections of fire escapes.
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 56 cm
Barclay Hall-East and West Elevations-Center Section. Earle Nelson Edwards Architects. Includes revised plans of the east and west elevations of the Barclay Hall center section. Also includes an enlarged view of the gable.
Physical Description1 items68 cm x 44 cm
Two pencil drawings. Artist's conception of a room in Leeds. G.M. Ewing.
Physical Description1 items36 cm x 28 cm
Pencil sketch of the exterior of a section of Leeds dormitory. Shows two men seated on a bench by the front entranceway.
Physical Description1 items43 cm x 35 cm
Four views of Leeds before construction. "Proposed New Dormitories for Haverford College". Print. Shows N, S, E, W elevations.
Physical Description1 items69 cm x 76 cm
Blueprint. Basement, first, and second floor plans for Leeds. "Dormitory Bldgs. for Haverford College". 1954.
Physical Description1 items77 cm x 115 cm
Site plan with elevations and tree locations for Leeds Hall and future adjoining dormitory [Gummere]. "Rough plot plan for Dormitory Group". G.M. Ewing. 1954.
Physical Description1 items75 cm x 78 cm.
Drawing [pencil and crayon?]. Artist's conception of Leeds as two facing buildings. Signed "Isaacs".
Physical Description1 items42 cm x 66 cm
Site layout for Leeds as two facing buildings. "Proposed New Dormitories for Haverford College". George M. Ewing Co. Mounted on cardboard.
Physical Description1 items69 cm x 76 cm
First floor plans of the two proposed Leeds buildings. "Proposed New Dormitories for Haverford College". George M. Ewing Co.
Leeds Floor Plans. Includes never-built 'Section B.' George M. Ewing Company.
Physical Description1 items91 cm x 76 cm
Plot plan, Haverford College. George M. Ewing Co. Leeds, Field House are sketched in.
Physical Description1 items75 cm x 91 cm
Plot plan, Haverford College. Scheme 'P'. George M. Ewing Co. Leeds, Field House are sketched in, January 6, 1954.
Physical Description1 items78 cm x 79 cm
Plot plan, Haverford College. Scheme 'F'. George M. Ewing Co. Leeds, Field House are sketched in.
Physical Description1 items60 cm x 60 cm
Plot plan, Haverford College. Scheme 'E'. George M. Ewing Co. Leeds and Field House are sketched in.
Physical Description1 items62 cm x 60 cm
Includes note reading "Preliminary plans for Field House (Curved Roof) Cross Section, Long. Section and Ground Floor Plan 1954 Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen." Largest plans are 113 cm x 90 cm and 110 cm x 92 cm (unfolded).
Physical Description1 items113 cm x 90 cm
Includes proposed layout of second level of field house.
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 60 cm
Plans for the Field House indoor areas, including cross sections of the building as well as plans for the fields and court layout within. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items95 cm x 63 cm
Plans of the first floor of the Field House (tentative) including athlete and faculty entrances.
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 60 cm
Map of campus showing the proposed locations of new squash courts and pool.
Physical Description1 items55 cm x 48 cm
Proposed design and interior of Strawbridge Observatory Library. 1966. Matted. Plans by Harbeson Hough Livingston and Larson.
Physical Description1 items41 cm x 56 cm
Observatory Building for Haverford College, Mellor and Meigs, Arch'ts. Artist's rendering of exterior (copy). Written on back: "Return to W.M. Wills, Centenary Office HC, 3 col. ] P.W. Sunday," and "Observatory B-18."
Physical Description1 items28 cm x 34 cm
HC Observatory-Morris Wheeler and Company Architects, Phila, Pa. Plans for the structural steel to be used for the construction of the Strawbridge Observatory.
Physical Description1 items60 cm x 90 cm
Observatory-Iron Work-Stair Railing and Operating Device for trap door. Cornell Iron Studio Inc. 2 sheets, one which is the plan for the operating device of a trap door, and one which shows the design of the handrails. Inclusing the Paint color.
Physical Description1 items77 cm x 61 cm
Plan for 10-inch Equatorial (telescope) in 22-foot dome.
Physical Description1 items99 cm x 68 cm
Plan for truck and rails of 16-foot dome of the Haverford College observatory.
Physical Description1 items88 cm x 77 cm
Drawing of proposed Hilles design (either for remodel or construction). Mounted on stiff paperboard.
Physical Description1 items41 cm x 58 cm
Mellor and Meigs (Architects) and H. Berkeley Hackett (Consulting Engineer) "Science Building" blueprints. Set of 5 blueprints, March 1928.
Physical Description1 items105 cm x 73 cm
General plans for a science building (Hilles) on one sheet, and sections and elevations on the second. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items108 cm x 78 cm
2 sheets which depict the interior mechanical plans of Hilles. Fragile.
Physical Description1 items100 cm x 65 cm
Plans for the structural framing and trusses for the first and second floors and roof areas of the building. Includes installation schedule of various bars into the building. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items104 cm x 72 cm
INSC construction plans-elevations
Physical Description2 itemsPlan 1: 43 cm x 41 cm; Plan 2: 43 cm x 38 cm
Includes Design Development Lab Furnishings Set (October 9, 1998); Design Development Steering Committee Review Set (October 9, 1998); Design Development Sign Off Volume 1--Architectural (October 9, 1998, revised January 8, 1999); and Design Development Sign Off Volume 3--HVAC/Plumbing/Fire Protection/Electrical. Ayers Saint Gross (Architecture), CUH25 (Engineering), and Earl Walls Associates (Programming and Laboratory Planning)
1 itemsLargest plan approximately 85 cm x 53 cm
Plans of the first and second floor of Roberts Hall, including Marshall Auditorium.
Physical Description1 items58 cm x 50 cm
Sheet of plans for Roberts Hall, including Basement, First Floor and Second floor plans. Cope and Stewardson, Architects.
Physical Description1 items100 cm x 67 cm
1 items98 cm x 66 cm
Floor plans of the first and second floors and basement of Roberts Hall.
Physical Description1 items58 cm x 53 cm
Sheets include cross section, exterior, first, second and third floor plans. 5 sheets.
Physical Description1 items42 cm x 80 cm
4 sheets covering plans for Union Music Library, which was never built. Plans show proposed seating layout and library facilities. Quite heavily stained around edges. Includes post-its with annotations for proposed layouts. Dagit Saylor Architects.
Physical Description1 items
Plans for the chemical laboratory building (Hall Building) showing the cross sections of the building. Plans show the plans for stairs and vents for hoods.
Physical Description1 items107 cm x 63 cm
"Alterations and Additions: Library Annex No.1, Ground Floor, Lyman Beecher Hall. Proposal by Louis T. Klauder and Associates."
Physical Description1 items90 cm x 60 cm
Western and eastern elevations for the chemical labratories building (now Hall Building). 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items53 cm x 80 cm
Includes second floor plans as well as cross section of building. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items65 cm x 55 cm
5 sheets which contain plans for the flooring and mechanical elements of the building.
Physical Description1 items70 cm x 55 cm
Plans for first and second floors, basement, mechanical, and the exterior of the Morris Infirmary. 7 sheets.
Physical Description1 items
Sheet of plans for addition to Lloyd Hall, including plans for basement, first, second, and third floors.
Physical Description1 items100 cm x 72 cm
Floor plans of Lloyd Hall, which show internal piping and rain management systems as well as location of electrical equipment.
Physical Description1 items102 cm x 69 cm
Plans for the exterior of Lloyd Hall including exterior materials and detailing.
Physical Description1 items100 cm x 70 cm
1 items68 cm x 67 cm
Dining Center lower level renovations-HVAC basement plan-lighting plan-power plan. Architects: Kreider/Matsinger Associates. Electrical Engineer: John G. Zafiropoulos & Associates.
Physical Description1 items108 cm x 76 cm
1 items87 cm x 68 cm
Plans and plot plans for Marshall Fine Arts Center. Cope, Lippincott, Slifer, Architects. Also includes other proposed buildings on the south side of campus. 4 sheets.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 61 cm
1 itemsLargest plans measure about 90 cm x 72 cm.
Gummere, Revised 2004. Building plans for basement and first floor.
Physical Description1 items29 cm x 43 cm
Two building plan sheets of the Dining Center showing the basement and first floor. Revised 2004.
Physical Description1 items28c m x 43 cm
Two copies of the building plans for Jones Hall showing the basement, first floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, and fifth floor
Roberts Hall plans, revised August 2004. Four sheets showing basement, main floor (basement), first floor, second and third floor.
Physical Description1 items43 cm x 28 cm
Whitehead campus center architecture plans. 5 sheets.
Physical Description1 items43 cm x 28 cm
Entirety of Founders Hall/Gest Center/Chase Hall renovations and transparencies (36 items)
Physical Description1 itemsApproximately 110 cm x 83 cm
Copy of elevation and floor plan [for Hall?]. "Proposed alteration to building at Haverford College". Walter F. Price, Architect.
Physical Description1 items24 cm x 43 cm
Notations on the plans indicate the boiler house and vault were never built
Physical Description1 items96 cm x 63 cm
1 items63 cm x 87 cm
Layout of proposd new dormitory along Walton Road, with plans for two buidlings, "Building A" and "Building B."
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 52 cm
1 items28 cm x 53 cm
Blueprint for fountain by Walton Field, York & Sawyer
Physical Description1 items104 cm x 73 cm
Fragile
Plans for spectator stands and dressing room under spectator stands at Walton Field. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items67 cm x 56 cm
1 items56 cm x 49 cm
Contains layout and grade map of propsoed athletic grounds plan "B."
Physical Description1 items55 cm x 50 cm
Presentation drawing showing Haverford's campus with a paper overlay of the Douglas B. Gardner '83 Integrated Athletic Center (GIAC). The drawing was done by Lorenz Mahimtura[?] around 2002. 61.5 cm x 91 cm
Blueprint, "Preliminary Sketch for Improvement of Skating Pond," February 1897, Samuel M. Garrigues
Physical Description1 items56 cm x 50 cm
Topographical map of Haverford College, showing landscape gradients. No date. Shows building uses as well as names from the early 1900s.
Physical Description1 items103 cm x 105 cm
1 items102 cm x 107 cm
Fragile and badly torn.
Physical Description1 items
Shows plan for gate and wall for Lloyd Hall and Dining Hall dividing area.
Physical Description1 items104 cm x 74 cm
Blueprints for tree and plant plots by S. W. Fletcher. Gym, "HC No. 2," Feb. 4, 1954. Note in pencil on back reads "Gymnasium"
Physical Description1 items36 cm x 59 cm
Blueprints for tree and plant plots by S. W. Fletcher. Chemistry Lab, "HC No. 6," Feb. 4, 1954. Note in pencil on back reads "Chemistry Lab"
Physical Description1 items32 cm x 61 cm
Blueprints. Tree/plant plots, S. W. Fletcher, Feb. 4, 1954. Barclay Hall, "H.C. No. 5"
Physical Description1 items77 cm x 37 cm
Blueprints. Tree/plant plots, S. W. Fletcher, Feb. 10, 1954. Founders Hall, "H.C. No. 7"
Physical Description1 items77 cm x 35 cm
Blueprints. Tree/plant plots, S. W. Fletcher, January 3, 1954. Sharpless, unnumbered.
Physical Description1 items70 cm x 44 cm
Blueprints. Tree/plant plots, S. W. Fletcher, January 5, 1954. Cricket Pavilion, "H.C. No. 3"
Physical Description1 items69 cm x 44 cm
Preliminary master plan study: Landscape master plan for Haverford College. Prepared by Wallace Roberts & Todd.
Physical Description1 items122 cm x 77 cm
Plans for a greenhouse at Haverford College. Shows overall plans for campus landscape as well as detail plans for other sections of the cmapus. Plan by Design Management Solutions Unlimited. 4 sheets.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 63 cm
Plan for Magill-Smith Memorial Gardens, located outside of the Magill library (now Lutnick).
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 65 cm
Plans by S.W. Fletcher, Jr. 4 sheets including general plans and plans for specific planting types for the arboretum. Includes map of tree plantings.
Physical Description1 items78 cm x 60 cm
Map of the trees around Magill Library as of 2013. Includes the north half of Leeds green. Descriptions of each tree and its number. Drawn by "W.A."
Physical Description1 items91 cm x 62 cm
4 sheets. Note that some of the plantings were installed in May 1992 following dining center construction.
Physical Description1 items61 cm x 85 cm (largest)
Planting plans for the Asian garden outside of the Dining Center. Includes plant species plan. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items93 cm x 61 cm
Map of the campus with building names and rough map of tree locations.
Physical Description1 items119 cm x 71 cm
Planting plan of Kim and Tritton Halls (identified as Orchard Student Residences), including detail and landscape grading plan. Includes the species of plant planted. 3 sheets. Plan by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.
Physical Description1 items109 cm x 93 cm
Map of the landscape plan for the 1983 campus master plan. Shows planned buildings in 1983 including Ryan Gym extension (Now VCAM) as well as a pedestrain path to Haverford College Apartments.
Physical Description1 items118 cm x 83 cm
Two identical sheets showing a layout of the Smith-Magill Memorial gardens. A rough planting plan is included but the plants are not labelled.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 61 cm
Mass Planting Plan for Magill Library. Harbeson, Hough, Livington, & Larson Architects. S.W. Fletcher, Jr. Landscape Architect.
Physical Description1 items76 cm x 60 cm
Plans for the location of plants at the Dining Center. Includes a number of plants for each location and lists if it is available at the College.
Physical Description1 items93 cm x 65 cm
1 items76 cm x 54 cm
1 College Lane (no date or architect given).
Physical Description1 items70 cm x 51 cm
Drawing of the exterior and landscaping of 2 College Lane done by West '27.
Physical Description1 items60 cm x 44 cm
2 sheets showing the floor plans and elevations of 3 College Lane. No architects listed.
Physical Description1 items110 cm x 81 cm
Floor plans and elevations of 753 College Avenue.
Physical Description1 items88 cm x 43 cm
1 items81 cm x 46 cm
No architects listed.
Fire code plans for Sharpless House on College Avenue including all floors and the exterior.
Physical Description1 items73 cm x 60 cm
Architectural drawings of FH Parker residence. No architect listed. 2 sheets.
Physical Description1 items75 cm x 57 cm
Floor plans and ceiling/foundational bracing plans. No architect listed.
Physical Description1 items77 cm x 51 cm
Full plans for the Parker hosue, which is a catalogue house. 8 sheets.
Physical Description1 items92 cm x 56 cm
Includes layouts of first, second, and bassement levels, as well as exterior.
Physical Description1 items60 cm x 53 cm
Three mock-ups showing aerial views of campus buildings. The mock-ups show additions to the campus over time (1833-1899, 1900-1929, and 1930-1983). A note in pencil on the back reads "The Spirit and the Intellect," suggesting it was prepared for Greg Kannerstein's book of the same name, published in 1983.