This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
This series consists of architectural as well as non-architectural original drawings and are cataloged in CLIO. The architectural drawings are organized by client. When the identification of the client was not available, the drawings were arranged in chronological order according to the date indicated on the drawing. The geographical location of the project was the third classification adopted and arranged alphabetically by state, cities, and streets. When none of these information could be found, the drawings were grouped together as "Miscellaneous". Non-architectural drawings include sketches of landscapes, people, birds, and chairs, as well as poster designs.
The scrapbooks contain mostly original drawings and sketches of architectural projects, published drawings or illustrations and photographs of Eyre's architectural practice. Clients' names and locations are generally provided, but most are undated. A list of client names was noted in the scope note of the finding aid. The 9th volume contains exclusively projects of gardens designed by Eyre. The 10th volume does not document Eyre's work but contains photographs primarily of Italian garden designs. Some illustrations of French gardens are included such as Parc Monceau in Paris and the gardens of Versailles. The original order of the scrapbooks was not clear so a new numerical sequence was applied.
This series consists of biographical material on Wilson Eyre as well as articles and lectures by and about Eyre. The series also contains lists, photographs, certificates and awards, and notes on Wilson Eyre by Louisa Eyre, Wilson's sister. The miscellaneous illustrations were published in American Architect, Town & County, The Brickbuilder, among others. In addition to printed material, most folders also include photographs.
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
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Wilson Eyre architectural drawings and papers, circa 1877-1945, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Wilson Eyre drawings collection held in the Architectural Archives at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1955.002.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Paper finding aid created by Marie-Josée Lacroix in April 1984. This finding aid was compiled and modified by Nicole Lindberg Richard in June 2015.
2009-06-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Wilson Eyre, Jr. was born in 1858 in Florence, where his father was stationed for service. He was schooled in Europe, Canada, and Newport, Rhode Island. He attended only one year of the architecture program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and acquired most of his training in architecture when he joined the office of James Peacock Sims in Philadelphia in 1877. In 1882, when Sims died, Eyre was given control of the office.
From 1901 to 1915, Eyre had a small branch office in New York City but continued his main practice in Philadelphia. He signed the work alone until 1912, the date of the beginning of a partnership with John Gilbert McIlvaine, which lasted until McIlvaine's death in 1939.
The greatest productivity of Eyre's career came between the late 19th century and World War I, during which he designed most of his major commissions. The principal contribution of Eyre lay in domestic design which constituted the bulk of his architectural work. In his design Eyre developed his concern for creating an American architecture by adapting English forms to the needs and usage of his contemporaries. His interests are reflected in the extraordinary renderings in the collection here at Avery.
In addition, his important contributions to the profession of architecture should be noted. He was the founder of the Philadelphia T-Square Club and president from 1887 to 1888. He was the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was made a Fellow of the AIA in 1883. Finally, he was one of the founder and editors of House & Garden magazine. He was also active as a teacher of architecture and his work was widely published in the architecture journals of his day. He died in 1944 in Philadelphia.
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Box 1 Folder 1
3 sheets : various media ; 43.1 x 53.2 cm. (17 x 21 in.) or smaller, mounted to 46.7 x 56.1 cm. (18 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 2
8 drawings : various media ; 50.9 x 50.8 cm. (20 x 20 in.) or smaller
Drawer 246
1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper ; 46.5 x 88.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 34 7/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 4
1 drawing : graphite and watercolor on tracing paper ; 35.8 x 52.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 20 6/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 5
1 drawing : graphite and watercolor and charcoal on paper ; 114.9 x 81 cm. (45 2/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Drawer 246
1 drawing : ink on cloth ; 68.7 x 29.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 6
1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 26.6 x 34.3 cm. (10 4/8 x 13 4/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 7
1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 38. 2 x 42. 2 cm. (15 1/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Drawer 246
1 drawing : ink on cloth mounted on cloth ; 30.1 x 79.5 cm. (11 7/8 x 31 3/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 8
2 prints: photo-lithograph on paper ; 28.8 x 41.8 cm. (11 3/8 x 16 4/8 in.)
Drawer 246
1 drawing : ink on tracing paper ; 31.1 x 62.7 cm. (12 2/8 x 24 6/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 9
8 sheets : various media ; 29.9 x 69.4 cm. (11 6/8 x 27 3/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 11
2 drawings : ink on tracing paper ; 46.5 x 45.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 12
1 drawing : pastel on board ; 25.2 x 42.3 cm. (10 x 16 5/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 13
1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper mounted on paper ; 18.6 x 26.5 cm. (7 3/8 x 10 4/8 in.), mounted 21.8 x 28.9 cm. (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 14
3 drawings : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper mounted on board ; 19.1 x 47.8 cm. (7 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.) or smaller, mounted 21.3 x 49.7 cm. (8 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.) or smaller
Drawer 246
2 drawings : various media ; 47.9 x 67.2 cm. (18 7/8 x 26 1/2 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 15
11 sheets : various media ; 67.7 x 124.4 cm. (26 5/8 x 49 1/4 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 16
3 sheets : sepia process print with watercolor wash and ink on paper ; 62.7 x 44.5 cm. (24 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 17
1 drawing : ink wash on cloth ; 16.8 x 19.9 cm. (6 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Drawer 246
1 drawing : ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth ; 37.2 x 70.4 cm. (14 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.), mounted 37.6 x 70.6 cm. (14 7/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 18
2 drawings : watercolor on paper ; 36.9 x 86.6 cm. (14 1/2 x 34 1/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 19
1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 20.5 x 33 cm. (8 1/8 x 13 in.)
Box 1 Folder 20
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper ; 31.7 x 47.8 cm. (12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 21
2 drawings : pen and wash on paper ; 22.6 x 21.3 cm. (8 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.) or smaller
Box 1 Folder 22
1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper with paper frame attached ; 17 x 30.1 cm. (6 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.), framed 24.7 x 34.5 cm. (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)
Box 1 Folder 23
1 drawing : pen and wash on paper ; 51.7 x 44.5 cm. (20 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Box 1 Folder 24
1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on tracing paper ; 61.9 x 41.2 cm. (24 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Drawer 246
2 blueprints
Drawer 246
3 sheets : sepia process print with watercolor wash and ink on paper
Drawer 246
1 drawing : graphite on paper
Box 2 Folder 25
1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper ; 4.8 x 23.6 cm. (1 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 26
1 drawing : pencil and crayon on paper ; 31.8 x 37.8 cm. (12 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 27
1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on board ; 15.9 x 37.6 cm. (6 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.), mounted 18.6 x 40.9 cm. (7 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 28
1 drawing : watercolor wash and pencil on paper mounted on board ; 21.5 x 12.8 cm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.), mounted 27.7 x 19.2 cm. (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 28
1 drawing : watercolor and charcoal with pencil on paper ; 17.4 x 29.3 cm. (6 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 28
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 25.8 x 35.2 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 28
1 drawing : Pastel and charcoal on dark paper ; 26.7 x 36.6 cm. (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
Box 2 Folder 28
1 drawing : pencil and pastel on tracing paper ; 24.8 x 18.1 cm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 29
1 drawing : crayon on paper ; 24.7 x 33.6 cm. (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 30
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 31.9 x 47.4 cm. (12 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 31
2 drawings : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 32 x 48 cm. (12 5/8 x 19 in.) or smaller
Box 2 Folder 32
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 31 x 43.4 cm. (12 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 33
1 drawing : ink and ink wash on lined paper ; 21.4 x 27.3 cm. (8 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 34
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.4 x 34.7 cm. (11 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 34
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on gray paper ; 30.5 x 45.7 cm. (12 x 18 in.)
Box 2 Folder 34
1 drawing ; watercolor wash on paper ; 14.8 x 22.9 cm. (5 7/8 x 9 in.)
Box 2 Folder 35
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.6 x 47 cm. (11 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Box 2 Folder 36
3 drawings : watercolor wash and graphite on gray paper ; 19.3 x 26.7 cm. (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.) or smaller
Box 2 Folder 37
1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on brown paper ; 32.5 x 43.6 cm. (12 7/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 38
1 drawing : pencil with pastel on paper ; 38.1 x 43.1 cm. (15 x 17 in.)
Box 2 Folder 39
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper ; 25.3 x 35.7 cm. (10 x 14 1/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 40
1 sheet : charcoal with pastel on brown paper ; 33.5 x 48.9 cm. (13 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 41
1 drawing : pastel and pencil on brown paper ; 26.5 x 37.1 cm. (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 41
1 drawing :bcharcoal and pastel on blue paper ; 27.9 x 42.1 cm. (11 x 16 5/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 42
1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on gray paper ; 30.2 x 45.7 cm. (12 x 18 in.)
Box 2 Folder 43
1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on brown paper ; 27.5 x 36.6 cm. (10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Box 2 Folder 44
1 drawing : pastel on brown paper ; 28 x 37.2 cm. (11 x 14 3/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 45
1 drawing : charcoal and watercolor wash on brown paper : 35.4 x 25.4 cm. (14 x 10 in.)
Box 2 Folder 46
1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on blue paper ; 30.5 x 45.9 cm. (12 x 18 1/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 47
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 34.6 x 50.1 cm (13 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Box 2 Folder 48
1 drawing : pencil and pastel on brown paper ; 29.5 x 37.1 cm. (11 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Box 2 Folder 49
1 drawing : pencil and pastel on paper ; 23.4 x 35.5 cm. (9 1/4 x 14 in.)
Box 3 Folder 50
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 32.7 x 49.8 cm. (12 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 51
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 29.9 x 42.4 cm. (11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Box 3 Folder 52
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 26.8 x 36.5 cm. (10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 53
1 sheet : various media ; 28.7 x 36.1 cm. (11 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Box 3 Folder 53
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.5 x 37.2 cm. (11 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 53
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on gray paper ; 22.7 x 28.3 cm. (9 x 11 1/4 in.)
Box 3 Folder 54
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 50.6 x 32.7 cm. (20 x 12 7/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 55
2 drawings : watercolor with pencil on paper ; 12.3 x 16.4 cm. (4 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.) or smaller
Box 3 Folder 56
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 51.1 x 39.4 cm. (20 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Box 3 Folder 57
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper with frame of brown paper attached ; 28.7 x 37 cm. (11 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.), framed 37.3 x 42.9 cm. (14 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 58
1 drawing : pencil with pastel on gray paper ; 38.4 x 27.9 cm. (15 1/8 x 11 in.)
Box 3 Folder 59
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 37.1 x 28.3 cm. (14 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 60
1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on gray paper ; 33.4 x 38 cm. (13 1/8 x 15 in.)
Box 3 Folder 61
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on paper ; 32 x 45.9 cm. (12 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.), mounted 36.7 x 49.2 cm. (14 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 62
1 drawing : charcoal with pastel on brown paper ; 54.4 x 27.8 cm. (21 3/8 x 11 in.)
Box 3 Folder 63
1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on brown paper ; 18.3 x 10.6 cm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.), mounted 30.5 x 21.2 cm. (12 x 8 3/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 63
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on brown paper ; 25.2 x 38.8 cm. (10 x 15 1/4 in.)
Box 3 Folder 63
1 drawing : graphite and watercolor wash on paper ; 25.6 x 18 cm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 64
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 35.7 x 26.8 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 64
1 drawing : watercolor wash and pencil on paper ; 23.8 x 16.7 cm. (9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Box 3 Folder 65
1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 29.3 x 43.2 cm. (11 5/8 x 17 in.)
Box 3 Folder 66
1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 36.7 x 47 cm. (14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Box 3 Folder 67
1 print : lithograph on paper ; 55.8 x 35.4 cm. (22 x 14 in.)
Box 3 Folder 67
1 print : lithograph on paper ; 60.5 x 41.9 cm. (23 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Box 3 Folder 68
3 drawings : various media ; 56.9 x 76.2 cm. (22 3/8 x 30 in.) or smaller
Drawer 246
27 sheets : various media ; 233.7 x 127.2 cm. (92 x 50 1/8 in.) or smaller + 2 booklets and 4 loose sheets
Volume 1
Clients include : Jeffors ; Roberts, Peter W. ; Tallman ; Ellis ; Cooke, Jay ; Curtis ; and other unidentified clients
Volume 2
Clients include : Borie, Charles L ; Mason, Misses ; Freer, Miss ; Squire, Frank ; Brown, D.P. ; Brown, Neilson ; Bennet ; Clarcke, Thos. S. ; Pepper, John W. ; Freer ; Deacon, Harlston ; Conklin, R. ; Conklin Theodore ; Hyde ; Curtis ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Hyde ; Joby ; Cary, Melbert B. ; Schultz, H. V. H. ; Randolph ; Humphrey ; Albert, Ernest ; other unidentified clients
Volume 3
Clients include : Clarke, Thomas S. ; Conklin, Theo ; Turner W.M. Jay ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Alger, Miss ; Fuller, Miss ; Deacon, Harlston ; Bixby, William R. ; Ladd, James B. ; Parrish, Maxfield ; King, Geo. W. ; Wheeler, Charles ; Crenshaw, E. A. ; Drexel, A. J. Jr. ; Zantzinger, E. ; Alhhurst, R. L. ; Albert, Ernest ; Squier ; Hand, E. S. ; Borie, Chas. L. ; Freer, C. L. ; Potter ; Hunphreys, Dr. ; Schultz, B. V. H. ; Conklin, Roland ; Henry, Howard; other unidentifed clients
Volume 4
Clients include : Albert, E. ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Hand, E. S. ; Deacon, Harleston ; Squier, Frank ; Fuller, Miss ; Alger, Miss ; Pepper, John H. ; Brown, Neilson ; Newhall ; Cass, Charles A. ; other unidentified clients
Volume 5
Clients include : Potter ; Landale, Moylan ; Pepper, David ; Drexel ; Albert ; Brinton, Ferree ; Freer, Miss ; Frettringham, A. J. ; Borie, Beauveau ; Borie, Charles L. ; Moore, C. B. ; Starr, Dr. ; Brooker ; other unidentified clients
Volume 6
Clients included : Pepper ; Clarke ; Cass, Charles A. ; Cooke, Jay III ; Turner, Wm. Jay ; Martin, Dr. Edim ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Schultz ; Cornell, Charles ; Ellis, W. M. S. ; Squier, Frank ; White, Henry C. Drexel, Anthony J. ; King ; other unidentified clients
Volume 7
Clients included : Pepper, David ; Freer, Miss ; Phelps, F. A. ; Brinton, Ferree ; Albert, Ernest ; Freer, G. L. ; Pepper, David ; Raynolds, H. S. ; Freer , Mr. ; Drexel, A. J. ; Brown, Neilson ; Frethingham, A. J. ; Newhall House ; Squier, Frank ; Mason, Miss ; "the Moors" ; Bennett, H. C. ; Meberton, Craig ; Schaeffer ; Lansdale, W. Meylan ; Wheeler, Chas. ; Park, Roland ; Borie, Charles L. ; Bixby, William K. ; Brown, D. P. ; Parrish, Stephen ; Howe, John K. ; Thompson, Frank ; Conklin ; other unidentified clients
Volume 8
Clients included : Conklin, R. ; Freer, Mrs. ; Brinton, F. ; Frettringham, A. L. ; Freer, Miss ; Phelps, F. A. ; Albert ; Squier, Frank ; Ladd ; Humphreys ; Deacon ; Butler, G. ; Clark, Thomas S. ; Conklin, Stanley ; Bennet ; Conklin, Theodore ; Conklin, S. ; Martin, E. ; Cary, Melbert B. ; Taylor ; Schultz ; Harrison ; Freer, C. L. ; Woodward, Dr. G. ; Curtis, C. B. ; King, Geo. W. Cornell, Carl ; Cass, Charles A. ; other unidentified clients
Volume 9
Clients included : Borie, C. L. Jr. ; Alger, Miss ; Henry, Howard ; Parrish, Stephen ; Squier, Frank ; Borie, Beauveau ; Conklin, R. R. ; Zanzinger ; Pepper, John
Volume 10
Consists mostly of photographs of Italian, with some French, garden designs.
Box 4 Folder 1
Typescript titled, "Old Philadelphia Families - Eyre" by Frank Willing Leach, 31 pp. ; Typescript titled, "Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Eyre Family", 5 pp. ; Typescript titled, "Wilson Eyre: October 30, 1858 - October 23, 1944" by John Harbeson, 3 pp.
Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence : 4 items ; clippings : 2 items
Box 4 Folder 3
10 items
Box 3 Folder 69
9 items : 1903 December 1, Louisiana Purchase Exposition appointing Eyre as member of the art section advisory committee for Philadelphia ; 1904 Universal Exposition St. Louis, silver medal for collective exhibit of landscape architecture and architectural design ; 1904 Universal Exposition St. Louis, commemorative diploma, member of Pennsylvania advisory committee and Philadelphia section national jury of selection of art ; 1928 The Philadelphia Building Congress appointing Eyre as Master Craftsman ; 18 January 1927, The Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia elected member ; 1940 December 9, University Club of Philadelphia honoary member ; 1924 September 1, certificate from the New York State Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects ; December 1906 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the T Square Club of Philadelphia second mention in the exhibition of architecture and allied arts ; 1924 February 21 certificate authorizing Eyre as architect in the state of New York
Box 4 Folder 4
Box 4 Folder 5
Box 4 Folder 6 to 9
11 items
Box 4 Folder 10
3 items
Box 4 Folder 11
1 item
Box 4 Folder 12
Contains lists of Eyre's works and articles published by or about Eyre. Also contains answers to Alan Burnham's questions
Box 4 Folder 13
6 items, 2 copies
Box 4 Folder 14
3 items, 2 copies
Box 4 Folder 15
Correspondence : 12 items ; photographs : 7 items ; catalogue : 1 item
Box 4 Folder 16
2 items
Box 4 Folder 17
3 items
Box 4 Folder 18
7 items
Box 4 Folder 19
11 items
Box 4 Folder 20
8 items
Box 4 Folder 21
9 items
Box 4 Folder 22
9 items
Box 4 Folder 23
15 items ; 2 articles
Box 4 Folder 24
65 items : includes clippings of article illustrations published on various Eyre projects
Box 4 Folder 25
Small album of 30 original mounted silver prints showing the construction of a grand house designed by Wilson Eyre. The house was called "Lane's End." The photos show exterior and roof construction. Included is a newspaper clipping, dated 1946, with the title "Rotans' $1,500,000 'Treasure House' at Wyndmoor on sale for $285,000." The article explains that the house was made from old materials gathered by Mr. and Mrs. Rotan in England. Mr. Rotan, who had been a former Philadelphia District Attorney died om 1930, just five years after the house's completion.
[Accession 2011.025]