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 collection represent the history of one prominent architectural firm in New York, its most well-known member being Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972) whose activity spans over fifty years. The archive was given to Avery Library by the successor firm of Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum in 1978. The firm has been known under the following names:
Buchman & Deisler (ca. 1883-1900) ; Buchman & Fox (ca. 1900-1919) ; Buchman & Kahn (ca. 1920-1929) ; Kahn & Morgan (1930) ; Kahn & (Eliel) Saarinen (1930) ; Ely Jacques Kahn, archts. (1930-1940) ; Kahn & Jacobs (1941-1972)
Series I: Architectural Records
The series consists of architectural drawings for 117 projects (located primarily in New York City), designed or altered by Kahn and Jacobs and its predecessor firms. Each project was catalogued separately in the online catalog. In order to preserve this historical unit, each project was catalogued in the online catalog in close to chronological order. This finding aid provides a link to each project's associated record. Sheet level description can be found in these project-level records. Each sheet is individually accessioned with numbers ranging from 1978.001.00001 through .08313. In the container listing for this online finding aid, the projects have been listed alphabetically by the available identifier (either building name or address) rather than in accession/chronological order.
This series contains 738 survey drawings for over 270 properties located primarily in New York City. The drawings date from the 1860s to the 1940s, with the bulk created during the Buchman & Deisler and Buchman & Fox years. The surveys are arranged in ascending street order, with non-New York properties list at the end.
Included are specifications, dated from 1903 to 1918, for work done for Messrs. Bloomingdale Brothers Department Store; and three ledger books, dated from 1926 to 1941.
The collection is made up of three series: Architectural Drawings, Property Surveys, and Other Records.
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.
Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.
Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Ely Jacques Kahn papers, 1906-1986, (bulk 1906-1972): Ely and Liselotte Kahn (1963.001, 1992.003, 1992.011, 1993.016, 1994.013)
Robert Allan Jacobs papers, 18902-1990s, (bulk 1909-1983): Margot Jacobs Gift (1999.013)
[Conceptual cross-section rendering for a multi-use building] / Kahn Jacobs : Mark Dessauce Gift (2003.005)
150 Permanent Dwelling Units and Community House [Lexington Park, M.D. ] / Kahn Jacobs: Mark Dessauce Gift (2003.005)
[2 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y)] : [design for bronze Subway sidewalk sign post] / Buchman Kahn: Andrew Alpern Gift (2010.005)
[Perspective rendering of] Federation Building [New York, N.Y.] / Buchman Kahn: Catha Rambusch Gift (1994.017)
[Dwelling, 30 West 72nd Street (New York, N.Y)] / Buchman Fox: Andrew Alpern Gift (2010.005)
[Alterations to House, 21 East 63rd Street (New York, N.Y)] / Buchman Fox: Andrew Alpern Gift (2010.005)
Students Building [Barnard Hall?] / Buchman & Fox : Gilbert Seltzer Gift (1986.009)
Robert A. Jacobs Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.
Source of acquisition--This collection was donated in 1978 by Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, the successor firm of Kahn & Jacobs.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
The description and cataloging of drawings were completed by Janet Parks in 1978. Shelley Hayreh, Avery Archivist, processed addtional records, edited and published the finding aid for the collection in 2015.
2009-06-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Ely Jacques Kahn was one of the most significant architects in New York City in the 20th century, sustaining an active career over more than six decades. Many of his buildings are now New York City landmarks, bearing witness to the sophistication of Art Deco and Moderne styles and the ambitions of the post-World War II building boom.
Born in Manhattan, Kahn graduated from Columbia College in 1903 and completed further study in architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1907-08. Returning to New York, Kahn struggled to find work in the wake of the 1907 stock market collapse. Competition for architectural jobs was tough given the growing number of trained architects and Kahn also faced a rising wall of anti-Semitism in the patrician world of New York architecture. In 1914, Kahn took a teaching position at Cornell as a replacement for a French architect unable to return due to the outbreak of World War I. In 1917, he joined the partnership of Buchman and Fox, already an established firm. As part of Buchman & Kahn, he began designing and building successful commercial buildings, profiting from the building boom in the 1910s and 1920s.
After Buchman's retirement in 1930, Kahn practiced alone for a decade, and was joined in 1940 by the much younger Robert Allan Jacobs. Kahn finished his career in partnership with Jacobs, retiring from the practice in 1969. Jacobs retired soon after, in 1973, and the remaining junior partners of Kahn & Jacobs joined the St. Louis-based architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) that same year. The bulk of this collection consists of the Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and records, created between circa 1893 and 1965, which were donated to Avery Library by HOK in 1978.
The series consists of architectural drawings for 117 projects (located primarily in New York City), designed or altered by Kahn and Jacobs and its predecessor firms. Each project was catalogued separately in the online catalog. In order to preserve this historical unit, each project was catalogued in the online catalog in close to chronological order. This finding aid provides a link to each project's associated record. Sheet level description can be found in these project-level records. Each sheet is individually accessioned with numbers ranging from 1978.001.00001 through .08313. In the container listing for this online finding aid, the projects have been listed alphabetically by the available identifier (either building name or address) rather than in accession/chronological order.
Nyda.1978.001 08256A to 08267
Primary creator: Shattuck & Layer
14 sheets : various media ; 71.5 x 81.4 cm. (28 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07725 to 07732
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
8 sheets : various media ; 61.5 x 106.2 cm. (24 1/4 x 41 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05995 to 06115
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
121 sheets : various media ; 155.3 x 108.4 cm.(61 1/8 x 42 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01105 to 01144
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
40 sheets : various media : 133.8 x 111.8 cm. (52 5/8 x 46 6/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02891 to 03066
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
176 sheets : various media ; 114.9 x 133 cm. (45 1/4 x 52 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03067 to 03125
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
59 sheets : various media ; 96.5 x 102.9 cm. (38 x 40 1/4 in.) or smaller + 3 sheets of graph paper.
Nyda.1978.001 04073 to 04192
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
120 drawings : various media ; 144 x 137 cm. (56 5/8 x 53 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00133 to 08239
Primary creator: Buchman & Deisler
499 sheets : various media ; 127.6 x 172 cm. (50 1/4 x 67 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08159 to 08255
Primary creator: Starrett and Van Vleck, architects
92 sheets : various media ; 89.5 x 122.2 cm. (35 1/4 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08270 to 08289
20 sheets : various media ; 82.9 x 170.1 cm. (32 5/8 x 67 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07734
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
1 sheet : Pencil and ink on tracing paper ; 31.3 x 39.8 cm. (12 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1978.001 01464 to 01559
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
94 sheets : various media ; 147.0 x 124.6 cm. (57 7/8 x 49 1/16 in.) or smaller + 1 letter (6 typewritten sheets)
Nyda.1978.001 02222 to 02427
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
216 drawings : various media ; 117 x 115.5 cm. (46 1/8 x 45 1/2 in) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05413 to 05552
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
140 sheets : various media ; 120.6 x 175 cm. (47 1/2 x 68 7/8 in. ) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07565 to 07633
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
69 sheets : various media ; 120.2 x 120.2 cm. (47 3/8 x 47 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03775 to 03850
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
76 drawings : various media ; 117.6 x 106.8 cm. (46 3/8 x 42 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 07321 to 07420
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
101 sheets : various media ; 119 x 144 cm. (47 7/8 x 56 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06338 to 06481
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
144 sheets : various media ; 168.0 x 142.2 cm. (66 1/8 x 56 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07307 to 07320
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
14 sheets : various media ; 209.5 x 149.5 cm. (82 1/2 x 58 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07429 to 07517
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
89 sheets : various media ; 134.0 x 142.2 cm. (52 3/4 x 56 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06200 to 06337
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
138 sheets : various media ; 182.5 x 100.7 cm. (71 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06734 to 06857
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
124 sheets : various media ; 186.8 x 123 cm. (73 3/8 x 48 1/2 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 00131 to 00132
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
2 drawings : ink on cloth ; 70.8 x 46.5 cm. (27 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01560 to 01591
Nyda.1978.001 07118 to 07119
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
2 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 30.0 x 54.4 cm. (11 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08061 to 08109
Primary creator: Julius Gregory
49 sheets : blueprints on paper ; 88.3 x 122.0 cm. (34 3/4 x 48 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01279 to 01333
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
53 drawings.: various media; 128.5 x 111 cm. (50 5/8 x 43 5/8 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 03423 to 08249
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
43 drawings : various media : 120.8 x 95 cm (47 5/8 x 37 3/8 in) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07737 to 07742
6 sheets : blueprint on paper ; 14.2 x 24.0 cm. (5 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02587 to 02612
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
26 drawings : various media : 105.6 x 106.6 cm (41 1/2 x 42 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01240 to 01278
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
39 sheets : various media : 89.5 x 84.6 cm (35 1/4 x 33 5/16 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 06116 to 06198
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
83 sheets : various media : 126 x 122.1 cm. (49 5/8 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08290 to 08313
Primary creator: E.H. James
24 sheets : blueprints on paper ; 74.5 x 103.0 cm. (29 3/8 x 40 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03272 to 03335
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
64 sheets of drawings : various media ; 121.0 x 85.5 cm. (47 5/8 x 33 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07065 to 07117
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
53 sheets : various media ; 103.2 x 120.3 cm. (40 5/8 x 47 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04270 to 04368
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
99 drawings : various media ; 96.4 x 103.6 cm. (37 7/8 x 40 3/4 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 05137 to 05215
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
79 sheets : various media ; 125.8 x 122.1 cm. (49 1/2 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01334 to 01463
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
131 sheets : various media ; 139.2 x 105.7 cm. (54 6/8 x 41 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05285 to 05411
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
129 sheets : various media ; 106 x 83.5 cm.(41 15/16 x 32 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03638 to 03692
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
55 drawings : various media ; 101 x 97.4cm. (39 3/4 x 38 1/4 in. ) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07218 to 07233
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
16 drawings : pencil ; 54.3 x 55.0 cm. (21 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08029 to 08060
Primary creator: Walter M. Mason
32 sheets : various media ; 117.5 x 122.5 cm. (46 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07859 to 08028
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
170 sheets : various media ; 103.5 x 115.0 cm.(40 3/4 x 45 1/4 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 02626 to 02709
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
84 drawings : various media ; 92 x 112.7 cm. (36 1/4 x 44 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04369 to 04644
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
294 sheets : various media ; 115.6 x 126.6 cm. (45 1/2 x 49 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04057 to 04072
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
16 sheets : various media ; 77.3 x 87.9 cm. (30 1/2 x 34 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04988 to 05052
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
67 sheets : various media ; 101.6 x 131.5 cm (40 x 51 3/4 in) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00994 to 01050
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
37 sheets : various media ; 90.5 x 140.4 cm. (35 5/8 x 55 1/4 in.) or smaller + 20 pages of calculations.
Nyda.1978.001 00634 to 00673
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
40 sheets : various media ; 92.6 x 98.1 cm. (36 1/2 x 38 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01592 to 01601
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
10 drawings : various media ; 81.4 x 87.9 cm. (32 1/8 x 34 5/8 in.) or smaller + 2sheets of stationary.
Nyda.1978.001 07743 to 07744
2 sheets : various media ; 54.6 x 37.3 cm. (21 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06506 to 06733
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn, Eliel Saarinen, assoc. architects
228 sheets : various media ; 166.5 x 139.5 cm. (65 1/2 x 45 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02710 to 02816
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
107 sheets : various media ; 99.1 x 105.4 cm. (39 x 41 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06969 to 07062
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
96 sheets : various media ; 67.6 x 137.0 cm. (26 5/8 x 54 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07771 to 06968
Primary creator: Julius Kastner & Sons (?)
4 sheets : Blue line prints on paper ; 82.8 x 72.1 cm. (32 5/8 x 28 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06913 to 06968
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
111 sheets : various media ; 120.0 x 149.5 cm. (47 1/4 x 58 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07746 to 07770
Primary creator: Julius Kastner & Sons, architects.
25 sheets : blueprints on paper ; 86.3 x 93.8 cm. (34 x 37 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05553 to 05640
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
88 sheets : various media ; 104 x 134.5 cm. (41 x 53 in. ) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01065 to 01104
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
40 drawings : various media : 135.7 x 80.5 cm. (53 3/8 x 31 6/8) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01704 to 01762
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
59 drawings : various media ; 231.1 x 105 cm. (91 x 41 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00055 to 00077
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
23 drawings : ink on cloth ; 94.6 x 74.1 cm. (37 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01145 to 01206
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
62 drawings : various media : 109.2 x 137.5 cm. (43 x 54 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05216 to 05284
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
69 sheets : various media ; 140 x 148.3 cm. (55 1/8 x 58 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05800 to 05856
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
57 drawings : various media ; 146.7 x 98 cm. (57 3/4 x 38 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03947 to 04056
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
110 sheets : various media ; 99 x 186 cm. (39 x 73 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04663 to 04739 and 08252
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
156 sheets : various media : 143.0 x 121.5 cm.(56 1/4 x 47 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1978.001 03366 to 03422
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
57 drawings : various media ; 82 x 106.8 cm. (32 1/4 x 42 1/16 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02167 to 02186
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
20 drawings : ink on drfting linen : 77.2 x 103.9 cm.(30 3/8 x 40 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00078 to 00130
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
53 sheets : various media ; 139.0 x 109.0 cm. (54 3/4 x 42 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04819 to 04987
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
170 sheets : various media ; 101.1 x 100.6 cm. (39 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00001 to 00054
Primary creator: Buchman & Deisler
54 sheets : various media ; 105.4 x 125.2 cm. (41 1/2 x 49 1/4 in. ) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03909 to 03946
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
38 drawings : various media ; 110.7 x 92.6 cm. (43 5/8 x 36 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03465 to 03481
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
17 drawings : various media ; 75.3 x 103 cm. (29 5/8 x 40 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03336 to 03365
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
30 drawings : various media : 97 x 95.3 cm. (38 1/8 x 37 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08141 to 08158
Primary creator: John H. Knubel, architect
18 sheets : ink on cloth ; 138.0 x 97.5 cm. (54 3/8 x 38 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07648 to 07721
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
75 sheets : various media ; 132.4 x 104.5 cm. (52 1/8 x 41 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02057 to 02081
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
25 sheets : various media ; 89.2 x 152.6 cm. (35 1/8 x 60 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 08110 to 08140
Primary creator: McKim, Mead & White
31 sheets : blueprint on paper ; 166.5 x 155.2 cm. (65 1/2 x 61 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07775 to 08321
Primary creator: Eidlitz, Cyrus L. W.
89 sheets : various media ; 214.0 x 147.0 cm. (84 1/4 x 57 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02082 to 02166
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
85 sheets : various media ; 81.9 x 131.4 cm. (32 1/4 x 51 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01631 to 01703
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
73 sheets : various media ; 163.2 x 108.0 cm. (64 1/4 x 42 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07192 to 07194
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
3 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 77.5 x 152.5 cm. (30 1/2 x 60 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 00674 to 00989
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
320 sheets : various media ; 140.7 x 167.4 cm.(55 7/8 x 65 7/8 in.) or smaller
Nyda.1978.001 02840 to 02890
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
51 sheets : various media ; 62.9 x 101 cm.(39 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02438 to 02513
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
76 sheets : various media ; 97.8 x 120.6 cm. (38 1/2 x 47 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01763 to 02056
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
294 sheets : various media ; 93.2 x 155.7 cm. (36 3/4 x 61 1/4 in.) or smaller+ 3 pieces of stationery and one piece of lined foolscap.
Nyda.1978.001 02817 to 02839
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
23 drawings ; ink on cloth ; 109.1 x 112.6 cm. (42 7/8 x 44 1/2 in.)
Nyda.1978.001 07518 to 07564
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
47 sheets : various media ; 107.3 x 152.3 cm. (42 1/4 x 60 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07640 to 07647
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
8 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 53.7 x 84.4 cm. (21 1/8 x 33 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07634 to 07639
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
6 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 53.5 x 75.0 cm. (21 1/8 x 29 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03851 to 03908
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
58 sheets : various media ; 97 x 115.5 cm. (38 1/4 x 45 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05641 to 05673
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
33 drawings : various media ; 106 x 149 cm. (41 3/4 x 58 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02187 to 02221
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
35 sheets : various media ; 100.2 x 96.3 cm. (39 1/2 x 37 7/8 in.) or smaller + 1sheet of notes on lined paper.
Nyda.1978.001 07195 to 07217
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
23 drawings : pencil on tracing paper ; 65.6 x 125.7 cm. (25 3/4 x 49 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05771 to 05799
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
29 sheets : various media ; 106.5 x 83.2 cm (42 x 32 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03482 to 03509
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
28 drawings : various media ; 129.5 x 97cm. (51 x 38 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01051 to 01063
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
13 drawings : various media ; 64.5 x 87.3 cm. (25 3/8 x 34 3/8 in.) or smaller + 1 letter.
Nyda.1978.001 07234 to 07306
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
73 sheets : various media ; 87.0 x 120.5 cm. (34 1/4 x 47 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05857 to 05994
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
138 drawings : various media ; 120 x 175 cm. (47 1/4 x 68 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02514 to 02586
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
73 drawings : various media ; 82.7 x 107.7 cm. (32 9/16 x 42 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07422 to 07428
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
7 sheets : various media ; 26.3 x 33.3 cm. (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06482 to 06499
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
18 drawings : ink on linen ; 162.5 x 94.7 cm. (64 x 37 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 05053 to 05136
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
84 sheets : various media ; 203.0 x 147.8 cm. (79 15/16 x 58 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 04193 to 04269
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
77 sheets : various media ; 147 x 235.4 cm. (57 7/8 x 92 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07735
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
1 sheet : pencil on tracing paper ; 39.2 x 34.0 cm. (15 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07736
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
1 sheet : ink on linen ; 49.1 x 74.9 cm. (19 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Nyda.1978.001 07733
1 sheet : pencil on tracing paper ; 39.9 x 35.3 cm. (15 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1978.001 05674 to 05770
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
97 drawings : various media ; 106.5 x 164.5 cm. (42 x 64 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01207 to 01239
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
33 sheets : various media ; 84.8 x 130.8 cm. (33 3/8 x 51 1/2 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03693 to 03774
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
82 sheets : various media ; 80 x 95 cm. (31 1/4 x 37 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03510 to 03637
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
128 sheets : various media ; 81 x 121.3 cm. (31 7/8 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 01602 to 01630
Primary creator: Buchman & Fox
29 drawings : ink on cloth ; 259.4 x 90.9 cm (102 1/8 x 35 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03126 to 03186
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
61 sheets : various media ; 108.8 x 105.5cm. (39 11/16 x 41 9/16 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07120 to 07191
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
72 drawings : various media ; 74.0 x 104.0 cm. (29 1/8 x 41 in. ) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 03187 to 03271
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
85 sheets : various media ; 106.5 x 127.8 cm. (41 7/8 x 50 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 06500 to 06505
Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn
6 sheets : various media ; 104.2 x 68.8 cm. (41 x 27 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 02613 to 02625
Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn
13 sheets : various media ; 68.5 x 102.6 cm. (26 7/8 x 40 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1978.001 07745
Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
1 sheet : blueprint on paper ; 113.8 x 101.0 cm. (44 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.) or smaller.
This series contains 738 survey drawings for over 270 properties located primarily in New York City. The drawings date from the 1860s to the 1940s, with the bulk created during the Buchman & Deisler and Buchman & Fox years. The surveys are arranged in ascending street order, with non-New York properties list at the end.
*In addition to the property listing below, a sortable inventory of the surveys can be consult in this downloadable Excel spreadsheet
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"New York Hospital"
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"Anheuser-Busch Warehouse"
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"Bloomingdale Stable"
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"Bloomingdales"
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Stamped "R. Guastavino, Architect"
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[Broadway called "Boulevard"]
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"Bloomingdale Bros buildings"
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"Park"
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"Manhattan Street"
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[Broadway called "Grand Boulevard"]
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[Broadway called "Boulevard"]
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"High Bridge Park", "New Speedway"
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[St. Nicholas Avenue called "Kingsbridge Road"]
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[St. Nicholas Avenue called "Kingsbridge Road"]
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"Lot No. 236 on the Peter Wyckoff Map", "Lands formerly of Rachel Berry"
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Map of Lots 1811, 1812, 1813, 1820, 1821 and 1822
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Swan Street between Jay Street and Lancaster Street
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"Residence of J.J. McComb Esq."
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Rose Avenue and Archer Place
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"Cross Section of Private Road / Geo. B. Thurnauer Esq."
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Seneca Street and Tioga Street and "Map of Principal [sp.] Streets of Ithaca"
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"Map of Property situated in the City of Yonkers"; North Broadway and Odell Avenue
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(New Haven and Hartford)
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(Deal and Newark)
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(Easton and Philadelphia)
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("Hanewinckel Building," Richmond)
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Included are specifications, dated from 1903 to 1918, for work done for Messrs. Bloomingdale Brothers Department Store; and three ledger books, dated from 1926 to 1941.
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Booklet published by Architectural Catalog Co. with images of "some recent work of Buchman & Fox." Images primarily consist of exterior photography of built works, but some prespective renderings reproduced in booklet as well.
Accession 2023.001 (Donated by Jewel Stern)
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List of drawings
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List of projects
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