Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and records, 1893-1965, bulk 1893-1950

Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and records, 1893-1965, bulk 1893-1950

Summary Information

Abstract

The projects in this collection represent the history of a firm that lasted nearly a century. The roots of the firm can be traced back to Hermann J. Schwarzmann, a German-born architect who designed the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876. Schwarzmann soon partnered with Albert Buchman and practiced with him until 1887. Unfortunately no drawings survive from the two earliest firms. This collection begins with records from the partnership of Buchman & Deisler (circa 1888-1899), followed by a succession of partnerships until the dissolution of the firm: Buchman & Fox (1899-1917), Buchman & Kahn (1917-1930), Ely Jacques Kahn Architects (1930-1940), and Kahn & Jacobs (1940-1973). The bulk of the collection documents the firms' work from 1893 until 1950. The collection includes approximately 8,250 architectural drawings for projects located primarily in New York City that were designed or altered by Kahn & Jacobs and the various predecessor partnerships. Major projects include the Bergdorf Goodman Department Store (1927); Bloomingdale's Department Store (1903-1917); the Bonwit Teller Department Store at Fifth Avenue and 38th Street (1911); the Film Center building (1928-1932); the original New York Times Building at 42nd Street and Broadway (1915-1920); and the Squibb Building (1929-1951), all in New York City. Researchers will also find drawings for the Oppenheimer-Collins Company buildings in Brooklyn (1915-1928), New York City (1906-1930), Philadelphia (1923), and Pittsburgh (1919-1928).

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460624 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Kahn & Jacobs; Kahn, Ely Jacques, 1884-1972; Jacobs, Robert Allan, 1905-1993; Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950; Buchman & Deisler; Buchman & Fox; Buchman & Kahn Architects; Kahn & Morgan; Kahn & Saarinen; Ely Jacques Kahn, Architects; Goldwin Starrett & Van Vleck
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
8,313 architectural drawings; 738 items (property surveys); 3 items (ledger books); 1 manuscript box (specifications);
Language(s):
English .
Access:

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.

Description

Scope and Content

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.

Series II: Property Survey

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.

Series III: Other Records

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.

Arrangement

The collection is made up of three series: Architectural Drawings, Property Surveys, and Other Records.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

Preferred Citation

Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Related Material

Related holdings in Avery Drawings & Archives:

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)

Related holdings in other institutions:

Robert A. Jacobs Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--This collection was donated in 1978 by Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, the successor firm of Kahn & Jacobs.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

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.

Revision Description

2009-06-25 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

History

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.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Account books
Architects
Drawings (visual works)
architectural drawings (visual works)
Name
Bergdorf Goodman (New York, N.Y.)
Bloomingdale's (New York, N.Y.)
Bonwit Teller, Fifth Ave. and 38th Street (New York, N.Y.)
Film Center (New York, N.Y.)
New York Times Building, 42nd Street and Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Squibb Building (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
Architectural firms -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Commercial buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Commercial buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York

Series I: Architectural Drawings

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

A Century of Progress (Chicago, Ill.) Old Heidelberg Inn, 1932

Primary creator: Shattuck & Layer

14 sheets : various media ; 71.5 x 81.4 cm. (28 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07725 to 07732

Ackman office building, 1969

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

8 sheets : various media ; 61.5 x 106.2 cm. (24 1/4 x 41 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05995 to 06115

Adler Building, 530 Seventh Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1928-1966

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

121 sheets : various media ; 155.3 x 108.4 cm.(61 1/8 x 42 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 01105 to 01144

Apartment house, 30-34 West 26th Street (New York, N.Y.), [1908?]

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

40 sheets : various media : 133.8 x 111.8 cm. (52 5/8 x 46 6/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02891 to 03066

Arsenal building (New York, N.Y.), 1923-1926

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

176 sheets : various media ; 114.9 x 133 cm. (45 1/4 x 52 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 03067 to 03125

Banco building, 253-259 West 35th Street (New York, N.Y.), 1923-1924

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04073 to 04192

Bergdorf Goodman store, 1 West 57th Street (New York, N.Y.), 1927

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

120 drawings : various media ; 144 x 137 cm. (56 5/8 x 53 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 00133 to 08239

Bloomingdale's (New York, N.Y.), 1903-1948

Primary creator: Buchman & Deisler

499 sheets : various media ; 127.6 x 172 cm. (50 1/4 x 67 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]

Project-level record [Part 3]

Project-level record [Part 4]

Project-level record [Part 5]

Project-level record [Part 6]

Project-level record [Part 7]

Project-level record [Part 8]

Project-level record [Part 9]

Project-level record [Part 10]

Project-level record [Part 11]


Nyda.1978.001 08159 to 08255

Bloomingdale's (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, 1929-1942

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08270 to 08289

Bloomingdale's (New York, N.Y.). Post-war Program, [1944]

20 sheets : various media ; 82.9 x 170.1 cm. (32 5/8 x 67 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07734

Bonwit Teller & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.). Store front, [n.d.]

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.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01464 to 01559

Bonwit Teller building (New York, N.Y.), 1911-1962

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)

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02222 to 02427

Borden building (New York, N.Y.), 1920-1924

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

216 drawings : various media ; 117 x 115.5 cm. (46 1/8 x 45 1/2 in) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]

Project-level record [Part 3]


Nyda.1978.001 05413 to 05552

Bricken Textile Building (New York, N.Y.), 1928-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

140 sheets : various media ; 120.6 x 175 cm. (47 1/2 x 68 7/8 in. ) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 07565 to 07633

20 Broad Street (New York, N.Y.), 1954-1957

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

69 sheets : various media ; 120.2 x 120.2 cm. (47 3/8 x 47 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03775 to 03850

58-60 Broad Street (New York, N.Y.), 1926-1927

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

76 drawings : various media ; 117.6 x 106.8 cm. (46 3/8 x 42 in.) or smaller

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07321 to 07420

Broadway and 45th to 46th Streets (New York, N.Y.). Multiuse building, 1944-1947

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

101 sheets : various media ; 119 x 144 cm. (47 7/8 x 56 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06338 to 06481

1400 Broadway (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1929-1931

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

144 sheets : various media ; 168.0 x 142.2 cm. (66 1/8 x 56 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 07307 to 07320

1407 Broadway (New York, N.Y.), 1940

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

14 sheets : various media ; 209.5 x 149.5 cm. (82 1/2 x 58 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07429 to 07517

1407 Broadway (New York, N.Y.), 1945-1951

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

89 sheets : various media ; 134.0 x 142.2 cm. (52 3/4 x 56 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 06200 to 06337

1410 Broadway (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1925-1931

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.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 06734 to 06857

1450 Broadway (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1930-1941

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

124 sheets : various media ; 186.8 x 123 cm. (73 3/8 x 48 1/2 in.) or smaller

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 00131 to 00132

923 Broadway (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, [1903]

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01560 to 01591

Building for [Kaye Realty Holding Company], 12-16 West 27th Street (New York, N.Y.), 1912

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

32 sheets

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07118 to 07119

Charles F. Noyes Co., Inc. store, 16-22 East 34th Street (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, 1938

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08061 to 08109

Church of All Nations (New York, N.Y.), 1921-1922

Primary creator: Julius Gregory

49 sheets : blueprints on paper ; 88.3 x 122.0 cm. (34 3/4 x 48 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01279 to 01333

Columbia Bank, 507 Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.), [between 1910? and 1923?]

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

53 drawings.: various media; 128.5 x 111 cm. (50 5/8 x 43 5/8 in.) or smaller

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03423 to 08249

Court Square Building (New York, N.Y.), 1925-1927

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

43 drawings : various media : 120.8 x 95 cm (47 5/8 x 37 3/8 in) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07737 to 07742

Dormitory for an unidentified institution, [n.d.]

6 sheets : blueprint on paper ; 14.2 x 24.0 cm. (5 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02587 to 02612

E. Harris residence (New York, NY). Alterations, 1921

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

26 drawings : various media : 105.6 x 106.6 cm (41 1/2 x 42 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01240 to 01278

Eagle Pencil Company Building (New York, N.Y.), [1910?-1911]

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

39 sheets : various media : 89.5 x 84.6 cm (35 1/4 x 33 5/16 in.) or smaller

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06116 to 06198

136 East 57th Street (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1929-1931

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

83 sheets : various media : 126 x 122.1 cm. (49 5/8 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08290 to 08313

Edwin Berolzheimer house (Tarrytown, N.Y.). Alterations, 1913-1914

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03272 to 03335

Elbeco Corporation, building (Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.). Extension. Additions, 1924-1927; 1930

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07065 to 07117

Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.). Restaurant Longchamps, 1936-1938

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04270 to 04368

Federation Building (New York, N.Y.), 1925-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

99 drawings : various media ; 96.4 x 103.6 cm. (37 7/8 x 40 3/4 in.) or smaller

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05137 to 05215

261 Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1929

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

79 sheets : various media ; 125.8 x 122.1 cm. (49 1/2 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01334 to 01463

Fifth National Bank Building, Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street (New York, N.Y.), 1911-1922

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

131 sheets : various media ; 139.2 x 105.7 cm. (54 6/8 x 41 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 05285 to 05411

Film Center Building (New York, N.Y.), 1928-1932

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

129 sheets : various media ; 106 x 83.5 cm.(41 15/16 x 32 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 03638 to 03692

Furniture Exchange Building. Alterations, 1925-1952

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

55 drawings : various media ; 101 x 97.4cm. (39 3/4 x 38 1/4 in. ) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07218 to 07233

Furniture studies, [ca. 1940]

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

16 drawings : pencil ; 54.3 x 55.0 cm. (21 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08029 to 08060

Garment Center Realty Co., Inc. loft buildings (New York, N.Y.) North building, 1920

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07859 to 08028

Garment Center Realty Co., Inc. loft buildings (New York, N.Y.). South building., 1920-1945.

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

170 sheets : various media ; 103.5 x 115.0 cm.(40 3/4 x 45 1/4 in.) or smaller

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 02626 to 02709

Gilbur Corporation building (New York, N.Y.), 1922-1923

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

84 drawings : various media ; 92 x 112.7 cm. (36 1/4 x 44 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04369 to 04644

Glen Oaks Golf & Country Club (N.Y.), 1927-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

294 sheets : various media ; 115.6 x 126.6 cm. (45 1/2 x 49 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]

Project-level record [Part 3]

Project-level record [Part 4]


Nyda.1978.001 04057 to 04072

Goldman Mausoleum, Rodeph Sholom Congregation Cemetery, Queens (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

16 sheets : various media ; 77.3 x 87.9 cm. (30 1/2 x 34 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04988 to 05052

Grand Central Building (New York, N.Y.), 1927; 1940

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

67 sheets : various media ; 101.6 x 131.5 cm (40 x 51 3/4 in) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 00994 to 01050

Greenhut Building (New York, N.Y.), 1906-1916

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 00634 to 00673

H. Morgenthau House, 30 West 72nd Street (New York, N.Y.), 1904-1905

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

40 sheets : various media ; 92.6 x 98.1 cm. (36 1/2 x 38 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01592 to 01601

Henry Morgenthau Building, Columbus Avenue and 65th Street (New York, N.Y.), [1912?]

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07743 to 07744

Heyman & Brother building, (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1922

2 sheets : various media ; 54.6 x 37.3 cm. (21 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06506 to 06733

Hudnut Building (New York, N.Y.), 1930-1940

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.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]

Project-level record [Part 3]


Nyda.1978.001 02710 to 02816

Hunts Point Talmud Torah Community Center (Bronx, New York, N.Y.), 1921-1924

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

107 sheets : various media ; 99.1 x 105.4 cm. (39 x 41 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06969 to 07062

Huyler's Restaurant (Chicago, Ill.), 1937

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

96 sheets : various media ; 67.6 x 137.0 cm. (26 5/8 x 54 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07771 to 06968

Jacob Ruppert Brew House (New York, N.Y.). Hop storage and ice plant., 1891

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.

Project-level record [Part 1]

Project-level record [Part 2]


Nyda.1978.001 06913 to 06968

Jacob Ruppert Brew House, Third Ave (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, 1934-1949

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07746 to 07770

Jacob Ruppert ice plant (Bronx, N.Y.), 1899

Primary creator: Julius Kastner & Sons, architects.

25 sheets : blueprints on paper ; 86.3 x 93.8 cm. (34 x 37 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05553 to 05640

111 John Street (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1882-1952

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

88 sheets : various media ; 104 x 134.5 cm. (41 x 53 in. ) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01065 to 01104

Kaye and Einstein Building, 22-24 West 26th St. (New York, N.Y.), 1908

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

40 drawings : various media : 135.7 x 80.5 cm. (53 3/8 x 31 6/8) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01704 to 01762

Kaye Building, Madison Avenue and 30th Street (New York, N.Y.), 1913-1951

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

59 drawings : various media ; 231.1 x 105 cm. (91 x 41 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 00055 to 00077

L.G. Bloomingdale House, 21 East 63rd Street (New York, N.Y.). lterations, 1900

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01145 to 01206

L.P. Hollander & Co., 550-552 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.), 1909-1914

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

62 drawings : various media : 109.2 x 137.5 cm. (43 x 54 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05216 to 05284

Lefcourt Clothing Center (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

69 sheets : various media ; 140 x 148.3 cm. (55 1/8 x 58 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05800 to 05856

Lefcourt Colonial building (New York, N.Y.). Broadmoor Pharmacy, 1929-1930

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

57 drawings : various media ; 146.7 x 98 cm. (57 3/4 x 38 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03947 to 04056

Lefcourt Exchange Building (New York, N.Y.), 1926-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

110 sheets : various media ; 99 x 186 cm. (39 x 73 1/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

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Nyda.1978.001 04663 to 04739 and 08252

Lefcourt State Building (New York, N. Y.), 1926-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

156 sheets : various media : 143.0 x 121.5 cm.(56 1/4 x 47 7/8 in.)

Project-level record [Part 1]

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Nyda.1978.001 03366 to 03422

Lefcourt Textile Center (New York, N.Y.), 1925

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

57 drawings : various media ; 82 x 106.8 cm. (32 1/4 x 42 1/16 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02167 to 02186

Lehn & Fink building (New York, N.Y.), 1919-1920

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 00078 to 00130

Lenori Hotel (New York, N.Y.), May 1901 - Nov [19]02.

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

53 sheets : various media ; 139.0 x 109.0 cm. (54 3/4 x 42 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04819 to 04987

Ludwig Baumann & Co. Building (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 1926-1935

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

170 sheets : various media ; 101.1 x 100.6 cm. (39 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record [Part 1]

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Nyda.1978.001 00001 to 00054

Lyons Building (New York, N.Y.), 1893-1905

Primary creator: Buchman & Deisler

54 sheets : various media ; 105.4 x 125.2 cm. (41 1/2 x 49 1/4 in. ) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03909 to 03946

268-271 Madison Avenue (New York, N.Y.). Commercial building

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

38 drawings : various media ; 110.7 x 92.6 cm. (43 5/8 x 36 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03465 to 03481

424 Madison Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1925-1926

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

17 drawings : various media ; 75.3 x 103 cm. (29 5/8 x 40 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03336 to 03365

79 Madison Avenue (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1925

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

30 drawings : various media : 97 x 95.3 cm. (38 1/8 x 37 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08141 to 08158

Mercantile building, Nos 345-353 Seventh Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1928.

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07648 to 07721

Minskoff office building (New York, N.Y.), 1966-1968

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

75 sheets : various media ; 132.4 x 104.5 cm. (52 1/8 x 41 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02057 to 02081

Morganthau stores, 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1911-1916

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

25 sheets : various media ; 89.2 x 152.6 cm. (35 1/8 x 60 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 08110 to 08140

National Bank Company Building (New York, N.Y.), 1927

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07775 to 08321

New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.), 1903-1905

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02082 to 02166

New York Times building (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, 1915-1920

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

85 sheets : various media ; 81.9 x 131.4 cm. (32 1/4 x 51 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01631 to 01703

New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.). Annex. Alterations., [1912 - 1919]

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

73 sheets : various media ; 163.2 x 108.0 cm. (64 1/4 x 42 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07192 to 07194

New York World's Fair (1939-1940). Ruppert Gardens restaurant, 1939

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 00674 to 00989

Oppenheim Collins & Co. building (New York, N.Y.), 1906-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

320 sheets : various media ; 140.7 x 167.4 cm.(55 7/8 x 65 7/8 in.) or smaller

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Project-level record [Part 3]

Project-level record [Part 4]

Project-level record [Part 5]


Nyda.1978.001 02840 to 02890

Oppenheim Collins & Co. building (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1923

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

51 sheets : various media ; 62.9 x 101 cm.(39 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02438 to 02513

Oppenheim Collins & Co. building (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Alterations, 1919-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

76 sheets : various media ; 97.8 x 120.6 cm. (38 1/2 x 47 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01763 to 02056

Oppenheim Collins & Co. store (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 1914-1922

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.

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Project-level record [Part 2]

Project-level record [Part 3]

Project-level record [Part 4]

Project-level record [Part 5]


Nyda.1978.001 02817 to 02839

Oppenheim Collins & Co. Store (Philadelphia, Pa.). alterations, [1923]

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

23 drawings ; ink on cloth ; 109.1 x 112.6 cm. (42 7/8 x 44 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07518 to 07564

100 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1947-1962

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

47 sheets : various media ; 107.3 x 152.3 cm. (42 1/4 x 60 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07640 to 07647

970 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.). Ely Jacques Kahn apartment, [1955]

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07634 to 07639

1185 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.). Mr. and Mrs. Ely Jacques Kahn apartment, 1955

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03851 to 03908

Park-Murray Corporation building (New York, N.Y.), 1926-1929

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

58 sheets : various media ; 97 x 115.5 cm. (38 1/4 x 45 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05641 to 05673

Rolls Royce building (New York, N.Y.), 1929-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

33 drawings : various media ; 106 x 149 cm. (41 3/4 x 58 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02187 to 02221

Seventh Avenue and 36th Street (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1919-1921

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07195 to 07217

298 Seventh Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1939-1940

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05771 to 05799

Seymour A. Strauss mausoleum, Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Hawthorne, N.Y.), 1929-1931

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

29 sheets : various media ; 106.5 x 83.2 cm (42 x 32 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03482 to 03509

Sixth Avenue and 39th Street (New York, NY.). Office building, 1925-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

28 drawings : various media ; 129.5 x 97cm. (51 x 38 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01051 to 01063

399 Sixth Avenue (New York, N.Y.). Alteration and additions. Commercial building, [1908]

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07234 to 07306

Smullen's Farm Clubhouse (Blairstown, N.J.), 1940-1941

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05857 to 05994

Squibb Building, Fifth Avenue and 58th Street (New York, N.Y.), 1929-1951

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

138 drawings : various media ; 120 x 175 cm. (47 1/4 x 68 7/8 in.) or smaller.

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Nyda.1978.001 02514 to 02586

Steiger-Vedder Company (Hartford, Conn.), 1920-1921

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

73 drawings : various media ; 82.7 x 107.7 cm. (32 9/16 x 42 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07422 to 07428

Synagogue (Allentown, Pa.), 1945

Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs

7 sheets : various media ; 26.3 x 33.3 cm. (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06482 to 06499

Third Avenue & 44th St, northwest corner, (New York, N.Y.). Commercial building, 1930-1931

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

18 drawings : ink on linen ; 162.5 x 94.7 cm. (64 x 37 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05053 to 05136

Two Park Avenue Building (New York, N.Y.), 1925-1930, 1932, 1964

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

84 sheets : various media ; 203.0 x 147.8 cm. (79 15/16 x 58 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 04193 to 04269

U.S. Appraisers Stores (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1928

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

77 sheets : various media ; 147 x 235.4 cm. (57 7/8 x 92 5/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07735

Unidentified commercial building, [n.d.]

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07736

Unidentified commercial building, [n.d.]

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

1 sheet : ink on linen ; 49.1 x 74.9 cm. (19 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07733

Unidentified commercial drawings, [n.d.]

1 sheet : pencil on tracing paper ; 39.9 x 35.3 cm. (15 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 05674 to 05770

120 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1929-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

97 drawings : various media ; 106.5 x 164.5 cm. (42 x 64 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 01207 to 01239

40-42 West 27th Street (New York, N.Y.). Unidentified building, 1909

Primary creator: Buchman & Fox

33 sheets : various media ; 84.8 x 130.8 cm. (33 3/8 x 51 1/2 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03693 to 03774

247 West 35th Street (New York, N.Y.). Loft building, 1926

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

82 sheets : various media ; 80 x 95 cm. (31 1/4 x 37 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03510 to 03637

15-19 West 39th Street (New York, N.Y.). Loft building, 1925-1930

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

128 sheets : various media ; 81 x 121.3 cm. (31 7/8 x 48 1/8 in.) or smaller.

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Nyda.1978.001 01602 to 01630

108-112 West 40th Street (New York, N.Y.). Office building, 1912

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.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03126 to 03186

24-26 West 40th Street (New York, N.Y.). Commercial building, 1924-1925

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

61 sheets : various media ; 108.8 x 105.5cm. (39 11/16 x 41 9/16 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07120 to 07191

121 West 42nd Street and 118-122 West 43rd Street (New York, N.Y.). Unidentified Theatre. Alterations and additions, 1939

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

72 drawings : various media ; 74.0 x 104.0 cm. (29 1/8 x 41 in. ) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 03187 to 03271

Westchester beach club (Mamaroneck, N.Y.), 1923-1927

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

85 sheets : various media ; 106.5 x 127.8 cm. (41 7/8 x 50 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 06500 to 06505

William R. Rose Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery (N.Y.), 1931

Primary creator: Ely Jacques Kahn

6 sheets : various media ; 104.2 x 68.8 cm. (41 x 27 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 02613 to 02625

Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house (Ithaca, N.Y.), 1921-1922.

Primary creator: Buchman & Kahn

13 sheets : various media ; 68.5 x 102.6 cm. (26 7/8 x 40 3/8 in.) or smaller.

Project-level record


Nyda.1978.001 07745

Zeta Psi Club, 31 West 39th Street (New York, N.Y.), [n.d.]

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.

Project-level record

Series II: Property Surveys

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


15TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 1

28-32 W. 15th Street, ca. 1907


Box 1 Folder 1

300-306 E. 15th Street, 1903


Box 1 Folder 1

Second Avenue and 15th Street, 1903-08


Box 1 Folder 1

Fifth Avenue and 15th Street, 1907


Box 1 Folder 1

Sixth Avenue and 15th Street, 1892


Box 1 Folder 1

Fifth Avenue between 15th and 16th Street, undated

"New York Hospital"


16TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 2

Fifth Avenue and 16th Street, 1905


17TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 3

41 Union Square (at 17th Street), 1893


Box 1 Folder 3

194 Third Avenue (at 17th Street), 1885


Box 1 Folder 3

14-16 W. 17th Street, 1906


Box 1 Folder 3

Sixth Avenue and 17th Street, 1906


Box 1 Folder 3

23-25 W. 17th Street and 18-20 W. 18th Street, 1902


Box 1 Folder 3

Sixth Avenue between 17th and 18th Street, undated


18TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 4

16 E. 18th Street, 1901


Box 1 Folder 4

Fifth Avenue and 18th Street, 1896


Box 1 Folder 4

Sixth Avenue and 18th Street, 1894, 1896, 1911


19TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 5

18-20 W. 19th Street, 1895


Box 1 Folder 5

Sixth Avenue and 19th Street, 1895-96


Box 1 Folder 5

Sixth Avenue between 19th and 20th Street, undated


20TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 6

13-15 W. 20th Street, 1903


Box 1 Folder 6

37 E. 20th Street, 1897


Box 1 Folder 6

Eleventh Avenue between 20th and 21st Street, 1901


21ST STREET


Box 1 Folder 7

348 Sixth Avenue (at 21st Street), 1905


Box 1 Folder 7

12-14 W. 21st Street, 1905-06


Box 1 Folder 7

30-32 W. 21st Street, 1905-06


Box 1 Folder 7

Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, 1903


Box 1 Folder 7

Eleventh Avenue and 21st Street, 1901


22TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 8

Sixth Avenue and 22nd Street, 1894, 1896


Box 1 Folder 8

Sixth Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Street, undated


23RD STREET


Box 1 Folder 9

Second Avenue and 23rd Street, 1885/1992


Box 1 Folder 9

Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street, 1896, 1911


Box 1 Folder 9

Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street, 1902


Box 1 Folder 9

Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street, 1909-10


24TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 10

399 Sixth Avenue (at 24th Street), 1907


Box 1 Folder 10

Sixth Avenue and 24th Street, 1886, 1906


26TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 11

222 Fifth Avenue (at 26th Street), 1903


Box 1 Folder 11

Sixth Avenue and 26th Street, 1887-1910


27TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 12

236 Fifth Avenue (at 27th Street), 1906


Box 1 Folder 12

Sixth Avenue and 27th Street, 1899-1910


Box 1 Folder 12

27th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, 1907, 1910


Box 1 Folder 12

Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, 1904, 1909-10


Box 1 Folder 12

First Avenue between 27th and 28th Street, 1884, 1890, undated


28TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 13

First Avenue and 28th Street, 1899


Box 1 Folder 13

Thirteenth Avenue and 28th Street, 1896


29TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 14

Fourth Avenue and 29th Street, 1900-1901


30TH STREET


Box 1 Folder 15

13 W. 30th Street, 1896


Box 1 Folder 15

Fifth Avenue and 30th Street, 1892


Box 1 Folder 15

Eighth Avenue and 30th Street, 1902-03


31ST STREET


Box 2 Folder 1

12 E. 31st Street, 1897, 1902


Box 2 Folder 1

25 E. 31st Street, 1909


Box 2 Folder 1

308 Fifth Avenue (at 31st Street), 1902


Box 2 Folder 1

Fifth Avenue and 31st Street, 1909


Box 2 Folder 1

31st Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue, 1902


Box 2 Folder 1

Broadway and 31st Street, 1891, 1893


Box 2 Folder 1

305 Fifth Avenue (between 31st and 32nd Street), 1905, 1909


Box 2 Folder 1

113 W. 31 Street and 110-114 W. 32nd Street, 1895


Box 2 Folder 1

First Avenue between 31st and 32nd Street, 1882


Box 2 Folder 1

Fifth Avenue between 31st and 32nd Street, 1909


Box 2 Folder 1

31st and 32nd Street between Fifth and Madison, 1906, 1909


Box 2 Folder 1

31st and 32nd Street, 1906

"Anheuser-Busch Warehouse"


32ND STREET


Box 2 Folder 2

11-13 W. 32nd Street, 1904


Box 2 Folder 2

25-27 W. 32nd Street, 1903


Box 2 Folder 2

114 W. 32nd Street, 1895


33TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 3

107 W. 33rd Street, 1901


Box 2 Folder 3

First Avenue and 33rd Street, 1882


Box 2 Folder 3

Broadway and 33rd Street, 1901


34TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 4

120 E. 34th Street, 1890


Box 2 Folder 4

Broadway and 34th Street, undated


Box 2 Folder 4

Twelfth Avenue and 34th Street, 1883


35TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 5

374 Fifth Avenue (at 35th Street), 1907


Box 2 Folder 5

Sixth Avenue and 35th Street, 1906


Box 2 Folder 5

Eleventh Avenue between 35th and 36th Street, 1905-06


36TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 6

396 Fifth Avenue (at 36th Street), 1904


Box 2 Folder 6

398 Fifth Avenue (at 36th Street), 1904-05


Box 2 Folder 6

511 W. 36th Street, 1892


Box 2 Folder 6

Fifth Avenue and 36th Street, 1905


Box 2 Folder 6

36th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, 1910-11


Box 2 Folder 6

Tenth Avenue and 36th Street, 1905


Box 2 Folder 6

36th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenue, 1906


37TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 7

214-216 E. 37th Street, 1895


Box 2 Folder 7

Third Avenue at 37th Street, 1895


Box 2 Folder 7

Broadway and 37th Street, 1883


38TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 8

662-664 Sixth Avenue (at 38th Street), 1904


Box 2 Folder 8

Fifth Avenue and 38th Street, 1910


Box 2 Folder 8

Madison Avenue and 38th Street, 1909


39TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 9

9-11 E. 39th Street, 1911


Box 2 Folder 9

Sixth Avenue and 39th Street, 1887


40TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 10

213 W. 40th Street, 1899


Box 2 Folder 10

274 E. 40th Street, 1907, 1910


41ST STREET


Box 2 Folder 11

Seventh Avenue and 41st Street, 1908


Box 2 Folder 11

Eight Avenue and 41st Street, 1904


Box 2 Folder 11

41st Street between Seventh and Eight Avenue, 1897


Box 2 Folder 11

497-499 Fifth Avenue (between 41st and 42nd Street), 1893


42ND STREET


Box 2 Folder 12

125 W. 42nd Street, 1895, 1897


Box 2 Folder 12

133 W. 42nd Street, 1895


Box 2 Folder 12

137 W. 42nd Street, 1868, 1882


Box 2 Folder 12

42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, 1906


Box 2 Folder 12

507 Fifth Avenue (between 42nd and 43rd Street), 1901, 1907


43RD STREET


Box 2 Folder 13

Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street, 1866


44TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 14

Second Avenue and 44th Street, 1883, 1893


45TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 15

63 W. 45th Street, 1900


Box 2 Folder 15

119 W. 45th Street, 1899


Box 2 Folder 15

550 Fifth Avenue (at 45th Street), 1909


Box 2 Folder 15

Sixth Avenue and 45thcl Street, 1899, 1900


Box 2 Folder 15

Ninth Avenue and 45th Street, 1905


46TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 16

46th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, 1903


Box 2 Folder 16

Sixth Avenue and 46th Street, 1905


Box 2 Folder 16

Eleventh Avenue and 46th Street, 1907


47TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 17

54-60 W. 47th Street, 1900, 1903


Box 2 Folder 17

254 W. 47th Street, 1900


Box 2 Folder 17

633 W. 47th Street, undated


Box 2 Folder 17

Sixth Avenue and 47th Street, 1903, undated


49TH STREET


Box 2 Folder 18

Twelfth Avenue and 49th Street, 1897


50TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 1

41 and 43 E. 50th Street, 1901


Box 3 Folder 1

132-134 W. 50th Street, 1902


Box 3 Folder 1

Madison Avenue and 50th Street, 1899, 1900


51ST STREET


Box 3 Folder 2

51st Street between Park and Madison Avenue, 1901


52ND STREET


Box 3 Folder 3

51 W. 52nd Street, 1905


Box 3 Folder 3

Broadway and 52nd Street, 1905


Box 3 Folder 3

Seventh Avenue and 52nd Street, 1882, 1905


53RD STREET


Box 3 Folder 4

Madison Avenue and 53rd Street, 1901


Box 3 Folder 4

Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street, 1889


54TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 5

32 W. 54th Street, 1900-01


55TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 6

Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, 1901


56TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 7

46 W. 56th Street, 1906


57TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 8

Lexington Avenue and 57th Street, 1883


58TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 9

164-166 W. 58th Street, 1901


Box 3 Folder 9

1028 Sixth Street (at 58th Street), 1897


Box 3 Folder 9

145-175 W. 58th Street and 150-180 W. 59th Street, 1907


Box 3 Folder 9

58th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, 1909


Box 3 Folder 9

Sixth Avenue at 58th Street, 1868, 1893-97


Box 3 Folder 9

Eleventh Avenue at 58th Street, 1897


Box 3 Folder 9

Fourth Avenue between 58th and 59th Street, 1887


Box 3 Folder 9

58th to 59th Street, undated

"Bloomingdale Stable"


Box 3 Folder 9

58th to 59th Street between Lexington and Third Avenue, undated


59TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 10

9-13 E. 59th Street, undated


Box 3 Folder 10

Third Avenue and 59th Street, undated


Box 3 Folder 10

Fourth Avenue and 59th Street, 1885


Box 3 Folder 10

Madison Avenue and 59th Street, 1891


Box 3 Folder 10

Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, 1892


Box 3 Folder 10

59th Street, 1903

"Bloomingdales"


Box 3 Folder 10

311-315 E. 59th Street and 312-314 E. 60th Street, 1885


60TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 11

Third Avenue and 60th Street, undated


61ST STREET


Box 3 Folder 12

17 E. 61st Street, 1905


62ND STREET


Box 3 Folder 13

Second Avenue and 62nd Street, 1907


63RD STREET


Box 3 Folder 14

21 E. 63rd Street, 1900


Box 3 Folder 14

Madison Avenue and 63rd Street, 1901


Box 3 Folder 14

Fifth Avenue and 63rd Street, 1887


64TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 15

101 W. 64th Street and 1923 Columbus Avenue, 1909


Box 3 Folder 15

Second Avenue and 64th Street, 1888


Box 3 Folder 15

Fifth Avenue and 64th Street, 1911


65TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 16

751 Madison Avenue (at 65th Street), 1900


Box 3 Folder 16

Madison Avenue and 65th Street, undated

Stamped "R. Guastavino, Architect"


Box 3 Folder 16

Park Avenue and 65th Street, 1898-99


66TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 17

Park Avenue and 66th Street, 1908-09


67TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 18

Lexington Avenue and 67th Street, 1889, undated


Box 3 Folder 18

67th Street between Third and Lexington Avenue, undated


68TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 19

Central Park West and 68th Street, 1909


69TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 20

42 E. 69th Street, 1899


70TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 21

First Avenue and 70th Street, 1885, 1889


Box 3 Folder 21

Eighth Avenue and 70th Street, 1892


71ST STREET


Box 3 Folder 22

71st Street and Broadway, 1891

[Broadway called "Boulevard"]


Box 3 Folder 22

Ninth Avenue and 71st Street, 1889


72ND STREET


Box 3 Folder 23

Third Avenue and 72nd Street, 1883


Box 3 Folder 23

Fourth Avenue and 72nd Street, 1886


Box 3 Folder 23

Central Park West and 72nd Street, 1904-05


Box 3 Folder 23

Ninth Avenue and 72nd Street, 1890


73RD STREET


Box 3 Folder 24

5 E. 73rd Street, 1901


Box 3 Folder 24

13 E. 73rd Street, undated


Box 3 Folder 24

27 E. 73rd Street, 1890


Box 3 Folder 24

Madison Avenue and 73rd Street, 1890


Box 3 Folder 24

Park Avenue and 73rd Street, 1897, 1906-07


74TH STREET


Box 3 Folder 25

Fifth Avenue and 74th Street, 1884


Box 3 Folder 25

Park Avenue and 74th Street, 1898-99


Box 3 Folder 25

74th Street between Madison and Park Avenue, undated


Box 3 Folder 25

74th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenue, 1901


75TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 1

30 E. 75th Street, 1900


77TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 2

Lexington Avenue and 77th Street, 1893


78TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 3

Madison Avenue and 78th Street, 1901


Box 4 Folder 4

Park Avenue and 78th Street, 1891


Box 4 Folder 5

78th to 79th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue, undated


79TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 6

52 E. 79th Street, undated


Box 4 Folder 7

Madison Avenue and 79th Street, 1901, 1905


80TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 8

55 E. 80th Street, 1898


Box 4 Folder 8

926 Park Avenue (at 80th Street), 1905


Box 4 Folder 8

1421-1423 Third Avenue (at 80th Street), 1895


Box 4 Folder 8

Columbus Avenue and 80th Street, 1895, 1897


81ST STREET


Box 4 Folder 9

Madison Avenue and 81st Street, 1899, 1900


Box 4 Folder 9

Eight Avenue and 81st Street, 1889


82ND STREET


Box 4 Folder 10

61 E. 82nd Street, 1902


83RD STREET


Box 4 Folder 11

123 E. 83rd Street, 1898


84TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 12

Third Avenue and 84th Street, 1899, 1901


85TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 13

1641-1643 First Avenue at (85th Street), 1885


86TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 14

25-27 E. 86th Street, 1900


Box 4 Folder 14

Third Avenue and 86th Street, 1885


Box 4 Folder 14

Eighth Avenue and 86th Street, 1906


Box 4 Folder 14

86th Street, 1888


88TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 15

West End Avenue and 88th Street, 1912


90TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 16

Madison Avenue and 90th Street, 1900


Box 4 Folder 16

Amsterdam Avenue and 90th Street, 1898


91ST STREET


Box 4 Folder 17

Fourth Avenue and 91st Street, 1885


96TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 18

Third Avenue and 96th Street, undated


99TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 19

Third Avenue and 99th Street, 1887


100TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 20

Third Avenue and 100th Street, 1885


105TH STREET


Box 4 Folder 21

First Avenue and 105th Street, 1889, 1905


110TH STREET AND ABOVE


Box 4 Folder 22

Fifth Avenue and 110th Street, 1887

"Bloomingdale Bros buildings"


Box 4 Folder 22

114th to 115th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, undated


Box 4 Folder 23

Seventh Avenue and 116th Street, 1900


Box 4 Folder 24

Pleasant Avenue between 117th and 118th Street, 1895, 1901


Box 4 Folder 25

Sixth Avenue and 120th Street, undated


Box 4 Folder 26

122nd Street between Claremont Avenue and Riverside Drive, undated

"Park"


Box 4 Folder 27

Third Avenue and 124th Street, 1888, 1909


Box 4 Folder 27

Seventh Avenue between 124th and 125th Street, 1892, 1911


Box 4 Folder 28

4-6 E. 125th Street, 1900


Box 4 Folder 28

118 E. 125th Street, 1898


Box 4 Folder 28

258 W. 125th Street, 1892


Box 4 Folder 28

Third Avenue and 125th Street, 1886, 1888


Box 4 Folder 28

Madison and 125th Street, 1903


Box 4 Folder 28

Seventh Avenue and 125th Street, 1889, 1902


Box 4 Folder 28

Eighth Avenue and 125th Street, 1892


Box 4 Folder 28

Ninth Avenue and 125th Street, 1893-94

"Manhattan Street"


Box 4 Folder 28

Seventh Avenue between 125th and 126th Street, 1901-02


Box 4 Folder 28

Lexington Avenue between 125th and 126th Street, 1885


Box 4 Folder 29

Third Avenue and 127th Street, 1890s


Box 4 Folder 30

Third Avenue and 129th Street, 1897


Box 5 Folder 1

295 St. Nicholas Avenue (at 130th Street), 1895


Box 5 Folder 1

Amsterdam Avenue and 131st Street, 1896


Box 5 Folder 2

Hamilton Place between 138th and 139th Street, 1893, 1903


Box 5 Folder 2

Eleventh Avenue between 138th and 139th Street, 1887


Box 5 Folder 3

Edgecombe Avenue and 145th Street, 1905


Box 5 Folder 3

145th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, 1906


Box 5 Folder 3

Eighth Avenue and 145th Street, 1906


Box 5 Folder 4

Eleventh Avenue and 147th Street, 1887


Box 5 Folder 4

Broadway and 147th Street, 1889-92

[Broadway called "Grand Boulevard"]


Box 5 Folder 4

Broadway between 148th and 149th Street, 1898

[Broadway called "Boulevard"]


Box 5 Folder 5

Amsterdam Avenue between 150th and 151st Street, 1904


Box 5 Folder 6

155th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Edgecombe Avenue, undated

"High Bridge Park", "New Speedway"


Box 5 Folder 6

Tenth Avenue and 155th Street, 1886


Box 5 Folder 6

Tenth Avenue and 156th Street, 1887


Box 5 Folder 7

Audubon Avenue between 164th and 165th Street, 1891

[St. Nicholas Avenue called "Kingsbridge Road"]


Box 5 Folder 7

Audubon Avenue and 166th Street, 1892


Box 5 Folder 8

Riverside Drive and 181st Street, 1908-09


Box 5 Folder 8

181st Street between Fort Washington Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, undated

[St. Nicholas Avenue called "Kingsbridge Road"]


DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN


Box 5 Folder 9

Block No. 29-E (South William Street and Stone Street between Mill Lane and William Street) and Block No. 29-B (South William Street and Stone Street between Broad Street and Mill Lane)


Box 5 Folder 9

"A view of collect pond and its vicinity in the city of New York in 1793", ca. 1880s


Box 5 Folder 9

"Map of the original grants of village lots from the Dutch West India Company to the inhabitants of New-Amsterdam (now New-York) lying below the present line of Wall Street", 1897


BRONX, NY


Box 5 Folder 10

Bergen Avenue and 149th Street, 1914


Box 5 Folder 10

Bergen Avenue and 152nd Street, 1910


Box 5 Folder 10

Brook Avenue between 163rd Street and 165th Street, 1906, 1910, undated


Box 5 Folder 10

Cortlandt Avenue and 149th Street, 1907


Box 5 Folder 10

Park Avenue and 182nd Street, 1907


Box 5 Folder 10

East 163rd Street and Simpson Street, 1908


Box 5 Folder 10

West 162nd Street and Summit Avenue, 1899


Box 5 Folder 10

Washington Avenue and E. 164th Street, 1882, 1899


Box 5 Folder 10

Westchester Avenue and Third Avenue, 1910


Box 5 Folder 10

Whitlock Avenue and Tiffany Street, 1911


BROOKLYN, NY


Box 5 Folder 11

Avenue A and 55th, 75th, 80th, 117-118th Street, 1883, 1885, 1889


Box 5 Folder 11

Sixth Avenue and Prospect Avenue, 1908

"Lot No. 236 on the Peter Wyckoff Map", "Lands formerly of Rachel Berry"


Box 5 Folder 11

Eight Avenue and Garfield Place, 1905


Box 5 Folder 11

Salemfields Cemetery, 1899

Map of Lots 1811, 1812, 1813, 1820, 1821 and 1822


Box 5 Folder 11

Wythe Avenue and Penn Street, 1899


QUEENS, NY


Box 5 Folder 12

"Map of part of the Hyatt Homestead adjoining Winfield in the town of Newtown, Queens County, L.I. belonging to T.B. Hyatt", 1874


Box 5 Folder 12

Fairview Avenue and Linden Street, 1912-13


Box 5 Folder 12

Fairview Avenue and Gates Avenue, 1913


Box 5 Folder 12

Ahawath Chesed Congregation and Cemetery, 1890


NEW YORK STATE


Box 5 Folder 13

Albany, undated

Swan Street between Jay Street and Lancaster Street


Box 5 Folder 13

Dobbs Ferry, undated

"Residence of J.J. McComb Esq."


Box 5 Folder 13

Eastchester, 1909

Rose Avenue and Archer Place


Box 5 Folder 13

Greenburg, 1905

"Cross Section of Private Road / Geo. B. Thurnauer Esq."


Box 5 Folder 13

Ithaca, 1908, undated

Seneca Street and Tioga Street and "Map of Principal [sp.] Streets of Ithaca"


Box 5 Folder 13

Yonkers, 1908, undated

"Map of Property situated in the City of Yonkers"; North Broadway and Odell Avenue


OUTSIDE NEW YORK


Box 5 Folder 14

Connecticut, undated

(New Haven and Hartford)


Box 5 Folder 14

New Jersey, 1892, 1901, 1908

(Deal and Newark)


Box 5 Folder 14

Pennsylvania, undated

(Easton and Philadelphia)


Box 5 Folder 14

Virginia, 1904

("Hanewinckel Building," Richmond)


UNKNOWN LOCATIONS


Box 5 Folder 15

[Unidentified property locations], 1880s-1910s

Series III: Other Records

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.


Box 10

Buchman & Fox, Architects, promotional booklet, circa 1915

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)


Box 7

Ledger Book I, 1926 to 1929


Box 8

Ledger Book II, 1930 to 1936


Box 9

Ledger Book III, 1936 to 1941


Box 10

Plan Book, 1929 to 1945

List of drawings


Box 10

Record Book, 1945 to 1959

List of projects


Box 6

Specifications for Bloomingdale's Department Store, 1903-1918