John V. Van Pelt Architectural Drawings,1907-1937.

Collection Number: 6557

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

John V. Van Pelt architectural drawings, 1907-1937.

Collection Number:

6557

Creator:

Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh,

Quantity:

.1 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Architectural plans.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Plans, blueprints, and architectural drawings by Van Pelt for his own house in Patchogue, N.Y.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Architect.

John Vredenburgh Van Pelt was the first American to receive the degree of Architecte diplome par le gouvernement at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Van Pelt was born in New Orleans and had also studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and in the studio of Douillard et Thierry, before attending the Beaux-Arts. He continued to practice and study in Paris at the Atelier Deglane until his appointment at Cornell as assistant professor of planning and design. Van Pelt succeeded Alexander Buel Trowbridge ('90) as dean in 1902, serving until 1904.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Plans, blueprints, and architectural drawings by Van Pelt for his own house in Patchogue, N.Y.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh, 1874-1962.

Subjects:

Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Patchogue.

Dwellings -- New York (State) -- Patchogue.

Form and Genre Terms:

Blueprints.

Architectural drawings.

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