Found 2 collections related to Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892

Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), the American architect, started working as a draftsman for Josiah C. Brady and Ithiel Town in New York City. He became Town's partner in 1829 and they collaborated on public structures, including the New York Customs House (1832) and various state capitols. When Davis went into business on his own, he continued to design public buildings but concentrated on designs for large country and suburban houses. Collection consists of the papers of Alexander Jackson Davis and his son Joseph Beale Davis. A.J. Davis papers contain correspondence, accounts, legal papers, lectures, writings, architectural specifications, drawings and engravings, diary, scrapbooks, catalog of his library, and miscellaneous materials. Bulk of the correspondence consists of letters, 1829-1890, to Davis concerning architectural projects and other business and personal matters. Writings and notes of Davis include diary, 1827-1853, and lectures with related materials. Scrapbooks contain engravings and woodcuts from books, drawings and watercolors of architectural details by Davis, and clippings. Also, architectural specifications, drawings and engravings for his designs. J.B. Davis papers include correspondence, mostly letters, 1895-1937, to Davis; materials related to the Davis and Beale families; biographical notes; and other materials, such as photographs, engravings and clippings. less

The Litchfield family descended from Lawrence Litchfield, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 1630s. Edwin Clark Litchfield was a lawyer, railroad magnate, and real estate developer who owned much of what is now known as Park Slope and Gowanus, Brooklyn. Litchfield's estate, "Grace Hill," named for Litchfield's wife, Grace Hill Hubbard, was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis and built between 1855-1857. Previously, the property had belonged to Jacques Cortelyou. In 1868, Litchfield sold the villa to the Brooklyn Parks Commission to be incorporated with Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead's revised design for Prospect Park. Edwin's son, Edward Hubbard Litchfield, was a lawyer and financier, as well as a founder of the Arms and Armor Club less