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Alexander Jackson Davis

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Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival mansion with a central tower, with a floor plan below on a lawn.

Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (west [rear] elevation and plan)

1865

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic Revival castle-style house in elevation views and a floor plan, 1832.

Glen Ellen for Robert Gilmor, Towson, Maryland (perspective, elevation, and plan)

1832

Watercolor elevation of a two-story stone townhouse with Gothic windows, a columned porch, and a man in a top hat at the step

Design for a Double Townhouse (front elevation)

ca. 1843

Watercolor architectural elevation of a stone villa with a central tower and arched windows, set among trees and a lawn.

Grace Hill for Edwin C. Litchfield, Brooklyn, New York (front elevation)

1854

Watercolor elevation of a stone gate lodge with an arched iron gate, turret, and arched windows, set against wooded hills.

Gate Lodge for Amos G. Hull, Newburgh, New York (front elevation)

1849

Gothic Revival building elevation with pointed arch windows and towers above a labeled floor plan with chapel and library.

New York University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Buildings and Other Material

19th century

Architectural floor plan of the principal floor of Belmead mansion, showing labeled rooms, dimensions, and a carriage way.

Belmead, Virginia, for Philip St. George Cocke (plan of principle floor)

1845

Antique 1857 map of Llewellyn Park and villa sites on Eagle Ridge, with curving roads, wooded lots, and a turreted villa vign

Map of Llewellyn Park and Villa Sites, on Eagle Ridge in Orange & West Bloomfield

1857

Architectural elevation drawing of the Belmead mansion facades in Gothic Revival style, with pointed arches, towers, and chim

Belmead, Plantation Mansion for Philip St. George Cocke, Powhatan Co., Virginia (partial elevations of entrance facad…

1846

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a Gothic Revival house with towers, pointed windows, and labeled rooms, 1845.

Belmead, for Philip St. George Cocke, Powhatan Co., Virginia (elevation and plan)

1845

Drawing of the Belmead plantation house with a Gothic tower and trees, above a labeled ground-floor plan.

Belmead, James River, Virginia (vignette of riverside elevation and plan)

ca. 1850

Pencil and watercolor architectural drawing of Belmead's south entrance facade with a west-east section below.

"Belmead", James River, Virginia: Entrance façade and west-east section (recto); North-south section and upper floorp…

1845

Printed architectural specification page for Belmead, Powhatan County, Virginia, for Philip St. George Cocke, with a list of

Specifications for "Belmead", James River, Virginia for Philip St. George Cocke

1845

Pen and ink drawing of Belmead, a Gothic Revival mansion with a central tower, above a floor plan with a carriage road.

"Belmead", James River, Virginia, Residence of Philip St. George Cocke (vignette of riverside elevation and plan)

1845

Two architectural floor plans on tan paper, one above the other, with labeled rooms including library, drawing room and kitch

Two Plans for an Unidentified House

1825-38

Watercolor architectural drawing of a columned university facade with tower and globe figure, above a symmetrical floor plan.

Design for a University (entrance façade and plan)

n.d.

Architectural section drawing of a two-storey library with a domed roof, columns, staircases and doorways, in pencil and ink.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Student Libraries (two sections)

1850-58

Front elevation drawing of a two-story house with central tower, columned portico and arched doors, by Alexander Jackson Davi

House for R. Dabney, Powhatan, Virginia (front elevation)

1856

Watercolor architectural floor plan of the principal floor of a house with labeled rooms, veranda and scale bar.

House for R. Dabney, Powhatan, Virginia (plan of principal floor)

June 18, 1858

Pencil long section drawing of a two-story house with central tower, staircases, arched windows and porch, dated 1858.

House of R. Dabney, Powhatan, Virginia (long section)

June 18, 1858

Pen drawing of the rear north elevation of a two-story Virginia house with a central porch, cupola and dimension notes.

House of R. Dabney, Powhatan, Virginia (north [rear] side)

1858

Pencil drawing of University of North Carolina buildings in perspective above a plan of the Chapel Hill town grounds.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (distant perspective and plan of grounds)

1850-58

Architectural elevation drawing of Gothic Alumni Hall facade at Yale College with towers, tracery windows and a doorway.

Proposal for Raising by 15 feet, Alumni Hall, Yale College, New Haven (elevation of facade)

1881

Watercolor elevation of a two-story villa with a veranda among trees, with colored floor plans below.

Villa for David Codwise, near New Rochelle, NY (project; elevation and four plans)

1835

Architectural floor plan in ink showing dining room, library, parlour, hall and a circular portico on a tan sheet.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (plan)

ca. 1836

Watercolor architectural drawing of a neoclassical house front and flank elevations with Corinthian columns and Greek key fri

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (front and side elevations)

1835

Watercolor floor plan of a house with portico, veranda, parlor, dining room and a second floor library.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (revised plan)

ca. 1836

Pen and ink floor plan of a house with drawing rooms, dining room, office and front hall, labeled 1835.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (client's plan)

1835

Pencil architectural drawing of a gabled factory lodge elevation with base, main and attic floor plans.

Switz[erland] Cottage (elevation and three plans), and Factory Lodge (elevation and three plans) for Montgomery Place…

1866-67

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed cruciform capitol with columns, a rotunda, House and Senate chambers, and a

First Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio at Columbus by Walter of Cincinnati

ca. 1839

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed, colonnaded capitol building with colored legislative chambers, drawn in in

The Second Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio, Columbus

ca. 1839

Watercolor architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan with a central rotunda.

Plan by T. Cole, Esq. for the Capitol of Ohio

ca. 1839