James C. Fernald architectural blueprints

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0365

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of only seven items, all blueprints of designs for row houses in Philadelphia, including floor plans, elevations, and details. Only one of the plans is dated, to 1906, though the remainder are likely to have been created around the same time. In addition, James Fernald may have had some professional contact with another Philadelphia architect, Charles Edward Rahn (fl.1885–1933). Several of the plans in the collection are for Thomas G. Birmingham and John C. Knox, who were both clients of Rahn, and both architects created designs that were very similar in style.

Dates

Creation: approximately 1906

Creator

Fernald, James C., active 1884-1929 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Biographical Note

Little documentation is available regarding the life or career of Philadelphia architect James C. Fernald (fl.1884–1929). His name is found in the Philadelphia city directory, where he is listed from 1884–1886 as a carpenter, and after 1887 as an architect. As represented in this collection, most of his projects were relatively small-scale, such as designs for stores or residential structures for individuals. However, other of his works were of public buildings, such as the Congregational Church on Sansom & 61st St., and the Hestonville Ice Manufacturing Plant & skating rink, in Hestonville, PA.

Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory. Philadelphia: James Gospill, 1873, 1903. Tatman, Sandra L. and Roger W. Moss, eds. Biographical Dictionary of Philadelphia Architects: 1700–1930. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1985.

Extent

7 item

Additional Description

Abstract

Blueprints of designs for row houses in Philadelphia designed by Philadelphia architect James C. Fernald (fl. 1884–1929).

Source

Gift of the Moyerman family, 1973

Related Materials in thisRepository

MSS 0364 Charles Edward Rahn architectural drawings

Shelving Summary

F1: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases

Processing

Processed by Arthur Siegel, April 1998. Encoded by Natalie Baur, March 2010. Further encoding by Lauren Connolly, February 2016 and Tiffany Saulter, May 2016.