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Date
11-20-1894
Corporate Name Recipient
Stowe & Nuckols
Description
Letter from Griffin & Randall to Stowe & Nuckols requesting the return of some drawings for Mr. Allison's house.
Transcription
Nov. 20th ‘94 Stowe & Nuckols Richmond. Dear Sirs, Please return us by express the F.S.I. drawings of all the mantels for Mr. Allison's House, also the F.S.I. of caps, arch and door head in Music Rm. & Reception Rm. [remainder of sentence interlined with caret] and 4 F.S.I. drawings of Dining Rm. finish. On drawing marked No. 19 of Hall finish, please [cut it in canceled] send us the half showing pilaster cap &c. and retain the other half for yourselves which has the door trim on it. Mr. Allison has decided to have the mantels and ornamented finish done here and shipped to Richmond. We have not yet heard from him in regard to the other matters as yet unsettled. Your's truly, Griffin & Randall [ALS, Griffin & Randall to Stowe & Nuckols, November 20, 1894, on letterhead: Griffin & Randall Architects [48 Broadway canceled; next two words inserted with stamp] 52 Broadway New York; back of letter docketed in another hand: # 20 arching bib Music & Reception Rm. # 19 Hall finish # 25 & 26 ding Room mantel. # 34 mantel for Bed Room over Music Room # 38 Library mantel. # 12 Bed Room over Library mantel. # 33 " Room over Reception Room mantel # 9 " “ “ Dining “ “ # 28 mantel in Reception Room. # 35 " over Butlers Pantry. # 21 F.S.I. for mantel in music }sent Dec 13. ‘94 # 23 Sliding doors & Trim in ding [edited by KCP]
Corporate Name Subject
Griffin & Randall -- Correspondence; Stowe & Nuckols -- Correspondence
Topical Subject
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans; Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architecture -- Details; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architects and builders; Mantels
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Historic houses, etc.; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
Richmond (Va)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Local Genre
text; archives
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Building VCU’s President's House
Source
Original letter: Letter from Griffin & Randall to Stowe & Nuckols, 1894 November 20, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
pre044.pdf