Guide to the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Architectural Records, 1883-1888 AIS.1980.20
Arrangement
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Architectural Records
Creator
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
Creator
Ord, John
Creator
Myers, Elijah E.
Creator
Boyington, William W.
Collection Number
AIS.1980.20
Extent
186 items(24 flat file folders)
Date
1883-1888
Abstract
Presentation drawings and plans by Henry Hobson Richardson, William W. Boyington, Elijah E. Meyers, and John Ord were submitted for the 1883 Allegheny County courthouse and jail architectural competition. H.H. Richardson's design was chosen in 1884, and construction took place between 1884 and 1888. This collection includes the presentation drawings of all four architects, as well as working drawings by Richardson that were used in the construction of the project.
Language
English
.
Author
Julie Hanify.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
History
In 1883, the Allegheny County commissioners invited 100 architects to participate in competition for a new courthouse design to replace the courthouse on the same site that was destroyed by fire in 1882. The finalists, William W. Boyington (1818-1898), Elijah E. Meyers (1832-1909), John Ord (1871-1910), and Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), were offered $2,500 each to prepare studies. Boyington was one of Chicago's first architects. Meyers, based in Detroit, was a successful designer of government buildings. Ord, who lived in Philadelphia, was part of the architecture team responsible for Philadelphia City Hall. However, it was Richardson's design that attracted the attention of the commissioners with its simplicity and the clarity of its planning, and was chosen as the winner in 1884.
The city of Pittsburgh requested that the jail be constructed before the courthouse, and construction on the jail began in 1884. The jail is enclosed by a stone wall with towers. Although Richardson witnessed the completion of the jail, he died April 27, 1886, two years before the courthouse was completed. He chose three men who worked in his office to continue his practice: George Foster Shepley (1858-1903), Charles Hercules Rutan (1851-1914), and Charles Allerton Coolidge (1858-1936). They changed the name of the firm to Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, and completed the Pittsburgh project. Another person who played an important role in the project was Orlando Whitney Norcross (1839-1920), the leading partner in Norcross Brothers, general contractors located in Massachusetts. Richardson relied on Norcross for his knowledge of materials and construction techniques. Allegheny County awarded the construction contract to Norcross Brothers on September 1, 1884, and they completed the project according to Richardson's plans. The courthouse was dedicated on September 24, 1888. William M. Darlington, the oldest living member of the Allegheny Bar Association, accepted the ceremonial keys to the courthouse.
Richardson considered the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail one of his finest works. By 1878, he had achieved a personal approach to design, and by 1882 he was recognized as the leading architect in America. The Allegheny County Courthouse features Richardson's signature details, the columns, arches, and ornament that came to be associated with the "Richardson Romanesque" style. The design quickly influenced building styles around the country as local government building of a similar style were soon constructed. Along with Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston, the Allegheny County Courthouse was one of the most widely copied of architectural forms in the late-nineteenth century United States. Modern architectural historians regard the jail highly for its plain outline, functional appropriateness, and almost complete lack of historically derived detail.
Richardson's Allegheny County courthouse and jail still stand as outstanding examples of Pittsburgh's architectural masterpieces.
Scope and Content Notes
Series I includes drawings submitted by four architects to the competition for the design of Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail. The presentation drawings of H.H. Richardson (6 items), William W. Boyington (17 items), Elijah E. Myers (19 items), and John Ord (15 items) are predominately on paper, though a few are on linen. These materials are dated 1883.
Series II includes drawings from Richardson's firm, the majority of which are black ink on linen with color wash. These plans document Richardson's original design for the courthouse and jail, as it was built, between 1884 and 1888. The design method used in Richardson's office followed his experience working in Paris, in which Richardson would give small sketches to his draftsmen to be developed into final drawings. Richardson signed fifty-six of the drawings, and many are stamped "Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh, PA." The bulk of these drawings are dated 1883-1884.
Series III includes blueprints of additions and alterations made to the courthouse and jail after it was erected.
Arrangement
Series I. Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Competition Presentation Drawings
Series II. Richardson's working plans for the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail
Series III. Alterations and Additions to Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail
Access Restrictions
No restrictions, but please make an appointment to arrange access.
Acquisition Information
Deposited by County of Allegheny, Pa., in September 1979.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
In 2005-2006, the University Library System's Preservation Department encapsulated these large drawings in mylar to help protect their fragile nature, and, except for eight oversized items, created housing for them in specially constructed folders.
Custodial History
In 1977, the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) sponsored an exhibition in the Courthouse titled: "Henry Hobson Richardson: Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail." Drawings by all four original competing firms were found in various locations throughout the City-County Buildings and the Courthouse. AIA volunteers encouraged the County employees to gather all the drawings in one place. From this collection, twenty-three examples were chosen for exhibition and photocopied for display, and the originals were returned to storage.
Because the Courthouse storage facilities were not climate controlled, Ann Bayard Ketterer, an architect and member of AIA, worked with the county to find an archival facility to house the collection. The Archives of Industrial Society at the University of Pittsburgh was selected and the collection was deposited by the County of Allegheny, September 1979, by an agreement dated May 23, 1979.
Ms. Ketterer headed AIA's Richardson Restoration Committee, which provided funding for a large five-drawer plan file to house the drawings in Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh. She organized the materials and completed an inventory.
The drawings were moved with the rest of the Archives in 2002 to its present location in Point Breeze.
Previous Citation
Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Architectural Records, 1883-1948, AIS.1980.20, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail Architectural Records, 1883-1948, AIS.1980.20, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Ann Bayard Ketterer in 1981. Further processing was performed by Julie Hanify in December 2006. Additional materials were processed by Zachary Brodt in 2010.
Copyright
On deposit from Allegheny County. Permission to reproduce images must be obtained from the County.
Related Material
Harvard University's Houghton Library holds an H.H. Richardson archival collection that includes a total of 267 drawings of the design for the courthouse, as well as 63 drawings showing the design for the jail portion of the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail. All drawings have been microfilmed. For a complete catalog listing, visit http://lms01.harvard.edu/ and search the terms "richardson allegheny county courthouse."
Official Report of the Dedicatory Exercises Held at the New Court House at the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, on Monday, September 24, A.D. 1888. Pittsburgh: Wm. G. Johnston & Co., 1889.
Eight oversized items bearing County numbers 779 -- 781; 788 -- 789; 7926; 7929 -- 7930 are stored separately in folder 22 (located on top of flatfile 4) and have not been encapsulated.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Norcross Brothers, General Contractors
Personal Names
Boyington, William W.
Myers, Elijah E.
Ord, John
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
Geographic Names
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Genres
Architectural drawings (Visual works)
Drawings (Visual works)
Other Subjects
Architecture
Courthouses -- Pennsylvania
City halls -- Pennsylvania
Jails -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County
Architecture -- Competitions
Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County
County government -- Pennsylvania
Architecture -- Pennsylvania
Prisons -- Pennsylvania
Public works -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County
Government
Container List
Scope and Content Notes
The working drawing is the means by which the architect commits to paper the specifications for the building design and construction. This collection of Richardson's working drawings for the Allegheny County Courthouse project represents the means used to communicate the architectural and engineering design of a monumental construction project that completed itself in the built work of architecture. Beyond the physically practical aspects of these drawings, it is possible to read and interpret each architectural working drawing as a record of Richardson's inspirational seed.
Harvard University's Houghton Library holds within their H.H. Richardson archival collection design drawings for the Allegheny Courthouse and Jail, but it is important to stress that our collection contains the drawings Richardson submitted to Allegheny County and that were used to construct the buildings.
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 10B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red dimensions & color wash
Size: 37 x 46 1/2
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 11B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimension
Size: 37 x 45
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (torn at top)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 12B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimension
Size: 37 1/2 x 53
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 13B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimension
Size: 36 1/4 x 47 3/4
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 14B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions and color wash
Size: 35 1/4 x 46
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (torn at top)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 1
map-case 6-1, folder 1, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 15B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 33 3/4 x 47
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (missing corners)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 16B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 33 1/2 x 45 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (missing top right section)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 17B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 35 1/2 x 45
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 18
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 34 3/4 x 49 3/4
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (torn corner)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 19B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 33 1/2 x 49 1/2
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 20B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 34 1/2 x 50 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 21B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 35 x 49
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 7
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 22A
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 33 3/4 x 48 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Very Bad (missing corner, waxy stain)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 2
map-case 6-1, folder 2, item 8
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 22B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 37" x 47"
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Bad (missing title)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 23A
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 34 x 44
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Very Bad (missing large section on bottom; orange wax-like substance stuck to drawing)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 23B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 50 1/2 x 36
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson Pittsburgh, PA.
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (torn missing edges)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 24A
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 33 1/2 x 49 1/4
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (stained, torn corners, creases)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 24B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 36 x 46
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor (torn edges)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 25A
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 34 1/2 x 48 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Bad (corners torn & missing, stains, taped)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 3
map-case 6-1, folder 3, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 25B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 36 x 49
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Bad (hole in middle)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 34B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions
Size: 32 x 57 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Very Bad (torn, missing large sections)
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 35B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen
Size: 32 1/2 x 45 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 38
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Copy of Richardson drawing #42, with modifications
Scale: 1/2"
Media: Black line composite print with red & blue wash
Size: 40 x 168
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: 42B
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 38B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 40 x 29 3/4
Stamped: Office of H.H. Richardson, Pittsburgh
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 41B
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, with red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 27 3/4 x 39 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor; has been taped
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 168 (stamped on back)
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing
Scale: 1" = 1' - 0"
Media: Purple line on stiff print paper, with water color wash
Size: 20 x 52
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Poor, torn paper
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 7
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 169
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing
Scale: Not Available
Media: Purple line on print paper, color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 52 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: 26B
Condition: Poor, torn paper
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 8
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 170
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing
Scale: 1/8"
Media: Sepia on linen, with blue ink and color wash
Size: 34 x 35
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: 58
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-1, folder 4
map-case 6-1, folder 4, item 9
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 171
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing, elevation, plan & section of chimney
Scale: 1/4"
Media: black ink on linen, with color wash
Size: 49 1/2 x 21 1/2
Stamped: Office of Co. Engineer, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 70
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 172
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawings, plans, elevations & sections
Scale: 1/2"
Media: Black ink on linen, with color wash
Size: 41 x 30 1/2
Stamped: Office of Co. Engineer, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 71
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 173
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing, stone details at cornices
Scale: 1 1/2" = 1' - 0"
Media: Black ink on linen
Size: 58 x 31 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 72
Condition: Poor (major staining)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 174
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing, plans & elevations of grilles, door into consultation room.
Scale: 1 1/2" = 1' - 0" and as noted
Media: Black ink on linen, with color wash
Size: 38 x 28 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 75
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 175
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing
Scale: 1 1/2" = 1' - 0"
Media: Black ink on linen with color wash
Size: 42 1/2" x 29 3/4"
Stamped: March 3, 1897, County Engineer
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 76
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 176
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Jail working drawing, details of ironwork at stairs
Scale: 1 1/2" = 1'
Media: Black ink on linen, color wash
Size: 40 x 28 1/2
Stamped: March 2, 1897, County Engineer
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 77
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 750
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, red & blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 1/4 x 42
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 1
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 7
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 751
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue brown, red dimensions, color wash
Size: 31 x 42
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 2
Condition: Poor, torn, (taped top left)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 5
map-case 6-2, folder 5, item 8
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 752
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue, brown, red dimensions, color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 41 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 3
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 753
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, brown, blue, red dimensions, color wash
Size: 31 x 41 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 4
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 754
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan, with penciled revisions
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue, brown, red dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 42 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 5
Condition: Poor (stains)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 755
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 43
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 6
Condition: Poor, stained
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 756
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 42 1/2
Stamped: Office of County Engineering, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 7
Condition: Poor, (stain)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 757
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan. Clerk of Courts, Treasurer's Office, Sheriff's Office.
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 311/2 x 43
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 8
Condition: Poor, (stained)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 758
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 39
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 9
Condition: Poor, stained
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 759
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 39 1/2
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 10
Condition: Poor, stained & torn
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 6
map-case 6-2, folder 6, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 760
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 39
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 11
Condition: Fair, stained
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 1
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 761
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 40 1/2 x 31
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 12
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 2
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 762
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plans of Court of Common Pleas, Supreme Court, & Law Library
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: Not Available
Stamped: County Engineering, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 13
Condition: Poor
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 3
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 763
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan of Orphans & Common Pleas Courts
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 41
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 14
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 4
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 764
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan of Criminal Courts & Orphans Court
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 40
Stamped: County Engineering, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 15
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 5
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 765
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan of Common Pleas, Large Criminal Court
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 x 40
Stamped: County Engineer, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 16
Condition: Poor (not bad)
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 6
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 766
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plans of Common Pleas Jury
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Size: 31 1/2 x 41
Stamped: County Engineer, March 2, 1897
Signed: H.H. Richardson
Architect's No.: 17
Condition: Poor, stained
Containers
map-case 6-2, folder 7
map-case 6-2, folder 7, item 7
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: 767
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Description: Courthouse working drawing, plan, Common Pleas Jury
Scale: 1/4"
Media: Black ink on linen, blue dimensions & color wash
Stamped: U.S. Electric Light Co. New York, 2/13/1888, L.H.
Signed: R.E. Mercer, Geo. Y. McKee, Daniel McWilliams
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Fair
Scope and Content Notes
This series includes blueprints used by other architects to make additions or alterations to Richardson's courthouse and jail after it was erected. Included are plans by Frederick Osterling; Frank E. Alden and Alfred Harlow; construction engineer Charles Good; and General Foreman of Mechanics for Allegheny County, I.A. Lawrence.
Containers
map-case 6, folder 23
map-case 6, folder 23, item 7
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: Not Available
Architect: Alden & Harlow
Description: later jail modifications
Scale: 1/8"
Media: blueprint
Size: 30 x 42
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: 3
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6, folder 23
map-case 6, folder 23, item 8
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: CH A-1
Architect: I.A. Lawrence, Gen'l Foreman of Mechanics, Allegheny County
Description: remodeling drawing
Scale: Not Available
Media: reduced photostat
Size: Not Available
Stamped: Not Available
Signed: Not Available
Architect's No.: Not Available
Condition: Fair
Containers
map-case 6, folder 23
map-case 6, folder 23, item 9
Scope and Content Notes
Missing Title
County Number: CH A-2
Architect: I.A. Lawrence, Gen'l Foreman of Mechanics, Allegheny County