Harvey Murdock Brooklyn and New York houses volume
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Abstract
Images in the collection show exterior and interior views of homes, as well as illustrations of homes under construction.
Biographical note
Harvey Murdock was a New York City-based builder and contractor who worked during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to residences, Murdock supervised construction of hotels, apartment houses, business buildings, club houses, and country homes. He worked at 140 Nassau Street in Manhattan and lived on Montgomery Place in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Scope and Contents
One volume, circa 1893, containing 68 prints and illustrations of houses constructed by Harvey Murdock. Images in the collection show exterior and interior views of homes, as well as illustrations of homes under construction. Houses shown in this collection are located in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, and Bedford-Stuyvesant, as well as Manhattan. An index at the beginning of the volume identifies architects, homeowners, and the width of the home's entrance. Each house is identified by street name, and the images are arranged by neighborhood.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Items in this collection have entered the public domain. For information on securing rights to publish or reproduce, please see the Brooklyn Historical Society Reproduction Rights Policy.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Harvey Murdock Brooklyn and New York houses volume, V1986.009, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition for this collection are unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level description and digital versions of three images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library.
