Search or Print: Harvey Murdock Brooklyn and New York houses volume: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

V1986.009

Date

circa 1893, inclusive

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

in one folder.

Language of Materials

English .

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.

Subjects

Genres

Interior views; Illustrations (layout features); Volumes (documents by form); Black-and-white prints (prints on paper)

People

Murdock, Harvey

Topics

Architecture, Domestic |z New York (State) |z New York; Dwellings |z New York (State) |z New York

Places

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); Manhattan (New York, N.Y.); Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.); Park Slope (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

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.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 11:19:54 +0000.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: English

Sponsor Note

This collection was processed and described as part of the project, "Uncovering the Secrets of Brooklyn's 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation," funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources, with additional support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Box: Prints by accession 46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Harvey Murdock Brooklyn and New York houses volume