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Series II: Competition Designs and Plans

Scope and Contents note

Series II. includes photographs and photostats of drawings submitted by Hood to various architectural competitions. Any drawings or plans for buildings that were completed are housed in Series I along with photographs of the completed buildings. Included here are a plan for a resort community in South Carolina, a plan for a Methodist National Cathedral, designs for an ocean liner, two courthouses and a town hall, and two speculative projects envisioning future high-rise development in New York City.

The series is arranged by geographical location, and thereunder by date.

New Jersey--Ridgewood

Ridgewood Municipal Buildng [Town Hall], 1926

Box: 6, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York--Dobbs Ferry

Country Tower, 1932

Box: 6, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York--New York City

City of Towers, 1927

Box: 6, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manhattan 1950, 1929

Box: 6, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York--Rockland County

Rockland County Courthouse, 1928

Box: 6, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ohio--Columbus

Methodist National Cathedral, 1927

Box: 6, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Girard College Chapel, 1930

Box: 6, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

South Carolina--Myrtle Beach

Arcady, 1929

Box: 6, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wisconsin--Milwaukee

Milwaukee County Courthouse, 1929

Box: 6, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified Location

Academy of Music, 1920

Box: 6, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

USA Lines ocean liner, 1929

Box: 6, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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