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Collection: Thomas Ustick Walter Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

MARC Description:
No Walter manuscript data in support of this project has been found. It is likely that the house was planned for Washington, D.C., or a Washington, D.C. resident client. A John Sherman, 1823-1900 is found in the Dictionary of American biography (1935), v.17, p.84-85, who in 1865 was a Senator from Ohio. Captioned photos from the Washington Post, Dec. 6, 1927, identify an old & new house for a John Sherman at 1319 K St., N.W. in Washington, D.C. The later, larger stone house is similar in type to those city mansions being constructed on Franklin Square and K St. during the 1870's and 1880's, as shown in Goode (1979) Capitol losses. The Sherman house in the photo is more Richardson Romanesque in style that the 1865 Walter Italian influenced mansion.

Quantity: 4 photomechanical reproductions : stats ; 30.5 x 50.5 cm. overall on board 35.5 x 55 cm.

Local Call: WTU*068

RLIN: PAPV93-F497

Item dates: 1865

Holding types: Blueprints

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Documented Projects

• Sherman Residence
  Client: Sherman, Honorable John
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Walter, Thomas Ustick (1804-1887) (Architect)

Location

1319 K Street
Washington, D.C.

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[Design for a mansion for the Hon. John Sherman] Front Elevation (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 2/3/1865) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*068*001	[Design for a mansion for the Hon. John Sherman] Side Elevation (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 2/3/1865) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*068*002	[Design for a mansion for the Hon. John Sherman] 1st Story Plan (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 2/3/1865) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*068*003
[Design for a mansion for the Hon. John Sherman] 2nd Story Plan (Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect, 2/3/1865) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*068*004

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