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1845
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GUSN-194940
Gridley James Fox Bryant designed a new Suffolk County jail and jail keeper's house to be built in South Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story Federal-style building in front of the jail was to be the warden's house. The Boston Common Council rejected the design for the house and accepted the design for the jail. Community opposition halted the plan to build the jail in South Boston, which was later built on Charles Street in Boston. The print is dated August 1845.
houses
jails (buildings)
Rundbogenstil
proposals
Federal
dwellings
lithographs
prints (visual works)
DigitalID 000172
AccessID 251
Other identifier HNEDID-000172
Prints and Engravings Collection Number 36OVR
1 lithograph
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.036
Gift
August 1845
10.75 x 18.25 (HxW)(inches)
Git of the estate of Dr. Sturgis Bigelow.
South Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Suffolk county (Massachusetts) [county]
J.H. Bufford & Co. (printer)
Bryant, Gridley James Fox, 1816-1899 (Architect)
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 (Designer)
lithographs
prints (visual works)
prison wardens
Good -- a margin tear with stain from Scotch tape
Groce, George C., Wallace, David H.. The New-York Historical Society's dictionary of artists in America, 1564-1860 / by George C. Groce and David H. Wallace.. // Page 49..
Item
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