| Creator |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Contributor |
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Plan of U.S. Military Hospital at Edgewood Chestnut Hill Penna. [graphic] / John McArthur Jr. Archt, No. 209 So. Sixth St.
Phia.
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| Date |
1861-1863. |
| Extent |
12 drawings: ink; 95 x 111 cm.(37.25 x 44 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of architectural drawings including a site plan and section plans of the hospital facility. Site plan includes an inset
of the "Plan of iron trucks for conveying food to wards made of iron wire gage" and depictions of the surrounding roads, Chestnut
Hill Railroad, store depot, and depot for patients. Also contains annotations about the locations of drain pipes, sewage pipes,
and gas, fire, and water mains. Section plans depict the first and second stories of the central building, operating rooms,
first and second stories of the medical department; stewards apartment, kitchen, prison ward, ward for 60 beds, section of
ventilators, and a corridor. Plans include sky lights, bathrooms, sleeping rooms, dining rooms, waiting rooms, barracks, wash
rooms, scullery, cauldrons, stoves, sinks, pantries, knapsack room, offices, apothecary shop, and post mortem room. Plan of
operating rooms also contains a key to symbols representing gas burners. Plan of first story of the medical department also
contains a design for the shelving of the apothecary shop. Section plans include scale 4 ft to 1 inch.
|
| Notes |
Eleven of twelve drawings inscribed on verso: Book 57 B.598. |
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5791.F.5 inscribed October 3, 1863. |
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Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott
& Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D).
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| Genre |
Architectural drawings 1860-1870. |
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Ink drawings 1860-1870. |
| Subject |
Mower Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Military hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Spatial coverage |
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals---Pennsylvania---Philadelphia. |
|
Stenton Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)---7900 block. |
|
Stenton Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)---8000 block. |
|
Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Is part of |
Civil War Hospitals |
| Call number |
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **architectural drawings - McArthur [5791.F.1-3; 5-13] |
| Accession number |
5791.F.1 |
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5791.F.2 |
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5791.F.3 |
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5791.F.5 |
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5791.F.6 |
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5791.F.7 |
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5791.F.8 |
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5791.F.9 |
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5791.F.10 |
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5791.F.11 |
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5791.F.12 |
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5791.F.13 |
