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Architectural drawings of a house ("Nomini Hall"), near Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1945
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2103
Extent: 2 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Address from Waterman's The mansions of Virginia: 1706-1776, 1946.
Note: Delineated by R. E. Collins.
Note: Date based on copyright of Waterman's The mansions of Virginia, 1946, for which drawings were made.
Summary: Conjectural restorations showing house as perspective projections and bird's-eye views; renderings.
Perspective rendering
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2103, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Illustration board
Bird's-eye perspective rendering
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2103, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Architectural drawing of a house ("Monticello"), Albemarle County, Virginia, 1919-1951
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2104
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: County name from Waterman's The mansions of Virginia: 1706-1776, 1946.
Note: Date based on span of years that Waterman practiced as an architecture.
Summary: Conjectural restoration showing Thomas Jefferson's first design for Monticello as perspective projections.
Perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2104, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on illustration board
Architectural drawing of Tryon's Palace, New Bern, North Carolina, 1950
Creator: Collins, R. E. (Richard Edward), -1910, renderer
Related Names: Hawks, John, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2375
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Summary: Conjectural restoration showing house as perspective projection, and bird's-eye view; rendering.
Architectural drawing of Tryon's Palace, New Bern, North Carolina, 1950
Creator: Collins, R. E. (Richard Edward), -1910, renderer
Related Names: Hawks, John, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2375, no. 1 (size not available)
Extent: 1 item : graphite
Note: Designed by John Hawks for William Tryon in 1767; burned in 1798.
Note: Date based on publication date of Waterman's The dwellings of Colonial America, 1950, in which drawing is published.
Bird's-eye perspective rendering
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2375, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for a coat of arms for Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity, 1928-1933
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2888
Extent: 1 item : ink ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: This coat of arms is not the official one. The official design was prepared between 1905-1911 according to the Key, Fall 1977, p. 17.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Note: Date based on years that Waterman worked in Williamsburg, Virginia, which was probably when this drawing was made, according to information from his niece, Fay Kaynor.
Summary: Design drawing showing coat of arms.
Coat of arms
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2888, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on linen
Maps of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1933-1941
Creator: Historic American Buildings Survey
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2889
Extent: 2 items : diazo print ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Note: Delineated by Elizabeth J. De Brezeni.
Note: Date based on years of Waterman's association with the National Park Service.
Summary: Maps showing sites, old roads, locations of historic houses, and original land grants over towns.
Map locating old road and historic houses
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2889, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on paper
Map showing original grants over present towns
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2889, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on paper
Architectural drawings of various houses and buildings in Virginia and Bermuda, 1919-1951
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890
Extent: 6 items : graphite and ink ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm. or smaller
Note: Drawings not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Note: Date based on years Waterman practiced as an architect.
Summary: Studies comparing sizes and shapes of various historic houses and buildings as plans, and ballroom mantel as elevation, section, and details; sketches.
Floor plan sketches - various building
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketches and notations on verso
Footprints for various buildings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
Footprints for various buildings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on paper
Floor plan for buildings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 4 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on paper
Floor plans for buildings
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 5 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
Carter house ballroom mantel
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2890, no. 6 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Maps showing historic sites and structures, North Carolina, 1919-1941
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2891
Extent: 2 items : ink, colored pencil, felt pen, and photomechanical print; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Drawings not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Note: Date based on years Waterman practiced as an architect and the publication of his The early architecture of North Carolina, 1941.
Summary: Includes maps showing historic structures and sites; topographic maps.
East side of state
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2891, no. 1 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored pencil/photomechanical print on paper
West side of state
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2891, no. 2 (E size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/colored pencil/photomechanical print/felt pen on paper
Miscellaneous sketchbooks containing travel sketches and measured drawings, 1923-1947
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Call No.: LOT 13051 (F)
Extent: 11 sketchbooks ; 30 x 24 cm. or smaller
Summary: Includes travel sketches mainly of churches in England and Spain and measured drawings of historic houses and architectural elements in Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Connecticut; architectural drawings.
A survey of the early buildings in the region of the proposed Santee and Pinopolis reservoirs in South Carolina, 1939
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Related Names: Historic American Buildings Survey
Call No.: LOT 13052-1 (G)
Extent: 1 v. (57 photographic prints, 4 architectural drawings) ; 30 x 28 cm. + 56 p typescript
Note: Also includes supplementary reports, 1 folded map, and 1 folded newspaper clipping.
Note: Annotations on title-page.
Note: Another copy of the report, with varying photographs, was processed as LOT 13052-2.
Summary: Includes transcript text and illustrations documenting historic houses, outbuildings, and a church to be demolished in the construction of the Santee reservoir (now Lake Marion) and the Pinopolis reservoir (now Lake Moultrie): Black Oak Church, Hanover, North Hampton, Belvidere, Eutaw, The Rocks, Lawson Pond, Pond Bluff, Loch Dhu, Ophir, Somerset, Springfield, Bunker Hill, White Hall, Indian Field, Wampee, Cedar Spring, Pooshee, and Woodlawn.
A survey of the early buildings in the region of the proposed Santee and Pinopolis reservoirs in South Carolina, 1939
Creator: Waterman, Thomas Tileston, 1900-1951, architect
Related Names: Historic American Buildings Survey
Call No.: LOT 13052-2 (G)
Extent: 1 v. (62 photographic prints, 4 architectural drawings) ; 30 x 28 cm. + 38 p typescript
Note: Also includes 1 folded map.
Note: Another copy of the report, with varying photographs and supplementary reports, was processed as LOT 13052-1.
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