John Wayt Cosby Architectural Drawings

John Wayt Cosby Architectural Drawings

Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans

Architecture--Details

Architectural drawing--19th century

Architecture, Domestic--North Carolina

Building--Details--Drawings

The drawings in this collection are held in the Archives at Hampden-Sydney College, and include Specifications and Drawings for Spiers House, Raleigh, NC, 1862. The Spiers house was never constructed, and little information has been found regarding the Spiers family. Plans for the house offer a glimpse into antebellum architecture, in particular plans for a structure intended to house not only a family but enslaved servants. The collection was digitally reproduced by the University of Virginia in 2014. 

"John Wayt Cosby (March 13, 1815-July 13, 1867), a son of the prominent brick builder Dabney Cosby, was one of several antebellum builders who developed design skills and established an identity as an architect. Working in a range of revival styles popular in the 1840s and 1850s and maintaining a close relationship with his father, he was the architect for several substantial buildings including some erected by the older man." Author: Catherine W. Bishir. Contributor: J. Marshall Bullock. From North Carolina Architects & Builders, a Biographical Dictionary

Cosby, John W. (1815-1867)

John Waitt Cosby

John Wayt Cosby

Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections

1862/1875

Mary Prevo, Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts

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JPEG

English

Still Image

Raleigh (N.C.)

25 items

Collection is open for research.