A Guide to the Marion Johnson Dimmock Drawings for a Gymnasium and Y. M. C. A. Building, Williamsburg, Virginia, n.d. Dimmock, Marion Johnson, Drawings for a Gymnasium and Y. M. C. A. Building, Williamsburg, Virginia, n.d. 36572

A Guide to the Marion Johnson Dimmock Drawings for a Gymnasium and Y. M. C. A. Building, Williamsburg, Virginia, n.d.

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Accession Number 36572

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

36572

Title

Marion Johnson Dimmock Drawings for a Gymnasium and Y. M. C. A. Building, Williamsburg, Virginia, n.d.

Physical Characteristics

7 sheets of pencil, and pen and ink on linen (47.5 x 66.5 cm.)

Creator

Marion Johnson Dimmock, 1824-1908

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Marion Johnson Dimmock, Architectural drawings and plans, Gymnasium and Y.M.C.A. Building, Williamsburg, VA, n.d. Accession 36572, Drawings and plans collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

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Biographical/Historical Information

Marion Johnson Dimmock was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1824 and moved to Richmond in 1833. He served in the Confederate Army, attaining the rank of captain. He became one of the most prolific Virginia architects in the period 1870-1900. Among his more prominant commissions during this period were the Confederate Memorial Chapel (1887), a hotel in Elkton, Virginia (1890), Richmond Chamber of Commerce Building (1891-1892), Mortuary Chapel in Hollywood Cemetery (1897-1898), and an addition to the State Library Building (Dimmock & Lee, 1908).

Scope and Content

These drawings depict a Neoclassical structure designed by Marion J. Dimmock to house a gymnasium and Y.M.C.A. The sheets show elevations and plans for the building. The disposition of this structure is unknown.