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A Guide to the People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints, 1916 & 1949 People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints 10636

A Guide to the People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints, 1916 & 1949

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 10636


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
10636
Title
People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints 1916 & 1949
Physical Characteristics
This collection is comprised of thirty blueprints.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints, Accession #10636, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The collection was a gift to the Library on February 6, 1987, from Mr. Don Krueger, county engineer of Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia, through Martha Caldwell, James Madison University.

Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of thirty blueprints, 1916 & 1949, of the People's Bank Building in Harrisonburg, Virginia (now the Rockingham County Office Building). The bank was designed by architect Alfred C. Bossom. The blueprints chiefly illustrate full scale details of interior and exterior views of the bank and its structural plans as well as alterations and plans for the entrance vestibule and lobby, cellar plans, the directors' room, a marble drinking fountain, and various grille work in addition to other details.

Also present are blueprints by W. H. Tuttle for 1949 renovations of the building. Tuttle's blueprints include plans for improved banking quarters and consists of various elevation schemes and perspectives.

Contents List

Full scale details of plaster pilaster caps, soffits, cornice ceiling, and other interior details: 1 plan, 2 interior elevations, 1 section, 4 interior details
Folder 1
Full scale detail of panel and clock over door: 1 interior elevation
Folder 1
Reflected plan of ceiling, director's room: 1 plan, 1 section
Folder 1
Full scale detail of marble and plaster pediment door at vault: 1 interior elevation
Folder 1
Full scale detail of marble and plaster main entrance to bank: 1 interior elevation
Folder 1
Full scale detail of marble trim around door from bank into entrance vestibule: 2 interior elevations, 1 section
Folder 1
Full scale detail of marble drinking fountain: 1 half plan, 2 sections
Folder 1
Full scale detail of show window on East Market Street: 1 plan, 1 interior elevation, 3 sections on 4'*6 sheet
Folder 1
Individual floor plans for the first floor, mezzanine, first floor and mezzanine revised, second floor, and third to fifth floor: 6 structural plans
Folder 1
Details of directors' room, various furniture details: 1 plan, 1 section
Folder 1
Two sheets 1/2" scale detail plan of banking room and 1/2" scale detail plan of mezzanine and reflected plan showing banking room: 3 plans
Folder 1
1/2" scale details of bank, screen, check desk, etc., including slightly revised sheets; 1/2" scale elevations of bank interior (2 prints, each torn, of same master sheet): 12 interior elevations, 4 sheets
Folder 2
Entrance vestibule and lobby details: 1 plan, 2 interior elevations, 1 section
Folder 2
Excavation and cellar plans: 1 plan, 1 structural plan
Folder 2
Alterations and additions to main entrance: 1 plan, 1 exterior elevation
Folder 2
Roof and penthouse plans, men's toilet details: 2 plans, 2 interior elevations, 1 section
Folder 2
Revised scheme done in 1949 by W. H. Tuttle-includes 2 blueprints: 4 plans, 1 exterior elevation, 1 interior elevation, 6 sections
Folder 2
Four different schemes for revised banking quarters: 4 plans, 1 interior elevation, 1 section, 1 perspective
Folder 2
More revised schemes by Tuttle: 2 plans, 5 interior elevations, 4 sections
Folder 2