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Matthew
Newkirk House
Perspective
13th
and Arch Sts.
Philadelphia,
PA
1835
Walter
prepared this “rough sketch” for one of this city’s first
industrial magnates, Matthew Newkirk, president of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. The architect must have been
pleased with the view his design presented to the street. Two years
later he built his own home directly opposite Newkirk’s.
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Andalusia, Country Seat of Nicholas Biddle
Elevation
August
29, 1833
Just
three months after ground was broken for Founder’s Hall, Biddle
commissioned Thomas U. Walter to renovate his country house in the
Greek mode as well. Located on the Delaware River in
Bucks
County, “Andalusia” is based on the temple of “Theseus,” the
building that most impressed Biddle on his 1806 visit to Athens.
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A
Design for Preston Retreat
Perspective
View
20th St.
and Hamilton St
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Philadelphia,
PA
1837
Funded
by the bequest of Dr. Jonas Preston this structure was a
“lying-in” or maternity hospital for indigent women.
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Third Reformed Dutch
Church
Perspective
10th
and Filbert Streets
Philadelphia,
PA
1836
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Chester
County Bank
Perspective
West Chester
,
PA
1836
Walter’s
design for the Doric portico of this small-town bank was lifted
directly from Stuart & Revett’s Antiquities
of Athens.
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Frieze
Comparisons
c.
1840
In
this interesting drawing, Walter did scale comparisons of the Greek
style interiors in several of the houses, churches and institutions
he designed, including the Newkirk house, the Dundas House, and
Girard College. It is
not known whether this drawing was prepared for his personal use or
if he used it in his lectures on architecture.
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Dundas-Lippincott
Mansion
Head
for Upper Railing
Broad
and Walnut Sts.
Philadelphia,
PA
1835
Built
for wealthy Philadelphia lawyer, James Dundas in 1837, this house
was the most monumental of Walter’s early career. Behind the
magnificent architect- designed iron railing was an enormous garden
and two conservatories. This remarkable house and garden survived
until 1905 at one of
Philadelphia’s busiest commercial intersections.
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Dundas-Lippincott
Mansion, Plan
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Dundas-Lippincott
Mansion
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Cohen's
Bank, Flank Elevation
Calvert
and Baltimore
Sts.
Baltimore, MD
1834
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia Competition Drawing
6th
St. Elevation
6th and Walnut Sts.
Philadelphia,
PA
1840
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Elevation of a New Building for the Franklin Institute
Philadelphia,
PA
1841
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Berks County Courthouse
Reading,
PA
1839
In
his design for this courthouse, Walter topped an Ionic temple with an
octagonal tower, a device he would use again a decade later at the
Chester County Courthouse in
West Chester
. This was Walter’s first use of brownstone for a Greek-style
building.
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Central
Universalist Church, Alternate Designs
Left:
Gothic Design
Above
Right: Greek Design
Above
Left:
Rundbogenstil Design
Northeast
Corner, Locust & Juniper Streets
Philadelphia
,
PA
1850
Three
alternate proposals for this building reflect the transition from the
overwhelming popularity of the Greek style; to its modification with
the German-inspired Rundbogenstil or “round arch” elements; to its
complete abandonment for the Collegiate Gothic style.
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