Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Litchfield, Edward Harold, 1914-1968
2. Litchfield, Edwin Clark, 1815-1885
3. Smith, B. J
4. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

Description

1. .17 linear foot (1 box).

Summary

1. The Litchfield family descended from Lawrence Litchfield, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 1630s. Edwin Clark Litchfield was a lawyer, railroad magnate, and real estate developer who owned much of what is now known as Park Slope and Gowanus, Brooklyn. Litchfield's estate, "Grace Hill," named for Litchfield's wife, Grace Hill Hubbard, was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis and built between 1855-1857. Previously, the property had belonged to Jacques Cortelyou. In 1868, Litchfield sold the villa to the Brooklyn Parks Commission to be incorporated with Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead's revised design for Prospect Park. Edwin's son, Edward Hubbard Litchfield, was a lawyer and financier, as well as a founder of the Arms and Armor Club.
2. The collection contains photographs dating from 1870-1910 of Edwin Clark Litchfield's "Grace Hill" house, and of Edward Hubbard Litchfield's residences at 2 Montague Terrace in Brooklyn Heights and 8 E. 65th Street in Manhattan. Some of the photographs were taken by architectural photographer B. J. Smith. Many of these images depict Edward Litchfield's collection of art and armor.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

1. Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
2. Litchfield family -- Homes and haunts
3. Armor -- Photographs
4. Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs
5. Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
6. Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18215

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Cite as (note)

1. Litchfield family photograph collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Source (note)

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Provenance (note)

1. Presented to the New York Biographical & Genealogical Society in 1950 by Marion Litchfield.

Author

1. Litchfield family.

Title

1. Litchfield family photograph collection, 1870 - 1910.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Cite as:

1. Litchfield family photograph collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Provenance

1. Presented to the New York Biographical & Genealogical Society in 1950 by Marion Litchfield.

Source

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Litchfield, Edward Harold, 1914-1968.
2. Litchfield, Edwin Clark, 1815-1885.
3. Smith, B. J.
4. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18215